Need some help with having faith in prayers

[SpeakKindly]

I tend to say small prayers - like giving thanks before a meal, asking for peace when frustrated or mad, perhaps even scared. Yet when I ask for bigger things - the health or healing of someone, protection, etc. I find it hard to trust that what I ask is heard, I feel less invested. No matter what I pray I tend to not look (and probably most times forget to) for an answer or that my prayers were answered. I feel like I ask, but sometimes I feel like I’m just saying things or speaking to an empty room to be honest.

 

[ynotzap]

Faith is a gift from Jesus Christ. What is your relationship with Him? To get the gift we must encounter Christ. The usual way is to receive the Good News that Jesus is the Redeemer, the Savior of mankind, and of every individual. He came to destroy the works of Satan. Something beautiful has to happen to us to t urn to Christ and turn away from sin. It is called "conversion. This leads to Baptism when our sins are forgiven, and Jesus endows us with His Holy Spirit that makes us adopted children of God, heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven, and removes Satan’s grip on us, we now belong to Christ. If you have gone through all of this then comes growth , spiritual growth. In co-operation with the graces of the Holy Spirit we grow in virtue. To grow in virtue, the Holy Spirit has endowed us with the theological virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love. and moral virtues. So in this spiritual growth we are challenged, if we don’t meet the challenges, we slip backward in our spiritual growth, if you are not moving forward, you are moving backward, there is no status-quo. The practice of Faith is just that. When we find ourselves not applying the helps to our Faith, like praying, worshiping, using the Sacraments, spiritual reading, corporal and spiritual works of mercy we become tepid, lukewarm. Now if you can honestly say you have done this, then you are experiencing a certain spiritual aridity that comes to all of us. We are crossing a spiritual desert. We ask the Holy Spirit for perseverance. We can also ask God for a drink ( a spiritual consolation, like a booster shot.) We can have a “religious experience” a spiritual renewal, we can attend retreats, prayer meetings etc. Frequent the Sacraments especially Holy Communion. I pray this answers some of your questions. God always responds to humble prayer, and He loves with a tender love, but you must exercise your faith in Him. You need to experience His personal love for you, that will really turn you on! this is why I mentioned a "religious experience " from God, you can have it by believing in His goodness and love for you. If you have been constant and faithful,you have shown your love for God, let Him shower you with His love. Even St.Theresa of Avilla said that in her spiritual climb up around: the mountain of perfection, God provides little :Oasis along the way, and she prefers them, then trying to climb the shear side of the mountain.

 

[ready]

If you are humble and contrite, please be assured that God hears all your prayers and will answer them in the very best way possible and at just the right time. He may not answer your prayers in the way that you think is best or at the time that you think is best, but He will always answer them in the best way and at the best time. I am certain of this. God bless you.