{"id":28805,"date":"2023-11-09T13:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T20:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2023-heavens-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T13:15:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T20:15:08","slug":"2023-godlistens","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2023-godlistens\/","title":{"rendered":"God Listens to You"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong><em>God Listens to You<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28806 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Godlisten-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Godlisten-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Godlisten-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You and I live in a loud world. To get someone\u2019s attention is no easy task. But when someone\u2019s willing to silence everything else so he can hear us clearly, it\u2019s a privilege. A rare privilege indeed!<\/p>\n<p>You can talk to God because he listens. Your voice matters in heaven. He takes you very seriously. No need to fear you\u2019ll be ignored. Even if you stammer or stumble, even if what you have to say impresses no one, it impresses God\u2014and he listens. Intently, carefully. Your prayer on earth activates God\u2019s power in heaven.<\/p>\n<p>As Scripture says, \u201c<strong>Thy will is done on earth as it is done in heaven.<\/strong>\u201d The prayers are honored as precious jewels. You may not understand the mystery of prayer; you don\u2019t need to. But this much is clear: actions in heaven begin when someone prays on earth.\u00a0What an amazing thought!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28807 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Godlisten-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Godlisten-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Godlisten-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To Meet the Savior<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you took a name at random and asked me, \u201cMax, how does Chester Whomever feel about adultery?\u201d I couldn\u2019t answer. I don\u2019t know Chester Whomever. But if you were to ask me, \u201cMax, how does Denalyn Lucado feel about adultery?\u201d I wouldn\u2019t even have to call her. I know. She\u2019s my wife. We have walked together long enough that I know what she thinks.<\/p>\n<p>The same is true with God. Walk with him long enough and you come to know his heart. When you spend time with him in study, you see his compassion. When you welcome him to enter the gateway of your soul, you\u2019ll perceive his will. To meet the Savior is to be set aflame. To discover the flame is to discover his will. And to discover his will is to access a world like none you have ever seen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28808 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/kgp-point-3@2x-e1699560735321.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maxlucado.christianbook.com\/Christian\/Books\/product?item_no=947469\"><em>The Great House of God: A Home for Your Heart<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28809\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/947469-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/947469-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/947469.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":28808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[29],"class_list":["post-28805","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/28805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/28805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28810,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/28805\/revisions\/28810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28805"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=28805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}