Advent Series EP 4: God Listens to You

Your prayer has a place in God’s heart. As Christmas draws near, Sr. Mary Grace, Sr. Cora Caeli, and Sr. Magnificat Rose invite us to bring every desire—messy, bold, or small—to the Lord, confident that he deeply cares about everything we share with him because he is a God who listens to us. 

Shownotes

Scripture verses mentioned

Psalms

• Psalm 34:6 – “This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.”
• Psalm 34:17 – “When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.”
• Psalm 8:4 – “What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?”

Gospels

• Matthew 7:7–8 – “Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you…”
• Matthew 15:21–28 – The Canaanite (Syrophoenician) woman whose persistent faith leads Jesus to heal her daughter
  (parallel passage: Mark 7:24–30)
• Luke 1:28 – “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!”
• Luke 1:42 – “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”

Old Testament – Daniel

• Daniel 3:16–18 – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego profess trust in God, even if He does not deliver them
• Daniel 3:25 – “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire… and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

Challenges of the Week

• Pray with the verse:
  "Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." (Matthew 7:7-8)
  • Ask (Ask for the grace? What do you need? What do you want?)
  • Seek (Seek moments in your life where grace is needed)
  • Knock (Choose to apply the grace that God is calling you to with the people in your life)
• Intercessory prayer is powerful. Don’t be afraid to ask the people in your life how you can pray for them or to ask others to pray for you in specific ways.
  
  
• God is with us all the time and listens to us every moment of our prayer. Don’t underestimate the power of your prayer - God wants you to call out to Him. Don’t be afraid to let yourself be listened to by God.