While praying today, I realized that being humble is not ...?
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Yeah.  When you realize that high self-esteem (pride) and low self-esteem are two side of the same coin.  This lind of pride is thinking you are to great and the other think that you are not enough.  At the end of the day it is still all about you.  The best is having no self-esteem.  In which you consider yourself honestly and then move on and refocus on the One who really matter GOD.  So, yes I have had days like that.
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ASSLAMUALIKUM:my brother i had had the same proplem.everyday i decide to pray and be polite with my parents and donot make such a bad manners but in the following day i stop praying and start again my bad manner.once upon a day i heard my friend saying about asking of allah anything.i asked allah to help me to pray 5 times a day,be polite,read the holly quran and to obey his orders.allah helped me to make my wants because allah know that i have faith in my heart.if u really love allah and if u want to entert he paradise and if u want to avoid the hellfire you have to pray,read the quran and obey allah`s orders.i think that u haves faith in your heart and u can use these faith to be the ideal muslim man. i donot know your age but i know that u are a muslim and you have to be worthy with this word and wit hallah`s gift to u(the gift is that allah made you muslim).finally allah illumenated your sigth when he made u muslim so do not allow to the satan(devil) to dark your sigth by making u leave the pray and make such a bad manners.SO DO NOT ALLOW TO THE SATAN TO MAKE U ENTER THE HILLFIRE.MAY ALLAH BLESS U
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Maybe you need to pray for faith.\n\nPrayer is the elevation of the mind and heart to God:\n+ In praise of his glory\n+ In petition for some desired good\n+ In thanksgiving for a good received\n+ In intercession for others before God\n\nThrough prayer the Christian experiences a communion with God through Christ in the Church.\n\n"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)\n\n"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." (St. John Damascene) \n\nBut when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? (Psalm 130:1) \n\nHe who humbles himself will be exalted; humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought," are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. "Man is a beggar before God."\n\nWith love in Christ.
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i have actually thought some of those things myself. I do feel selfish sometimes when it slips out when i ask God for petty things. i try to remember that God already knows what i need so theres no point in asking;   but i always pray for all the Mom's and babies in the world every day. and i always thank God for everything he has given me and my family. I hope that makes sense. I try to keep my prayers beyond winning the game etc. but i commonly ask God just to 'help' me or others just in general if they just need a boost.
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It's not a bad thing. I'm kinda the same way. We really aren't supposed to make our good deeds known. And the word tells us to basically go into a closet and pray. I think your just fine. God Bless!
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I hear you, brother. I feel the same way. I have been praying for four years now for God's will, and God's will alone. And I also ask him to help me grow in faith. But when it comes time to ask for something specific, I sort of cower, because I feel so entirely unworthy.\n\nI have spoken with other faithful Christians about this, and what some have said has helped me. Some have said that we're not worthy on our own, but that Christ's blood has justified us. They have told me that if you ask God for something, and say, "If it be thy will"--and if you mean that--then it is okay to ask. God will either provide or he won't, depending on whether or not what you ask for is what he wills. I have also been told that God does indeed like to give gifts and blessings to his children. He is our father, after all--and so we are "allowed" to approach him and ask for stuff. If he sees it best for us, he will provide, and if he sees it as harmful to us, he will not provide.\n\nEssentially, God won't do anything that God doesn't will...obviously. So what I do is continue to seek his will, and I also ask him to teach me how and what to pray for. The key here is developing your relationship with God. And I think the more that God teaches me how to pray, the better I come to know him and myself in relation to him. That is, my unworthiness is based in a number of things, but one of these things is a fear of God--which is a legitimate thing. Fear of his awesomeness, might, and his righteous judgment...very reasonable to fear such a God. It has historically been sort of daunting for me to stand in the presence of such might and ask for something...and hence the feelings of unworthiness. But I think--I think, not know--that God does want us to come to ask him for things, because this deepens the relationship and better teaches us who he is and who we are. If that makes sense to you at all.
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Lately, I'm learning to be humble at a rate well over \nwhat I would normally expect or desire.
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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.
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I wish you well Just Wondering. Don't really know you, but you seem like a very nice person. Will definitely keep you in my positive thoughts. Good luck with everything, I am not one to pray, but will for you.
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We are all inperfect due to inherited sin, so it is actually obvious that we all make many mistakes, it is a real struggle to do things the right way, but we can prevail, if we LEAN on God, repent, and trust that if we keep trying, God will see that. The thing is with humans is that we are such weak creatures that we often take a long time to learn even the simplest of lessons, more important than being successful, is TRYING to be successful, and never forget God knows our limitations, he knows us better than we know ourselves. People could also try praying when they FEEL temptation to do something wrong, and not just praying after we have made the mistake. God will give strength and power beyond what is normal to peiple if they are sincerely trying to do what is right.
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I really do think that you have declusions of grandeur and I would recommend that you go into a quiet room and pray real hard for some spiritual help.
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My Dads sermon last night was about how prayer changes things.The fact that you have asked for prayer shows that you believe that God is able to answer those prayers.Hold on to that faith,God is very concerned about you.Keep looking past the problem and to the solution.God is the solution.My heart goes out to you.Jesus is the answer.
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i ask myself that everyday....i know I'm not doing everything God would have me to do...i still fall short according to the bible...but i think he may be somewhat pleased that I'm trying and pushing and getting to a point where I'm letting go of weights that hold me back....you want to know that you are pleasing God.
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It does not really matter. God knows what is in your heart.\n\nPray however you feel the most comfortable.\n\nPrayer is the elevation of the mind and heart to God:\n+ In praise of his glory\n+ In petition for some desired good\n+ In thanksgiving for a good received\n+ In intercession for others before God\n\nThrough prayer the Christian experiences a communion with God through Christ in the Church.\n\n"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)\n\n"Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." (St. John Damascene) \n\nBut when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? (Psalm 130:1) \n\nHe who humbles himself will be exalted; humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought," are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. "Man is a beggar before God."\n\nWith love and prayers in Christ.
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One can respect alot of things without beliving in God
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I've decided that you are no longer worthy of my assistance. After all, if you have the balls to make blind judgements on strangers when as a Christian you are not supposed to make any such personal judgements, I figure you can fight your own battles.\n\nYour adolescence is showing, my dear. You assume to know me without knowing the first thing about me other than that I am not a Christian. When you are aquainted with my mind, my journey, and with what I believe as well as I am, then you can assume to know my heart and the emotions that lie in it. \n\nOh, wait... actually, no you can't because that would still be judgement, wouldn't it? Uh-oh... someone's been a bad bad boy... Better pray... QUICK! \n\nNow go play with your GI Joes and stop pestering the adults.
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There are some close seconds, but number one is being good.\n\nI don't know why. I thought it was because of all the wonderful things I could ultimately have, like being close to God, becoming a huge radiant being, having love and connection with all beings, and similar ambitions.\n\nBut, I realized the other day that if I had to deliberately wrong someone to better my own situation worldly or spiritually, I wouldn't do it, regardless of God's will. I fear that it's pride, and I wonder if it's something better than my selfish mind can grasp. I don't know.\n\nWould you tell us what your most important is?