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That's not true!
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Does God listen to non-christians when they pray
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He even knows the number of hairs on your head. Consider your current situation an invitation to know Him. He does hear you and all who call upon His name. Those who pray to other gods are most likely not heard. Be blessed.
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That's an interesting question. I have family members who aren't believers and even have their "religion" on FB set to "I believe in myself" and yet every time something happens (both petty and serious) they're on FB asking for prayers
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Hmmm, yes. I didn't know what to make of that statement you refer to, and waited to get more clarity.
I know the Lord quite well, and He wouldn't ignore folks who plead for help. Like I posted before about what happened to me at age 5. Just think about it for a moment, how the heck are folks supposed to come to Christ otherwise? None of us were believers straight out of the womb...
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Precisely. We come to our Lord as broken sinful human beings. The first step is to recognize He exists and by directing prayers to the Christian God He most certainly will listen.Hmmm, yes. I didn't know what to make of that statement you refer to, and waited to get more clarity.
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its very true.
You people all seem to suffer from easy believism. God isnt sitting around just waiting for an excuse to work a miracle. If a person isnt a believer, and they ask for help, He isnt going to respond.
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Consider the OP'er does believe. Afterall they came to God and not to Mickey Mouse.
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Yes. We need to keep in mind that no flesh can be lead to Christ without the Holy Spirit making it possible. So if we tell people that Jesus doesn't care about them, we are sabotaging the work of the Holy Spirit in that soul.
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God will answer prayers even from unbelievers if it suits his purpose. People sometimes don't know who God is but pray hoping that someone will help them and this can be a pathway to salvation for sure. We also have believers praying for others who aren't believers for help and healing. If someone is a believer I think their prayers have more favor with God as the Bible says the prayers of a righteous main availeth much. I think if it profits God to answer the prayers of an unbeliever he may do so, even prayers of evil people he may answer so that when judgment comes upon them he will have that to be used against them that even though they rejected him he still showed love for them in their time of need.
To put it simply God listens to everything because we will all be judged by everything we say, think, and do believer or not.
To put it simply God listens to everything because we will all be judged by everything we say, think, and do believer or not.
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Let Your Light Shine.. Matt 5:16
Beyond our imagination for sure. There is (with God) always exceptions to the "rule" but if we want the best chances of getting prayers answered best to believe in the one that would answer them.
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If someone is sincerely asking for help they must believe to some degree. God hears everything and will not ignore anyone who asks for His help. However, He also is not a miracle delivery service. "Ask and you shall receive" does not mean "Your wish is my command". That is as true of a fully invested and born again Christian's prayer as it is of the prayers of someone that is unsure what they believe. What one most likely will receive when one asks is what one needs, not so much what one wants. Many people, including many Christians, that think their prayers were not answered would simply refuse to be content because their miracle orders were not delivered in complete compliance to the way they submitted them.
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Except for repentance and salvation, I am curious as to why an unbeliever would pray to a being they do not believe exists.
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Let Your Light Shine.. Matt 5:16
They are hoping they are wrong and in desperation people do things they normally wouldn't even think of doing.
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I can see how that could be. The OP identified as a seeker so may well believe there is a possibility that the being in question does exist but has not come to the place where the OP could say so with the conviction of a believer. Unlike what many people seem to think there is a very distinct difference between an unbeliever and a denier. A denier is someone that rejects the idea that something is, or was, or might be so. An unbeliever is someone that has not yet found or been shown convincing evidence.
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While I don't know of every possible situation/person, I do know that He will certainty listen to someone in humbleness seeking Him with "all of your heart", and taking a real leap of faith to pray (for real, for a moment), actually taking to risk to believe and pray to Him. For me, back then, that felt like....like standing on a cliff edge in a way, with the wind blowing around you. To take the risk to pray to God you might (if you are like me back then) be stepping towards a new situation/new reality. It's a kind of high risk moment in a way. Daring to risk leaving behind part of what I had been, because God's way could mean letting go of some old familiar things for better things, and change feels risky.
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If that is the case, I don't see why God wouldn't hear the prayer of a person asking God to help them come to a saving faith even if they have doubt.
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So perhaps a prayer saying, "God, if you exist, I am asking you to reveal yourself to me. Help me believe."
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Or "God, I don't know if you are there but I hope you exist and if you do please help me in this situation. Jesus is supposed to be your son so if you exist and He is help me in His name." Someone may not be ready to believe but willing and hoping to do so if God revealed himself in some way to them personally. I know a person or two who came to belief that way. Not because God delivered them what they asked for but because they felt god's presence and found God had helped them in a way that was different than what they requested of Him. Just taking a very small step toward God resulted in God running to them with open arms as did the father of the prodigal son.
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I believe Jesus heard me when I wasn't Christian and led me to Him and His Truth... He may not save you out of an event, but rather He may use that event to help teach you something important... about yourself, or about Hisself...
But He will hear you, and He will be with you...
I might mention though, that when we pray in "Jesus' Name" we pray as a people under His authority... if your not a Christian, then you aren't asking as someone under the Authority of Jesus... but you can still ask God for help.
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