Is it wrong to ask God for help?

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I sometimes think that it is wrong for me to ask God to please help me in my life. Its just that sometimes I actually doubt Him and I continue to sin against Him as well. So a person so inferior to Him, how can I even think of asking?

Have any of you ever felt this way? Please I need so advice, what should I do?
 
Art321 said:
I sometimes think that it is wrong for me to ask God to please help me in my life. Its just that sometimes I actually doubt Him and I continue to sin against Him as well. So a person so inferior to Him, how can I even think of asking?

Have any of you ever felt this way? Please I need so advice, what should I do?
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Do not doubt him (that is where you go off the road…not in asking…)

Yes God loves you and yes we should ask for such!

Jesus himself tells us to ask…and to pray…

(but course prayer is not a vending machine…)

but pray with trust etc…

vatican.va/archive/catechism/p4s1c1a3.htm

frjacquesphilippe.com/themes/faith_hope_love.html
 
Bookcat said:
Do not doubt him (that is where you go off the road…not in asking…)

Yes God loves you and yes we should ask for such!

Jesus himself tells us to ask…and to pray…

(but course prayer is not a vending machine…)

but pray with trust etc…

vatican.va/archive/catechism/p4s1c1a3.htm

frjacquesphilippe.com/themes/faith_hope_love.html
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Thank you for the kind words! But still there are times when I doubt God. I am sorry for that, please how can I possibly get rid of these doubts?? Also to point out, that this doesn’t happen regularly, but it still haunts me.
Its just that I feel I have no right to ask, if I doubt Him.
 
Art321 said:
I sometimes think that it is wrong for me to ask God to please help me in my life. Its just that sometimes I actually doubt Him and I continue to sin against Him as well. So a person so inferior to Him, how can I even think of asking?

Have any of you ever felt this way? Please I need so advice, what should I do?
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It can be hard to trust God’s plan for us at times when we’re facing situations hard to bear, but it does say in the bible about praying for our own needs as well as for others too. I don’t think it’s wrong of you to pray to God for your own needs, praying draws us ever closer to Him. And He loves us and wants to help us.
Art, i don’t know if my answer was of any help to you, hope so 🙂
 
velvetsky said:
It can be hard to trust God’s plan for us at times when we’re facing situations hard to bear, but it does say in the bible about praying for our own needs as well as for others too. I don’t think it’s wrong of you to pray to God for your own needs, praying draws us ever closer to Him. And He loves us and wants to help us.
Art, i don’t know if my answer was of any help to you, hope so 🙂
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Thank you, velvetsky. Do you know of a quote from the bible that could help me with this? I would really appreciate it.
 
You could also ask Mary to pray for you for help. According to St. Louis de Montfort, she is the best pathway to reach God.
 
remember too…as Newman put it…(something like this)

a thousand difficulties do not equal one doubt!

of course repent of any sins of doubts…(confession is a great gift too!) but also remember…

sometimes we are “tempted” to doubt…but we can make a short act of faith or hope or love…and resist them…sometimes like a martyr before his judges…

earlychristians.org/testimonies_martyrs/scillitan_saints.html

we say “I am a Christian”

that is the answer given to the questions of doubts that occur to us…
 
Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 RSV CE
 
I doubt too and feel the same way about asking for help. I try to remember the parable about the poor women who had limited money to give, but gave everything and how that was worth more in the eyes of God than those who only gave part of the great wealth they were blessed with.

It comforts me to remind myself that while I am offering up a doubting prayer, at that moment I am sincerely attempting to be as faithful as I can at that moment… giving everything I have, even though it is imperfect. Like the woman who is poor in finances, those of us poor in spirit can still offer all we are capable of and know that its actual value may be different than what we perceive it to be.

As far as asking for help and feeling guilty… I always find it easier to first offer up gratitude. I’m not sure how it makes a difference, but I feel less ashamed to ask for help after giving thanks for what I already have.
 
Chris1112 said:
I doubt too and feel the same way about asking for help. I try to remember the parable about the poor women who had limited money to give, but gave everything and how that was worth more in the eyes of God than those who only gave part of the great wealth they were blessed with.

