Squilii:

How sure are you Animals don't pray? Are you one? But you know they cry, the sweat, they eat and reproduce just like you An Homo Sapien! Baba fear God o!

Not all humans pray....even if animals pray, definitely not all do. After all, not all animals cry. But then, what of plants and microbes?

NB: I take offence at the bolded.

menesheh:


Will never belittle myself replying you irrationally with abuses; but you know whashu doing?

Consolation consoling yourself of the harsh
conditions of man's existence here, accident, earthquake, sickness, death of loved ones etc in order to forge ahead in your miserable life here on earth.

False hope trying to forge hope in other to console yourself with prayers that never get any answers. Those claims of prayers getting answer are mere coincidents, praying for would have happened things or events.

Feeling belonged the false hope of prayers makes you think there is a great power out there that cares for your wellbeing but look back at your short fallings.

Because you are told because you are told that prayers get answered not actually that in your sincere conscious convictions that your prayers get any answers.

Be mindful of abusing others that buys not your ideas and beliefs.

So how do we get by when there is nothing else humanly possible to do to change a given situation??

l am really curious.
Pray tell.

Anas09:
@pleatton. You are an atheist, but you can't just ignore our mythical nonsense, according to u. You are everywhere putting ur mouth in our affairs, just like ur master satan, always coming uninvited wen the sons of god are meeting. There's no god, no answers to prayers. Now move along and leave us in our delusion. If God didn't answer my prayer with undenyable proves, I won't be here today. I was sick to dead, I needed a surgery urgently, but prayers were offered for me before being taken to the hospital, because my folk thought I could die before we got there. I who could not sleep, fell asleep while the prayer was still going on. I had a dream of a tall slim man dressed in all white, wheelling me out from the theatre. The surgery was done. My folk were there waiting for me. People in that hospital lined up to tell me congratulations. When I woke up, I was as sound as every normal person. I was to still be taken to the hospital, I told them the dream. Till this moment am typing this, no reoccurance. Pls pleatton, give my ears peace, u don't believe it doesn't mean its not true. Ur parents did a very poor job raising u.

You're the one being dishonest by trying to silence every form of criticism. You think this is a feel-good joke or some kind of political convention. Your personal experience was remarkable, but you can't use that to silence the doubting Thomases like us. Jesus had to show up and give his hand to Thomas remember? Thomas had called everyone a liar until the dead man appeared before his own eyes. So keep your story, I'm happy for you, but don't be so rude to the point where you now think that anecdotes will suffice. Thomas wasn't going for it, and neither am I.

One thing I understand about Christianity and Church is that people go there because of what they hope to gain, that is why the churches with high population are the miracle churches, I don't care what anybody thinks, what I know is that if the church n bible didn't promise everlasting life in heaven n prosperity on earth most people would not go to church. They don't want to die so when they told that they can still exist when they die they embrace it. Everything Christains do they do because they were promised something, n this has been going on for years. We were brought up to scream Jesus when we are scared n grab the bible when we have nightmares, I know countries that don't have churches, they have no witches there. It's all in ur head, the things ur brain can be made to see and believe is amazing. Christains claim to have supernatural encounters with God, Muslim's claim same about Allah, even native doctors meet their Gods too......... If a God was out here he or she will be busy stopping earth quakes and disasters instead of answering stupid prayers of people wanting to be richer than their neighbors without working n killing one innocent woman in the village that has lived for 98yrs because she didn't sleep with people's husband when she was young...

Squilii:

What are you talking about? Is Sango the God of Thunder not accessed only by its Worshippers! It's what you believe n bro.

If the worshippers of sango claim they are the only ones who can access sango, no one would argue with them, after all they are the only ones worshipping and praying to sango.

But not only Christians nor Muslims claim to worship and pray to an almighty God! Why then would any religion claim a monopoly of access to God?

As a Christian, how did you come to the conclusion that Christ is the only way to God?

franconian:


If the worshippers of sango claim they are the only ones who can access sango, no one would argue with them, after all they are the only ones worshipping and praying to sango.

