Have you ever tried to pray or have been praying and you just feel for some reason that they aren't going anywhere? I mean, I know there is a God, and I have faith that he hears my prayers but for some reason when I have been praying lately, they just seem to get out of my head and just stick to a wall. Its a weird feeling... OR, I guess maybe I have been struggling lately with just praying in general. I know all the things to pray about, family, friends, the day, etc....but when I go pray I just cant find the words. I get frustrated, forget what I was thinking or wanting to pray about and then my mind wonders. Does anyone else deal with this?
I was reading my Bible, and it says in James 1:6, (talking about prayer and asking God for something), 'But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.' So I guess we need to pray expecting answers, and not in our time but in God's time.
But how do you get past the wall?
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It's amazing how true that is. Sometimes it feels like God is so far, and I wonder "is He even listening, does He even care." Then I ask myself, am I even prepared to hear Him answer. Do I want to even know what he wants for me? Or, do I just want to figure it out by myself... When I do it on my own, I'm always wrong, or end up hurting someone... God is good, and he cares, even about the small stuff.
That scripture is a hard one. I feel like any time I pray I doubt if God will truly answer my prayers. I relate to doubting Thomas in the Bible who needed to feel Jesus's pierced hands in order to believe it was truly him.
The important thing for me is to keep praying despite feeling doubtful, or like
God might not care, or like I am not a good enough Christian for God to listen to me.
I just read this scripture to Jason the other night. I was confused by it because it seems like I can't pray and trust completely that God will answer it. I always have this subconscious doubt that lingers. How do you push past the doubt? Any suggestions? It is really easy to say "You just have to believe" or "just have faith"...but does anyone have any tangible suggestions that I put into practice in my prayer life?
I remember reading a passage in Danial about where Danial prayed for something but didn't hear from God (or his angel) for 21 days. His angel said that God had heard his prayer and sent him to answer Danial but he couldn't get there right away b/c he was fighting a spiritual battle.
I think we sometimes forget that there is a spiritual world and that God does hear us everytime we pray, but it may take a little while for an answer. We just need to have faith he will answer. I need to just break through the wall, and know he will answer me. There is spiritual stuff going on all around us, we just cant see it. Maybe its better that way!
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