Whispers

I find true peace in knowing that not a moment goes by that God doesn't know about.  Often times, we don't lift up our needs or prayers to God because we feel they aren't big enough or that maybe they are too big.  But I can assure you, no prayer request to God is ever too big or too small for God to hear and answer in His way.

I'm sure many of you, just as I have on so many occasions, have left unspoken prayers sitting in your heart.  But while we may think those prayers have gone unknown about or unheard by God, that is not true.  God can hear the secret whispers of our hearts.  Whispers that we often times don't even realize exist.  How privileged we are that before our prayers ever leave our lips, God knows our needs because of the whispers from our heart.

Matthew 7:7-8 (HCSB) says, "Keep asking, and it will be given to you.  Keep searching, and you will find.  Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."

God tells us to Ask Him.  We should be people who ask confidently believing that God can and will do it.  We don't need to leave our prayers and requests sitting quietly in our hearts, Pray Big!  In every prayer spoken or unspoken, God hears you.  God desires to hear it all from you.  And God has promised that when we bring our requests to Him, He will show Himself faithful.

"And everything- whatever you ask in prayer, 

believing- you will receive."  Matthew 21:22 (HCSB) 

Now mind you, just because we've asked, doesn't always mean that God will answer in the way WE think He should.  Often times, God gives us a "No" because He has something so much better in store for us.  One of my favorite quotes on prayer comes from Mrs. Charles E. Cowman.  She said, "Two wings are necessary to lift our souls toward God: prayer and praise.  Prayer asks.  Praise accepts the answer."  When we let God into the secret whispers of our heart, we need to be ready to trust Him with the results.  We need to pray in such a way that shows our complete trust and faith in God's answers to our prayers.

There is no better time then the present to present your prayers to God.  Invite Him into the quiet

moments and allow those whispers that you are too timid to share be heard.  God already knows them.  God is waiting to be invited into that secret spot deep within your soul.  Marie T. Freeman once observed, "When you ask God to do something, don't ask timidly; put your whole heart into it".  Ask God with your whole heart, every nook and cranny.  Let those whispers become opportunities for you to share with God all aspects of your life.  In the wise words of Billy Graham, "God delights in the prayers of His children- prayers that express our love for Him, prayers that share our deepest burdens with Him."  Let God into those secret spots within your heart.  Pray Big Always.  God wants to hear more from us than just a whisper. 


Lord, I pray that we would be a people that opens our hearts to You.  I pray that we would boldly ask and present all our requests to You.  Nothing is too big or too small.  I ask that those who are timid in sharing their requests with You that You would hear the whispers of their hearts and that they would step out in full confidence and faith in You.  And I pray that when we release these prayers to You that we would trust the answer that You provide because Your answer is always what You see as best for us.  Amen.