Thank you for this point. I think many people have a great fear that God will not be there for them when they are in need, – that “he will not hear.” The fact is that God is everywhere, and knows all. All that is real and true, that is. So when we “sin,” or acknowledge as true that which is wrong, ungodlike, immoral, selfish, etc., we put our consciousness in the wrong place. We become unable to “hear.”

God answers righteous prayer, but He does not answer unrighteous prayer. “Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” If I ever feel that God does not hear me, it is a sign that I am asking amiss, – that I am in the wrong mind and had better examine my thinking. Where am I allowing some ungodlike thought or desire to occupy my consciousness? If I want the protection and care of the Truth, I have the obligation to live in accord with the Truth, as best I can. And if I happen to stray from that “straight and narrow way,” it is not that God has deserted me, it is that I have deserted God.

I find it a great comfort to know that God always does have an answer to every problem I may encounter, and that, by taking responsibility for my experience, I can learn to know God better, and improve my experience by each lesson learned.