Why does God never answer any of my prayers?
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You need to watch the full video to know - the link is at the end of the preview that I gave you. The point of the song is to let people know that you may be suffering now but a greater good may come out of it. You just don't know until you get through the suffering. So in effect, you can suffer with joy and praise because something better will happen through your suffering.
Honestly, I am beginning to think you're either like dothackzero or you're just a forum troll (or both!)...
Honestly, I am beginning to think you're either like dothackzero or you're just a forum troll (or both!)...
C
My brother don't use the word hell so litely, no sickness/illness in this world compares to what hell holds. God hears and sees what you are going through, but its not untill he says that it will be done. If i've learned anything in my life giving God my back, is that his mercy kept me alive all these years, and here i am again looking for him. God is perfect and if he has not answered your prayers is because he has plans for you. Keep your faith, don't let the devil get to you. You are the son of The All Mighty God, and he wants your soul.
S
Hello EVERY ONE
God do answers prayer, but ! he only listen to godly Men who does His will. and that is ( obedience ) to all scripture, ( 1 ) i just want to let some of you know? that there is no such thing as a sinner prayer, you can not fine a scripture in the bible where it say a sinner prayer, and another thing, you can
not fine a scripture say ask jesus into your heart,, that not scripture to. the only thing we can do is listen to the Bible. Because that how God talk to us Just by Reading His word, when we read his word from the bible. God is talking to us who ever read it, when you do read it , you must Understand who is talking to who? on those scripture, and if you do not know who jeses or the apostles talking to who. on those page you are reading. you will never understand it, that why you must know who the person is talking to who on every page as you read on. and another thing i want you all to know? in Romans; ( 10 ) v >8.9 is not the answers to any one salvation. and here why! Apostles Paul was talking to those who were all ready been saved? he was talking to christian on Romans; ( 1 ) v> 7 not sinner, there is all most 200.000 thousand people believe that this is their answers to there salvation , and it is not. salvation did not stared in Romans 10.v 8.9 salvation started in the book of Acts, where Apostles peter had the keys to the kingdom of heaven, he took that keys to open the gate, or door to those who want salvation.and that salvation started in Acts; ( 2 ) v > 38
Remember what Jesus said to the apostles in Luke ;( 24 ) v 44 - 49
luke ;24 v 44- 49
He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms, v > 45 >Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures v 46>He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day 47 v >and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem v 48 you are witnesses of these things v 49 > I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." see Jesus sent peter and the apostles to the church of Jerusalem to preach salvation to all nation. that is where apostles peter took the keys to open the gate or door to those who ever want salvation. peter was preaching to sinner in acts 2; v ( 14 ) cleair up to
37 and the sinner ask the apostles what shall we do, in Acts 2;( 38 ) Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit
so Friend this is your Answer to your salvation . i know a lot of people may be thinking what about John; ( 3 ) v > 16 is that and answer yes part of it
yes, because we have to have some kind of believe in us all. but we have to have more the just believe alone. just because some going around believeing and thinking well that it, no that not it, the you will have some one say im going by FAITH ONLY. well faith is good to. but you can not be saved by Faith alone. you need more then just faith, apostles Paul talk about faith. he explaine what faith is all about in Romans; ( 10 ) v 14 -17
see faith come hearing the word of GOD. so yea faith come by hearing,
we all have to have ( 1 ) faith ( 2 ) believeing ( 3 ) repent ( 4 ) be baptized for forgiveness of your sin. ( 5 ) and then > And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. then GOD WILL LISTEN YOU YOUR PRAYER. AND THAT A FACTS.
