God is like our Friend. We all are his children. He is the all-loving one. He always listens to our prayers.
However, some time we feel God is not listing our prayers. We go further and think he does not answer prayer and we feel he cannot do anything for us. The truth is everything is possible with God. In addition, God does not answer our prayer because of he knows that they are not for our good. In today's fast moving world following formula should help all of us:
Worship God in all your happy times,
Pray hard to God in all your difficult times,
Spend time in temple/church in your quite times,
Admire God in all your painful times,
Indeed, remember supreme power every time to draw closer to him.
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So this Lord wants the world to die. God is messed up!
GOD is perfect, if no one die then the world will be so full of people, and then we will have no space to live in…….. Think about it, and bring all the people back alive from the early days. Would you be leaving comfortable around so many people?…His perfect plan: you live and one day you will die,..Just my opinion
I ask god to grant me super powers so that I can help others…and its still not good enough.
Super powers are faith, believe in him and love him……Ask for thus first. once you get them, you will see the light and you will see you don’t need super power to help other.
God does listen to our prayers and he answeres them too. Our ego’s stand in our way to recognise, hear and see his answers. Another reason why we think he does not answer our prayers is because we expect Him to “grant our wish” exactly the way we wanted a situation to turn out (again the ego thing) – and if it is not granted in the exact way we dictated to God, our ego steps in and says “God is not listening to me”. Sometimes I think we behave like naughty children.
Victoria
Victoria,
Exactly, That is what I think
i do understand god knows and grant only those wishes which are good for us. but at the same time doesn’t he knows that hw important the wish is for us. and wt if the entire life is dependent on that wish?
You said it my friend! he grants you what is good for you, if you wish that life to remain here only because YOU want it!…..GOD may see: if I keep that life longer in this world, that life may remain suffering alive but suffering, may wasted them self later by another tragic event, GOD may already know that life has already an spot under his kingdom….or that life my friend as hard as this may sound, that life you want to remain, may can’t take it anymore and is ready to depart…..But you don’t know that.
when god answers our prayers, we start having faith in His ability. when he doesn’t, he has faith in ours.
i dont know much. but i asked god a wish which is really genuine. it is for my wife. she really worked hard. i can see how hard she worked for that. but god did not help her. she failed. i cant tolerate her crying. i wish god could have helped her. i beleive in god. but some times i feel does god really exisi. can any one help me realise god. i dont blame god. but whom should i blame for such a injustice?
First thing you need to do……. don’t blame GOD, don’t blame your self, don’t blame no body. Instead look forward what went wrong and try to help her and encourage her to remain strong. Thinks will change better times will arise. Do you praise the lord whe she is not crying and things are good?. Try this, GOD answer almost all my prayers and I stil let him down many times. But you ask to GOD your self, ask him to give you the strenght to understand, if what you want does not happens, than after that you still will praise him and you will not DOUBT of his existance….Then let us know what happen.
how do u want God to do something for u if u dont trust him?
how do u want God to make ur wish comes true if it doesnt make any sense?
how do u want God to help u if u r not helping ur self out of all the trash life u r living in?
how do u want God to help u if u r examing God and if he made ur wish become true u will believe in him .. and if not u will simpley say he doesnt exist .. as if he is the one who is in neeed of u .. NOT U .. poor creatures ..
how do u want God to help u if ur whole life is just gambling drinking having sex bringing poor babies without even knowing who is the father .. and cheating all around .. making dirty things and not respecting urself or anyone .. and not respecting God’s laws .. and then u r asking for his mercy ? what a shame of u
God helps anyone who wants to help himself .. u should be loyal and good from ur heart so that u ask God to help u out .. u should believe in him from the heart and never even let ur mind think that he doesnt exist ..
what do u expect from a teacher to do for u if u was the laziest student in the class .. and have bad manners and do bad things and break all the schools rule?
do u expect a clap and an A grade ? or an F would be so little as a punishment for u ..
this is a teacher .. a human .. that is the same as u .. she could be punished from her boss.. she dont rule the world .. she control only students ..
and u HAVE AND MUST respect her .. this is what our families taught us .. to respect elder people and never break the rules ..
so now .. lets see example to something bigggggggggggggggger verrrrry verrrrry biger and there is no comparing betweeen the two things .. because God is something that nothing could ever be compared with .. he is the creative ..
do u expect him to help u .. if u r breaking his rules? doing bad things? not respecting urself or him? not being honest .. being bad to people .. acting as a devil .. monitoring God on every single thing .. its not u who order God to do something .. and if not then u say he cant do it .. he can change ur life upside down .. he can do miracles .. but he do things for people who believe in him .. and who deserve this thing ..
sometimes u see that their are alot of people who arent good .. but God always do good things for them .. why do u think he do this?
he do it to show them that im still good and kind .. are u going to be kind and pray and do my rules?
