What do you do when God is silent?

The first step when God seems silent: be honest.
God wants us to tell him how we feel. Whatever we are feeling – rejected, angry, hurt, grieved – he can take it. Our feelings will not be a surprise. He knows them anyway.
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What happens when God goes silent?

God may be silent but he is not absent. Matthew 1:23 says, “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). When you hear God's silence and feel his absence, trust his presence.
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When God is silent he is doing something?

Isaiah 65:24 (KJV) declares, “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” Remember when God is quiet, He is up to something.
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How do you get God to hear?

How to practice listening prayer
  1. Come to God with your request for guidance. ...
  2. Wait in silence for God to speak for 10-12 minutes. ...
  3. Jot down any Scripture, songs, impressions, or pictures God gives you. ...
  4. Share how God spoke to you with your prayer partners and follow God's will.
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How do you trust God when he's silent?

Trust God's Love Even When He's Silent
  1. Christ Loves Us by Glorifying Himself through the Silence. God doesn't love us by always giving us what we think we need, or by promising to take away our current pain and heartache. ...
  2. Christ Loves Us by Working in the Silence. ...
  3. Christ Loves Us through the Silence.
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What are signs that God is talking to you?

9 Signs God is Speaking to You
  • He speaks through the Bible. ...
  • A particular Bible verse keeps coming back to you. ...
  • You feel like a sermon or specific scripture is intended for you. ...
  • You feel uneasy about something, leading you to prayer. ...
  • He speaks through His church. ...
  • There is an unexplainable conviction about something.
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What do you do when God doesn't answer your prayers?

Here are three easy ways:
  1. Evaluate your desires. Why don't we feel like God is answering? ...
  2. Speak Truth to yourself. When we remember God's promises to us from His Word, we're able to keep our heads faced forward on the path He has for us. ...
  3. Rest in Him.
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Why God is not listening to my prayers?

We Aren't Christians

But they remain unbelievers, and thus God has no obligation to listen to their prayers. If you have no desire to know God through prayer, examine yourself to see whether you are in the faith (see 2 Cor. 13:5). The desire to pray is hardwired into the soul of the believer.
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How do you know when God says no or wait?

Bill Hybel once said, “If the request is wrong, God says 'No. ' If the timing is wrong, God says 'Slow. ' If you are wrong, God says 'Grow. ' But if the request is right and the timing is right and you are right, God says 'Go.
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Is God silent now?

Now, He may seem silent to you. But actually, God is not silent; He never is. The existence of the Bible is plain evidence of that. Through it, He always has something to say to you.
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Does God speak in silence?

Yes, God speaks through silence. I've heard God's voice the loudest as I sat with him in silence. As I emptied myself of all the noise around me, I felt his presence more than ever before.
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Why prayers are not answered?

- As long as your prayers are for selfish motives, driven by pride hidden in your heart, God will not answer them. - Other versions start this verse with “don't be anxious” in place of “Be careful…” - Once you know God has said yes, you know you will receive it.
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Why does God allow difficult times?

Having faith in difficult times can allow you to find peace in God's presence. When you are unfaithful, it can harden your heart with pride and cause you to grow distant in your relationship with Him. Learning to give up all your struggles and problems to God can lift a heavy burden off yourself.
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Why is God asking us to wait?

God wants us to press into his presence and wait patiently before his throne. He's calling us to come before him with thanksgiving even if we're still waiting on a promise. The world has so many things they want to offer us on an instantaneous silver platter. But good God-sent blessings take time.
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What is God's phone number?

It's 212-664-7665.
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Does God ever talk to you?

Yes. Our God is a relational God, and one of His chief desires is to grow His relationship with humanity through regular communication. Throughout human history, God has initiated communication with humanity by speaking audibly to humans. He also speaks to us through the glory of His creation.
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Is there a wrong way to pray?

There is no right or wrong way to pray during Adoration. It may be helpful to use a prayer book, or read Scripture, or another spiritual book, or pray the rosary. But, as many people would recommend, avoid filling the entire prayer time with these things.
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What is silent prayer?

We might think of “silent prayer” as communicating with God not by speaking words aloud but by saying them in our minds. But prayer does not always require words. In fact, Jesus cautioned that using “many words” in prayer could become like babbling (see Matthew 6:7).
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Do not pray in the open?

Summary. Jesus taught, “When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men … but when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father who is unseen.”
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How do you get an answer from God?

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  1. Seek confirmation through the Bible. ...
  2. Make sure what you are asking for is God's will. ...
  3. Pray for wisdom. ...
  4. Consult with spiritually mature people. ...
  5. Prepare your heart to receive His answer. ...
  6. Search your heart for whatever hinders you from hearing God. ...
  7. Do not insist on what you want.
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When your prayers go unanswered?

It might be our own suffering, the suffering of a loved one or the suffering of the world. It might be the physical suffering of sickness or the mental suffering of a bad situation. These are good and honorable requests. So, when these prayers seem to go unanswered, it can cause some people to turn their backs on God.
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How do you get God to answer your prayers?

It might sound simple, but we need to ask God for the blessings we need. Jesus taught, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find” (Matthew 7:7). When you are sincerely striving to obey God's commandments, He will give you answers to your prayers, and you will be ready to receive them.
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