Amos 8:9-10
"In that day," declares the Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
Yes, you know that He does not hear your prayer anymore, but it is just head knowledge because you do not fear or reverence Him in your heart. Maybe your mouth says 'yes' but your heart is far, far away from Him. You have fallen deep into your sins. You won't be able to get out from that sinful pit you are in. Even now, you think that your money is saving you. You speak arrogantly because you think you have become rich and no one can shake you. You are terribly wrong! Your money isn't powerful. You will learn it soon!You are fond of giving the glory to money. You are also fond of giving the glory to human strength. You will learn that both aren't that powerful as the LORD. He is more powerful than you with all the money with you and with all the human strength you have. You also arrogantly boast that you are intelligent above the rest. That evil thought, God can frustrate and bring it to naught. He can reduce you to nothing in a moment. Always remember Nebuchadnezzar. They are written in the book of Daniel to remind you who the LORD is and what He could do. Remember also king Uzziah, as what happened to him too, when his heart became exceedingly proud and arrogant, How God reduced him to nothing in the end! You must have the fear of the LORD. If you do not have that in you, it's better that you be removed from this Earth by the LORD. You make a mess of things wherever you go and are. The most hypocritical thing to do will be to pretend as though you have the fear of the LORD, when you actually don't. God says, He knows it when it is hypocrisy. You may go through the motions,day in day out, weekly, monthly or even annually, He knows it when you do things for a show. When these shows go on for a long time, God takes the necessary actions especially when it start hurting others. Here God says, you know that the very light you have during the day I can turn into darkness. I can tell the sun what to do, which you can't says the LORD. Same thing, He can turn what you do in hypocrisy into something you don't like doing- grieving for the lost- a great loss! So, out of fear of what He can do, could you please stop all the hypocritical practices. He doesn't hear your prayers and He isn't interested in your showmanship. He saw too much of it from the Devil. You need humbling not God to hear your prayer. Humbling comes from the nature of Christ formed in you.
Luke 18:9-14
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else,Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
