Really.  Didn't God give us brains to figure out our own dilemnas.  If 36,000 children are dying of starvation every single day, sincerely - why "should" God care about answering your prayers?
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Listen I have two children and if one is sick and the other needs lunch money I am not going to ignore the one that needs the money,and make him go without so I could tend to the other.When you have children you look out for all of them not just the one with the biggest need.
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it's part of our belief to see things as God's will ............ that's y they didn't make any comments, but be sure that their prayers were aimed at God asking Him to grant u strength to overcome that tragic event\n\nEDIT: ok, i see that i have to clyrify, since u're not getting any serious answers. what in ur opinion is better? to grieve or to accept ur destiny as God's will? i's really part of our belief to accept EVERYTHING  as His doing and maybe those ppl just assumed that u're also aware of it, although i must add they could have at least said ''God's will' \n\nbe blessed\n\nEDIT: to dummy, u're really a dummy! miscarriage is NOT a sin
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The bible is 'Gods' word to us.It says to pray without ceasing. That means on a daily basis.I have had prayers that haven't ''yet'' been answered. They are still in his care waiting for right time or till I realize it isn't His will for my life, and I find peace about it.Hang in and hang on..God is faithful.   ''He is able to do exceedingly ,abuntdantly above that which  I ask or think''
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Job prayed for a better life too, but he was withheld such glories for a time so that God would be glorified in His battles.\n\nIt's not about you!  (It's not about me, either)
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i bellieve we are suppose to, but if i do i wish she would help me more..so i do not no if we do or not... but i always thought we did....but good question... god is watching over us and i wish he would help me because i have had enough of this world and some of the people in it.. to much bad and not enough good can get a person downnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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I lost a loved one on christmas day, came home from church that day an dwas told that a loved one have just passed away. i was ticked off because I was at church during that time asking "god" to help this person out during their time of need. \nSince then my resentment for pray and god has grown. \nIn fact I had started to question the concept of god and religion more than ever and then after a few years have realized that god does not exist and that religion is used to exploit the ignorance of people.\n\nThings happen in life, people die whether by illness, accident, or other situations. What should matter is keeping their memories in your heart and never forgetting the good time that you have had with your loved one. But also cheerish their advice that was given to you. \n\nIf there was a god both my prayers and yours would have been answered by "god"
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God is big enough to take questions are you willing to hear or seek out the answers?\n\nGod does not cause the suffering men/women cause the suffering when the are driven by greed and hatred.\nWhat do you want God to do, kill everyone who does something we consider wrong? Or do you want God to take away our free will and turn us into robots?\nGod has chosen the best path...being able to comfort and guide the hurt to "greener pastures"
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Amen to you! \n\nYou're on the right track! We can't blame God for natural disasters (God also created something called Free Will, that allows us to choose where we live, and if one chooses to live in a flood-prone area, well, take what comes) but we can blame ourselves for creating the disastrous society we live in today...there's no limit to what we are able to do, we have no limits on our appetites (for food and many other things). There's nobody looking over our shoulder as a moral guidance/conscience or whatever you want to call it. God used to provide this, because I remember being aware that "God will see me take that piece of candy from the store, therefore I won't do that because I don't want to be in trouble with Him." Nowadays, kids carjack and murder people just to get the rims off their car. Or for a pair of fancy shoes. Or for jackets. For Heaven's Sake, People! Is there nothing we can do to stem the tide of destruction? Taking God out of our daily lives only serves to strengthen those who are in the 14% who believe in nothing, and give people who are lawless a reason to behave so. We can only be vigilant if we are given a way to enforce it (and the law isn't able to do it all--this vigilance must start in the home, where there are PARENTS for their CHILDREN, where people pray for peace in the world, where children are taught right from wrong and not which video games they have to have). This has nothing to do with what we all call our God (Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah, Great Spirit) or the creed we follow. Most people are good and decent but are deceived by the merit, or lack thereof, of material goods. For the 86% of us who believe in SOMETHING, this is a call to action! When we meet our Maker, whenever that will be, He/She will be the ultimate judge of our action or non-action.
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Believing in God does not make your life easier.  \n\nWill God give your marriage security?  Will God protect you from heartache? \nFrom Sorrow? Hunger? Poverty?  \n\nNo.   How will he make your life easier? The only thing he gives for you is hope and fear but you can get that without him.\n\nI do not feel alone.  I know God will not make my life easier only I can do that.