they keeep being bad .. and maybe worst.. u find them suddenly living in a nightmare .. everything is out of their control .. this is Gods punishment ..
and for people who are sooooo good and kind and do God’s rules .. they see that their life is so messsy lots of problems and ups and downs .. but their are patient .. they wait and say .. we trust God he is the only one who can help us out .. and they keep praying and praying .. but .. nothing happens .. and they still say .. we trust God .. we are sure that he is not doing this thing because he is hidding something better for us ..
and then sudddenly .. their life turnes to a heaven .. everything gets fine without even knowing how ..
this is God’s mercy .. that people dont know about ..
hey people .. wake up .. and stop saying stupid things that are not true about God..
clean urself from the deep inside ..
be honest with urself and God
help urself out
change ur bad habbits
do what God wants u to do
BELEIVE IN GOD HE WILL TAKE U OUT OF ANYYYY NIGHTMARE U EVER FACE IN UR LIFE
TRUST HIM ..
HE WILL HELP U OUT
ask urself this question everytime u want something from God..
how do i want God to helpme i DONT BELIEVE THAT GOD EXIST and dont TRUST HIM and not doing his ORDERS?
u’ll find the key to God’s mercy & wishes will be true .. if they r good for u .. and if they are not against God’s rule ..
i know that some people will put verry bad comments about my comment ..
but i want to tell them 1 thing ..
if a bad thing happened to u after commenting on my words in a bad way ..
remember that I TRUST GOD AND BELIEVE THAT HE WILL TAKE MY RIGHTS FROM THAT PERSON
maybe then .. he will believe that he is not good .. and that God really exist and that God is the friend of people who really wants to change their life and be good from inside and outside:)
best regards ..
Alaa (female from kuwait)
about the guy whos wife faile who should you blame? well mostly it might be her fault i mean if the people really want something that person that only person should pray for it. things just dont work out sometimes. but the lord will let her succed in something better i will pray for you dont worry have faith and belive and it will come.
I want to marry a guy nd i am praying for our marriage since last 6 years.I dont know what happened to my bf.He loved me so much but now he is involving himself in bad habits.I believe in God so much that I know he can change my boyfriends bad habits into good habits agan because I know God can do anything.But please pray for me because its very painful for me.I cant stand it anymore.I want things to settle down now.I will always pray but I need alot of strength.I am a human.Please pray and ask God how can a human bear so much pain
Linda, he can change have faith. I’m telling you this because I want to change and my woman just finish with me, I’m at the other end of your tail…..But he will change as long if he wants to change, for that you will have let him know and help him, until you don’t put your self in the line, then as painful as this may sound the situation can go beyound repair and you will end up in a worst place, I’m changing and now my woman may not want me back in her life…guest what, I still will praise him even if my woman don’t take me back, I have change because i want to and I love her…draw your own conclusions please….I will keep you in my prayers!
im always asking if God is really listening to my prayers..just a simple wish to my life,and im hoping if he granted,sometimes i feel ashame to myself why i think about God only in the times of my problem..im just asking him ito comeback the one i love..im really loosing hope but they told me to have faith in him and to the one i love..i really hope..
I’m in the begining of that journey my self, I will be hopping and waitting as well as you do, but do not dwelt in the past, ralize if that person wants you back or not, be truth to your self. I will do the same you have done, but also will ask GOD that if that person is not for me, I also will ask that in my prayer as well…..And Michelle one answer one of the two answer I will get and I will be happy eventually.
1. 3rd commandment – “Worship no God but me.” Does that mean there are other Gods? If that is true then God is jealous of other Gods who are good, powerful and important and we humans are unaware of these Gods. Isn’t envy one of the seven deadly sins mentioned in the Bible. 2. God is Alpha & Omega. What does that mean? It does not make any sense. There is no such thing that has no beginning and no end. 3. God sent his own son to die for man’s sins? What does that mean? Men are sinners before and after the coming of Jesus. Why would a merciful God crucify his own son? Sounds more like a Pagan God. Aren’t there other ways to spread Christianity? Why would God make Holy Mary go through all that pain as she was a virgin when she delivered Jesus. Because he is so holy?4. God is the God of sinners? God is a bad God who is not an ordinary & suffering man’s God. Will God forgive all the horrible psycopaths in this world. If forgiving is a virtue ,God himself does not have it. God’s enemy is the Devil. Revelation 20.10 – God will torment the Devil in hell forever & ever. 5.’Thou shall not tempt the God’. So God does get tempted easily. Then why would he punish Eve and Adam for eating that fruit? He punished the whole humanity because of such a forgivable sin that came from ignorance. 6. God’s anger is mentioned in the Bible several times? What kind of a God is this? Isn’t ‘wrath’ another deadly sin? 7.Why did God make the Devil? From where does the evil from the Devil come from? Lucifer, the Chief angel along,with certain other angels,became rebellious and turned against God. How can an angel become so evil so fast. From where did the devil possess such evil. Did God inspire such evil in the devil? If God is alpha&omega, did God possess this evil himself? From where did evil come from? It definitely is not
that of the Devil. It came from a far more powerful source than the Devil.
