God does not answer prayers exactly as we ask them. But God hears all of our prayers and responds to them in His own wisdom, which is always for our good. He may not always grant our prayers, but He certainly does hear them. If you believe that if you don’t get the answer that you were hoping for in a prayer means that God is somehow unjust…well then I’ll pray for you!
AmenGod does not answer prayers exactly as we ask them. But God hears all of our prayers and responds to them in His own wisdom, which is always for our good. He may not always grant our prayers, but He certainly does hear them. If you believe that if you don’t get the answer that you were hoping for in a prayer means that God is somehow unjust…well then I’ll pray for you!
Peace, Mark***
As far as I am concerned, if God does does not answer my prayer the way I wanted, then He has not answered it. What happened to “Ask and you shall receive.”? Oh, yeah. That’s contingent upon His will also so it is basically meaningless.God does not answer prayers exactly as we ask them. But God hears all of our prayers and responds to them in His own wisdom, which is always for our good. He may not always grant our prayers, but He certainly does hear them. If you believe that if you don’t get the answer that you were hoping for in a prayer means that God is somehow unjust…well then I’ll pray for you!
Peace, Mark***
There are many types of prayer. Adoration, petition, thanksgiving, intercession, meditative etc. So you’ll give up praying altogether because He doesn’t answer a petition prayer your way…Wow!..and… Our Lord’s words meaningless? Geesh!..Oh, I see…Cynical Catholic
Yes, the Scripture says “Pray without ceasing”. Life is prayer and prayer is life. People must understand that it is not just rote recitation, and expect a quid pro quo. Prayer is communion with our most Holy Father.
Ok, granted it must be somewhat drier than usual, but the article says farmers are expecting a 20% reduction in crop yield. That’s not exactly a wipe-out. Just this past May the media was screaming “too much rain” and “incessant rain”. Frankly that’s just the way farming goes in the Midwest. Some years are bumper crops, and other years are lower yield but there is almost never a regional wipe-out. Is anyone about to starve? I think not. I would not expect God to mitigate this temporary dry period when it can obviously benefit farmers in learning patience.
Well, let me see here.
I spent a good part of ten years begging, begging God to bless me with a child with my first husband. Not having children broke my heart. It became an obsession. All I did and thought of was babies, babies, babies. Going through the trials of infertility and multiple miscarriages tormented me, matured me and made me ultimately a stronger Christian, and sadly, ended my first marriage. However. Soon after those sufferings were over, I met my current husband, a devout Catholic who taught me what faith meant, how to truly give my life and worries over to God. Almost immediately we were blessed with a healthy pregnancy. I KNOW this was God’s will and his plan. If he had just acquiesced to my begging fifteen years ago, well, I hate to imagine the state of my life and my salvation right now. In reality, I did ask and I did receive, it just took a few years! You must trust God even when it hurts, even when it doesn’t make sense. Praying for you, lost sheep.
I think my 12 years of underemployment is clear beyond any reasonable doubt that the answer is “NO” I’m not asking for instant. I can’t even get a response in a reasonable time. The answer is obviously “no”
We suffer so Dexter in his laboratory can come up with new ideas?
Unfortunately, that help is only temporary. Places such as New Jersey still haven’t recovered and neither has New Orleans. I trust in favors and gold much more than I do in altruism. Also, some people tend to depend on other people to help them too much instead of helping themselves.
So, instead of a light bulb going off in someone’s head, we need a literally blazing sun for several months?
Maybe because it happens too often that people worry about the next disaster, recession, drought, etc.
I hear a lot of prayers with the word “please” used numerous times.
So, when will we hear why from God? People usually provide an explanation for why they’re praying, “I need a job to feed my family,” etc. We never get one from Him. Just a “trust in Him” or “we don’t see the big picture.” That may work for some people, but not me. I want to know what is going to happen and why. I don’t want faith like a child as my childhood was full of fear. I want understanding. We’re supposed to be “heirs.” Royal heirs used given an army or a territory to govern, then brought into the affairs of the nation they would eventually rule. There was communication there. Here, all we have is old communications and our advisors are as lost as we are. In days past, we had prophets. Yes, we didn’t always listen to them, but at least we knew God was speaking. Now, we’re blind and lost despite people claiming God has spoken to them.
If God says no and does not want to give understanding, or doesn’t bother talking in way shape or form…then what?
It usually is the one praying who never listens.
And if the one is listening but gets no message because God is silent…
At least, she got a response several times. The rest of us get a leave a message after the beep.
Yup. A monologue.
Nah, it’s just that you want a particular answer. Any other kind of answer is, well, “silence”.
OK. Right now I am currently unemployed and have been since last December. I have been praying for a new job but so far my prayers have fallen on deaf ears (and don’t say they hasn’t).