Wow! That's odd? God answers ALL of my prayers! Usually in the negative. Yet, isn't "No" and answer?I've found that prayers don't really do much. Maybe they do and God just simply chooses to not answer mine. Thanks for your prayers either way.
Wow! That's odd? God answers ALL of my prayers! Usually in the negative. Yet, isn't "No" and answer?
XDI so glad girlfriend! You know, in spite all my deeply theological posts here on this forum, I'm really here to pick-up chicks!
To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.
At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.
Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.
I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.
I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.
Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
No prayer to God EVER "bounces of the ceiling!" The words translated for you as "prayer" all have different meanings in the Greek. And from these words, the clergy has given us the "Doctrine of Pray" as if God is anal!Honestly I don't think I've often had a real answer. There have been occasions where I did get an answer that was clearly an answer but it feels like the majority of my prayers just echo off the ceiling.
I remember some deaf mute people were hired to clean offices. At least you have sight, hearing and some speech. I remember Goodwill helped people with handicaps find jobs. The way things are going, they will try to use computer software and AI to answer the phones more and more. Some numbers I called had a computer answering and asking questions.To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.
At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.
Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.
I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.
I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.
Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
A tourist go's to Jerusalem and notices a man praying at the Western or,Wailing Wall and decides to have a chat with him:Honestly I don't think I've often had a real answer. There have been occasions where I did get an answer that was clearly an answer but it feels like the majority of my prayers just echo off the ceiling.
To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.
At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.
Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.
I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.
I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.
Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
No prayer to God EVER "bounces of the ceiling!" The words translated for you as "prayer" all have different meanings in the Greek. And from these words, the clergy has given us the "Doctrine of Pray" as if God is anal!
The most basic word is euchomai and means simply: communication with a Divine Being.
You can talk to our Father about anything you want! As far as asking, the Greek word aitEO, often associated with "prayer", means to ask or beg. There is nothing wrong with saying, "please, please, pleeease"!
Our English word "pray" comes from a Middle French word which means to ask or beg such as the Old English phrase, "I pray thee, give me...
You can use the amEn if you wish, which means: SO-BE-IT!
We are God's beautiful sons and daughters! We go boldly before Him! None of that, "if it be Your will" nonsense! Use the imperative mood of command as Jesus did when He taught the disciples how to pray known as the "Lords Prayer". Jesus did not say, "Give us this day..." He said "Give!", as a command!
Jesus also taught us to "ask in His name/fame", which does NOT mean to say "In Jesus name-- amen". That is just ignorant lip service! We ask for things that are according to Who and What He is in all of His fame and majesty!
Maybe your prayers are a bit wishy washy and it's time to be more ballsy!
Remember this, God just doesn't snap His fingers and stuff happens. Sometime He must move heaven and earth to manipulate the circumstances and the people involved to answer that pray! So, patients is required. I love watching Him do His stuff!
Oh my gosh. I'd love to hear it! Please post it hereI would like to send you a personal message about misophonia and how to cope with it, but as I am new here I have no idea how to do that.
To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.
At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.
Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.
I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.
I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.
Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
This means a lot to me. thank you so mUchwhat you need more than anything else is a connection....I learnt this the hard way......I struggled with stuttering and I used a voice recorder to record my interactions with people so I could re-listen to them and improve...when they found out I was using a recorder I was fired.....so I know how difficult it is to have a stutter.....For me, my issue was a psychological barrier.....the more I engaged with other and reengaging with others....and imitating movie characters....doing everything i could to not internalise......being serious about having great outlets! creative outlets.....sadly no ones gonna come help you when ideally a church should be doing something.....
you have to be aggresive abot finding avneues to externalise, every beliefs we have was created by emotions....there is so much power in chnaing our emotions...
I am praying for you friend......commit to a jounrye of small changes.....I believe in you, You are not out of the Lord's hand, he can Change things!
Case in point: I live on the island of Maui which is my home since 1995 but, two years ago I lived in Palm beach FL so that I had easy access to boats and planes to travel the world, which I did for 10yrs.I guess I need to be more aggressive with my prayers. Just doesn't feel appropriate to demand or expect things from God.
I used to often wonder about things such as this. However, I started to trust the Lord and that all these things were for good in some odd way. A few examples from Proverbs I could direct you to have to do with wise people typically restraining their words. Whereas, fools often talk and talk and talk about foolishness.To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.
At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.
Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.
I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.
I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.
Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
Case in point: I live on the island of Maui which is my home since 1995 but, two years ago I lived in Palm beach FL so that I had easy access to boats and planes to travel the world, which I did for 10yrs.
Well, hurricane Matthew became a serious threat to me. I commanded and demanded that God take this storm out of my face and send it out to sea, SO-BE-IT!
I posted that audacious prayer on a Christian forum days before it's arrival. That prayer was met with disbelief and ridulous accusations by the forum members--accept for the ones that live in FL.
Well, the morning of it's arrival, I went on the internet to see it's projected arrival and saw that it was coming right into my face as a cat 4! I woke up my wife and said, "this is serious and we need a plan!" Not that we had not already done so. We prepared for the worst!
At about 1:00 pm, I went outside to have a last cocktail and smoke. I waited but NOTHING happened! So I turned on the news and saw that that storm had done the SWEETEST little dance around Palm Beach County and went out to sea! AS I COMANDED OF GOD days before!
For some unknown reason to me, God just LOVES that 11th hour and 59 minutes!
Going back to that forum was the sweetest vindication and that, not only because God is God but, because I am His son!
When I first went to FL, I got soaked with rain as it rains a lot in FL. I DEMANDED of God to NEVER allow that to happen to me again! It never did and I never bought an umbrella!
I am NOT "careful" with my Father and do NOT walk on egg shells around Him! I can demand from Him ANYTHING I wish! I am His son! He loves me greatly and will do everything He can to keep His promise of life to me BEYOND anything I could even ask or even imagine! Which He has busied Himself with my whole life!Although i think we need to be careful about demanding stuff from God. We are not His boss.
Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.