But not only Christians nor Muslims claim to worship and pray to an almighty God! Why then would any religion claim a monopoly of access to God?

As a Christian, how did you come to the conclusion that Christ is the only way God?

Like I said every one has their beliefs. I'm not one of the Christains who claim Christ is the only way God! I believe there are Moral and Ethical values in every Belief/religion.

Squilii:

Like I said every one has their beliefs. I'm not one of the Christains who claim Christ is the only way God! I believe there are Moral and Ethical values in every Belief/religion.

It means you don't believe all Jesus said then... "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one cometh to the father (God Alimighty) except through me
John 14:6. These were his words!

May God bless you for this and strengthen you to do more......Thanks Bro

Squilii:

Like I said every one has their beliefs. I'm not one of the Christains who claim Christ is the only way God! I believe there are Moral and Ethical values in every Belief/religion.

Oh, you're trying to have your cake and eat it, all at the same time. Christ said that there is only one way to heaven. You're following him while acknowledging the possibility of other ways to heaven. I envy you, my friend.

God bless you sir......

Squilii:

Like I said every one has their beliefs. I'm not one of the Christains who claim Christ is the only way God! I believe there are Moral and Ethical values in every Belief/religion.

It means you don't believe all Jesus said then... "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one cometh to the father (God Alimighty) except through me
John 14:6. These were his words!

So, was Jesus lying when he said that?

charlesikhalea:
One thing I understand about Christianity and Church is that people go there because of what they hope to gain, that is why the churches with high population are the miracle churches, I don't care what anybody thinks, what I know is that if the church n bible didn't promise everlasting life in heaven n prosperity on earth most people would not go to church. They don't want to die so when they told that they can still exist when they die they embrace it. Everything Christains do they do because they were promised something, n this has been going on for years. We were brought up to scream Jesus when we are scared n grab the bible when we have nightmares, I know countries that don't have churches, they have no witches there. It's all in ur head, the things ur brain can be made to see and believe is amazing. Christains claim to have supernatural encounters with God, Muslim's claim same about Allah, even native doctors meet their Gods too......... If a God was out here he or she will be busy stopping earth quakes and disasters instead of answering stupid prayers of people wanting to be richer than their neighbors without working n killing one innocent woman in the village that has lived for 98yrs because she didn't sleep with people's husband when she was young...

What u said u understood about christianity and church may not be different from the perspective of the people u said that goes there for one thing or the other. That u assumed that if the bible and church did not promise benefits now and hereafter most people would not go there, Thank God you never said all the people.
You mentioned the christians,muslems and the native doctors on different encounter pages about God or gods, you also said if a God was out there, its a Pity! God is too BIG to be out there, HE is everywhere and does what He chooses.
You said some people make stupid prayers based on desires but that shouldnt bother u if there is no God\gods to answer them.
You said some people lived longer because of purity of act, who justifies this act of purity.
My advice, please be patient,humble and calm, acknowledge that that there is God, the owner\creator of heavens and the earth.
Above all, Jesus loves u, do well to accept Him as Lord and personal saviour.
Happy sunday.

I'm edified bro. God bless you sir.

Defcon1:

So how do we get by when there is nothing else humanly possible to do to change a given situation??

l am really curious.
Pray tell.

Is absolutely better to be told that there is no help in an examination than a false promise of passing it which will make you to relax and stop reading but the latter will motivate you to start reading to pass.


Religion are thriving in unsolved and unverified mysteries but science after testing and retesting prayers and claims of the Bible see no evidence to backup those even pretty much puzzle.

We are better off told the truth that this world is nothing but mere live and die than and has no purpose than those mumbo-jumbo and Forged man-made stories of prayers, afterlife, death consciousness while it had no effect on reality of things as we see it here.

"Asked, it will be giving to you", try asking anything the way the Bible inscribed it literally and witness the reality of it (i want a private jet now). Nothing happened, rather they will start giving you reasons why u didn't get what you asked, the would have been fulfillment if ever is still would have been fulfilment without prayers.


