God has many exams.\nhe tests us to show ourselves that:are we a true believer? have we found him in our heart?\nnow.what are these tests?\nlet me help:Death of a very near friend!\nnow plz count more.i would like to found some new!\n~peace
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Sûrat Al-Mu’minûn\n(The Believers) XXIII \n\n\nIn the Name of Allâh,\nthe Most Gracious, the Most Merciful\n\n\n     1. Successful indeed are the believers.\n\n     2. Those who offer their Salât (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness.\n\n     3. And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allâh has forbidden).\n\n     4. And those who pay the Zakât.\n\n     5. And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts)\n\n     6. Except from their wives or (the slaves) that their right hands possess, - for then, they are free from blame;\n\n     7. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors;\n\n     8. Those who are faithfully true to their Amanât (all the duties which Allâh has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trusts) and to their covenants;\n\n     9. And those who strictly guard their (five compulsory congregational) Salawât (prayers) (at their fixed stated hours).\n\n     10. These are indeed the inheritors\n\n     11. Who shall inherit the Firdaus (Paradise). They shall dwell therein forever.\n\n     12. And indeed We created man (Adam) out of an extract of clay (water and earth).\n\n     13. Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman).\n\n     14. Then We made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We brought it forth as another creation. So Blessed is Allâh, the Best of creators.[1]\n\n     15. After that, surely, you will die.\n\n     16. Then (again), surely, you will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection.\n\n     17. And indeed We have created above you seven heavens (one over the other), and We are never unaware of the creation.\n\n 18. And We sent down from the sky water (rain) in (due) measure, and We gave it lodging in the earth, and verily, We are Able to take it away.\n\n     19. Then We brought forth for you therewith gardens of date-palms and grapes, wherein is much fruit for you, and whereof you eat.\n\n     20. And a tree (olive) that springs forth from Mount Sinai, that grows (produces) oil, and (it is a) relish for the eaters.\n\n     21. And verily in the cattle there is indeed a lesson for you. We give you to drink (milk) of that which is in their bellies. And there are, in them, numerous (other) benefits for you, and of them you eat.\n\n     22. And on them, and on ships you are carried.\n\n     23. And indeed We sent Nûh (Noah) to his people, and he said: "O my people! Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh (God) but Him (Islâmic Monotheism). Will you not then be afraid (of Him i.e. of His punishment because of worshipping others besides Him)?"\n\n     24. But the chiefs of his people who disbelieved said: "He is no more than a human being like you, he seeks to make himself superior to you. Had Allâh willed, He surely could have sent down angels. Never did we hear such a thing among our fathers of old.\n\n     25. "He is only a man in whom is madness, so wait for him a while."\n\n     26. [Nûh (Noah)] said: "O my Lord! Help me because they deny me."\n\n     27. So We revealed to him (saying): "Construct the ship under Our Eyes and under Our Revelation (guidance). Then, when Our Command comes, and water gushes forth from the oven, take on board of each kind two (male and female), and your family, except those thereof against whom the Word has already gone forth. And address Me not in favour of those who have done wrong. Verily, they are to be drowned.\n\n28. And when you have embarked on the ship, you and whoever is with you, then say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has saved us from the people who are Zâlimûn (i.e. o
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what real proof do we have of anything? Really, how do we know for sure about the bible or anything else without actually seeing it for ourselves? That's what faith is for in my opinion.
