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Have you ever had a conversation with someone and thought to yourself: “Is this person even listening to me?” The coworker you’ve been talking to for a full half-hour may be hearing the words you’re saying, but you can tell that it’s going in one ear and out the other. The fast food worker didn’t hear your order; your wife zoned out in the middle of a conversation, and even your family talked over your every sentence. Or even worse, the teenagers in your life aren’t even pretending to listen anymore. It feels like nowadays the world is full of a lot of talkers, but no one is taking the time to hear what we want to say.

But Jesus is different. As followers of Jesus, we are friends with someone who listens to every word we say, no matter what situation we find ourselves in. If you’ve been a believer for a while, this might sound repetitive, obvious, or overstated. But this good news is worth repeating—Jesus is there to listen to you. He’s a God who doesn’t just want you to talk to Him because you think you have to, but instead, Jesus wants us to bring everything in our lives to Him.

Today as you pray, treat your prayer like a conversation. What do you want to say?