If God is for you, it doesn't matter who is against you

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I am wondering how to know whether God is for you?
 
Yes, I am for God but sometimes I feel like I am for Satan when I cave in to sin and fear 😦
 
Pope Francis says dont dialogue with the devil

just stay close to God. And work hard at staying close to God.

Have you read the battle of prayer in the catechism?

Yes i am for God
 
Satan temps us, may we not betray God. So merciful of God he gave us his dearly beloved son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to take away ALL the sins of the world.

We are sinners, but may we repent and inch closer to the do of God’s work and love. May we show our love to him, he has done so much for us. God forgives his sheep, even if they get lost, the Shepard is there to guide us at all times. In all circumstances may we give thanks.
 
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nah, never really attended the full catechism classes.

What’s the prayer?
 
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I am wondering how to know whether God is for you?
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we can never have the absolute certainty that God is for us. We can at most have signs that can make us hope that He is for us. The salvation of the Christian is subject to hope and not to certainty.
That said, when one has a conscience that does not reproach us for anything, when in good faith one believes that one is doing the will of God, then one can hope to be in friendship with God. It is just a hope, so we must always have the humility to recognize that in reality may be we are not yet in friendship with God and we must then strive to make progress in the love we owe him.
 
You dont have to attend a class. Jump on the Vatican website and read the catechism .
 
THE BATTLE OF PRAYER
2725 Prayer is both a gift of grace and a determined response on our part. It always presupposes effort. The great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, and he himself, all teach us this: prayer is a battle. Against whom? Against ourselves and against the wiles of the tempter who does all he can to turn man away from prayer, away from union with God. We pray as we live, because we live as we pray. If we do not want to act habitually according to the Spirit of Christ, neither can we pray habitually in his name. The “spiritual battle” of the Christian’s new life is inseparable from the battle of prayer.
 
What if a man wants to become a priest against his parents’ wishes? HIs conscience would be affected, nope?
 
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he will wait till he is an adult and then investigate his calling.
 
I do not quite understand the purpose of the question …
however I do not see why someone’s right conscience would have problems, when we have God’s commandments that are clear:
  • it is better to obey God than men
  • He who loves his parents more than me is not worthy of me
  • He who does not hate his father, his mother etc. can not be my disciple
Jesus gave clear commandments on it, so I do not see where is the problem in your question …
 
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