We don't change natural events and coincidents that befalls human on earth here but science are working on how to actually do their best to cushion or prevent the those incidents that men presumed prayers can solve.

If you want your FAITH to work, you 'll have to work in LOVE.

garrimallam:


What u said u understood about christianity and church may not be different from the perspective of the people u said that goes there for one thing or the other. That u assumed that if the bible and church did not promise benefits now and hereafter most people would not go there, Thank God you never said all the people.
You mentioned the christians,muslems and the native doctors on different encounter pages about God or gods, you also said if a God was out there, its a Pity! God is too BIG to be out there, HE is everywhere and does what He chooses.
You said some people make stupid prayers based on desires but that shouldnt bother u if there is no God\gods to answer them.
You said some people lived longer because of purity of act, who justifies this act of purity.
My advice, please be patient,humble and calm, acknowledge that that there is God, the owner\creator of heavens and the earth.
Above all, Jesus loves u, do well to accept Him as Lord and personal saviour.
Happy sunday.

I didnt say all people because some people just want to belong somewhere, U said God is everywhere n yet there's not a single proof, u also said he does whatever he likes, meaning he can decide to let the world drown in war and yet claim to love humans!!?? about the 98yrs old lady that didn't steal people's husband, I mentioned that cos Christains often condemn old people in the village as witches n this woman am talking about was just a good person, I never mentioned that some people lived longer n i never mentioned purity, n as we all know humans had the knowledge of good and evil before Christianity came into existence.
Am a free thinker, I am a seeker of truth, I'll advice u keep serving ur God n get mansions n crowns in heaven, while I peacefully discover that which I seek....

garrimallam:


What u said u understood about christianity and church may not be different from the perspective of the people u said that goes there for one thing or the other. That u assumed that if the bible and church did not promise benefits now and hereafter most people would not go there, Thank God you never said all the people.
You mentioned the christians,muslems and the native doctors on different encounter pages about God or gods, you also said if a God was out there, its a Pity! God is too BIG to be out there, HE is everywhere and does what He chooses.
You said some people make stupid prayers based on desires but that shouldnt bother u if there is no God\gods to answer them.
You said some people lived longer because of purity of act, who justifies this act of purity.
My advice, please be patient,humble and calm, acknowledge that that there is God, the owner\creator of heavens and the earth.
Above all, Jesus loves u, do well to accept Him as Lord and personal saviour.
Happy sunday.

So your own God is called Jesus? Well, that God is a glorified myth. I followed all the rituals, even as far as eating and drinking symbolic flesh and blood, and yet the God didn't appear or make a sound.

God bless you op,

Truly inspiring piece, I read most of these bible passages of recent. I'm seeking something from God but then I kept asking what if my will is not God's will. In reading the bible I was able to get some answers from the same passages u posted here. However, your post just enlightened me more and dispeled my doubts.

Once again, God bless you

menesheh:


Is absolutely better to be told that there is no help in an examination than a false promise of passing it which will make you to relax and stop reading but the latter will motivate you to start reading to pass.


Religion are thriving in unsolved and unverified mysteries but science after testing and retesting prayers and claims of the Bible see no evidence to backup those even pretty much puzzle.

We are better off told the truth that this world is nothing but mere live and die than and has no purpose than those mumbo-jumbo and Forged man-made stories of prayers, afterlife, death consciousness while it had no effect on reality of things as we see it here.

"Asked, it will be giving to you", try asking anything the way the Bible inscribed it literally and witness the reality of it (i want a private jet now). Nothing happened, rather they will start giving you reasons why u didn't get what you asked, the would have been fulfillment if ever is still would have been fulfilment without prayers.


We don't change natural events and coincidents that befalls human on earth here but science are working on how to actually do their best to cushion or prevent the those incidents that men presumed prayers can solve.

All right.

malvisguy212:

It is written, "BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING" (James. 1:6)! The miracle that you prayed for some time ago was just about to show up at your doorstep--but you wavered. And the moment you wavered, you sabotaged your blessing. It's not enough to ASK in faith; indeed, you must REMAIN in faith until the day your miracle arrives. And the way you remain in faith is simply by giving God thanks each day for the answer to your prayer.


