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Old Nov 1, 2007, 02:57 AM
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praying for Divine Intervention

If as Christians we truly believe that God controls our destiny----controls the whole world actually and has the power to unleash natural disasters and plagues and that His will will always be done-----------Then why do we pray? If your days on this earth are numbered and your time is up what good is it going to do to ask for divine intervention? Does anyone actually believe that prayer can change God's mind? My faith is being tested-----I am slowly beginning to wonder why I ask for God's help if it's all already written in stone.
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Old Dec 25, 2007, 07:19 AM   #11  
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It is often a misconception that God "controls" everything, he did create it, and he is in of course complete control, but he also gave man free will to make thier own choices and to live life according to the desires of thier own heart which often are evil.

Also we live in a world that is not our home, we do not live in a Christian or even a godly world but one that is still the home of Satan who is often called the prince of this world.

so in that as things happen, God is far too often pointed at as doing things that are first merley nature and of things that are caused by the evil in mans hearts.
And of course nothing is written in stone we see time and time again where Gods destruction was changed by the prayers of his people, we see this in the story of Jonah were an entire city was sparred ( at least for a few hundred years untill there evil returned)
And remember as Christians our blessings are in heaven, look at the followers of Christ after his death, none retired to a sea side resort, they all ended up dying bad deaths and torture or died in prison, but they were happy and free in spirit.

Todays Christians for some reason expect things on earth to be perfect for them, while they need to learn that thier happiness is in spirit, on matter what ishappening to them on earth.
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Old Jan 12, 2008, 06:42 PM   #12  
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you can pray for god to be there with you in times of hardship,
to help you along the way that he has planned for you
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Old Jan 12, 2008, 09:20 PM   #13  
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In James is says that the fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much, and although God knows everything that will happen, He isnt *necessarily* making it as such. Christians get the fact that God has ultimate foresight mixed up with predestination. God can cause things to happen, but I believe in more of the aspect that God is KEEPING so many things from happening, and at some point He lets go.
I know God can and does harden the hearts of people, and puts delusions over their eyes due to their iniquity... not too sure about the natural disasters though.
Everything does however, work out to His perfect will.
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