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If God is testing us, do you think that giving in to prayer could be failure?
The way I see it, if there were a God (specifically the Christian God), he would want people to learn to work things out on their own, not go begging to him to fix it for them. In this scenario, prayer would actually be failure. I think that falling for the simplicity of praying for God to make it better goes against what Christians teach as the message of God.
Other thoughts?
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
He tests us to turn to Him, and not rely on our own egos or insufficient spiritual strength.
That's the test, whether we do it our way or His way.
- PeaceLv 71 decade ago
it would go against free will if God fixed everything for us...
and why would he make things good for one and not another ...
why not fix the whole earth since i am sure that is prayed for most often
no i dont believe prayer is about needs
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Prayer has more to do with developing our relationship with God than with getting Him to fix things for us. Although in my experience, there is both
- 1 decade ago
Agreed! God loves us a ton, and wants to help us. All we have to do is ask. That does not mean we always get what we want but Joyce Meyers says "It never hurts to ask"
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- 1 decade ago
well, well well what a controversial question. I don't really think God likes playing games with the people on earth. - So if you need his help then ask him for it.
