There is a question every praying person eventually asks in the dark: is anyone listening? Scripture answers with unsettling precision. Heaven is not hard of hearing; Isaiah insists the ear of Yahuah is not heavy. But something can stand between the mouth that prays and the ear that hears, and the prophets name it plainly: your iniquities have separated. This lesson is a two-part surgery. Part one opens the hidden things, the secret faults David begged to be cleansed from, the wedge of gold Achan buried under his tent while a nation lost a battle, the year David himself kept silent while his...
There is a question every praying person eventually asks in the dark: is anyone listening? Scripture answers with unsettling precision. Heaven is not hard of hearing; Isaiah insists the ear of Yahuah is not heavy. But something can stand between the mouth that prays and the ear that hears, and the prophets name it plainly: your iniquities have separated. This lesson is a two-part surgery. Part one opens the hidden things, the secret faults David begged to be cleansed from, the wedge of gold Achan buried under his tent while a nation lost a battle, the year David himself kept silent while his bones waxed old. Part two turns the same light on prayer and asks what kind actually reaches: the humble prayer, the persistent prayer, the obedient prayer, the secret prayer, the fervent prayer of a righteous man. The two halves are one lesson, because the man who covers his sin and the man whose...