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Frankly, x, I don't know what you're getting at. Are you saying the saints in heaven have some ability to alter our lives? Are you saying the saints in heaven can affect God's judgment of us?

I think there's very little said about the saints in heaven because we're not supposed to be concerned with their lives in heaven. It's enough to know they glorify God every minute in Paradise, and that one day we will join them.

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." -- 1 Corinthians 2:9

I'm say, DrE, that God in heaven CAN, and apparently DOES, communicate with the saints in heaven. He also communicates with the angels. The passages clearly indicate to me that those in heaven have not taken some kind of vow of silence. I agree that they glorify God. I also think that 1 Co 2:9 teaches a glorious life for those in heaven. That life will involve communication with the Lord. If the Lord communicated directly with Adam and Eve, then the Lord has established that He communicates with His children. If the Lord communicated with the prophets and apostles, then He has established that He communicates with His children. Rev 3 says, "20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. 21 To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." That verse clearly indicates communication. Therefore, if I say to my Heavenly Father in prayer, "Dear Lord, let my grandpa know that I love him.", then I think that God CAN do that, and that He probably will do that.