Does God Really Hear My Prayers? | The Gospels | Luke 11:1–13

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

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Do you ever wonder if God is really listening when you pray? Why does prayer sometimes feel like talking into silence? And what does Jesus actually teach us about approaching God? In today’s episode, Jeff shares how Luke 11:1–13 shows that God is not distant or indifferent, but a Father who invites us to ask, seek, and knock with confidence. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passage: Luke 11:1–13

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:08.9	In the time it takes to get to work. I'm Jeff Parrott. Is anyone listening? Is anyone out
0:16.6	there to hear us, know us, and care about us? Those are some of the central questions surrounding
0:25.0	the mission of Voyager 1 as it soars through outer space. Many of you are familiar with Voyager 1 as a
0:32.0	robotic space probe that was launched in the year 1977. At a distance of 15 billion miles away,
0:39.5	it's currently the farthest human object from Earth,
0:42.7	and it's still speeding away at 38,000 miles per hour.
0:47.5	The mission of Voyager 1,
0:49.4	it makes us wonder if anyone's listening
0:51.3	because it contains the famous golden record, a container of
0:55.9	images, sounds, and messages from planet Earth for anyone who might be out there to hear it
1:01.8	and see it. The golden record contains deeply personal artifacts like heartbeats, the laughter of
1:07.7	children, and the recording of one scientist's brainwaves. Some describe this message
1:13.5	from humanity moving into interstellar space as a kind of secular prayer, a way of sending a cosmic
1:19.9	message in a bottle to anyone who might be able to listen to us, know about us, and care.
1:26.5	When scientists are pressed on the likelihood of this secular
1:30.0	prayer on the golden record ever being heard, they're far from confident. The late and prominent
1:36.0	scientists, Frank Drake, said that the odds are so small that the golden record is more like a
1:42.3	goodbye or a going away message from Earth to the cosmos.
1:46.5	It's like a constant one-way transaction into interstellar space.
1:51.5	And while there is this sliver of imaginative optimism that it might be heard one day,
1:57.4	we're still left without a response.
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