The expected answers to my questions from a religious freak will mostly be – 1. She is Devil’s true disciple set to deviate man from God. 2. Come back to Jesus child. 3. You should not question God.(why?)Because God’s ways are mysterious & man does not understand them. The answers one would get when you question God’s ‘myterious ways’ are only accusations. From whom? From hypocrites and liars who are the respectable, church going , too holy to be human , religious freaks.
What right does a ‘religious person’ have to comment on your questions. The power a ‘religious person’ have against you are answers that are not direct and they answer,as they say,in the name of God. Jesus himself stood against the church and other religious freaks and they crucified him. If they did it once they would do it again. The only difference is they fought against Jesus in the name of God and now they fight against you in the name of Jesus.
Sorry, I just had to let this out.
To answer your question,prayers are answered. Perhaps God himself answers it. Or perhaps an extremely powerful source greater than God that controls everything including the universe and much more than that answers it.
I am in love with a girl. initially 1st 2-3 years i was not serious about my relationship and got married to a village girl according to my parents. but now we are not together from last 4 years. as soon as my marriage is broken. i came close to my gf. till now i am not legally divorced but we are not together. I dont want to continue my marriage. i want to marry with gf. my gf has got one proposal & she accepted the same. she got engaged also in last week. now she doesn’t want to be with me because she doesn’t know how much time i will take for divorce. so she is not with me from last one month. Things are so complicated. I can’t really figure out the solution. legally it will take 2-3 years and my gf is not ready to wait more. i really love her so much. I wish god can do some miracle. i can’t bear my pain. I know why god is punishing me? I can not tell this openly, but i know. I trust in god but whatever i do, things are going wrong. I know i only resposible for this. for whatever mistake i did, i can not change now. please tell me what should i do??
If anyone really wants to help me? please revert. my gf had compromised & sacrified lot of things in life. I want to make her happy. please dont tell me that i should let her go. i know what is life without her?
Please pray for me.
Pardon big guy! you are stil married…..Work one issue at the time,
She loves you but she will not wait for you…..Work one issue at the time would you blame her?
GOD has not punished you, you gotten your self into this my man, you were not true to youe self to begin with, when you married the other girl THAT YOU WERE NOT IN LOVE WITH.
Yes things are compliacted and a miracle will not happen until you really aplogized to the woman from the little village, summit your self to GOD and ask him to help you the proper real way!
You will be surprise, I’m about to loose my woman because I lied to her (so i may not the right guy talking to you)….But you are lucky you have that woman after a woman….Fight for it and the proper way is she is worth the world to you…..Ah!!!! don’t forget an apology to the big man.
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Why does the revival tarry? It is because God’s
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As in the days of Lot, it is now. Lot was not interested
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and they must persuade him to leave Sodom. When
he yet lingered, one of the angels said to him:
“Flee for your life sake …”
Just like as Lot, God’s people are not interested to
leave the great Babylon, but finally they must flee
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God’s people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
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God is Great and if u ve faith he will help u.. he already help me bcos i have faith
when i was a kid god helped me because i simply parked my problems with him and forgot all about it. i got all that i lost because i never thought or worried about what i lost. i got back my health because i never knew what all could go wrong in my condition. i simply prayed to god, the usual way (nothing special) and i never suffered.
when i became a teenager i still had faith in god. despite corruption setting in slowly i still was able to communicate with god. he saved me on many occassions and i never had to worry much. i was still a bit innocent ( i guess) despite girl friends and college politics
when i became a young man and got married i started checking on god. by now i was corrupted with unwanted information and thoughts and opinions and faiths. i started asking why god never punished the dirty rich and the stinking evil politicians? i started asking what was so great about ramayan? i started asking why the rich went a dumped black money at tirupathi and got richer? i started putting on ego…and now…despite being much better a soul than what i was as an uncaring kid, i am facing god’s wrath…’cause i started questioning and doubting god’s intentions. I STOPPED HAVING FAITH! i never knew that god was within me and i had shrouded him into ineffectiveness due to layers of my own EGO!
i have had nothing interesting in my life neither have i enjoyed things which has to b later got addicted to sex which took me nowhere…. tried 2 understand life which never let me to… but couldnt live this life anymore… wt 2 do had 2 live i dnt know for wat!!! trusted him felt like he was close to me.. and was next 2 me evryime i wanted but wat 2 do? things didntoccur the way i wished them to b always have been feeling bad for wt not i had in life ..!!!!
i know that ,was a craziest thing dat any1 cud do but that’s all i cud!!!
i know dat my life sounds funny but that is wat the truth is!!!
wenu do no get wat u want then y do u hav 2 live a life dat u dnt want 2!!???!! wen god himslf says “dnt do things ,wen u really r not interested!”
