Teaching Notes

What good is a cell phone, if you can't get any calls? What good is a prayer life, if you don't have any one picking up on the receiving end? However, if we are not hearing from God it is not because he does not want to talk to us, but because we are not listening to him. The beauty is, our calls can go through to God and he does want to talk to me.

Does God want to Talk to Me?

Daniel 9:21-23 (The Message)

"While I was pouring out my heart, baring my sins and the sins of my people Israel, praying my life out before my God, interceding for the holy mountain of my God—while I was absorbed in this praying, the humanlike Gabriel, the one I had seen in an earlier vision, approached me, flying in like a bird about the time of evening worship. "He stood before me and said, 'Daniel, I have come to make things plain to you. You had no sooner started your prayer when the answer was given. And now I'm here to deliver the answer to you. You are much loved! So listen carefully to the answer, the plain meaning of what is revealed:



Notes: Daniel is expressing how God revealed to him something at the very moment he was seeking an answer. The angel Gabriel revealed to Daniel that as soon as you began to pray, God was giving the answer.

Question: Does this mean God cared about Daniel's prayer?



Answer: God cared enough about Daniel's prayer that he sent an angel to reveal the truth to him. The angel told Daniel that your prayer was so important to God that as soon as you began to speak it, the answer was being given. Why is this? The angel tells Daniel why, because you are loved. God does want to talk to his children and you are one of them. He wants to talk to you because you are loved. God loves you enough to give you the answers to the difficult questions on your heart. Those things you cannot seem to answer, God will make it plain to you and help you understand.



Prayer: Lord, thank you for caring enough to talk to me. Thank you for even desiring to hear what is on my heart and mind. Help me to find confidence in you that you will give me the answer to my prayers.