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God hears all prayers, he just doesn't answer those that aren't in harmony with His plan (If you're asking for $1,000,000 it's not going to happen by His hand because it's not part of His plan. If you're asking for help to scrape by one more day, He's going to help out.)\nMy experience: My husband and I were coming home from Church (We're JW's) and we stopped at a McD's on our way home (I was pregnant and craving food). A woman came up to us and asked for some help, she told us that her car broke down on her trip to FL.(where we lived at the time) and she lost all her money getting her car fixed and doesn't have enough to get home and asked for a few bucks to help her get home in GA. All we had left for the week was $19 (it was Tuesday, my hubby doesn't get paid until friday, and that $19 was just enough to get us through the week for gas and food (I didn't work at the time because of complications with my pregnancy, so it was just his paycheck that we were living off of) I offered the woman all we had and she offered to pay us back. We told her not to worry about it. My husband (who can be pessimistic) was a bit worried that we wouldn't have enough to make it through the week, I told him not to worry & that God provides (Matthew 6:26) for what we need. Needless to say our night didn't end there (there were a few more things that made the night interesting) Well, my husband went to work the next day and wanted to tell his co-workers of the night he had (without expecting anything from them, he told them) Graciously, his Manager gave us $40 as a friend giving money to a friend.\n\nI know it sounds upsetting..."Why give a strange woman money, she could be lying to you." or "That wasn't a very good choice, it was all you had."\n\nWe gave out of our hearts (whether the woman was lying to us or not, we gave the money to her with the thought that we were helping her get home) If she lied to us, then she'll get what she deserves.\nMy point is this: don't make yourself into poverty to see what God will do for you, but life comes along and makes things difficult. If you ask Him to help dealing with persecution, or making through the week because of an unforseen circumstance (Matthew 6:26) He will help you. But you must also be patient, keep you're mind open and remember that some prayers aren't answered for a reason (whatever it may be)\n\n(P.S. there are many prayers I have asked, not all of them have been answered (yet, I'm still waiting))
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Most people’s prayers are of the nature of begging God for some favors.\nThey are utterly illogical, because God is believed to be all-knowing, and all-loving. The problem is that most people’s spiritual development stagnates somewhere at the age of 4 or 5, and their “God” just a magnified Daddy, or Mommy
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Maybe God isn't as smart as you...
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Call me crazy but I don't think it's "logical" to ask why God did anything.  I don't feel we should live our lives asking questions as to why "Creator" did this or that.  We should simply be thankful for all that we have.  If someone is truly thankful the questions will no longer exist...:)>
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God says to pray for the needs of others and also for your own needs. God does not discriminate. He may answer your prayers by saying NO or Wait or it's not my will. He make me answering you by just little things EVERY DAY that you don't realize is an answer to it. God NEVER promised that we would get what we want..only what we need.  Only he can the future.   I am not sure what you are praying for but say for instance you were praying  for a new house..and you got that house.. Years down the line you can't pay for that house and it gets repossessed and your homeless.. God knows you can't afford a new house but sometimes he will give you your wish knowing that later in life you will realize he knew what he was doing. I use to feel the same way.."why is this person's life getting better and their prayers are being answered and mine aren't." (especially with the illness issue. ) I and my friends have prayed for years for healing for me...I want instant healing but God is doing daily healing for me and I believe what day I will be healed..EVERYTHING takes place in GOD'S TIME
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We shouldn't.  It's pointless.  According to Christianity, God already has a plan and I doubt he'll change it for any one of us and our measly prayers.
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God answers prayers of those people that have gotten right with God and have God first in their heart, Its a relationship. Signs of existance hmmmm how about us and the earth. Or do you think this was an accident, the human body is so complex it cant be just by chance!Have lots of doubts about God, Jesus, or the Bible? Most people who think about this do wonder "How do I know that what the Bible says is true?" At ---, we think that this is an excellent question deserving an excellent answer, and that's what we provide in our "Facts Behind the Faith" seminar. Contrary to what you may have heard, God doesn't ever expect us to have "blind faith." He has always proven what He has said, and He's done that conclusively. The only thing that separates Christianity from every other religion is that it can PROVE what it says to be true. No other religion can. We can prove logically, scientifically, and archaeologically that God must exist, that the Bible is directly from God, that Jesus was God's Son, and even that He rose from the dead. Sound impossible? Then you owe it to yourself to force us to prove it. We guarantee that you'll be amazed at what you learn, and you deserve PROOF. Let us give you some  Go to this site and check out the simnars
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i felt bad that they had no one to turn to. i wont lie,i never did pray for them.but ur right,they need prayers and i now pray that people who are going through the same problems they did will not have to do that and get help sooner. everybody deserves a pray and the love of Jesus. thank u for putting this question up.