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Why do some “believers” often not get answers to their prayers?\n\nBelief alone is not sufficient to please God and have him answer our prayers. Even a credulous person may claim that he believes. For belief to have substance, it must be based on accurate knowledge, which can be gained only by a study of the Bible. Additionally, belief and faith must be proved by the works they produce. “As the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.”—James 2:26.\n\nA true believer would need to take God into account daily, not resorting to prayer only when faced with an emergency. He would also do acts of faith, right works that include speaking to others about his belief and faith in God.\n\nIn Harmony with God’s Will\n\nThe apostle John told us: “This is the confidence that we have toward [God], that, no matter what it is that we ask according to his will, he hears us.” (1 John 5:14) Here is another requirement for having our prayers heard by God. Our prayers should be in harmony with God’s will. Furthermore, once we pray we should be sure to act in harmony with our prayers.\n\n27 What are proper subjects for prayer? Anything that will affect one’s relationship to God; anything that will affect one spiritually. The apostle John wrote: “No matter what it is that we ask according to his will, he hears us.”—1 John 5:14.\n\n28 “According to his will” would mean that we rightly would not pray for things that promote strictly selfish interests, such as riches, position above our fellowman, revenge, selfish pleasures and like things. But we may, for example, petition God with regard to marriage—for his help in providing a suitable mate. Married couples may pray regarding the bearing of children, or for wisdom in rearing their children.\n\nThe answer from God can be expected in the form of wise guidance in the person’s own individual case. (Psalm 32:8) Of course, he should be consistent and act in harmony with his prayer. He should seek for counsel on the problem from the Bible. He may consult others who can help him to see what the Bible says on the matter. He should persist in praying on the matter until he gets a clear understanding of what is the wise course to take. (Luke 18:2-5)
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Q1: Yes I believe in God. One look at my beautiful children tells me god exists\n\nq2: Go every so often. I have too many issues with our local church\n\nQ3: Once in a while I will read from the bible and this depends on the time of year, such as Good Friday, Christmas etc.\n\nGood luck
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:}  No one can know anything for a fact beyond any doubt..\n\nEven our very senses fool us. There are dreams and mirages. We’ve all thought we heard saw or smelled something that was inaccurate.\n\nThoreau in Walden Pond, Presented the idea that we could know that we exist because if we did not we could not question whether we did or not.\n\nHaving established that nothing, beyond perhaps our own existence, can be established with absolute certainty, we must proceed to behave as if those things for which there is significant evidence, in fact exist and work as the evidence would suggest they do.\n\nWhile this procedure at times will lead to error, for the most part it is necessary to pursue this line of reasoning, called inductive logic, if we are to conduct normal life functions.\n\nIs there a god?  I use the same process. So for my purposes Yes, as far as my data goes in allowing  me to analyze the information, the preponderance of evidence suggest that God is a certain fact.  \n\nThen using the scientific method it simply remains to see if the predictions I make based on this hypothesis come to be\n\nAnd they have.\n\nI'm 100% sure \n\n\n\nOne additional fact \nMy salvation depends less on my faith than on his faithfulness!
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I have had plenty of times where God tested me, and now I can see most of them where for the best. The ones I cannot see what they where meant for can bother me some times but I still believe God will show me someday what they where meant for.
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Life is a test. God puts us on this earth to see how we will stand up to trials and testing. God wants to see how we develop our character, and He wants to see how we develop in Christ. God has a purpose for each and every one of us, and it differs from person to person. It depends on the strengths and giftings that He has given us. It is important to note that our purpose here will never be boring! God knows our interests, He created them! And He will use them to accomplish His purpose! He has something fun and exciting stored up for each and every one of us! So, our main purpose  is to obtain Christ like character, that is, become like Jesus. However, in terms of your individual purpose, think about the thing that you are most passionate about. My passion is working with children, and I know that my purpose in life is to teach the little ones about the love of Christ. I told you this as an example, so you can begin to think about yours. Pray about it, get into the Word, meditate on it. The answer will come to you in due time. Remember, this will be God's timing, not yours. God's timing is not always in line with ours, so be patient and wait for Him. Trust Him, He will reveal it to you. God bless!\n\nHere is a book that I recommend you read: The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. It will give you a sense of where you need to go. Great book!
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Our life is a test. If we follow the God's Law and are kind to others than we will be rewarded with paradise. If we don't care about God and are self-centered than we will be punished. It's good to remember that we should judge what God's Law is very carefully, for example God's word has been changed continually in CHristianity through centuries.   \n \nNow, every case is different, but I would answer you like this: \nGod is great and merciful so He gives more time (chances) for "rotten" people to rethink and change. Unfortunately in 99% they just use this "extra time" to burden their load with more sins..
