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darktipper said:I dunno about that... No doors or windows have opened for a while now. It is bad when you start to feel a bit better by not praying because it only leads to disappointment. I have even prayed for god will and nothing.... I don't get it. I think I am in the failure at almost everything category.... Even in prayer
I dunno about that... No doors or windows have opened for a while now. It is bad when you start to feel a bit better by not praying because it only leads to disappointment. I have even prayed for god will and nothing.... I don't get it. I think I am in the failure at almost everything category.... Even in prayer
You're not a failure!! Success starts with a state of mind. I know that it seems like God isn't listening to you but He is and you have to hope in Him! Somebody said "The man who believes he can do something is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can't."
In your first post you said that all your friends have their prayers answered immediately. How do you know that? Their prayer life may not be as amazing as it seems to you. God says "no" to everyone. You also said in your first post that you can't find the point in praying at night anymore. There is point, even if He is saying no to your prayers! Prayer is taking to God. And the more you talk to somebody, the more you know him.
I'm not sure why God is saying no to so many of your prayers, but it may just be that what you're asking for doesn't align with His will and plan for your life. Or maybe it's just how you're praying? Have you said the sinner's prayer (the prayer when you repent and give your life to Christ to live a life that pleases Him) and meant it? How do you pray and who and what do you pray for? If you don't mind, can you post an example of one of your prayers? Perhaps that will help us identify and fix a possible problem.
It's taken me years to get answers to prayer. Case in point: my signature (although that's not the only one). It was in fact shortly after I gave up my idea of having a child/being able to have a child and being okay with it if it were God's will that I discovered I was pregnant. This was after a year of infertility treatments, not responding to any meds (which also would make me unable to go through IUI/IVF), and having to have surgery which gave less than a 50% chance I would be able to conceive naturally. I'm not only due on a Sunday. I'm due on Mother's Day.
Stop Being Conscious Of All Your Self-called Failures And Be Christ Conscious! Stop Doing All These Things You Are Doing And Just Relax And Feed On The Word Of God. Only One Thing Is Needful-feed On The Word Of God And He Will Do All The Rest!
Prayer is a way for us to talk to Jesus. The only way to Heaven is through Jesus. Just the way it is. I have seen the power of prayer, and I have seen when prayers I have been asking for specific blessing, for a number of years, literally, have not been answered. If it is His will, then so shall it be. His schedule is not the same as mine. He decides when or if I get the blessing I ask for.
That is so beautiful!
A year ago I was homeless. I prayed and asked Jesus for blessings and miracles. Finding a place to rent would take a miracle. I didn't just find a place to rent, I found a place to buy. I now have a home. THAT was a miracle! I was also dealing with serious health problems, because Systemic Lupus is in my family. I have always tested negative for Lupus, but I had the liver damage. And I have been dry (alcohol) since '93. Last week my doctor tested me and found out that the damage is gone. Not just "better", but GONE. And I hadn't prayed for that! I just asked for better health. Tell me, is that a miracle, or what? The liver can fix itself, but when dealing with SLE, it's not as capable to fix itself.
But it did.
THAT is a miracle!
Thank you!Congrats on having your prayers answered..
Me on the other hand....I get the dial tone.
Right now I have not prayed in like a day or so. I forgot.... I feel a tad bit better knowing that I will not be hit with an unanswered prayer.
I dunno I might pray tonight.
Thank you!
You "might" pray tonight, huh? Well, I suppose He "might" help you.
Something I learned is PUSH. Pray Until Something Happens!
Everytime I pray for something nothing happens. Other people I know pray and their prayers get answered. I am falling behind and failing at life when it comes to my peers and relatives. I think that I waste my time praying at night.
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