Whatever happens is God’s will and God does not change. So whether you pray or you don’t, if it is God’s will you die in a road accident then your insides will paint the road red. If it is God’s will a random thug guts you then he will gut you like a chicken. Also some things like sports, why would God interfere and choose sides? I see footballers pray before matches as if God will play favourites and fix the match. If God answered prayers then doctors would and should be out of business by now but as we can see medicine is still one of the best professions today. So why do we bother to pray when we know it is as good as screaming at clouds?
In my catholic training, praying was trying to align your destiny to God’s will. Selfish prayer requests I think come mostly from selfish idiots. Why should God care about your stupid wish for success when there are many more starving children? Prosperity churches design their language for idiots.
James 4:3
King James Version
3. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
God can never be our errand boy , so every time you need something you close your eye una mwambia ,
'enda uniletee …:D:D:D tafakari hayo.
Prayers help believers to cope with stressful situations. It enables them to offload burdens and reinforce their hope, and sometimes fighting spirit enabling the deployment of energy reserves that would be lost to despair…
‘praying to align to God’s will’ is inaccurate explanation cz prayer in itself is a selfish activity so th word ‘prayer’ effectively cancels out any reasoning for it as prayer= selfishness. thankfulness anytime
this !
So should people stop praying until all starving children are fed or what is the message? Isn’t God omnipotent? God should be capable of taking care of all our needs. Whether some kid is starving elsewhere in this planet that should not be a stumbling block to my prayers being answered.
“God grant me the strength to endure your will.” Does that count as a prayer to you?
it does nada!
It may not be a stumbling block, but you wouldn’t feel ashamed?
So what exactly is the purpose of praying???!!!
sema swt hrt:cool:
Yea juu itakuwa na expectation ya kureceive strength. Shida ni iyo expecting and hoping.
Kupitisha time and fulfillment of obligations za societal training.
I always tell my villagers most who are religious, that you should only ask God to give you good health and a brain. A human brain has no limits to advance unlike that of an animal (thanks to Satan in the garden of Eden).That’s all you need as a human being.
Do you feel ashamed that you eat every couple of hours when there kids dying of hunger everyday?
That’s the prayer I know anyway. Watu wa “God give me material stuff” ni watu wa prosperity con churches.
first of all kabla tuanze, wewe ni mtu wa dini yoyote?
I don’t request favours for that. Big difference.
lol good question coz it’s very shameful to do those prayers considering how things are overall…