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Dear..\nGod is a Prayer Hearer as the bible said, so I encourage you to keep on praying to him coz that will make u close to him which it is a great privilege for us if we become a friends to God, what is happening to you it is not as it is Gods will, No it just happened, maybe you need to concentrate more during ur exam and don't be nervous, read ur questions very carefully and I'm sure that u'll pass soon, so best wishes.
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Ecc 9 is telling of how he views it.  He is frustrated with life and sees it as a waste of time... and to just go out and eat drink and be happy...for tomorrow we die - is the sentiment there.  \n\nBut there actually is mention of ghosts in the new testiment.  \n\nWhen Jesus was walking to them across the water - they were scared and though he was a ghost.  \n\n\nMatthew 14:26 \nWhen the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.\n\nMark 6:49 \nbut when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,\n\nLuke 24:37    \nThey were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.\n\nONE OF THE BEST IS THIS\nJesus himself is saying this - so he clearly believes in ghosts -  Judge for yourself. \n\n\nLuke 24:38-40     \n38  He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39   Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."    40  When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet.\n\nPS -  i do believe in ghosts, spirits, demons, and angels.  \n\nThere is WAY more to this world than when meets the eye.   I have been through some pretty strange things with living in a haunted apartment and all. I have absolutly no doubts (personally speaking) that spirits AKA ghosts do exist.  \n\n(seeing it refered to in the Bible - only serves to back up what I already knew though)  :)
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The following text is what it's all about for a Chrisitan.\n\n1 John 4\n7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. \n\n13We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. 16And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. \n        God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 17In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. 18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. \n\n19We love because he first loved us. 20If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.\n\nI have personally seen God work in my life, I have allowed him to lead me since I graduated college, and have ended up where I never would have believed.  He has answered my prayers in the past, he has given me guidance, I have seen him work through friends and family.  He has even graciously given me dreams in which angels have appeared to reaffirm my faith.  I love God, for I know him and know his love for me.\n\nRomans 1:20\nFor since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
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I know this is long, but it's worth reading.\n\nI believe in God because I've found peace in Him.\nWhen I have a bad day at school, or if my parents get mad at me, all I have to do is read my Bible. Instant spirit boost. It reminds me that God is always there right beside me, no matter what I'm going through (and that he went there before me and knew everything that was going to happen, and that nothing happens that he doesn't already have worked out). It's a faith thing.\nTo answer your last two questions: Indeed, we are all sinners. It had to be that way. God wants us to have a relationship with him. That relationship is called "fellowship", and you can't have real fellowship with someone unless they genuinely want to. It wouldn't be a true relationship if, say, you tried to be friends with a computer; the computer just does whatever you tell it to do, it doesn't have a real choice of whether to stay with you or go somewhere else, so its friendship really means nothing. So, in order for God to have true fellowship with His creations, there had to be something standing between humans and God, so that only people who genuinely wanted God in their lives had a relationship with Him. That's why there had to be sin, and all of us had to be sinners, so that we could opt to have fellowship with God. And, if He destroyed us, there still wouldn't be fellowship. You just have to realize, God has already won. He won when He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for all the sins of mankind, so we can have a relationship with Him. He loves you and He wants you, and He's already forgiven you; all you have to do is accept it.\nTo answer your last question: I'm not sure about either Ghandi's or Einstein's faith in God or their salvation, so I don't know if they went to heaven or hell. But I do know this: Jesus said "No one comes to the Father except through me." So if Jesus wasn't their personal Saviour and they had not placed their trust in Him, they did not go to heaven. For the Bible says that no good deeds on this Earth are enough to "buy" your way into heaven, even if you're incredibly smart or act on integrity all the time, you still need atonement for your sins through Jesus Christ.
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Dear God, I pray that You Guide Paul to that which is most upright.  I pray that You lift the burden of the world off his shoulders, and I pray You give him the peace and harmony he deserves.\n\nPaul, just remember that true salvation cannot be attained without being tested.  Just be thankful that you are being tested, because that means God is trying to mold you and increase your faith.
