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God wants you to be sincere when you talk to him. To be sincere means to be honest
about your motives, and to talk to him because you want to, not because you are
supposed to.
• E PH E SI A NS 3 :1 2 | Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and
confidently into God’s presence.
• H E B R E W S 1 0 :2 2 | Let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully
trusting him.
God wants you to approach him with confidence.
• C O L O SS I A NS 4 :2 | Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
God wants you to make your communication with him a priority. Devote yourself to regular,
consistent prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
• 1 T H E S S A L O NI A NS 5 :1 7 | Never stop praying.
God wants your communication with him to be often and persistent. Never give up when
God seems slow to answer.
• PSA L M 6 3 :1 -8 | O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you.
. . . I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. You satisfy me
more than the richest feast. . . . I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the
night. . . . I cling to you.
• J O B 1 3 :2 3 | “Tell me, what have I done wrong? Show me my rebellion and my sin.”
• PSA L M 2 6 :2 | Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and
my heart.
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• PSA L M 3 2 :5 | Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt
is gone.
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God wants you to communicate your reverence and worship for him. The more you know
God, the more you long for him.
God wants you to ask him where sin has a stronghold in your life. Then he wants you to be
honest and vulnerable about it and confess it so he can remove it. Confession will restore
your communication with God when sin has restrained your relationship with him.
• PSA L M 1 4 3 :1 0 | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God.
• L U K E 2 2 :4 2 | “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me.
Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
God wants to communicate his will for you, so you must be open to what he wants you to
do. His plan for you will always lead to a more fulfilling life.
• C O L O SS I A NS 1 :9 | So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you.
We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom
and understanding.
• 1 T I MOT H Y 2 :1 | I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them;
intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.
God wants your communication with him to include others and their needs. You aren’t the
only one who needs God’s help!
• 1 T I MOT H Y 4 :4 | Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but
receive it with thanks.
• PH I L I PP I A NS 4 :6 | Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God
what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
God wants you to communicate to him with an attitude of gratitude. What are the last
three wonderful things God did for you? Have you thanked him?
Why is listening so important?
• PR O VE R B S 1 :9 | What you learn from them will crown you with grace and be a chain of
honor around your neck.
Listening helps us grow and mature.