Fed Up

I'm so, so sorry I haven't responded to you guys. I didn't get any notifications that people were still posting on this thread. I'm so sorry! Thank you all for the wonderful help. If anything, you guys have answered most of the questions I had circling in my head and I cant thank you guys enough for that!

Thank you!

I have tons of questions and they are very personal to me, so if at all possible, if there is an open-minded baptist (I follow the baptist faith) preacher, teacher, evangelist, etc. Could you PM me? I hope this is appropriate to ask in a thread. I'm not quite sure how to go about this but I really need some personal questions answered by someone who can give me answers.

Thank you in advance!

Well, I don't claim to know the hearts of any of them but 2 seem to know God and are interested, 1 is not sure and is very confused by faith, and 1 doesn't seem interested at all. It's a very complicated situation.

Just got back from the beach yesterday evening and I'm super pooped! Things are still moving slowly but amen that they are progressing! Each time I get to talk with them things always move a step forward. This weekend however was a leap forward. I got to know a bit more about a couple of these friends and got a good insight on where they stand and I have to say God is 100% working. Please pray that He will continue to bless this situation. Thank you all for the wonderful prayers! It really did make the difference!

Please, please, please pray for me this weekend! I'm going to the beach with a couple of friends and I know 4 of them are lost and do not know God or Jesus. Please pray that I will have the strength and courage to talk freely and confidently about my Christ and please pray that all 4 of their hearts will open and be touched. The topic of God has been on and off at least 3 years with one - a little less with the others, but I pray this is the time, when we all are away from the mundane life, that they all come to know Christ.

Thank you in advance to all who pray and may God bless you!

Hello all and thank you for the wonderful responses! This is all exactly what I needed and I feel so much better after reading it all.

First and foremost I would like everyone to know that I know God is there. I've never questioned where He has gone. He is simply just silent.

As an update on this topic - He still hasn't talked to me. That's fine though. I know there is a reason. I know I cannot make Him talk and I know I have to wait and be patient and to continue to do His will. God always Has a purpose as to what He is doing.

Now, I have another question. Even though He still isn't talking, all of my previous prayers before He went silent are being answered when I stopped asking for them.

This confuses me... I didn't stop praying period, but I stopped praying for worldly things. I thought the whole concept was to pray for things until God says, "yes," "no," or "wait". Not pray, stop praying about it, then God will give you what you want. This action of His while not talking to me is so confusing. Has anyone experienced something like that with God? This type of reaction is completely new to me.

Thank you!

Hello all!

I have a question. What do you do when God is silent? I really have no clue how to write out this thread so I figured we all could have a healthy discussion about it. It's an actual problem I'm experiencing and I believe talking will help. I only ask that people do not post links to articles on this subject. I have read article after article and they tend to only raise more questions than answer them.

Thank you.