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well I like this potion in the bible Jeremaiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. and also Rom 8:31-\n31What can we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?\n    33Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself. 34Who then will condemn us? Will Christ Jesus? No, for he is the one who died for us and was raised to life for us and is sitting at the place of highest honor next to God, pleading for us.\n\n    35Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death? 36(Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep."[l]) 37No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.\n\n    38And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can't, and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. 39Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.\n\nI love this passages it keeps me going knowing that the Lord has something good for me and He is always there for me also no matter what I am going thru be it as a result of my mistake or something I have to go thru, I know it that nothing can separet mew from The Love of God and I mean nothing
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Read this article and decide your self ...\nAn atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....\n\nProf: So you believe in God?\nStudent: Absolutely, sir.\n\nProf: Is God good?\nStudent: Sure.\n\nProf: Is God all-powerful?\nStudent: Yes.\n\nProf: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?\nStudent is silent.\n\nProf: You can't answer, can you?\nLet's start again, young fellow. Is God good?\nStudent: Yes.\n\nProf: Is Satan good?\nStudent: No.\n\nProf: Where does Satan come from?\nStudent : From...God...\n\nProf: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?\nStudent: Yes.\n\nProf: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?\nStudent: Yes.\n\nProf: So who created evil?\nStudent does not answer.\n\nProf: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?\nStudent: Yes, sir.\n\nProf: So, who created them?\nStudent has no answer.\n\nProf: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?\nStudent: No, sir.\n\nProf: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?\nStudent: No, sir.\n\nProf: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?\nStudent: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.\n\nProf: Yet you still believe in Him?\nStudent: Yes.\n\nProf: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?\nStudent: Nothing. I only have my faith.\n\nProf: Yes Faith. And that is the problem science has.\n\nNow the student said can I ask something to you Professor.\n\nStudent: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?\nProf: Yes.\n\nStudent: And is there such a thing as cold?\nProf: Yes.\n\nStudent: No sir. There isn't.\n(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)\n\nStudent: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it. (There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)\n\nStudent: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?\nProf: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?\n\nStudent: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.\nYou can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light... But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?\nProf: So what is the point you are making, young man?\n\nStudent: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.\nProf: Flawed? Can you explain how?\n\nStudent: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?\nProf: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes,
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There are  many wonderful reasons to believe in GOD,but many are blind and stubborn to realizes that their is a true GOD that loves us.we must not judge them like  ROMANS 14;10,says"But why do you judge your brother?for we  shall all stand before the judgment seat of GOD." for it is written"As I live,'says JEHOVAH, to me every knee will bend down,and every tongue will make open acknowledgment to GOD."so lets not judge each other any longer but rather make this your decision.
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The truth: I am sure you are wondering.  The meaning of life is that we all become Gods.  To be a God, you have to accept Jesus as your personal savior first, then you go out and share Him with the world around you. This you do by loving one another despite the way things are.  And this is the purpose of life also.  But all must be born again to better understand what God has planned for each and everyone of us.  To say that this is not true is to deny who you truly are, and all of us need an identity, and that is why I said, make God your identity.  God is love and we are the instruments of His great compassion toward others.  We teach acceptance by first accepting who we truly are: Angels in the flesh, and no longer sinners because of what Jesus has done for us.  If He did not die to live again, then how will He send His spirit to dwell among the unholy?  But this is not religious either.  Holy means clean, and if your spirit is free from sin, then you are cleansed to believe in the greater things that are here and now in the world today, as it is with me whenever I preach the message with a glad heart.  And all must believe in something.  I rather they believe in Jesus so they can better know who they are, and I rather they believe in God so they can do His good and pleasing will.  So all are either in Adam, or they are in Christ.  Which would you rather be?  And again, the Holy Bible is not a religious text either.  I find it funny how man has created his own beliefs out of the fear of the unknown.  I wouldn't be here now telling you these things if God weren't with me, but I am here now telling you what I know because Jesus is always with me.  If people knew me, they would also know themselves, and if they knew God, they would love one another as much as they ought to love Jesus.  He is the meaning of life.  He is the greater love we should have for all despite the way things are.  And by accepting Him, you grow in Him, and thus, you will become greater than He because of His spirit who does the greater things by Him.