It's easy to forget that prayer is a two-way conversation with God.

Here's Dana Gresh.

For many of us, our prayers are like nasty boys who ring front doorbells and run away before anyone answers.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for September 28, 2020.

I'm Nancy DeMoss-Wogamese.

You know, so often, women write to me frustrated that they don't know what God wants them to do in this or that situation.

And it makes me wonder, have you been listening? You know, God wants to communicate with us as much,

if not more, than we want to talk with him. And God speaks to us primarily first and foremost through His Word, but also through circumstances,

through godly people in our lives, through prayer. But here's the challenge. Sometimes when we're pouring out our hearts to God, we forget that prayer is a two-way conversation. Well, today,

my friend and co-host, Dana Gresh, is going to

remind us how important it is to learn to listen to God when we're praying. She's continuing

in a series entitled Habakkuk, remembering God's faithfulness when he seems silent. Let's listen

in as we learn about, well, listening. Here's Dana.

The story is told of Franklin Roosevelt. While he was president, he often tired of the long

lines that he would have to receive at the White House. And he felt like the conversations were kind of superficial.

In fact, he suspected nobody was actually listening to him.

So one day he made a plan that he would whisper,

I killed my grandmother and just see how people responded.

Well, interestingly enough,

people said things like, marvelous, that's fantastic. Bravo. Good for you. We're so proud of you,

Mr. President. Until finally, at the end of the line, the ambassador of Bolivia said, I'm sure she had it coming.

But we're not good listeners, are we?

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