Prodigal Son wrote:you know, i've always believed in God. i grew up catholic. what i don't get now, maybe what i've never gotten, is who he is? why does he answer some prayers and not others? what are the rules on prayers getting answered? why won't he just tell us so we can stop asking?
Tell me something... If one Prays what is that Person seeking. WHAT is the Will of God? He gives unto those who Truly Seek him. Prodigal I have no Idea of what your life is all about but I do know Serving God and PROCLAIMING who he is to the Nations is The MISSION! If we submit to that Mission then all these things will be added onto you!!!
Job 21:15 What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Job 33:26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
Job 42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.
I would love to have the Faith that Job had and not only did he have the Faith to make it HE also became BLESSED because of that! note verse 42 : 8
Prodigal Son wrote:
everyone says: go to him. ask him. he'll answer. he'll deliver.
Maybe he has Answered but you are not listening. Keep asking him, KEEP SEEKING HIM!!! The most important is to do his Will.
Prodigal Son wrote:
he'll deliver?! he'll deliever...when! deliverace would have been him stopping my father from raping my sister as i sat in the room next door listening and praying---"crying out" to him. how could he stand by and watch that and not do anything about it? deliverance would have been someone listening and getting us out of that house. but no one did. we got ourselves out.
God never said Life would be Easy Prodigal. I bet the people in the Jet that Crashed into the Two Towers along with the people in the Two Towers never thought it would happen to them? Life is something you have to work with! You need to step up to the Challenges of Life and meet them Head on. You need to rebuke the Devil, evil etc... that is in your life and in the Lives of Others!
Prodigal Son wrote:
both of my brothers have been in jail. my younger brother's a drug addict. my sister's long been gone. and me, there's not much to say about me.
NOT much to say about you. You are Blood Bought By Jesus who Died on the Cross for you clearly Jesus that you meant alot to him! Stand up and be the Man Christ told you to be! You know exactly what you need to do SO DO IT! Get involved in your Church, GO ON A MISSIONARY!!! Make yourself Available to your First Love!!!
Prodigal Son wrote:
but i feel it's his fault. he stood by and watched me become who i became; watched them become who they became; watched my sister take her own life. and now he calls on ME? "come here, follow me and i will show you the way. come and i will teach you how to be. come a little closer so i can hear you better and fix you." he MADE me this way.
Sorry Prodigal those were your Choices not God's Some people live in a Crap Life BUT it is up to you to make the Best of it. God gave you the life NOW LIVE IT! Stop Blaming God for something he did not do. Start owning up to the responsibility. You don't like the way things Turned out then CHANGE IT! God gave you all the tools to do it all you have to do is put a little effort into it!
Prodigal Son wrote:
my wife still won't talk to me. i went to see her and i prayed the entire way. i begged God to show me what to do. so it ends up i lose my temper and threaten to kill her
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. it just happened; like i didn't even have time to think about it. how can that be part of a wonderful, gracious, perfect plan? so, how is that not his fault?
See you are trying to blame God for the Work of the Devil and your own Desire to do Bad. You have made some Wrong Choices Prodigal but not everything is lost! You can still do something with your life! Let it Go!! U Stumbled NOW Get up and do something that is right! It is not all about having Faith but to walk the Walk. It is a narrow Road to Walk and there are many Bumps and Stumbles along the Way but keep your Eyes on what Lies ahead not what bumps you are hitting now!
Prodigal Son wrote:
how? because i really don't understand and i am wondering if i hate him right now. i'm wondering if he's really real.
I am not even going to Answer this because you can answer that for yourself! Sorry for the Tough Love