What about you? Do you think God’s listening to your prayers? When I think about those questions, I always think about cussing. Yeah, I do.
I think about how funny it is that so many Christians are so scared to cuss out loud because they’re scared God will hear them. They think that if they go “blankety-blank-blank-blank,” then God will hear them and send down that lightning bolt! Wham!
Those same people pray and pray and pray, and wonder if God is listening at all! Well, don’t you think that if God can hear you cuss, then He can hear you pray? Think about it!
How many times have you said something that you think isn’t right and you know without a shadow of a doubt that God heard it. Yeah, you can almost feel His eyes locked on you.
Yet, how many times have you prayed about something and then thought to yourself, “I wonder if I got through?
Well, maybe He’s listening. Then again, maybe not.” Come on! God hears it all! The cussing and the praying, the good and the bad – God hears it all!
Whether you feel Him or not, His presence is ever present in your life!
Jesse Duplantis, minister of the Gospel, motivational speaker, television personality, and best-selling author, has been in full-time ministry since 1976 and is the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries, located in the Greater New Orleans area of south Louisiana in the United States of America. With over four decades of sharing his unique blend of humor and faith around the world, generations of believers have been inspired by his messages and countless numbers have come to know Jesus Christ as Savior through his ministry.
Known for his unflinching, status-quo-breaking messages and humorous take on experiences in the life of the believer, Jesse continues to draw large audiences of believers through social media, television, and meetings held around the world. With speaking engagements booked years in advance, Jesse Duplantis continues to keep an intense traveling schedule, flying throughout the United States and the world preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. With no booking agents pursuing meetings for him and no set fees imposed upon churches for speaking engagements, Jesse chooses his outreach meetings based on the same two criteria he always has: invitations that come in and prayer over each one. This uncommon way of scheduling in today’s world means Jesse’s many followers may find him speaking in some of the largest churches and venues in America and the world, as well as a great many small and growing congregations, too. No church is too big or small for the Holy Spirit, as he says.
Side by side with his wife Cathy Duplantis, the co-founder and chief of staff of Jesse Duplantis Ministries and the senior pastor of Covenant Church in Destrehan, Louisiana, Jesse continues to fulfill his life’s calling by daily taking up the Great Commission of Jesus Christ: “Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). Through social media, television broadcasts, books, and other ministry products, as well as through many evangelistic meetings, the JDM website, the JDM app, and Voice of the Covenant magazine, Jesse Duplantis continues to see growth in his ministry and expand each year while maintaining his roots. Jesus is the center of his life. The salvation of lost people and the growth of believers is the purpose of his ministry. And for both he and his wife, every day is another day to “Reach People and Change Lives, One Soul at a Time.”