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What is the difference in your god telling you no, and a god of wood and stone not responding at all? How would you be able to tell the difference? This is important since the bible spoke of the religious who thought they knew who they were serving, yet did not.I love what a wise professor taught me. G_d answers all prayers. Yes, No, my son that would be bad for you, and the answer will come in its due time.
"You have not cause you ask not", and, I would add, you do not know what to ask for either...? (so as to get a yes)... Sometimes you have to wait for small children to grow up or mature, before you can say yes to some things that you couldn't do before that...What is the difference in your god telling you no, and a god of wood and stone not responding at all? How would you be able to tell the difference? This is important since the bible spoke of the religious who thought they knew who they were serving, yet did not.
I don't like your answer - not because you're not genuine in what you say but because:
What you are saying puts the failure for God to answer a prayer back on the person praying eg. I prayed for the life of my son but he died - therefore I must be a lousy Christian not good enough for God to help - Or, according to you, I didn't pray well enough so its all my fault - If I prayed well enough, the cancer in my child would have gone.
Well, I don't accept that. It means, using the example I gave before, that if the English soldier was killed and not the German, then the German soldier was a better Christian or better at praying - Again I do not believe that and in fact, I find it abhorrent to place such guilt on those who suffer a negative outcome
God is not a god of no's. He has everything and owns everything and it is his good pleasure to give you the kingdom....."You have not cause you ask not", and, I would add, you do not know what to ask for either...? (so as to get a yes)... Sometimes you have to wait for small children to grow up or mature, before you can say yes to some things that you couldn't do before that...
Immature ones are not really "asking" God, they are "demanding" of God (when they finally decide to speak to/with him, a lot of them) (things they should not as well a lot of the time, so sometimes he has to say "no" to those things), for if your to "ask" someone, there must be the open possibility of a "no", or you have to allow for a "no" or many "no's" sometimes, in a lot of cases...
God Bless!
God is not a god of no's. He has everything and owns everything and it is his good pleasure to give you the kingdom.....
I feel that the only way you will get no answer (or get the optimistic "no") is if you are not asking correctly (Have not asked God to teach you how to pray)
If we yet children and owned the world.....what could they ask for that we would not give? Even if we feel they shouldnt have it now....what would make you ignore the request outright?
Correct...in fact, no words need to be spoken at all, unless you desire for others to hear, or you are use to a specific ritual.....and I find no fault in that. I have not gone into "how to pray" and most dont care about that either since we all "already know how."It's not about the words, it's about what is "in the heart at the time", or what is "upon the heart at the time", and if your heart is "right alignment with God's will"... But, it's not about the words, or even posture or anything, not really...
Do you believe the knowledge of ability to ask and receive will be given to children? Those still on milk and not ready for meat? These types of analogies do little to edify.You don't give the keys to the car to a young child, and you don't allow a toddler to cook whole means for the family on the stove and using the oven, ect, ect...
Those "no's" will eventually become yes's, but not yet...
Yes, Knowledge of prayer, is not given to all and all are not ready for it......... "for all kinds of very good reasons that, at the time, we do not fully understand or comprehend yet, until later on, or when, or till, or until, or after were ready and have it"Some things were just not ready for till were ready for them... for all kinds of very good reasons that, at the time, we do not fully understand or comprehend yet, until later on, or when, or till, or until, or after were ready and have it...
No need to practice failures.....If you are getting no's, it is for good reason. It would be better to be content with what you have and ask for nothing.....We should however, keep on asking, and keep on knocking, and keep on praying, but, BUT, "as we grow and mature and develop", cause with that, a "no" can become a "yes" sometimes, or in time...
Correct...in fact, no words need to be spoken at all, unless you desire for others to hear, or you are use to a specific ritual.....and I find no fault in that. I have not gone into "how to pray" and most dont care about that either since we all "already know how."
Do you believe the knowledge of ability to ask and receive will be given to children? Those still on milk and not ready for meat?
These types of analogies do little to edify.
Yes, Knowledge of prayer, is not given to all and all are not ready for it......... "for all kinds of very good reasons that, at the time, we do not fully understand or comprehend yet, until later on, or when, or till, or until, or after were ready and have it"
Yet, once you have it....you cannot unhave it.
No need to practice failures.....If you are getting no's, it is for good reason. It would be better to be content with what you have and ask for nothing.....
I find no fault in anything that you have said. Be it unto you as you believe.Agree.
Reasonable, age-appropriate requests I'm sure will be granted...
Would you rather get puffed up by or about something that is false...?
Please don't beat around the bush and just tell me what you are trying to say please, K...?
Are you saying that not all have a knowledge of prayer, (or me possibly) or your the only one who knows this, or what...?
That I'm still not completely sure of yet, but, in general, and I think in most cases, you are correct...
Being content with what you have is important, but we still should "talk" to and with God all the time or as much as possible, even if were not really asking for anything at the time, and maybe say a general prayer for others, or specific ones when their is a specific situation on your heart...
But, after that, it is important that we either accept a yes or no in a specific situation, and in and for more general ones, leave it in God's hands, but continue praying it and for it regularly...
Or at least, that's what I do...
God Bless!
Thanks man...I find no fault in anything that you have said. Be it unto you as you believe.
What is the difference in your god telling you no, and a god of wood and stone not responding at all? How would you be able to tell the difference? This is important since the bible spoke of the religious who thought they knew who they were serving, yet did not.
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