EVERY TIME YOU WAVER IN FAITH, YOU MURDER YOUR MIRACLE! "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised)" (Heb. 10:23).

menesheh:


Will never belittle myself replying you irrationally with abuses; but you know whashu doing?

Consolation consoling yourself of the harsh
conditions of man's existence here, accident, earthquake, sickness, death of loved ones etc in order to forge ahead in your miserable life here on earth.

False hope trying to forge hope in other to console yourself with prayers that never get any answers. Those claims of prayers getting answer are mere coincidents, praying for would have happened things or events.

Feeling belonged the false hope of prayers makes you think there is a great power out there that cares for your wellbeing but look back at your short fallings.

Because you are told because you are told that prayers get answered not actually that in your sincere conscious convictions that your prayers get any answers.

Be mindful of abusing others that buys not your ideas and beliefs.

I read your post and could not help but try to respond to some of the things you highlighted.
• Consolation. I don’t really get what you are about but definitely am sure you know the earth is governed by laws. Eg the law of gravity whether you are good or bad if you jump off a cliff, you’re going down. Earthquakes, as a result of seismic activities depending on forces exerted, environmental factors which man is a major player causes all this. Sickness, with our lifestyles these days it can only be imagined the type of sickness around not to talk of the ones we invent ourselves. But all these does not rule out God answering prayers.
• False hope. Hope is an optimistic attitude base on expectation of positive outcome in your favour. Are you suggesting in any way that we should not have hope that God will see us through undesirable conditions? Against all hope the black race got freedom from slavery I don’t think that happened by chance
• Feeling belonged. Because you have chosen to be restricted in judging things by your five senses does not say others don’t exist. Eg until recently even you will not have believed you can talk to someone with mobile phone thousands of miles away from you without physical connectivity. My friend, the supernatural exist but it cannot be perceived with any of you five senses.
• Because you are told. This is just knowledge passing from people to people. It is left to you to verify what has been passed across, I totally see nothing wrong with that and it should be encouraged.
I think its either you are trying hard to let your opinion stand or you got angry with God at some point. I don’t agree in totality with what the OP has written either, I mean you cannot pray continuously thinking you will get to a point God is arm twisted to answer you. Lk 11:1-8 was a comparison (which of you shall have such a friend?). But God exist and I have witnessed him first hand, he loves me, he loves you, he loves everyone Eph 2:4-9. God does not will that bad things happens to us, we have minds of our own and if a man decides to commit suicide, drink and drive God will not remote control him or her otherwise.

Presidency25:


It is written, "BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING" (James. 1:6)! The miracle that you prayed for some time ago was just about to show up at your doorstep--but you wavered. And the moment you wavered, you sabotaged your blessing. It's not enough to ASK in faith; indeed, you must REMAIN in faith until the day your miracle arrives. And the way you remain in faith is simply by giving God thanks each day for the answer to your prayer.


EVERY TIME YOU WAVER IN FAITH, YOU MURDER YOUR MIRACLE! "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised)" (Heb. 10:23).

wonderful!!! Thanks very much. God bless you.

charlesikhalea:
One thing I understand about Christianity and Church is that people go there because of what they hope to gain, that is why the churches with high population are the miracle churches, I don't care what anybody thinks, what I know is that if the church n bible didn't promise everlasting life in heaven n prosperity on earth most people would not go to church. They don't want to die so when they told that they can still exist when they die they embrace it. Everything Christains do they do because they were promised something, n this has been going on for years. We were brought up to scream Jesus when we are scared n grab the bible when we have nightmares, I know countries that don't have churches, they have no witches there. It's all in ur head, the things ur brain can be made to see and believe is amazing. Christains claim to have supernatural encounters with God, Muslim's claim same about Allah, even native doctors meet their Gods too......... If a God was out here he or she will be busy stopping earth quakes and disasters instead of answering stupid prayers of people wanting to be richer than their neighbors without working n killing one innocent woman in the village that has lived for 98yrs because she didn't sleep with people's husband when she was young...