THANK YOU
DEAN
God do answers prayer, but ! he only listen to godly Men who does His will. and that is ( obedience ) to all scripture, ( 1 ) i just want to let some of you know? that there is no such thing as a sinner prayer, you can not fine a scripture in the bible where it say a sinner prayer, and another thing, you can
not fine a scripture say ask jesus into your heart,, that not scripture to. the only thing we can do is listen to the Bible. Because that how God talk to us Just by Reading His word, when we read his word from the bible. God is talking to us who ever read it, when you do read it , you must Understand who is talking to who? on those scripture, and if you do not know who jeses or the apostles talking to who. on those page you are reading. you will never understand it, that why you must know who the person is talking to who on every page as you read on. and another thing i want you all to know? in Romans; ( 10 ) v >8.9 is not the answers to any one salvation. and here why! Apostles Paul was talking to those who were all ready been saved? he was talking to christian on Romans; ( 1 ) v> 7 not sinner, there is all most 200.000 thousand people believe that this is their answers to there salvation , and it is not. salvation did not stared in Romans 10.v 8.9 salvation started in the book of Acts, where Apostles peter had the keys to the kingdom of heaven, he took that keys to open the gate, or door to those who want salvation.and that salvation started in Acts; ( 2 ) v > 38
Remember what Jesus said to the apostles in Luke ;( 24 ) v 44 - 49
luke ;24 v 44- 49
He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms, v > 45 >Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures v 46>He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day 47 v >and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem v 48 you are witnesses of these things v 49 > I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." see Jesus sent peter and the apostles to the church of Jerusalem to preach salvation to all nation. that is where apostles peter took the keys to open the gate or door to those who ever want salvation. peter was preaching to sinner in acts 2; v ( 14 ) cleair up to
37 and the sinner ask the apostles what shall we do, in Acts 2;( 38 ) Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit
so Friend this is your Answer to your salvation . i know a lot of people may be thinking what about John; ( 3 ) v > 16 is that and answer yes part of it
yes, because we have to have some kind of believe in us all. but we have to have more the just believe alone. just because some going around believeing and thinking well that it, no that not it, the you will have some one say im going by FAITH ONLY. well faith is good to. but you can not be saved by Faith alone. you need more then just faith, apostles Paul talk about faith. he explaine what faith is all about in Romans; ( 10 ) v 14 -17
see faith come hearing the word of GOD. so yea faith come by hearing,
we all have to have ( 1 ) faith ( 2 ) believeing ( 3 ) repent ( 4 ) be baptized for forgiveness of your sin. ( 5 ) and then > And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. then GOD WILL LISTEN YOU YOUR PRAYER. AND THAT A FACTS.
THANK YOU
DEAN
~Sigh~
What a dilemma.
Sometimes I don't know what is a bigger tragedy...
saying something that could potential errupt into a really ugly debate, or sitting quietly and watching while people say things I feel so... pationately... sigh...
I don't want to be contoversal. Really I don't. And for that sake I am not making any statements about anyone here and their situation. Nothing about anyone who has suffered from depression, and nothing about people who are making assertions about the word of God. I don't know you people, so I am not saying "you don't realise", "you should" or "you are".
But I will say this - though there is much more about it that I won't delve into right now, a snippet of information that I know about some people's depression - (it can be different for different people -
is that it attacks the brain's ability to concentrate, and the person's ability to be motivated.
I'm not saying the person is unable, I'm saying it's made difficult, like a handicap.
Prayer and reading the bible are high-motivation, high-concentration activities. However spiritual they are, they require natural abilities such as being able to read and concentrate.
I also ackowledge it's awful hard to hear from God without regular spiritual nourishment.
All I'm saying is please let's be gentle with each other. We experience things on different levels and in different ways, and nothing is more crippling than even a well intentioned (and even well experienced) person giving truth in the wrong doses at the wrong time.
I do love you all. Please understand this is the sound of my heart breaking to have peace and victory for all here, not the sound of accusations.
xx Ellie
What a dilemma.
Sometimes I don't know what is a bigger tragedy...
saying something that could potential errupt into a really ugly debate, or sitting quietly and watching while people say things I feel so... pationately... sigh...
I don't want to be contoversal. Really I don't. And for that sake I am not making any statements about anyone here and their situation. Nothing about anyone who has suffered from depression, and nothing about people who are making assertions about the word of God. I don't know you people, so I am not saying "you don't realise", "you should" or "you are".
But I will say this - though there is much more about it that I won't delve into right now, a snippet of information that I know about some people's depression - (it can be different for different people -
is that it attacks the brain's ability to concentrate, and the person's ability to be motivated.
I'm not saying the person is unable, I'm saying it's made difficult, like a handicap.
Prayer and reading the bible are high-motivation, high-concentration activities. However spiritual they are, they require natural abilities such as being able to read and concentrate.
I also ackowledge it's awful hard to hear from God without regular spiritual nourishment.
All I'm saying is please let's be gentle with each other. We experience things on different levels and in different ways, and nothing is more crippling than even a well intentioned (and even well experienced) person giving truth in the wrong doses at the wrong time.
