Why does God never answer any of my prayers?
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You have to believe. By your post we can see that you don't believe that God will help you. Throw those ugly thoughts that he won't help you out of your mind. Hold on. Don't give up. Bind and cast out all demon spirit in the name of Jesus. Everything is a test. Keep saying I am healed in Jesus name. Hold onto that. Don't let it go.
Of course they come from physical matter in nature. Every physical thing you can see is natural. Even a nuclear bomb is natural. lol that's some revelation you have there Einstein. But diseases are not natural, that's why they are called dis-eases. That's why the whole medical profession exists, to try and restore nature to its natural condition. A doctor never says, "you have a perfectly natural case of cancer my friend".
Many diseases are the direct result of the fall. Along with death and sin. Sometimes disease is from God. Sometimes it is from the devil. If not for the fall, there would be no disease, or death. I love the story of when the Philistines captured the ark and took it and placed it in their temple of Dagon, the fish god. Not only did the idol of Dagon end up falling down and having his head broken off, but the priests of Dagon got tumors and other ailments. That definitely was not because of the devil, but because of God. And they, because of these things happening to them, decided to take the ark back to Israel. Good choice.
So the kid was lucky, good for him or maybe unlucky his quality of life may suck. At least he has a chance at Heaven I may have blasted my only chance by blaspheming the Holy Spirit. I think that is why my prayer's do not work maybe God has given me over to satan. Can anyone tell me? Is there like some kind of spiritual person who can know my destiny?
M
I am sorry about what you are going through. My suggestion to you would be to find a church where you see God clearly moving. A leason that I learned from Mark 6:1-6, unbelief even hindered Jesus from doing miracles and the movement of the Holy Spirit. I won't get into the reasons why, except to say it had nothing to do with God's ability but a lot to do with the unbelief. I had to search out a place where I clearly saw God moving for myself. Go to an environment where they believe God for deliverance, healing, and miracles, and where they see these things happen regularly. Obviously you will want to check them out first to make sure they are worshiping the right God (worshiping the Jesus described in the Bible). Once that is established, have them pray for you.
K
Maybe God is saying "not yet" or "ok, but it will take a while".
In that, I mean it like this:
A man walked into an art gallery and saw a man working on a statue of horse from marble.
"I just don't know how you do that", said the man marvelling over the beautiful piece of art.
"it's easy," said the sculpter, "I just take off everything that doesn't look like a horse."
If you pray for a new job, God prepares you for it. If you want to be an evangelist, for example, you just may lose your job and maybe your house. Then, you'd be FREE to travel the country to preach the Gospel just like a travelling evangelist!
Finally, the Word said that a thousand years is a day to God. He just may say "ok, wait a second". A "second" to God is about 8 months to us. (figure that out)
Hang in there!
John
Read my previous remark.
So the kid was lucky, good for him or maybe unlucky his quality of life may suck. At least he has a chance at Heaven I may have blasted my only chance by blaspheming the Holy Spirit. I think that is why my prayer's do not work maybe God has given me over to satan. Can anyone tell me? Is there like some kind of spiritual person who can know my destiny?
So the kid was lucky, good for him or maybe unlucky his quality of life may suck. At least he has a chance at Heaven I may have blasted my only chance by blaspheming the Holy Spirit. I think that is why my prayer's do not work maybe God has given me over to satan. Can anyone tell me? Is there like some kind of spiritual person who can know my destiny?
L
My father recently said to me, "I never pray for things; I only pray for the patience and peace to handle whatever comes my way". I think that's an excellent focus.
I'm not saying we shouldn't pray for our needs and wants, only that if you pray for joy, patience, peace, love, etc., those will carry you through your trials and the times that God answers our prayers differently than we would like. That focus on the fruits of the spirit is something I myself lost along the way. I was so busy asking God to fix my life that I just got angrier and angrier when He didn't.
I'm not saying we shouldn't pray for our needs and wants, only that if you pray for joy, patience, peace, love, etc., those will carry you through your trials and the times that God answers our prayers differently than we would like. That focus on the fruits of the spirit is something I myself lost along the way. I was so busy asking God to fix my life that I just got angrier and angrier when He didn't.
G
I disagree, people use God's name as a swear word all the time knowingly and unknowingly. To blaspheme the Holy Spirit you need to put more thought into it than just a few words.
In this passage the scribes said Jesus was using the power of Satan to do miracles. In verse 29 its interesting it says in danger of eternal ****ation and doesn't say shall suffer eternal ****ation. People sometimes do things that they don't know and if they are corrected and turn right away it shows they didn't mean it in there heart, but if in there hearts they blaspheme the Holy Spirit, then they did and it won't be good.
I only know of one person who I know personally who in my opinion is going to Hell, she's very like able, talks Christian knows the Bible (her version of it) and at the moment seems to be enjoying life. She's responsible for destroying at least four churches that I know of and steering Christians to herself, I don't know of her swearing (except in church when people were dancing and she flicked her husband off because he wanted her to leave.) but other than that she never swore that I know of. She's fully committed to the devil. (notice I am saying she has an unclean spirit) she also got a piece of paper saying shes a pastor.
Mark 3
22 ¶And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal ****ation:
30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 ¶There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
In this passage the scribes said Jesus was using the power of Satan to do miracles. In verse 29 its interesting it says in danger of eternal ****ation and doesn't say shall suffer eternal ****ation. People sometimes do things that they don't know and if they are corrected and turn right away it shows they didn't mean it in there heart, but if in there hearts they blaspheme the Holy Spirit, then they did and it won't be good.
I only know of one person who I know personally who in my opinion is going to Hell, she's very like able, talks Christian knows the Bible (her version of it) and at the moment seems to be enjoying life. She's responsible for destroying at least four churches that I know of and steering Christians to herself, I don't know of her swearing (except in church when people were dancing and she flicked her husband off because he wanted her to leave.) but other than that she never swore that I know of. She's fully committed to the devil. (notice I am saying she has an unclean spirit) she also got a piece of paper saying shes a pastor.
Mark 3
22 ¶And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal ****ation:
30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 ¶There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.