Psalm 31:22 For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You.

How many times have you said that God is not listening to your prayers? I know I have said it before and I will probably say it again.

When you get down and God does not answer your prayers immediately you begin to doubt again. That does not mean God is not listening… It just means you are doubting things again!

Take time out to stop and listen to God. Don’t rush forward and think He is not listening.

And if you think He is not listening, then lift up your complaint to God. Be real!

Psalm 6:9 The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.

No matter how tough things get, God is always going to hear your prayers; and that is a tough thing to understand when you feel like He is not listening!

No matter how hard you try to tell some people they will just not believe that God is listening!

Our prayers need to be genuine and from our hearts; but if we just focus on what we can get God to do for us we may find our prayers seem to go unanswered.

If we focus on God and the fact that He is just and holy, our prayers may well change…

Isaiah 41:6 Everyone helped his neighbour, And said to his brother, “Be of good courage!”

When was the last time you saw a good football or rugby game where the whole team worked together and triumphed because of that?

When was the last time you saw a whole neighbourhood work together to bring joy to a few people?

Sadly our modern society does not lend itself toward working together because of so much focus on the self rather than the community.

So let us buck the trend by working as Christians ought to work – together and with Christ!