"I called him, but he gave me no answer."
Song of Solomon 5:6
"God's long-dated bills will be punctually honoured; we must not suffer Satan to shake our confidence in the God of truth by pointing to our unanswered prayers. Unanswered petitions are not unheard. God keeps a file for our prayers--they are not blown away by the wind, they are treasured in the King's archives. This is a registry in the court of heaven wherein every prayer is recorded." -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
All prayers are answered. All prayers are heard. There are no unanswered prayers. God answers by saying, "Yes," "No," or "Not Yet." And He hears every prayer offered up by His people. Said another way, no prayer escapes His notice. He hears each and every one of them and answers them according to His sovereign, good will. But there is no such thing as an undocumented prayer. There is no prayer sent which is not delivered. There are no return to sender, unable to deliver, no forwarding address prayers. God is always there and in that sense He never moves. In another sense, He is always moving and never dormant or incapacitated. Your prayers go somewhere and they always make a sound. And wherever they go, God is there. And whatever sound they make, God always hears. All prayers are recorded in the sense that they are documented. All prayers are heard in the sense that they are documented in audio and available for playback on God's playlist.
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