why do people say god help the ones who help themselves?
594483
I agree with you.  Those who have vanity and pride can't accept Gods hand in their lives.
176798
Me. \nAnd Benjamin Franklin too.\n'God helps them that help themselves.' \nIf there's will, there is way.
902774
because people are led to believe that god controls everything in there lives. \n\nmeaning he made them kick the chair with there toe. or he made them crash the car. etc....\n\nwich isnt true. god doesnt control your everylast move and thought. the people are simply going by something they were tought. \n\nthey also blame him when they have no one to blame. because of the same reason above.
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Usually it's about something petty, like I need something for myself or mostly when I want something.  Guess you could call them greedy prayers.  That's what most people are anyway. They are just greedy little bastard's that want for themselves or their friends. I know one girl, she prays a lot.  She'll pray for clothes and stuff then when she gets the money to go buy them she says God give it to her because she prayed.  I'm always laughing at her.
9610
dont expect god to look afteryou every second-\ngod helps only those who help themselves\nhe provided us wid lightning rod and its our responsibility to use it .
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I don't think so.  I believe that people who do put alot of faith in god are giving the credit of their actions to another being.  God didn't create or plan your actions- you did!
381849
All of these people were just regular people like you and I. What made them special is that they knew God personally and they showed the world how to reach her. There are a thousand different types of people, which is why it was necessary for God to express himself through all of these people, so people would have the choice (free will) which path suited them best to find God.
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Ask them where in the Bible it says, "God helps those who help themselves." Just remember that people want to argue and think that they can "bull" their way through sounding like an intellectual. It won't work with God, so they should just be honest with themselves.
207028
For me, I am a Christian, so the answer I am going to give you is from what I believe. According to my faith, God does everything He can to help other cultures in their needs. He does respect the aspect of free will, but does answer to the calls of help. He does this for the sake of having a true and beneficial relationship. For many relgions, they consider God for supreme and distant, which is true, but they fail to acknowledge the personalable ways of Him. So what does God to to help cultures and relgions? It first matters on what people are asking. Just remember, our ways are not God's ways.
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I see that you are fearful of what people may say. I know how that's like " in school I had to pray for a friend right in front of the whole school and i did it. If you are christian and someone ask you to pray for him/her right  here  and there or a brother ask you to help him pray for a person that second go ahead because god is with you guys. what a honor to pray for someone who understand that they need god to help him/her. Also you lay hands on him/her. Don't misunderstand what I am saying just put a hand over his/her head and pray your heart. The Prayer can be about healing if they need it or about over all status.
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I have found in this forum, you'd better write what you mean or get tortured for it.  I agree with you that some Christians think that it is their duty to save everyone's soul because they consider themselves safe.  I think the world would be a much happier place for us all if people would stop trying to change others and focus on themselves.  God is the only true judge and if people would just let him do his work and stop interfering.  No harm, no foul you are human and obviously someone out there pushed your buttons. There will always be people that offer help/advice when you didn't ask for it.  Learn to ignore them and just walk away.
1048119
God is soveriegn, and everything that happens is according to His will. Sometimes God even has to allow bad things to happen to make people turn to him or to help people trust in Him.
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God is always beside us, the thing is that people need him more in hard times.\n\nI just don't see the relation between your question and the personal information you have given?
790295
Some people do it to deflect from their own failures and shortcomings. Not all though blame their God for it.
209118
Human beings are ultimately self serving.All these people here saying how much they care and care about others is 99% talk.Ask them out of the last years available time to function,how much time did they spend helping other people.If we are honest about it this would be a truly embarrassing result some where between little and none.Now, on the other hand I`ll bet most people can remember right now several situations where they have made up excuses and some lies to get out of helping friends just in the last week.SAINTS help people! Great Question!
917723
Those who want to help others first need help themselves
1060851
Amen, and God bless you.  They just don't get it.  Like I have said before, you don't have to believe it, you just have to do it.  Some feel that People who have faith in God, are weak.  They feel that  They just can't handle the world on the their own, without believing in something.  It is not understood, that chapter and verse are recited, because it is God's word, and we are not to add to, or take away from it, so we have to quote it exactly.\n\nI witness God's works every day. And for those who have never asked, and received God's blessings, how very sad.\n\nI am so happy someone verbalized this.  Good job!\n\nGod Bless