i am wondring about answered prayer in my oife, and that some of it will never be,?
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Satan is a lionon a lease, he has no ability excep it be granted of God'\nI don't know if you are a born again believer but if you are you have Gods promise that all things will work together for your good.
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I have no idea! I will pray for you! bye
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when you are Christain and you pray about something , you will know when he puts the answer in your heart. but you have to remember he answers prays when he feels it is time,not right when you want them you must have faith and lots of it and truly believe in him.God Bless You
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Wrong!!! Prayers do get answered you know!
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Wait for God to tell you. I am a Christian, but would say to search around for something that speaks to you.
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If you do not know Christ as Saviour He will not hear your prayers, also the Bible tells us that if you have sin in your heart He will not hear your prayers. When it comes to praying we are told that we must pray according to His will. Is what you are asking in accordance to His will or yours? If interested I put together a very good outline on how to pray and why God answers us the way he does. It lists many Bible verses to direct you. If you would like a copy you may e-mail me and ask for it, I will send it at no charge and I do not pester people with literature or e-mails so don't be afraid of contacting me.
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Absolutely.  Prayer is nonsensical and completely ineffective.  Why would anyone think it worth praying for something to a god who (supposedly) always knows best?  Why would said god ever give someone what they pray for if it wasn't already what he wanted in the first place?
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I'm sorry for what happened to you as a child. I feel that many, many, many organized religions hide behind the word of God. They all preach the word but do not care to live by it. God is real sweetheart, and you seem to be a very strong person. Keep your faith in HIM and he will carry you through. It may not seem like it to you because of all the evil in the world today, but hold true to HIM. In the end Jesus will call out your name. Good Luck and don't give up on God, for God has not given up on people yet.
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Matthew 21:22  "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."\n\nWell, according to Jesus, you will receive WHATEVER you ask for, and that should include getting your shoes cleaned and shined, so I don't know what the problem is. Did you get an answering machine when you prayed? Sometimes, God leaves his answering machine on and forgets to call back.
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i think u should pray bout it,God will tell u!
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I have found that the answer to our prayer is a lot closer that you think. You can not pimp God. He is sovereign. He will answer your prayer. Maybe you feel like he's not answering you 'cause your focus is on the answer and not him. When you put your focus totally on him and continue to live a life that is pleasing to him, your answer will be sitting at your feet. Focus on God and getting all the mess people can't see like envy, anger, hate, jealousy, covetousness, and the list goes on. We are all a work in progress, but when we take the time to build our relationship with him, instead of asking or "praying" for things, all our desire will be met. Now don't get me wrong, pray.... ask God for what you want and need. Just be prepared and ready to accept ,if he say not now or NO! You are not crazy or confused; life and death are in the power of the tongue. You are Godly person seeking Godly wisdom. Focus on you and everything will have changed because you have..............When what's important to God becomes important to you then what's important to you becomes important to God!=) tRust God even when he feels far away because you know he is always there never to leave you nor forskae you....BE Blessed
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You've just pointed out the biggest contradiction in a belief in god.  Religious people answer this (it isn't really an answer) by usually saying, "we can't understand god's will" or some such response.  But the truth is, it's contradictory and illogical.  Same thing for prayer -- if god's got a plan and it's already all laid out, why bother to pray to him for anything, since he's apparently already decided if you'll get it or not? \n\nAnd, apparently, if god has a plan, then me not believing in him is all part of his plan, and I'm just fulfilling his wishes by not believing in him -- so christians, stop trying to convert me!\n\n:)
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Dear Vachoo,\n\nThank you for asking!\nI believe a whole lot in the power of prayer.   I don't just mean "good thoughts" but prayer to the awesome uncreated Creator of the universe.  \n\nIt isn't my prayer that has power but the One that I'm praying to.\n\nSo many of my prayers have been answered in the most wonderful ways and yet sometimes I get so bogged down by what I see going on in the world that I don't pray.\n\nOne of the most dramatic answers I got to prayer came nearly 15 years ago.  I worked in the internal audit department at a bank and things were not going well in the economy.  The bank had been excellent in residential real estate but Share Holders were demanding that we do commercial real estate where the big money was.  After a few years things started floundering.  There was very little leadership from our leaders and then my husband filed for divorce.\n\nI could barely even twiddle my thumbs let alone function.  One Sunday morning before going to church I knelt by my bed and started praying, "Lord, I just want ..."  I didn't even have the words to finish the prayer.  I just knew I wanted the PAIN to be gone.  I believe the Holy Spirit finished my prayer for me "... to read the Bible from cover-to-cover.  Will You arrange the time and the money?"  \n\nTwo days later my whole department got laid off and I got 15 weeks of severance pay.  Even though the economy was not good my co-workers actually found much more satisfying jobs and I spent my time reading The Daily Walk Bible (that was also an answered prayer).  It was so good I couldn't put it down and I finished it in 90 days.\n\nYes, I definitely believe in the power of prayer when one prays to the heavenly Father in Jesus' Name.\n\nEdit: Nowadays I pray "Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit and I weren't praying for the time and money to read the Bible just once."  \n\nWith Elijah on Mount Carmel in mind (see 1 Kings 18) I've been praying for a way to read the Bible with small groups of people aiming for a total of 850 people (450 + 400).