atlast thre was sumhting much worse awaiting for me….
found that i was gay!
and @ a very yung age of 16 but dat was too late!
things tuk its worst form…
had sex with any1 n evry1 was a sex addict by then …!!!
atlast fel wateva i did was wrong den decided 2 hav a real time long term relationship
fell in love with sum1 special… who knew evrything about me inch by inch… but he went oceans way . dat was an obligation which none cud stop!!!
atlast we decided 2 break up which ws too hard 4 me… n for him too….
neva did we hav sex nor did we touch each other but he knew dat i was literally enjoyed by many n me also had fun wit too many but dat was not at all wat he wanted.. a person whom even the history or even love would luk great upon.
he changed my life
but was gone as dream…
he called me evryday and poke to me for hours like 4 or so but which fetched us nothing all dose talks were of no use wen we cudnt stay together!!!
all i wanted is him n he wanted only me!!!
but neither of u got wat we wanted!!!
tried to divert myself
got into modelling where had to proceed the same as wat i did before..
started from the point which was left incomplete started sleeping with people to et my work done!!!
wich even he knew….
i dnt kno wats my life upto…
all he people whom i hav met till now spoke about faith divinity which i had too.. and took me nowhere….
so then hav planned for a life where am not myself!! goin to take a very big decission which i really didnt want to
not DEATH ofcourse… though i tried that 1 too….
will post the rest of my feeel.. and cries of grief afer sumtime….
i believe only god knows what’sthe best for us.we tend to believe that he is not listening to us or he is not able enough to help us.but trust me god can help us .remember we really have no idea whats the best for us .i am at present facing the worst phase in my life……worser than you can imagine .i am being denied of something that is my right.something that most students wish for.THERE’S JUST DAYS LEFT FOR ME TO SUBMIT A PAPER TO GET AN ADMISSION.UNFORTUNATELY ICANT GET THAT PAPER. I BELIEVE GOD WILL HELP ME.OR IF SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS IS WAITING FOR ME………I LUV U JESUS
DEAR MONU ,I AM LISSY GEORGE .I READ YOUR MAIL….LISTEN I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR FEELINGS REALLY WELL. YOU SEEM TO BE LACKING TRUE FRIENDS TO GUIDE YOU.WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS GONE.I CAN BE AGOOD FRIEND TO YOU………I WILL DEFINITELY REMEMBER YOU IN MY PRAYERS .MAY GOD BLESS YOU
It all about faith. We need to under stand that our soul is more important that anything we want. God know what we need before we can even ask. Anyway what i we here on earth for?
god will help u but if it is something he thinks is not good then he will not answer
actually i think that god sometimes doesn’t answer our prayers because some of our prayer we can work out by our selves or ask family and friends through those troubled times when you do normally turn to god
God never answers my prayers. I have been praying for something for some time mow , I trust him, believe in him but he just not listen to me. In troubled times one will asks for help. When he doesnt help faith decreases in God. One starts thinking if God is really there. Do prayers really help. Has it helped anyone.
Yes they do get answer. believe me!
Three months ago I lost my job of 17 years and the same day GOD have one great interview for me…..Guess what it was so easy, that it never crossed my mind that every morning I pray to GOD to bless me in my job for 17 years.(he was looking after me)….Then one month later I turned that job down beacuse it was not for me too many implications, relocation and my girlfriend of 3 years. I told to my girlfriend then, a job will come.(GOD also put in my heart before I lost my job to come truth with my woman but I ignored him, I lied to her, about my self, did not told her who I really was) Then I pray for a job few weeks later, my old job open up for six more months with out a relocation (again? and I’m a sinner!!!!) I promised to GOD then I will tell her the truth before year end, because I do really love her and something was not correct in me. Why GOD put that in me? because I also get up in the morning and while asking him about my job of 17 years, I also asked him for the past years to prepare me and her for a marriage every morning…..Can you see how hypocrate I was on the eyes of GOD?, Well as promised, I did told the truth and I did some damage to the woman of my life and our trusted relationship, I may not get her back ever, I’m in pain, I’m hurt, but she is in worst shape and I feel so bad for what I did to her, she did not deserve any of this!….I’m hurting for what I have done to her……May this is the way GOD will asnwer my prayer if she is the woman I prayed for, “did not want find out this way”, it will answer if she will take me back with my fault and errors or not ?. It will answer if this six more month job is for me or not ? (it feels hard, because she is not with me, she was all for me), it defenetly answered my prayer about not lying to her any more.!!!! Now my prayer will be to have my woman heart repaired first, then mine, then ask GOD if he thinks she is for me, I may had break this relationship beyond repair, that this will haunt me for ever (I deserve it) and if she never forgives me (I deserve it as well)…Does she wants this relationship? I do not know, only GOD knows her heart and the destiny to my prayers, the answer will be a yes or a not…….But GOD will answer my prayers. If you really believe in him and believe that, it does not matter what the answer is you will get an asnwer, and you will praise him in good times and even on difficult times, you will never turn the back on him, his hand is there, he never let you go….I’m the one who let go of his hand and now I’m paying with deeply love pain, the results of lying the results of sins! but stil an answer will come.
