Numbers 11 begins "And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes."
It struck me that there is a qualitative difference between complaining in the hearing of the LORD, and in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving letting our requests be made known to God. He hears both of course, but they do not accomplish the same thing in our hearts, nor does it seem God's ear inclines to these utterances in the same way.
Something like the difference between a parent's response to a request from a whiney discontented child and a parent's response to a request from a contented child for something they need.
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