I do love you all. Please understand this is the sound of my heart breaking to have peace and victory for all here, not the sound of accusations.
xx Ellie
O
You may think you are a pessimist/doubter but you are actually displaying so many signs of a cynic - one who believes the worst of all people and in your case, I think you are particularly cynical of Christians. You see what they declare from their mouths but you don't see the corresponding act that should follow.
Why does God help those who claim to be Christians but don't even act like one who could be called a follower of Christ? They ask for healing and He gives it to them. They ask for money and He provides it to them. They ask for friendship and He sends good friends to them. They ask for comfort and He sends them flowers, hugs, and more new friends. But these same people don't help out at the church, they purposely walk away from beggars on the street, they never forgive and expect others to ask them for forgiveness but when it's their turn to ask for forgiveness, they become stubborn and forget their past transgressions. They take His name in vain, they cuss, they get unreasonably angry on the road, they cheat, they lie, they fib, they act just like non-Christians - strip clubs, porn, drugs, drunkenness, fornication, and the list goes on.
But God still provided for them and gave them what they asked for.
You know what? All I asked from God was to be happy and content. I wanted the sadness to go away. I wanted some peace from family. I wanted someone to know my frustrations. That's not too much to ask for, right? After all, I volunteered at the church for years. I go out of my way to tell people about Christ. I even tried to volunteer for other non-profit organizations to help those who have less than what I have. I try my best to live like a Christian - the opposite of what other common Christians were doing. I've been a believer for years! I think I got some brownie points for that at the very least! Instead, the opposite happened and I even had to seek months of therapy! Why couldn't God grant me my small small request?
In a way, it's similar to what you're asking from God, right? You just want Him to help you with a small illness - it's not even an illness that physically (I assume a bit here) disables you - it's an illness of the mind. Surely God can provide you with a miracle healing? If He can provide healing for a church member who suffers from prostate cancer, surely helping you with a mental illness isn't outside the scope of His power? If He can provide sight to another congregation member who recently lost vision in an eye, surely it's nothing compared to a mental illness? I mean, we're talking about healing the blind and the cancerous! Those are big sicknesses! You're just asking for peace of mind, right? It's so small of a request! It's potatoes compared to prostate cancer and blindness!
It took me 13 years to figure it all out. I wish someone had told me sooner so I didn't have to go through 13 years of disciplining. You see, I wasn't any different from those people. I took a good hard look at myself in the mirror. I wasn't that different. Many of the things they did, I did too. But here's the difference, they repented and praised God truly, deeply from their heart. I praised with my tongue but really, I was still angry at God. It's a wonder He didn't strike me dead with lightning. I was so busy looking at how other Christians were behaving that I was forgetting about my own relationship with God. It really gives a whole new meaning to Matthew 7:3 - they have specks of sawdust in their eyes but I have an enormous plank in my own. Sure, I didn't fornicate, do drugs, get drunk, etc. etc. but I cheated, I lied, I fibbed, I got unreasonably angry on the road, I didn't forgive nor did I ask for forgiveness. You see, it's the little things that add up - not the big ones. Little things like forgetting that your success in any part of life isn't your success - it's God-given. Forgetting to pray to Him with thanksgiving for what you already have - genuine heartfelt prayers! Forgetting to shed your wants and desires to do His will whatever that may be. Simply forgetting that the Creator gives and takes away too! The result? Discipline.
I got my discipline almost two years go - they were physical and mental disciplines. Two motor vehicle accidents a month apart. Then God used people at work to bring my unhappiness to an all time low. I wasn't just unhappy, I was depressed. I sought out a therapist and had sessions for months. But it didn't stop there. You know how I figured it all out? I was sitting in a mall food court one afternoon - lunch break near the office. I tried drowning my sorrows in a newspaper and my lunch. A beggar came up to me - he nearly caught me by surprise! He asked me three times for some money. Then a Bible story came to mind from an old Christian cartoon series. The story is found in Luke 16:19-31 (The Rich Man and Lazarus). The cartoon creators modified things a bit. In the cartoon, Lazarus is a little boy and he begged the rich man three times. Finally, the rich man had the boy beaten to death. The rest of the story was more or less the same as found in the Bible. At that point, I realized that the beggar had approached me three times - true, it is not biblical but it was convicting enough. I didn't have cash but I could've bought him food - I was in a food court! The food court was packed with people. It would've taken the man quite a while to get through all those people but I couldn't find him. So I made a quick prayer and asked God to give me another chance. Let me find him or someone similar. The part of Vancouver I was walking around in is usually lined with beggars and homeless folk at most corners and streets. It's close to Harbour Centre and no doubt, Olympic visitors will visit and see the good and the bad. But on that day, I didn't see a single one. They were normally there but I couldn't find any of them. Funny how that works when you're trying to find a beggar, there are none around but as soon as you stop looking, they are all over the place. It took three tries before I found someone. It must've been quite a sight! A man dressed to the nines in office attire walks over to a guitar-playing beggar with enough food for lunch and dinner complete with a large bottle of juice smack in the middle of corporate downtown! After the encounter, I was refreshed and well awake. I asked God to do whatever He wanted to do to me. A week later, I lost my $46,000 salary job. That's not something to take lightly. But over the course of about three months, He gave me everything I had asked for and more. I got my peace. I got my contentment. I got my joy and happiness and surprisingly, even in times of hurt, there was happiness! It's a complete oxymoron! He even helped me mend my relationship with my family.
