Dilemma

[theprocessofbelief]

hi i'm new to this site and am glad i have arrived here, i am in great need of some help with my faith. i have had a recent dilema, i have been praying rapturously for help in my upcoming exams but have had a moment of dark gloom and dispondency, wayward thoughts if you will. is it unrealsitic to expect help from almighty jesus in my exams when he does not appear to help those in iraq, the holocaust or any other recent ethnic cleansing, areas of famine, aids sufferers etc. surely if he were to help at all he would focus on these areas and not my trivial unimportant life. i'm quite at a loss, so please be honest with me, is this the devil inside of me?

put me back on the righteuos path, tpb.

[Sconzy]

welcome,

The love of the Lord is wide and so deep. Your question is very sensitive in that you need to understand. God is God, He does what pleases Him at all times, you ask doesn't he please by healing people? surely he is. Remember righteousness exalt the nation, if any nation does not seek God and His Kingdom. That nation is surely to abound in sin.

Remember Abraham and Sodoma Gomorah story, if there is no one seeking God for the righteousness of the city or country said, there comes a challenge. Remember as God is so powerful and mighty he doesn't force himself people have to ask him to come in.

So God does care for Iraq, Aids infected and affected nations, but how they in need of the master's intervention prolongs the situation. it's not that you are self or some what, the fact you asked shows that care. So in God's time the will be answer not what people keep on telling about these stories.

[EricH]

Moved from the Welcome Forum to the Looking for Advise Forum

[EricH]

I was thinking about this same thing this am. God cares about all of our needs. We are to give HIm all our worries:

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, because He cares about you.

1 Peter 5:6-7 HCSB

[shanee]

hi i'm new to this site and am glad i have arrived here, i am in great need of some help with my faith. i have had a recent dilema, i have been praying rapturously for help in my upcoming exams but have had a moment of dark gloom and dispondency, wayward thoughts if you will. is it unrealsitic to expect help from almighty jesus in my exams when he does not appear to help those in iraq, the holocaust or any other recent ethnic cleansing, areas of famine, aids sufferers etc. surely if he were to help at all he would focus on these areas and not my trivial unimportant life. i'm quite at a loss, so please be honest with me, is this the devil inside of me?

put me back on the righteuos path, tpb.

praying......

[Guest Dancing_For_God]

My advice, if it's worth worrying about, it's worth praying about. Tell God. He does care. We just are unable to understand His ways. We don't understand why He doesn't "fix" those awful situations, but He has a purpose in what He is doing. I believe that where we see a problem, God sees an opportunity. No matter how big or how small, if it is in His will, He will answer.

[Northern lass]

He is your Father and He loves you! Tell Him what is on your heart, even those things you consider small. They are important to Him because YOU are important to Him.

[theprocessofbelief]

thanks everyone thats really cleared it up for me, i was worried that i was asking the wrong questions and going down a dangerous path, i'm glad that other people have these qualms. i suppose it is important to constantly challenge ones faith and never be afraid to question anything, if you cannot question and test what you believe and come out stronger because you are scared of the answer then what you believe is obviously weak and cannot be the word of the almighty. only through questioning and searching our deepest selves will we eventually realise what is right, if our faith stands up to the test and cannot be knocked down then it is true. if we are afraid to ask because of what we might find then there are obviously anomalies in it, and unless as a whole ones beliefs, whatever they may be, are true and strong entirely then they cannot be enlightenment. thank you my brothers and sisters in Christ's love.

tpb.

[Guest]

Welcome

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Romans 10:9-10

i am in great need of some help with my faith

By Faith We Walk

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith

Romans 1:17

By Faith We See

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen

Hebrews 11:1

By Faith We Profess

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:14-15

By Faith We Know Jesus

..... Sir, we would see Jesus.

John 12:21

By Faith We Know His Is Arisen

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:14

By Faith We Are Forgiven

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

By Faith We Receive Love

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 2:8

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The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Numbers 6:24-27

Love, Joe

[salos]

Hi, TPB. You asked some good questions! Prayer is a great privilege, and also something we are called to do. The results are in God's hands... sometimes in people's hands depending on if they are obedient or not. When God's plans are thwarted, it's always temporary. Plus it makes it possible for something better to happen.

Consider the people of Israel in Egypt. They prayed for deliverance for centuries. When they were released from slavery, it was by acts of God that people are still amazed at. Exodus 3:7: "And the Lord said, 'I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows."

"In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them..." Isaiah 63:9

For a modern situation. Consider a person who prays for his or her spouse to be more kind and more responsible. Maybe those prayers aren't answered because the person is too stubborn hearted to listen to God. The Lord can use that time to develop patience in the hurting spouse. It would be best if the stubborn one changed... but until that happens, the Lord can use the time to work good things in those he or she is neglecting. (I am not saying it is always wise to stay in a bad situation.)

So don't lose heart about prayer. We don't understand everything about it, but God lovingly calls us to pray no matter what situation we're in.