It comforts me to remind myself that while I am offering up a doubting prayer, at that moment I am sincerely attempting to be as faithful as I can at that moment… giving everything I have, even though it is imperfect. Like the woman who is poor in finances, those of us poor in spirit can still offer all we are capable of and know that its actual value may be different than what we perceive it to be.

As far as asking for help and feeling guilty… I always find it easier to first offer up gratitude. I’m not sure how it makes a difference, but I feel less ashamed to ask for help after giving thanks for what I already have.
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Thank you for sharing.😃
 
Art321 said:
So a person so inferior to Him, how can I even think of asking?
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When I am sick, I go to the doctor because he has more medical knowledge than me. When I bought my home, I knew nothing about the law so I got a lawyer. When I need my hair cut I go to the hairdresser (You would laugh if you saw what I did once to my bangs). When I need help, I always go to the ones who know more than me because if I knew it all I would never need help.

So inferior to God? We all are. That’s why I suggest, if you are going to ask for help, ask the best 👍
 
it is wrong NOT to ask God for help, as Jesus clearly commands us to pray for what we need.
 
Art321 said:
Thank you, velvetsky. Do you know of a quote from the bible that could help me with this? I would really appreciate it.
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Hi Art, sorry I’m only just replying but we had problems with getting on the internet 🤷, theres lots of different scripture, Mark 11: 23,24, Ephesians 6:10, Philippians4:6. etc. Our Blessed Mother Mary helps us too when we go to her asking to be drawn closer to her son, Lord Jesus Christ. 🙂
 
Art:

Have any of you ever felt this way? Please I need so advice, what should I do?

We should always stay in communication with God and this way we work up a relationship with Him. We should pray for other reasons as well: for thanks, for His warranted honor and His praise, or to just talk and describe your day. Sometimes just to kneel and say how great He is glorifies Him in front of all creation and He loves this.

Asking for help is more productive for someone who has established such relationships. What saddens Him is when people think of Him only when they need something, although because he’s always hoping this one more time of helping the person may inspire him to start a relationship. This shows God’s infinite grace and patience.

When asking for help one should always give God the choice by conveying trust. One should say, “If you desire it Lord, could I…”. Remember, even Jesus who had the best reason to ask to have “this cup taken from me” when praying in the Garden before He was taken away to be tried, finalized with, “but not my will but thy will be done.”

We are not assured of receiving what we ask for, this may be because God has a better way of approaching the problem for your benefit, or because we haven’t been up to scratch in our duties he assigns us, or we are in the state of mortal sin and refuse to repent. It also helps to sacrifice something, or to show charity in some way. 🙂

Andy
 
+Below is the daily prayer from the Divine Office which is from Sacred :bible1: Scripture and is required to be prayed throughout the day by all priests and religious . . . as part of the Liturgy of the Hours . . .
**Daily :gopray2: Prayer ** **

O God,
incline unto mine aid.
O Lord,
make haste to help me.
- Psalm 69:2

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. . . all for Jesus+​
 
Do not be afraid to ask God for help. Until recently I always felt like I was not worthy and always asked Him to give my blessings to others more in need and more deserving. Over the years I did not take my faith seriously and only attended church mainly on Easter and Christmas. About a month ago my wife was beeing harrased in our house by a ghost, demon, bad spirit (what ever you want to call it). It was to the point where she was screaming and crying. I did not believe in stuff like that till it happened to us. I prayed and even though I knew the Our Father and Hail Mary they were all jumbled in words and phrases, it was like I had forgoten them. I kept praying and they started coming to me along with other prayers I havn’t heard in years. I told God I would be a better person and how sorry I was for my sins if He would make it go away. To make things short He did make it go away. And there has not been to many days since then He hasn’t been sending me signs He is there and loves me. I will never miss church again and neither will my wife who was raised with out a religion. This is a remakable story I plan to make a website on to share with others who may have doubts. So please believe me, God is there and does listen, I am living proof !!! May God Bless You !!!
 
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