You know, I was ready to walk away from it all. I'm 26 in about a month, you're 21. I'm only 5 years older than you which isn't a lot. You have 5 years to go to get to where I'm at and that's not even a guarantee that it will all click in your mind. Maybe it will take you 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, or more! That's a huge chunk of your life wasted away in sorrow, anger, and sadness. Today, I minister to young adults (ages 18-30). Actually, they're more like little kids even the older ones and to think that I was exactly like them. I want to go up to each of them, grab them by the shoulder, and shake them back and forth to tell them they need to snap out of Lala-land. But I can't. Many of them have left the church. Many more have lost or are beginning to lose their faith. Many of them are turning into cynics. Super knowledge of Christ, Christianity, God, and the like is no good if it's not put into practice. Some of these kids are really knowledgeable - more so than I! But they are only knowledgeable in the mind - not the heart. There is a huge difference. You have to live it to know it.
In real life, I would minister to you. I would visit you. I would hang out with you. I would invite you to events. I would call you up to see how you are, take you out to lunch and coffee and slowly share my experiences with you. But I probably don't know you in real life and the great thing about a public forum and an anonymous alias is that I can tell it to you like it is. No fluff, no bunnies - just the cold hard truth. If I've learned anything from the young adults I work with, then I know what you're thinking. It's not you. You have a different story with different circumstances. Guess what? It's still the same sad cycle. Those who came to Christ because of trauma normally stick with Christ all the way to death. Those who grew up with the faith go through it also - similar to the way I went through it. All believers go through a time of self-realization that we are a bunch of worthless cells patched up together un-deserving of salvation and forgiveness and by the way, it is one thing to know those facts, it is another to feel the facts.
If you've read this far then you have a choice. Someone close to your age who has just gone through the same cycle has just told you how it works. You can take it and turn your life around or you can wait and hit rock-bottom and then turn your life around. Either way, you will turn your life around - it just depends on how you want it done - long, painful, and hard or quick, sharp, and easy.
I'm truly sorry that you are going through what you are going through and I do hope that God will give you the healing that you're asking for. People have already given you their love, prayers, and advice. But you need to discern for yourself where you're at. Maybe I got it entirely wrong and you're going through something else. If that's the case, then I apologize. But if I'm not wrong, then know that this was my story. I hope it does not become yours.
Why does God help those who claim to be Christians but don't even act like one who could be called a follower of Christ? They ask for healing and He gives it to them. They ask for money and He provides it to them. They ask for friendship and He sends good friends to them. They ask for comfort and He sends them flowers, hugs, and more new friends. But these same people don't help out at the church, they purposely walk away from beggars on the street, they never forgive and expect others to ask them for forgiveness but when it's their turn to ask for forgiveness, they become stubborn and forget their past transgressions. They take His name in vain, they cuss, they get unreasonably angry on the road, they cheat, they lie, they fib, they act just like non-Christians - strip clubs, porn, drugs, drunkenness, fornication, and the list goes on.
But God still provided for them and gave them what they asked for.
You know what? All I asked from God was to be happy and content. I wanted the sadness to go away. I wanted some peace from family. I wanted someone to know my frustrations. That's not too much to ask for, right? After all, I volunteered at the church for years. I go out of my way to tell people about Christ. I even tried to volunteer for other non-profit organizations to help those who have less than what I have. I try my best to live like a Christian - the opposite of what other common Christians were doing. I've been a believer for years! I think I got some brownie points for that at the very least! Instead, the opposite happened and I even had to seek months of therapy! Why couldn't God grant me my small small request?