this may surprise you, but yes is the truth, world peace is not among the WILL of God, eliminate evil and we get partial freewill evil must exist for human to have two option, Love God or reject him, the only peace God want is "make peace with God" the universe is temporary one day it will end, the world peace human want ,we cannot get it here on earth, but heaven.natural disaster is the reason sentient creatures exist (human)

[quote author=malvisguy212 post=33804052]There has been times in my life when
I have been up and down, times when prayer seems to come easy, and times when prayer doesn't come easy at all. There is something, I think, in man that makes it hard to pray, but what is it? Why should anyone have difficulty in praying?

Is it because we think that God will not hear us? That's a possibility. I've heard people speak about getting on their knees to pray and having the feeling that their prayers were bouncing off the ceiling, going no higher than the ceiling, that nobody was hearing it but them. They don't think God is actually hearing what they are saying.

They may feel that way because they
feel unworthy, or because they feel God is down on them. They may feel that God has somehow shut them up and won't listen to them.

Is it because we don't think it will change anything? And if that's the case, is it because we just don't believe? Or that we believe that God is going to do what He's going to do regardless of what we ask? “What's the point in praying about this? I'm going to pray and I'm going to ask God to do this, but God already knows what's best, and He's going to do what's best, and I'm going to say 'Thy will be done,' and what's the
point in asking because His will is going to be done anyway?” Maybe we don't pray a lot because we think it isn't going to change anything. God will just do what he's going to do whether we ask Him to do it or not.

SOLUTION;
Luke 11:1-2, "And it came to pass,
that, as he was praying in a
certain place, when he ceased,
one of his disciples said unto
him, Lord, teach us to pray, as
John also taught his disciples.
And he said unto them, When ye
pray, say…"

Now, most people can, without reading their bible, can site what Jesus said about how you are to pray. So, Jesus gives what is called “the Lord's Prayer,” but he continues, he's NOT THROUGH TEACHING THEM HOW TO PRAY! The “Lord's Prayer” is not all he said in response to the question, “Lord, teach us to pray.”the Lord prayer was just like an idea on what to say when praying , the next verse gives us the right attitude;continue;

Luke 11:5-7, "And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is
come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give
thee."

"Jesus' listeners would have considered the response of the man who was in bed absolutely unconscionable"

Luke 11:8, "I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY he will rise and give him as many as he needeth."

What's going on here? Well the man's
not going to go away! He's going to
stay down there; he's going to keep
on knocking on the door. He's going to
say, “get up and get me some bread!
I'm not going to let you sleep until you get up and come out here and give me three loaves of bread.

The word for “importunity” in the Greek literally means “SHAMLESNESS.” Without shame. I think that's absolutely fascinating, because a modest man would say, “Gee. I asked and he didn't give me any bread. Well, I guess I better go away now because I must be causing
him a lot of inconvenience.” No, he is
shameless!

THERE ARE THREE EXAMPLES OF IMPORTUNITY;
EXAMPLE ONE
Luke 18:1-8, "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for
a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; YET BECAUSE THIS WIDOW TROUBLETH ME,I WILL AVENGE HER,LEST BY HER CONTINUE COMING SHE WEARY ME. And the Lord said,
Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily."


Here is a judge that was fearless, and
would not avenge this widow's
adversary. But she kept asking him
OVER and OVER and the judge finally
gave in to her requests, lest she
weary him by her continual coming.

EXAMPLE TWO:
Luke 18:35-39, "And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And
they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which went before REBUKE
HIM, that he should HOLD his peace…"

They rebuked him. They told him to
shut up and be quiet! To stay out of
the way.BUT

Luke 18:39, "...but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me."

What happens to this man if he shuts
up? He's not healed. Yet, there were
people there who were trying to talk
him out of it, telling him to hush. He
didn't hush, he kept yelling. He cried
out!

Luke 18:40-43, "And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, Saying, What wilt thou that I
shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: THY FAITH HATH SAVED THEE. And immediately he received his sight, and followed
him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God."