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I don't know, but I'll pray for you.
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sure go to CCEL.ORG click on executable outlines over 1200 sermons in thier entirety. You must read and improve or deleate areas you disagree with For a man wrote them and as such no one is perfect. But you can find some awesome sermons there .\nI will share this one with you .after some changes to fit the church here I gave this as a series of three lessons.the following is where I found this awesome work on prayer.   http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=846\n\nPrayer and Unconfessed Sin\nIn my travels, I usually try to read the church ads appearing in Saturday's newspaper. On one occasion, a minister announced as his sermon title, "When Praying Is Sinful."\n\nI started to do some serious thinking about that topic. I asked myself the question, Is it ever wrong to pray? Now, I have no idea how that minister dealt with his subject, but I am convinced that there might be occasions when praying at least does not make sense.\n\nIt does not make sense to pray for anything if there is unconfessed sin in the heart.\n\nIf I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me (Ps 66:18).\n\nSin unconfessed and unforgiven hinders prayer. Many a prayer bounces off the roof of the mouth, never rising any higher, for this reason. It is impossible for any Christian to experience a successful and fruitful prayer ministry if the sin question is not faced squarely.\n\nThis is not to suggest that God demands sinless perfection before He will answer our prayers. If that were the case, none of us would have our requests granted. But we do know that sin in a believer's life breaks that sweet fellowship between himself and God.\n\nHe that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy (Pr 28:13).\n\nAmong the children of Israel, there were those who believed that God no longer answered prayer. They were saying "He answered prayer in Elijah's day, but He isn't doing it now. His arm is no longer mighty; His ear has become dull of hearing." But the prophet Isaiah said,\n\nBehold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he will not hear (Is 59:1-2).\n\nThe prophet was saying, "Don't blame God because He refuses to give you your requests. His power to save has not lessened; He is not losing his hearing. God never changes. He still wills that all men be saved, and His hearing is as keen as ever. He can hear the faintest cry of His weakest child. You are responsible for God's silence. The blame rests with you, not with God. Those sins you have not repented of have cut the lifeline of prayer. You raised the barrier between God and yourselves, and He will not answer you until you confess and forsake your sins."\n\nOur churches could do with prophets like Isaiah, men who will tell it like it is, not fearing to expose sin. Not often do we hear men of God tell us that God hates worship and praying which are phony. It is brazen presumption which dares to ask anything of God while sin is in the heart. And if anyone feels I am putting it too strongly, then read the following verses:\n\nBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood (Is 1:13-15).\n\nThose are God's words, directed to His own people. Has it ever occurred to you that God hates sham in worship and prayers? That is right, God can and does hate. He tells His people they are wasting their time going through religious forms and ceremonies when the
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Not sure that I can help, but I know someone who can.\nGod!  You and I can pray for this person.  I looked at his questions and answers profile and he seems very serious about his question.  I pray he finds God.  I know he can help him.\nI also appreciate that you saw that he really needed help.  I had over looked his question before.  God Bless You.
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I suppose I am guilty of the desperation prayers: "Please, please, please save my wretched *ss THIS time, and I'll never do this again! Never, never, never!"  :-))\n\nBut That Which Is always...IS. Throughout the day, my heart rises spontaneously in thanksgiving and gratitude, for my luck (Oh! No, no, no! That is ANOTHER question!)  :-)) For what I have been given, for all that I have, for the very good people who love me, for the incredible, sustaining beauty of the natural world.\n\nSometimes I am not sure to Whom I am praying, but my heart rises, anyway!\n\nThe only serious (the save-my-butt stuff isn't really serious, in my opinion) prayers I say are to ask for knowledge of God's will, and the power to carry it out.\n\nSometimes I toss in a request for strength, and understanding.