In a way, it's similar to what you're asking from God, right? You just want Him to help you with a small illness - it's not even an illness that physically (I assume a bit here) disables you - it's an illness of the mind. Surely God can provide you with a miracle healing? If He can provide healing for a church member who suffers from prostate cancer, surely helping you with a mental illness isn't outside the scope of His power? If He can provide sight to another congregation member who recently lost vision in an eye, surely it's nothing compared to a mental illness? I mean, we're talking about healing the blind and the cancerous! Those are big sicknesses! You're just asking for peace of mind, right? It's so small of a request! It's potatoes compared to prostate cancer and blindness!
It took me 13 years to figure it all out. I wish someone had told me sooner so I didn't have to go through 13 years of disciplining. You see, I wasn't any different from those people. I took a good hard look at myself in the mirror. I wasn't that different. Many of the things they did, I did too. But here's the difference, they repented and praised God truly, deeply from their heart. I praised with my tongue but really, I was still angry at God. It's a wonder He didn't strike me dead with lightning. I was so busy looking at how other Christians were behaving that I was forgetting about my own relationship with God. It really gives a whole new meaning to Matthew 7:3 - they have specks of sawdust in their eyes but I have an enormous plank in my own. Sure, I didn't fornicate, do drugs, get drunk, etc. etc. but I cheated, I lied, I fibbed, I got unreasonably angry on the road, I didn't forgive nor did I ask for forgiveness. You see, it's the little things that add up - not the big ones. Little things like forgetting that your success in any part of life isn't your success - it's God-given. Forgetting to pray to Him with thanksgiving for what you already have - genuine heartfelt prayers! Forgetting to shed your wants and desires to do His will whatever that may be. Simply forgetting that the Creator gives and takes away too! The result? Discipline.
I got my discipline almost two years go - they were physical and mental disciplines. Two motor vehicle accidents a month apart. Then God used people at work to bring my unhappiness to an all time low. I wasn't just unhappy, I was depressed. I sought out a therapist and had sessions for months. But it didn't stop there. You know how I figured it all out? I was sitting in a mall food court one afternoon - lunch break near the office. I tried drowning my sorrows in a newspaper and my lunch. A beggar came up to me - he nearly caught me by surprise! He asked me three times for some money. Then a Bible story came to mind from an old Christian cartoon series. The story is found in Luke 16:19-31 (The Rich Man and Lazarus). The cartoon creators modified things a bit. In the cartoon, Lazarus is a little boy and he begged the rich man three times. Finally, the rich man had the boy beaten to death. The rest of the story was more or less the same as found in the Bible. At that point, I realized that the beggar had approached me three times - true, it is not biblical but it was convicting enough. I didn't have cash but I could've bought him food - I was in a food court! The food court was packed with people. It would've taken the man quite a while to get through all those people but I couldn't find him. So I made a quick prayer and asked God to give me another chance. Let me find him or someone similar. The part of Vancouver I was walking around in is usually lined with beggars and homeless folk at most corners and streets. It's close to Harbour Centre and no doubt, Olympic visitors will visit and see the good and the bad. But on that day, I didn't see a single one. They were normally there but I couldn't find any of them. Funny how that works when you're trying to find a beggar, there are none around but as soon as you stop looking, they are all over the place. It took three tries before I found someone. It must've been quite a sight! A man dressed to the nines in office attire walks over to a guitar-playing beggar with enough food for lunch and dinner complete with a large bottle of juice smack in the middle of corporate downtown! After the encounter, I was refreshed and well awake. I asked God to do whatever He wanted to do to me. A week later, I lost my $46,000 salary job. That's not something to take lightly. But over the course of about three months, He gave me everything I had asked for and more. I got my peace. I got my contentment. I got my joy and happiness and surprisingly, even in times of hurt, there was happiness! It's a complete oxymoron! He even helped me mend my relationship with my family.
You know, I was ready to walk away from it all. I'm 26 in about a month, you're 21. I'm only 5 years older than you which isn't a lot. You have 5 years to go to get to where I'm at and that's not even a guarantee that it will all click in your mind. Maybe it will take you 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, or more! That's a huge chunk of your life wasted away in sorrow, anger, and sadness. Today, I minister to young adults (ages 18-30). Actually, they're more like little kids even the older ones and to think that I was exactly like them. I want to go up to each of them, grab them by the shoulder, and shake them back and forth to tell them they need to snap out of Lala-land. But I can't. Many of them have left the church. Many more have lost or are beginning to lose their faith. Many of them are turning into cynics. Super knowledge of Christ, Christianity, God, and the like is no good if it's not put into practice. Some of these kids are really knowledgeable - more so than I! But they are only knowledgeable in the mind - not the heart. There is a huge difference. You have to live it to know it.