What's faith? Is it a feeling? Is it a
mood? An emotion? Faith is a
persistence, a boldness. It was his
boldness and persistence that got this
man his eyesight. It's not a mood, it's
not a feeling. Think about it. Jesus
said his bold, persistent, aggressive
faith has saved him!

EXAMPLE THREE:
Matthew 15:22, "And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my
daughter is grievously vexed with a devil."

This is a Gentile woman, and Jesus
did not answer her a word. Didn't say
a thing to her, just ignored her! Actually, strange women weren't supposed to be talking to strange men like this. Jesus' manners may seem rude to you, but they were the norm for this time.

Matthew 15:23-26, "But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, SEND HER AWAY; FOR SHE CRIETH AFTER US. But he answered and said, I am not sent
but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, HELP ME. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to
cast it to dogs."


First he ignores her, and then he
insults her! “This is not for you, you
dog! This is for the children. You Gentiles are not in that category of God's children.BUT SHE KEEP ON PRESSING ON:

Matthew 15:27, "And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."


This is similar to what happened to a
man named Jacob when he wrestled,
physically, with God, and who put
God in a hold and said, "...I will not
let thee go, except thou bless
me" (Genesis 32:24-30). He wrestled
all night long and said he would not let him go until he blesses him! God even put the hollow of Jacob's thigh out of joint, and he still wouldn't let him go! These people would stand up to God, believe it or not. This woman continued to persist in the argument. And what happened?

Matthew 15:28, "Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, GREAT IS THY FAITH : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole
from that very hour."

What's he talking about? He's talking about her boldness, her persistence, her drive, her energy, her willingness
to hang in there and not give up on her daughter's sake. Sometimes we can find more faith for our children than we can for ourselves. This woman certainly did. Notice Jesus' response when he saw this kind of faith, this kind of persistent boldness. He said, “I'll give you anything you want!” And her daughter was made
whole from that very hour. And Jesus
told her that her bold, persistent, aggressive faith has saved her daughter.

Continue from the Lord prayer;

Luke 11:9-10, "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."

One thing you can say for sure is that
a man who doesn't ask is not going to
get it, a man who isn't looking for it isn't going to find it, and a man who doesn't knock on the door will never get it open.

Luke 11:11-13, "If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he
shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?"

You need to understand, the point that is being made here is not that God is a bad neighbor, the point is that if you expect to be heard of God you're going to have to knock and you're going to have to be persistent in what you do, and you are going to have to be shameless.

CONCLUSION;
Well, the scriptural doctrine of faith is an ACTIVE , persistent, bold approach to God. We seem to think that faith is a PASSIVE virtue; that it's a set of BELIEFS or a way of THINKING , whereas in scripture it's a way of acting!
That's where, possibly, the difference
may come in.

Thanks for your good sermon, I did not went to church today but your sermon just renew my strenght that there is hope in my life
I have a problem and my life is upside down am just confuse I need a help spritually ,am a christian but my christian life is zero ,am in a life of fear because of my debt figure ,I just need a redemption
What advice can I get from you on how to tackle my issue thanks
My email is
Chyco1st@yahoo.com
Will love to get a reply from you thanks

AODT:


I read your post and could not help but try to respond to some of the things you highlighted.
• Consolation. I don’t really get what you are about but definitely am sure you know the earth is governed by laws. Eg the law of gravity whether you are good or bad if you jump off a cliff, you’re going down. Earthquakes, as a result of seismic activities depending on forces exerted, environmental factors which man is a major player causes all this. Sickness, with our lifestyles these days it can only be imagined the type of sickness around not to talk of the ones we invent ourselves. But all these does not rule out God answering prayers.
• False hope. Hope is an optimistic attitude base on expectation of positive outcome in your favour. Are you suggesting in any way that we should not have hope that God will see us through undesirable conditions? Against all hope the black race got freedom from slavery I don’t think that happened by chance
• Feeling belonged. Because you have chosen to be restricted in judging things by your five senses does not say others don’t exist. Eg until recently even you will not have believed you can talk to someone with mobile phone thousands of miles away from you without physical connectivity. My friend, the supernatural exist but it cannot be perceived with any of you five senses.
• Because you are told. This is just knowledge passing from people to people. It is left to you to verify what has been passed across, I totally see nothing wrong with that and it should be encouraged.
I think its either you are trying hard to let your opinion stand or you got angry with God at some point. I don’t agree in totality with what the OP has written either, I mean you cannot pray continuously thinking you will get to a point God is arm twisted to answer you. Lk 11:1-8 was a comparison (which of you shall have such a friend?). But God exist and I have witnessed him first hand, he loves me, he loves you, he loves everyone Eph 2:4-9. God does not will that bad things happens to us, we have minds of our own and if a man decides to commit suicide, drink and drive God will not remote control him or her otherwise.

