October 23, 2025 – Is God Still Listening?

Is God Still Listening?
October 23, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 99:8
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     People wonder if God is listening sometimes when they pray. Does He still hear you when you speak with Him? Well, the answer is within you. Does God answer your prayers? Have you seen results in others’ lives because of your prayers? If not, it may not be that God is not listening, but for a time, He may have quit answering. We serve a God who answers prayer. We also serve a God who forgives sin. Most of all, we serve a fair, just, and Holy God. It may be that we are praying for our fleshly desires. God does not always answer those prayers as we would like. It may be that it is simply not God’s timing to grant our petition in prayer right now. Then again, there is the possibility that something is hindering our prayers.

 

     We must be willing to find and face our circumstances and our sins. Then, when we know what is wrong, if need be, we must be willing to repent and forsake our sins. If we refuse, there may be times when God allows us to see our prayers go unanswered. He has not quit listening. He has just quit answering. Psalm 66:8 says, “if I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:” Also 1 Peter 3:7 says, “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.” Could something be hindering your prayer life? He is still listening and still answering prayers. He is a God who never changes.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     If you are not seeing your prayers answered and would like to see one answered quickly, try this one. “Oh Lord, if there is anything I need to confess that is hindering my prayer life, please reveal it to me now so I can have the fellowship with you again that I once had before.” Now listen to the Lord. It is up to you to be obedient to the leading of the Lord through His Holy Spirit, which is in you, and the reading of the Word of God.

 

The Lord was listening, now, are you?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: October 23, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Daniel 11, 12 / Psalm 99
Proverbs 23 / 1 Corinthians 13, 14

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Isa. 63-66  /  2 Thess. 1-2