god answers prayers all the time,it happenes that sumtyms u dnt pray abt somethng and he answers,wht i fail to understand @ tyms is when i dnt feel like a beleiver,i dnt like that and i hate to c/find out after a trial or challenge that i have fail god.failing gods test is a big challenge.let us all seek the kingdom of god 1st and all shall be added to us.
god said it is not good for man to be alone, thats stated in genesis
this was his motive for creating woman
there are people out there who are insisting god has called some to be single
to devote their whole lives to him
fine
but im not catholic anymore and thats called a nun!!!
what i dont like is god allegedly interfering with ever getting married or dating
i want answers from god, not bad christians who think they know better than god
telling me why i am still single at 34
“other plans”
what about his initial plan for man
when he saw and acknowledged its not good for man to be alone!!!!!!
i am alone
i am half way to the nut house becuase i am so alone
i am so lonely i talk to myself
just to hear someone talking
to hear an audible voice
medical studies point its not good for the overall health either
what i can accept anymore are these stories
that go like this
“god brought a wonderful man into my life. if he can do it for me he can do it for you”
ok
why hasnt god
i was told god is so jealous he cant bear even thought of someone taking his place
wow
thats wrong because god doesnt have a place in my life anymore
then again god did never did on the account that hes not real to me
and being real becuase someoen else said so
no
he needs to be real becuase of what he says
not sorry
the bible fine
but i live in 2009 ad
not in biblical times
is there a thin line between faith and wishful thinking?
i wont make god real
god needs to make himself real!!!
i have asked
he has not shown up
and people dont speak as god
or for god
or hypotheticalize about god
be a person
be a human
be something you are
not something you cant be!!!!!
i have had a physical problem for nearly 10 years,
and prayed and prayed constantly,
after ten years no help at all – why.?
i dont know but i feel the same way just not with a medical problem
i have been making the same wish over and over again and still he shows no sign of caring for me
i have made the same wish over and over to god and he doesn’t help me
sometimes i feel as if he hates me.
i know he is the busiest man but can’t he make time to just listen to my reasons?
i make time to talk to him, but i waste my breath and time because i feel like im talking to myself.
i’ve prayed to him about many different things but i get nothing but silence?
i dont only make wishes that help me but i make wishes that will help the world in a way
i know god is real
but i need some proof. like one of my wishes being granted
with the life i live and everything like that i feel as to i need someone to hug. i want that person to god. i just want him to appear so that i can just talk to him for a while. just so i can understand his reasons and he can understand mine. i know he has alot of children to take care of since they got their life taken from them. but what about us who are still living and are in life and death situations. what about children who are still in danger. that still walk on this earth. i make wishes to god so that he can be with them. but the next day everything ends for that person. EVERYTHING if he made us and created us shouldn’t he be able to control our actions. people kill and he does nothing to help mend the families broken hearts. sometimes i feel as to if god denies dreams sometimes. he takes away childrens dreams and he needs to control those sick sick people who kill or abuse children. god needs to help the living the dead are completely safe with him. but everyone on earth is in danger. my wish might not be good for me but i think it will make everything better. but i also feel like a bad person for making the wish. but i just want god to understand what we want. and what he thinks that we dont need. his wishes can be granted by himself but what about all the other people without powers like his. there are somethings that even god doesn’t understand. i love him and always will. but none of my wishes have ever come true and my life is living heck. all i want is one of my wishes to come true no matter what i say i will to to give god back something for what he did for me nothing seems to work. i need help from him. just one wish please god please i promise i will never abuse your power if you just grant one of my wishes
I hate to break it to you, but gods don’t exist.
http://www.whydoesgodhateamputees.com/
Calm down, take the good times as well as the bad, love each other for who they are, and enjoy your life.
read down……….:)
Question: “Does God exist? Is there evidence for the existence of God?”
Answer: The existence of God cannot be proved or disproved. The Bible says that we must accept by faith the fact that God exists: “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6). If God so desired, He could simply appear and prove to the whole world that He exists. But if He did that, there would be no need for faith. “Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed’” (John 20:29).
That does not mean, however, that there is no evidence of God’s existence. The Bible states, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world” (Psalm 19:1-4). Looking at the stars, understanding the vastness of the universe, observing the wonders of nature, seeing the beauty of a sunset—all of these things point to a Creator God. If these were not enough, there is also evidence of God in our own hearts. Ecclesiastes 3:11 tells us, “…He has also set eternity in the hearts of men.” Deep within us is the recognition that there is something beyond this life and someone beyond this world. We can deny this knowledge intellectually, but God’s presence in us and all around us is still obvious. Despite this, the Bible warns that some will still deny God’s existence: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’” (Psalm 14:1). Since the vast majority of people throughout history, in all cultures, in all civilizations, and on all continents believe in the existence of some kind of God, there must be something (or someone) causing this belief.