Sorry for using this statement but this is absolutely intellectual arrogance . There are contradictions. here.

Consolation. I don’t really get what you are about but definitely am sure you know the earth is governed by laws. Eg the law of gravity whether you are good or bad if you jump off a cliff, you’re going down. Earthquakes, as a result of seismic activities depending on forces exerted, environmental factors which man is a major player causes all this. Sickness, with our lifestyles these days it can only be imagined the type of sickness around not to talk of the ones we invent ourselves. But all these does not rule out God answering prayers.
• False hope. Hope is an optimistic attitude base on expectation of positive outcome in your favour. Are you suggesting in any way that we should not have hope that God will see us through undesirable conditions? Against all hope the black race got freedom from slavery I don’t think that happened by chance
• Feeling belonged. Because you have chosen to be restricted in judging things by your five senses does not say others don’t exist. Eg until recently even you will not have believed you can talk to someone with mobile phone thousands of miles away from you without physical connectivity. My friend, the supernatural exist but it cannot be perceived with any of you five senses.
• Because you are told. This is just knowledge passing from people to people. It is left to you to verify what has been passed across, I totally see nothing wrong with that and it should be encourage

You pointed out in the above and supported laws of nature(laws of gravity and quatum mechanic etc) and coincidental incidence which is not written in the bible. Science explained all these and the working processes. Believing in Devine revelation and prayer poses and thrives in unsolved, inexplicable and unverifiable mysteries. For example who fashioned the fashioner; it posses more inexplicable puzzles which you as a believer can't answer the working process.

It is a serious act of ignorance for anybody to believe that answered prayers are mere coincidences, cos whether u like it or not spiritual forces exist and these forces no doubt dictatate circumstances, fortunes, or what some ignorant people termed as chance. Prayer is a spiritual approach one can adopt among other spiritual approaches. And belief it or not, these spiritual approaches work.

Food of the soul. Nice write up.

menesheh:


Sorry for using this statement but this is absolutely intellectual arrogance . There are contradictions. here.


For example who fashioned the fashioner; it posses more inexplicable puzzles which you as a believer can't answer the working process.

Sorry for my arrogance, I thought you will appreciate it more but...oops my wrong. Since you agree that it posses more puzzles don't you think its better to let go and acknowledge the existence of the divine? You don't have to be able to explain everything, I promise you supernatural things happens everywhere; God's intervention, simply put someone prayed, God answered.

Note I don't have many more answers, a lot are still mysteries to me but if I can enjoy divine interventions through prayers, why will I stop my friend.

I was here.Life has given me reasons to doubt the existence of God.But in all,there is a GOD that answers prayers. Thanks for this faith boosting epistle, brother.

malvisguy212:
this may surprise you, but yes is the truth, world peace is not among the WILL of God, eliminate evil and we get partial freewill evil must exist for human to have two option, Love God or reject him, the only peace God want is "make peace with God" the universe is temporary one day it will end, the world peace human want ,we cannot get it here on earth, but heaven.natural disaster is the reason sentient creatures exist (human)

u are the spokesman for ur God abi? Or both of u planned creation and everything else together!? Good luck with ur heavenly desires tho, no one can scare me with the end of the world crap, it's the end of the world for someone everyday.......