In real life, I would minister to you. I would visit you. I would hang out with you. I would invite you to events. I would call you up to see how you are, take you out to lunch and coffee and slowly share my experiences with you. But I probably don't know you in real life and the great thing about a public forum and an anonymous alias is that I can tell it to you like it is. No fluff, no bunnies - just the cold hard truth. If I've learned anything from the young adults I work with, then I know what you're thinking. It's not you. You have a different story with different circumstances. Guess what? It's still the same sad cycle. Those who came to Christ because of trauma normally stick with Christ all the way to death. Those who grew up with the faith go through it also - similar to the way I went through it. All believers go through a time of self-realization that we are a bunch of worthless cells patched up together un-deserving of salvation and forgiveness and by the way, it is one thing to know those facts, it is another to feel the facts.
If you've read this far then you have a choice. Someone close to your age who has just gone through the same cycle has just told you how it works. You can take it and turn your life around or you can wait and hit rock-bottom and then turn your life around. Either way, you will turn your life around - it just depends on how you want it done - long, painful, and hard or quick, sharp, and easy.
I'm truly sorry that you are going through what you are going through and I do hope that God will give you the healing that you're asking for. People have already given you their love, prayers, and advice. But you need to discern for yourself where you're at. Maybe I got it entirely wrong and you're going through something else. If that's the case, then I apologize. But if I'm not wrong, then know that this was my story. I hope it does not become yours.
L
There are many things that come between us and God's answering our prayers. The lack of study of God's word. Unconfessed sin. Insincerity of prayers. These are impediments to a strong and vibrant prayer life that is interactive (not one sided).
Let me offer some suggestions.
1. Confess any unconfessed sin. Stand in agreement with God that these portions of your life do not honor Him.
2. Pray in agreement with the scriptures. Claim them as promises from God.
3. Claim 2 Chronicles 7:14 as a foundation for your prayer life. Humility, Prayer, Repentence, Seeking God's face.
4. Claim the healing that you seek. Believe that you are healed. Speak positively about it, not negatively. James tells us that what comes out of our mouth comes from the heart.
5. Take captive every thought to the glory of Christ Jesus. Satan inhabits our thoughts of fear and doubt.
6 Wait upon the Lord. Be patient and allow God to "grow" you.
Let me offer some suggestions.
1. Confess any unconfessed sin. Stand in agreement with God that these portions of your life do not honor Him.
2. Pray in agreement with the scriptures. Claim them as promises from God.
3. Claim 2 Chronicles 7:14 as a foundation for your prayer life. Humility, Prayer, Repentence, Seeking God's face.
4. Claim the healing that you seek. Believe that you are healed. Speak positively about it, not negatively. James tells us that what comes out of our mouth comes from the heart.
5. Take captive every thought to the glory of Christ Jesus. Satan inhabits our thoughts of fear and doubt.
6 Wait upon the Lord. Be patient and allow God to "grow" you.
M
I disagree with your definition. By this definition billions of people are now condemned to hell for stuff they say on a daily basis. This definition is not Biblical. Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit goes way beyond just being disrespectful.
If you look at Matthew 12:31-32 in context with the surrounding verses, you will find that Jesus immediately before talking about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit was talking about how the Pharisees were claiming the work of the Holy Spirit to be the work of the devil/evil spirits. In addition the Pharisees were also telling the people under them that the work of the Holy Spirit was the work of the devil. Essentially they are calling the Spirit of God an evil spirit in order to control the crowd(selfish ambition). By looking at the surrounding context alone you can deduce what Jesus is referring to about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 1:28-32 describes the condition of the Pharisees in regard to them seeking the approval of man at the expense of calling the Holy Spirit evil. Romans 1:18 sets the context for verses 28-32. The Pharisees knew that Jesus was doing signs and wonders that could only be attributed to God. But they made a conscious decision to ignore the signs and wonders Jesus performed and cling to their control over the people. (John 11:47-48)
So, Romans 1:28 describes the condition of the person that blasphemies the Holy Spirit. This definitely does not describe you, therefore you have not blasphemed the Holy Spirit.
Blessings,
Machew
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