In addition to the biblical arguments for God’s existence, there are logical arguments. First, there is the ontological argument. The most popular form of the ontological argument uses the concept of God to prove God’s existence. It begins with the definition of God as “a being than which no greater can be conceived.” It is then argued that to exist is greater than to not exist, and therefore the greatest conceivable being must exist. If God did not exist, then God would not be the greatest conceivable being, and that would contradict the very definition of God.
A second argument is the teleological argument. The teleological argument states that since the universe displays such an amazing design, there must have been a divine Designer. For example, if the Earth were significantly closer or farther away from the sun, it would not be capable of supporting much of the life it currently does. If the elements in our atmosphere were even a few percentage points different, nearly every living thing on earth would die. The odds of a single protein molecule forming by chance is 1 in 10243 (that is a 10 followed by 243 zeros). A single cell is comprised of millions of protein molecules.
A third logical argument for God’s existence is called the cosmological argument. Every effect must have a cause. This universe and everything in it is an effect. There must be something that caused everything to come into existence. Ultimately, there must be something “un-caused” in order to cause everything else to come into existence. That “un-caused” cause is God.
A fourth argument is known as the moral argument. Every culture throughout history has had some form of law. Everyone has a sense of right and wrong. Murder, lying, stealing, and immorality are almost universally rejected. Where did this sense of right and wrong come from if not from a holy God?
Despite all of this, the Bible tells us that people will reject the clear and undeniable knowledge of God and believe a lie instead. Romans 1:25 declares, “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.” The Bible also proclaims that people are without excuse for not believing in God: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse” (Romans 1:20).
People claim to reject God’s existence because it is “not scientific” or “because there is no proof.” The true reason is that once they admit that there is a God, they also must realize that they are responsible to God and in need of forgiveness from Him (Romans 3:23, 6:23). If God exists, then we are accountable to Him for our actions. If God does not exist, then we can do whatever we want without having to worry about God judging us. That is why many of those who deny the existence of God cling strongly to the theory of naturalistic evolution—it gives them an alternative to believing in a Creator God. God exists and ultimately everyone knows that He exists. The very fact that some attempt so aggressively to disprove His existence is in fact an argument for His existence.
How do we know God exists? As Christians, we know God exists because we speak to Him every day. We do not audibly hear Him speaking to us, but we sense His presence, we feel His leading, we know His love, we desire His grace. Things have occurred in our lives that have no possible explanation other than God. God has so miraculously saved us and changed our lives that we cannot help but acknowledge and praise His existence. None of these arguments can persuade anyone who refuses to acknowledge what is already obvious. In the end, God’s existence must be accepted by faith (Hebrews 11:6). Faith in God is not a blind leap into the dark; it is safe step into a well-lit room where the vast majority of people are already standing.
I am really depressed for some months. I can’t feel peace for a single moment..I am praying every time..but God doesn’t listen my prayers. I am feeling unbearable pain. I lost my all friends. I have no one to talk. I lost my lovable pet yesterday. In my home there is very pathetic situation. My Dad always shouting with us and he want not to do anything. I am passing very hard time.
I do not know why God hates me or why God has cursed me.. I have tryed to stay a nice person with a pure heart.. bu now im pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have begged god for yrs to help me i am 25 ive been homeless live from motel to motel when i was 14 i was left alone no mom dad family none just wondering the streets been kidnapped just the worst life you could ever magine always n pain stressed out just begging god pleasssssssse HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WONT! I am trying to beat the odds and not break down but i have no support system and i have been abused in every kind of way my whole life and the first time i fALL in love i find out the guy is a child molester who was sleeping with his cousin???? likw wtf! who has to o through this?? on top of my whole life being sad i recently developed a health problem which i cant figure out cause no one wants to help me because i dont have insurance and dont qualfy for it because i have no kids…….. I have had abnormal vaginal bleeding pelvic pain for weeks.. I found a place where students ive ultrasounds to ppl for 15$ went there was so excited to finally know what was wrong with me you know after 2 er trips and countless research… so after the ultrasound they tell me O sorry but we cant tell you if anythings wrong you have to o to the doctor for that…… GOD HATES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Nobody,
