Total dependence on god. A sin? Advice needed

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Hi,

I want to be totally dependent on God. I try not to do anything without saying my prayers. Before I work, study, play soccer, eat, leave my house for work… nearly everything I do!

I want God to dictate everything in my life & I don’t want anything to happen without God.

But wanted to know is this wrong? Is it a sin to depend so much on God?

I guess its a pretty stupid question but I am still young. So I’m asking for advice if what I’m doing is wrong & is a sin?

Thanks in advance!
 
Wanting God to be constantly in your life is good, even admirable. It’s also fine to talk to Him through prayer throughout the day - don’t forget to thank him also for the good things in your life.

However, your post suggests you feel it’s necessary to constantly pray to God and ask him to be present in what you do and that if you don’t do this then he might be absent. This is not the case.

I think you need to increase your trust in God a little. Also, God expects you to live as a normal human being and go about your life working, studying, playing etc. which it sounds like you’re doing, without you having to ask him every little thing to do every minute.
 
No, it is not a sin. Without prayer the souls dies. Prayer necessitates grace.

Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope. Patient in tribulation. Instant in prayer.

Ephesians 6:18 By all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the spirit;

I recommend saying the Rosary everyday, all 15 decades each day.

St. Louis De Montfort (+1710): “Blessed Alan de la Roche who was so deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin had many revelations from her and we know that he confirmed the truth of these revelations by a solemn oath. Three of them stand out with special emphasis: the first, that if people fail to say the Hail Mary (the Angelic Salutation which has saved the world) out of carelessness, or because they are lukewarm, or because they hate it, this is a sign that they will probably and indeed shortly be condemned to eternal punishment.” (Secret of the Rosary, p. 45)

St. Louis De Montfort (+1710): “….there are some very sanctifying interior practices for those whom the Holy Ghost calls to high perfection. These may be expressed in four words: to do all things by Mary, with Mary, in Mary and for Mary; so that we may do them all the more perfectly by Jesus, with Jesus, in Jesus and for Jesus.” (True Devotion to Mary #257)

St. Louis De Montfort, True Devotion to Mary #39: “We must not confuse devotion to the Blessed Virgin with devotions to the other saints, as if devotion to her were not far more necessary than devotion to them, and as if devotion to her were a matter of supererogation [extra special devotion].”

St. Louis De Montfort (+ c. 1710): “By this practice [the True Devotion to Mary which he teaches], faithfully observed, you will give Jesus more glory in a month than by any other practice, however difficult, in many years…” (True Devotion to Mary #222)

St. Louis De Montfort: “… many others have proved invincibly, from the sentiments of the Fathers (among others, St. Augustine, St. Ephrem, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Germanus, St. John Damascene, St. Anselm, St. Bernard, St. Bernardine, St. Thomas and St. Bonaventure), that devotion to Mary is necessary to salvation, and that… it is an infallible mark of reprobation to have no esteem and love for the holy Virgin.” (True Devotion to Mary # 40)

Regarding the Holy Rosary, Sister Lucia told Father Fuentes in a famous 1957 interview:
“Look, Father, the Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Holy Rosary. She has given this efficacy to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all, spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families, of the families of the world, or of the religious communities, or even of the life of peoples and nations that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary. With the Holy Rosary, we will save ourselves. We will sanctify ourselves. We will console Our Lord and obtain the salvation of many souls.”
 
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I want God to dictate everything in my life & I don’t want anything to happen without God.
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Is English your first language?

The reason I’m asking is because these two sentences of yours that I have quoted do not mean the same thing. Your use of the word “dictate” implies that you will not be using your own free will to make decisions. I think that that was part of what Tis_Bearself may have been getting at - that although you can surrender yourself to God, you still need to take responsibility for your own decisions as if they were made by you, not as if they were dictated to you by God.

I think you may already be aware of what I’m saying here, but I thought I would chime in anyway.
 
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The fact is that you are totally dependent on God. You would not be alive, or have food to eat, or have the sun for light and warmth, if God did not give you those things. You do not decide to be dependent on God. You may decide to recognize that you are dependent on God.

Therefore pray in gratitude, praise, and petition, but then get on with your life. At times you need to work or study or be attentive to people around you. It may not be possible to recite prayers while you do these things, but you can do them with a prayerful attitude. I think this is what Saint Paul meant when he said to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:12-22).

God bless you on your spiritual journey.
 
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Yes English is my first language.

I’m fully aware of what I typed. When I said dictate, I did mean even if I have to give up free will. There are many incidents where it has happened & I prefer that God takes away my free will to decide the outcome n he does it for me.

Not sure the part where you mention “taking responsibility” came from. But I have always taken responsibility for my actions/decisions (especially if it was a consequence of sin). Never have I blamed God or anyone else.
 
Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes I do thank God for all that he has given me. Sometimes I feel all eternity would not be enough to thank him!

I don’t believe that if I stop praying God will not be there. He’s Omnipresent after all. But the reason I pray is that he bless me n keep me safe in whatever I do.

I totally agree with you on your last point. I do need to increase my trust in God. Coz there are times I totally freak out that things will go wrong & not according to my plan. But then God does it his way & it’s way better. But I do say sorry to God for my lack of trust in him.
 
It sounds to me like you’re falling into the sin of scrupulosity to me. It often sounds very holy, but it’s filled with spiritual pride and the errors of the Pharisees. Certainly, in principle, the things you’re suggesting aren’t bad. But be weary about your own spiritual pride eating you alive. People like us, our sins become invisible. We are blind and thus in a more spiritually dangerous position than a prostitute.
 
I think you’re on the right track from all you have said. 🙂
“Pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended on you.”

-Saint Ignatius Loyola / Saint Augustine
 
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Linhares said:
I’m fully aware of what I typed. When I said dictate, I did mean even if I have to give up free will. There are many incidents where it has happened & I prefer that God takes away my free will to decide the outcome n he does it for me.
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Yea, IDK. It seems like you want to walk on a very thin line. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that what you’re talking about is a sin, but our free will is there for a reason.

I mentioned responsibility because of what I thought you were asking about. I don’t know how you wouldn’t see a connection, especially given the fact that you’ve said you want God to take your free will away sometimes so that, I’m assuming, you don’t make a wrong decision?? IDK if that’s the reason you want God to take over, but you haven’t really said why.

I read in one of your other posts that you belong to a large parish in Mumbai. Is that correct? I thought it may be a possibility that English was not your first language, although it didn’t really seem like it. So I just thought I would ask.
 
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