What other scriptures highlight the significance of God hearing our prayers? Solomon’s Request: God, Please Hear! “Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O LORD my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.” (2 Chronicles 6:19) Solomon knew the covenant God listens. Scripture keeps echoing that assurance. Echoes in the Psalms • Psalm 34:15 – “The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.” • Psalm 65:2 – “O You who listen to prayer, to You all men will come.” • Psalm 145:18-19 – “The LORD is near to all who call on Him… He hears their cry and saves them.” Proverbs & Wisdom Reminders • Proverbs 15:29 – “The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.” Prophetic Assurances of a Listening God • Isaiah 65:24 – “Even before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.” • Jeremiah 29:12 – “Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” • 2 Chronicles 7:14 – “If My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray… then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.” Jesus Confirms the Open Ear of the Father • Matthew 7:7-8 – “Ask and it will be given to you… for everyone who asks receives.” • John 14:13-14 – “Whatever you ask in My name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” • John 15:7 – “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” • Mark 11:24 – “Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Early-Church Confidence • Philippians 4:6-7 – “In everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God… will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” • Hebrews 4:16 – “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence…” • James 5:16 – “The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.” • 1 Peter 3:12 – “The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer.” • 1 John 5:14-15 – “If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us… we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.” • Revelation 8:3-4 – Heavenly incense rises “with the prayers of all the saints” before God’s throne, showing every petition is treasured. A Final Tapestry Across the Law, Prophets, Writings, Gospels, and Epistles runs a single thread: the living God bends His ear to His people. Solomon’s plea in 2 Chronicles 6:19 finds its answer in promise after promise—then in Christ Himself, who secures unfettered access. Because He hears, we pray; because He promises, we keep praying. |
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