I understand how you feel..I really do. God can seem so distant and hypocritical at the best of times. Yet, through all your pain and darkness, He gave you the ability to think, to type your message on this Web page, to express and feel emotions and to also make decisions. You have displayed all the previous ones except making a choice. I want you to do something for yourself…Close your eyes….imagine all that anger, that pain and that fury building up inside you….Now release it to God. Tell him how much you feel He hates you….I will bet you 10 million to one, you will suddenly get a warm rush in your heart…this is God hearing your prayer….than you will get tears…this is God healing you….then you will have all those nasty memories coming back to you….this is Evil trying to pull you away from His presence….This is the most critical part of your transformation….MAKE the decision to feel the God..NOT evil….It is only by you communicating to God (as you did on this web site) that he will hear your prayers…answer your prayers….and show you in many ways…that you are so, so, so loved….not cursed… There is a latin saying… “Cognito…Ergo Sum”. ‘I think..therefore I am’… Dear Nobody…you are the sum of all your pain and anger and hatred of your past…this is NOT your fault…However, the time to change is NOW….NOW……NOW….When you walk the streets…you were NEVER alone… I don’t know if you’ve hear the story of “FOOTPRINTS”… Here it is… A woman had a frequent dream that she was walking along a beach at dusk..The scenery was amazing..The sound of the waves so peaceful…Across the Sky flashed scenes of her life… She always noticed when she looked back, she saw two sets of footprints. One was hers.. The other was God’s… Yet, when she saw scenes of her life that were of extreme pain, sorry and despair flash across the sky ..She only noticed one set of footprints…This troubled her greatly..and she asked God, “God, I noticed that when all was good in my life, I saw two sets of footprints..Yet, when I am in my most darkest hours or feel so low, I notice there is only one set of footprints…You say you are a God of love and that you love me so, so, so much..Why, then, would you leave me in my most hurtful, painful times??” God looked at the woman in such a loving, gentle and all knowing way and said, “My precious, precious Child, I DO love you and would never ever leave you. Those times when you saw one set of footprints in the sand, it was then that I carried you.” Dear Nobody, God has, is and always will carry you. You have more love and support and in your life if you choose it. It’s ALL about choice.
Hope this has helped.
Take care…and like Riddick says in the movie Pitch Black, “Only one rule…Stay in the Light”.
When I was alittle boy I prayed for a brother or sister because I was the only child and my parents constantly argued at the top of their lungs atleast 3 times a week. When I was 15 I prayed that the first female I fell for would be my everlasting because I did’nt want to endup whoring and chasing strange women that would only be a one night stand. By the time I was 21 I gave in because of extreem presure from my friends, from that day forword I ran around chasing women and having many one night stands to the age of 32 but never a relationship because none was my everlasting. So I lived my life entirely alone. From the age of 32 I’ve continued to pray for a wife, attended church and prayed for peace, prayed for others and prayed prayed and prayed, but my main concern was not to live alone. Today and for the last 20 yrs I have been so discouraged and frustrated and so unhappy that I never recieved such simple prayers and I look at so many others who have compainionship and are blessed with wives and husbands and children and family and they don’t believe in God and even those who do believe in God I bet many never prayed for a wife or companion. I have been laught at humiliated over and over and over again for decades “how come your alway’s alone” “are you gay” “don’t you like girls” “that sucks being alway’s by yourself” “he must be gay” so on and so on . At gatherings I leave because everyone is matched up now I make up excuses not to go or show my face.
I feel so ripped off and filled with no confidence that now I hide as much as I can. How many do you think prayed a simple prayer for a wife at such an early age? yet God freely blessed them and has rejected me and has made me the laugh of the area where I live. Today I’m 54 and have lost all hope, I’ve read parts of the bible and it’s no wonder many turn backwords as God say’s in the bible … I use to praise Him and now I’ve found myself cursing Him and all of heaven.
Dear Tony,
Can I ask you something? I totally get that your desire is for female companionship but will that complete you?? Do you think you will instantly let go of all that anger if you get what you want? Do you think it’s the way you are thinking and feeling that is stopping you from getting the right woman into your life? I know I don’t know you but God does. I believe that if you live each day like it’s a gift (that’s why they call it the Present) your thinking will change. If you show gratitude for everything that IS good in your life and that you are alive and well at 54 years old, God will send you more blessings. I also believe that if the bible isn’t working for you, find another source of wisdom to refer to (i.e. Koran, Talmud, Vedic Texts, etc etc). God makes many paths to him as we humans are so complicated, fussy and angry most of the times..No path is a wrong path. As long as it has love, peace and unity, it will lead to God.
I hear what you’re saying about feeling ripped off.. People will always try to infer their map of the world onto yours by snide or ignorant comments. This is the power of free will. But you also have free will. Have you imagined what type of girl you want to settle down with? What does she look like, sound like in your mind?? The more you focus on that, the more you focus on gratitude for the many things in your life, the more you socialise and be happy, you WILL find the one. Colonel Sanders (Kentuck Fried Chicken) had to knock on 1024 doors before the 1024th one said yes to his Chicken with 11 secret herbs and spices.. The door that opened to him was a dingy rundown cafe that gave him 20 dollars for him to make some chicken for them. He was so grateful for that and kept making chicken for this cafe. Before you know it, his chicken took off and he became a multi billionaire in a short time. Why? Belief in himself..Gratitude for what he did have…and Drive to make it work. ..maybe you can search for the three within you…..What 11 secret herbs and spices are you putting into your chicken that’s going to make it stand out? Find that out, (with God’s help) and you’ll not only score the most amazing wife, but all your 20 years of anger and your curses directed at God and all of Heaven…will cease to be…and you will be a very, very happy 55 year old and will will live again… It’s NEVER to late…in the words of Winston Churchill…”NEVER GIVE UP….NEVER GIVE UP…NEVER GIVE UP”…..
