During the temple Adam is praying, and Satan comes and says "I hear you." That got me thinking if Satan can hear our prayers? Now this is kind of tough. I can see a true prayer, done by the spirit, might not be something that Satan can listen in on. But I can see a more casual prayer. I don't know if that matters that much, because I would assume Satan already knows what we desire, he wouldn't really need to listen in on prayers to figure that out (I wouldn't think). I have heard that Satan can't read our thoughts, but can put thoughts in our head? Next would be, could Satan answer our prayers? Meaning if I pray for a job, could Satan somehow end up leading me to a job that might not be the best for me? Either not a good work environment, or have to work on Sunday? I would think, if I have the spirit, I would recognize a "bad" job. But it's a matter if Satan can really imitate answers to our prayers? What is the limit of Satan's power?
I'm not sure I'm following you. What does tempting Jesus have to do with Satan being able to hear our thoughts or not?
Wouldn't Satan have to know what Jesus was thinking? Maybe not. I mean the food temptation is kind of a no brainer, but the others was just trying to tempt Jesus' human side (Power and glory).
I guess I just don't know where this idea (Doctrine) of Satan not being able to read our thoughts comes from? Strange that Satan only has one way access to my thoughts. Satan can put as many thoughts in, but this power that he has to put thoughts in is only limited to one direction. That Satan can't get any thoughts out (Even the ones he put in)
The idea that Satan cannot read our thoughts is based upon the following passage from the D&C:
Name: Jordan
Title: Can Satan Read our thoughts
Comments: The church provides some great insights to this question. The answer to this question is in a book written by Elder ElRay L. Christiansen.