You are all ridiculous. "God" doesn't decide your life. YOU are in control. YOU are the idiot saying "if I throw this rock and it lands in that cup then I go to school, if it lands in the basket then I don't". Oh gee, it landed on the top of my f*cking head because I threw it straight up in the air and I'm a complete idiot. God was trying to tell me something... or maybe he was refusing to tell me something. Maybe I should kill myself. How 1st grade is that. Honestly.Live your f*cking life how you want to live it. If you have a strong desire to do something and you work your ass off to try and achieve it, then the infinite will guide you, help you, and bring circumstances into your life that will aid you in your journey. It's a universal fact. Do some research and you will find it to be true. Read "Think and Grow Rich", listen to Jim Rohn, and STUDY wealth. Your brain is like a big magnet that can attract both negative and positive things into your life.It's your choice. The problem with all you brainwashed freaks is that you want everything to be handed to you on a silver platter and want pure random chance to decide it. "Oh god, PLEASE OH PRETTY PLEASE MAKE ME A MILLIONAIRE"... while you sit here on Piano Street posting 20 posts a day and doing nothing to achieve your goals. Yeah. Ok. That's really going to happen. It's your actions that define your future, and you EARN the help of "God" (not the Christian god who floats around the Earth searching for people to spread his almighty KINGDOM KEKEKEKEE) when you put the effort in and have a burning desire for what you want to accomplish. It's that simple.
This person asked for a Christian's view, not yours. Go do something else with your "magnet brain." Personal attacks are not a constructive use of your time.
You're asking how to interpret a particular circumstance you had been praying about. Well, DON'T take it as if the thing happened in the time you prayed it would--because it didn't. So how should you take it?It's like this: Have you ever been camping and forgot your can opener? You have that can of beans, and you want to eat them, so you bang the can on rocks and stuff but it just doesn't open. So you get a can of sardines. The can of sardines comes with a key. You take the key and open the can, and you eat the sardines.Circumstances are like cans of beans. They do not come with a key to open them. God is in control of circumstances, but we do not have the key to know what the circumstances mean. We cannot interpret them.The Bible is like a can of sardines--it's written in plain language and can be interpreted. Its meaning can be known. Circumstances on the other hand--their meaning cannot be known.So you CAN'T know the meaning of what happened.So don't make a decision like you've heard from God, because at the moment, you have not.My advice to you: quit trying to force God to show His hand for now.....but do seek Him. Pray and fast......but in the end, use WISDOM. Wisdom from scripture, Christian mentors. etc. Make a decision that you believe is most in line with scriptural principles. It is hard. It takes thinking. You won't be certain you're making the "perfect" move.....but if you line up your decision with scriptural principles, and pray and fast, God's guidance WILL be there. He promises us that. Even if we don't see His guidance, it is a PROMISE.Be wise. If you want to read a good book on God's guidance, you MUST get James Petty's book "Step By Step."Also, a word of comfort--God has two kinds of wills. One will says what is sin and what isn't, and what is virtue and what isn't. It's revealed to us in scripture. We know it, and we're responsible for it, and we can screw it up or get it right.But God's other will is His SOVEREIGN will--His plan for our individual lives. This is NOT in scripture. It's NOT revealed. We DON'T know what it is. And so we're NOT responsible for it and we CAN'T screw it up. So have peace. God Bless.
but, maul - you forgot one thing. working hard is a biblical principle. the proverbs, especially - although not soley recommend working hard and excellently (to the best of your ability). also, Jesus gave the parable of the talents (where some buried their talents and earned less rewards).what we are disagreeing on fundamentally is the idea that what we do in this life matters in the next. some say - you work hard - you make money - you are happy. others say - you work hard - other people are benefitted and you also make enough income to live - and you use the extra money to give to others who are not as blessed. also, you may teach others about God's word so that they can be blessed. blessings are ultimately from the Lord. you can work 365 days out of the year and lose it all in one moment.i'm not saying that people that lose it all are somehow any less of christian or not - but i'm saying that God decides a lot more things than you realize. the extent of favor granted you from bosses - to your favor with God the Father at the ressurrection. if Jesus Christ is our intercessor - the most important answer to prayer is that He keep our names in the book of Life. money comes and goes. favor with God is everlasting.*i like thalberg's explaination to your question about answers now or later. maybe some of the answers will come later - and you have to know the right questions to ask. what is your will for me Lord? a christians life isn't always easy. sometimes there are very difficult burdens to bear. it proves your faith. if all prayers were answered with a 'yes, i'll get to it right now!' - we would come to expect God to be a sort of slave to our requests. but, He is God. so we beseech Him and His mercy. We can also use our humanity to our favor. many times - king David said 'I can't praise you when I'm dead.' it was sort of his way of saying 'i've had enough.' God always seemed to bring him through each predicament to come out better and better in the end. but, for many years he was the target of assasination by king Saul.
whilst at the same time appropriately declining to offer a view here.Best,Alistair
What if I prayed for this thing to happen by this time, if it dosen't happen, I'll take it this way, and if it does happen, I'll take it another way. But it happened after that time. So what is God trying to tell me? Be patient?
The question would make sense to me, if the second case had happened.Because - if your pray was fulfilled - why ask such a question?
it sounds like this issue may be really pressing, though - and for those type of emergencies - perhaps thalberg is right about a full-day fast. you may think you can't do it...but perhaps you can! if you do a full day fast - you can only help someone else for about a 1/2 day and then rest and study the second half. there are many christians that will testify for those really big problems - that fasting works! God sees when we give up our needs and wants for someone else and for Him. it shows Him that food isn't #1 to our survival in our minds - but that we believe that God sustains us.
Prayer is a very personal communication with God. You don't "bargin" with Him. There are many scriptures concerning prayer, study them. If you would like a few of them, please PM me, and I will look them up for you. I don't have a Bible with me right now. We need to be sure we are praying in the will of God, and remember Who we are praying to. This is almighty God, not someone to mock or just give our "want list". I had better quit before I say something I shouldn't. I will be willing to spend more time on the though if you want.
Are you serious? Do you fast? Because none of my christian friends fast. Only my muslim friends do.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WANTS ME TO DO! You know they always say things like... You will know it when he's telling you what to do... Or.. You can tell... Well, I can't. Either I'm too stupid to interpret his speech or He hasn't spoken to me yet
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