Take care Tony and believe miracles are coming your way very, very, very shortly…if you change…
People alway;s say God wants the best for us, God wants us to be happy … I personally don’t believe it. When I was a young boy I prayed for a brother or sister because I was the only child and my parents would argue at the top of their lungs at least 3 times a week, so I was a very unhappy lonely child who trusted in God ,yet, God never answered my simple prayer.
When I turned 15 I prayed that the first female I fell for would be my ever-lasting because I did’nt want to end up whoring and chasing strange women … Instead of my prayer being answered I got and ended up whoring from the age of 21 to 32. In that time period I was with about 40 women only for one night stands, not one ended up being a girl friend or someone that I had a relationship with, so I spent this time entirely alone.
From 32 to now I’ve been with noone gone to church, pray for the sick and poor, pray for our country our leaders our churches and pray for peace … give plenty to the poor and still do, but my most important prayer was to have a wife. Prayed prayed prayed for endless frustrating years only to get zero for an answer from a loving kind merciful God.
Today I’m 54 gave up on my prayers for a wife longago. Personally I think God is a crule God … how many people pray for a wife at the ripe age of 15? very few I bet , but God has blessed so many with family and companionship weather they believe in God or not and the one that prays and trusted is turned away. I even think God put that prayer on my lips so it would eat at me all my day’s. I feel so ripped off and frustrated and humilated by the yrs of humiliation and ridicule that comes with being alone. Now I know why some people turn backwards like God say’s in the good book … I use to praise Him but now I find myself cursing Him and all of heaven … in the end He will punish me more.
This loving beautiful God never helped me.
Hi Tony,
Understand your anger and resentment towards God. But have you taken responsiblity for your actions as yet? You prayed for your wish to be granted at 15. What if an alternate timeline unfolded and God gave you everything you wanted. Would you be bitter at him today because you got married so young and hadn’t experienced life?? Your wish at 15 years old was an admirable wish…but it was not meant to be. Have you ever chased a butterfly?? They say True love is like a buttefly. The more you chase it…the more it eludes you…Once you leave it be, it comes and gently rests on your shoulder. Let me put it to you another way. When you were a child, your parents would NEVER have let you put your hands into the stove or oven (simply because you wanted to at the time). The Father knows alot more than anyone on this earth. You mentioned above that you get ‘ZERO’ answers when you pray. If something doesn’t work…would you keep trying it that way? For example…if your car didnt start one morning when you had to go to work..would you sit in your car in the garage for the rest of the day wondering how you are going to get out of the car and get to work?? If you believe in anything enough…YOU will create it..NOT God… You said “In the end, He will punish me more”. Is that what you truly believe?? Change your beliefs and your world WILL change. God gives us so many tools to cope with this up and down life. NLP is only one of a diverse field of healing, empowering modalities that serve us to heal and, in turn, help others heal. Tony, have you thought about being more active in your community to help other people, instead of just praying for them??
God made us in his image and therefore we can create our present with our free will and choices. From 32 years old…you have gone to church…prayed for the sick and poor etc etc…but I can understand the aching in your heart that taints your prayers…. If you curse God…don’t waste your time praying… If you curse God…your mind is setting you up to suffer eternal torment…at your own hands through the state of mind you will be in, when you pass away.. You are a young 54 years of age. You stll have so many things to do.
Take care of other peoples Dreams..and YOURS will get taken care of along the way…
Take care of other peoples Dreams..and YOURS will get taken care of along the way…
Take care of other peoples Dreams..and YOURS will get taken care of along the way…
If you are around people that ridicule you for being single, get rid of those people. For all you know, Tony, those are the very people that are stopping you from mentally and spiritually being attractive to another woman…
You say “This loving, beautiful God never helped me”.
I say, “He gave you life…it’s up to you what you do with it”.
He can only help you now (at 54 years of age) if you choose to move on from past pain and self sorrow and embrace opportunites. Affirmations are so, so powerful.
I am Whole
I Am attractive
I Am At peace with myself, my world and God
I am successful
I am surrounded to loving, beautiful friends and people.
I am confident in myself and my future.
I expect and am receiving only the BEST experiences life has to offer.
If you ‘religiously’ say the above affirmations EVERY day for 4 weeks, your thinking and then your
life will change. (The affirmations won’t take more than 3-4 mins to say. Surely your life is worth 3-4 mins a day spent in affirmations).
Take care Tony… You WILL succeed if you truly make the choice.