The assuring strength of our relationship with God is knowing that he listens, he hears us. The Lord’s love for us is that he knows our hearts, our intentions. We need to hear the Lord with hungry hearts. Do we merely hear or do we listen, absorbing the word, the scriptures? Starting with John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” [1, …