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:help::help::help::help::help:Hi,

Asking for prayers. I have been pretty low..not seeing the light...i actually fasted the proper way this past weekend from food, television, and the internet. Instead I used the time to pray and read the bible...for a special prayer request that only God can come through on. I gave a date in which I asked God please grant me the blessing and we are less than 6 days away and still nothing and I don't see any signs of it happening.....so... whelp the fasting didn't work. I am angry, upset, and feel guilty for feel angry and upset. I truly wanted that miracle and it hurts that its not happening. So i am completely heartbroken. Please pray for me. As I continue to pray for you.
 
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God's timing is not our timing. Patience is truly a hard thing to learn and once the Lord has helped you master it, it is a virtue.....I will pray for you....I have been born again for 12 yr's and I have never fasted so your doing much better then me. Maybe you fasting is a sign that I need to fast. God works in very strange ways.
 
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Thank you very much, despite me feeling low about my self and my life, I am always happy when i can help others. So if by me telling you I fasted helps you or gives you a sign then I am glad I can help. Thank you for the prayers. Very hard to be positive about myself but I am trying.
 
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Keepinfaith said:
:help::help::help::help::help:Hi,

Asking for prayers. I have been pretty low..not seeing the light...i actually fasted the proper way this past weekend from food, television, and the internet. Instead I used the time to pray and read the bible...for a special prayer request that only God can come through on. I gave a date in which I asked God please grant me the blessing and we are less than 6 days away and still nothing and I don't see any signs of it happening.....so... whelp the fasting didn't work. I am angry, upset, and feel guilty for feel angry and upset. I truly wanted that miracle and it hurts that its not happening. So i am completely heartbroken. Please pray for me. As I continue to pray for you.
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I am afraid you are approaching prayer from the wrong direction. You have determined what you want, and you are trying to convince God to do it for you. That is the wrong way round.

A better approach is the one the Lord himself used in Gethsemane. He was distressed to the point of sweating blood at the thought of his imminent death, and he asked God not to let it happen. But he ended his prayer by saying, 'Yet not my will but thine be done.' And God indeed did let him die.

We too have to learn to say these same words, and for the same reason. God is supreme, and he must be allowed to decide for us, because he understands more than we do what is best for our lives. So, instead of the prayers you have been saying, change instead to the words used by the Lord. 'Yet not my will but thine be done.' These are very simple words, but they have a very very difficult meaning. It takes us a lifetime to learn what they mean.

God be with you.
 
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Keepinfaith said:
Thank you very much, despite me feeling low about my self and my life, I am always happy when i can help others. So if by me telling you I fasted helps you or gives you a sign then I am glad I can help. Thank you for the prayers. Very hard to be positive about myself but I am trying.
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Be positive about God instead. He will help you, but you have to accept first that it is his choice how he does it, and when he does it.

Our role is to trust, to pray and to follow Christ.
 
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Catherineanne said:
I am afraid you are approaching prayer from the wrong direction. You have determined what you want, and you are trying to convince God to do it for you. That is the wrong way round.

A better approach is the one the Lord himself used in Gethsemane. He was distressed to the point of sweating blood at the thought of his imminent death, and he asked God not to let it happen. But he ended his prayer by saying, 'Yet not my will but thine be done.' And God indeed did let him die.

We too have to learn to say these same words, and for the same reason. God is supreme, and he must be allowed to decide for us, because he understands more than we do what is best for our lives. So, instead of the prayers you have been saying, change instead to the words used by the Lord. 'Yet not my will but thine be done.' These are very simple words, but they have a very very difficult meaning. It takes us a lifetime to learn what they mean.

God be with you.
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Hi, thanks for your response..I feel you have misinterpreted what I said. But that is okay. I respect your opinion and your advice as a fellow chirstian. Thank you for taking time out to read my prayer.
 
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Be positive about God instead. He will help you, but you have to accept first that it is his choice how he does it, and when he does it.

Our role is to trust, to pray and to follow Christ.
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I have accepted that is his choice and I do know it. That is why I am on here asking for prayers to help me turn my negative feelings into positives. Thanks again for taking time out to respond.
 
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