Did you "Pray" for a "blessing" and get one? (page 2)

LouBelle

Lois - I so hear you on this. I remember at school, final exams, did a bit of studying, would take bio-plus and pray "Jehovah please help me to recall all that I have learnt so that I can pass my exams" - I would pass. Actually passed with a high exemption - which means I qualified to study at university....I didn't study any further as it wasn't encouraged.

I prayed so many times for help, for guidance, for something. When I didn't get an answer I would think I was being tested or that I had to be patient. Still waiting .... haven't heard a peep from this god.

I came to the conclusion of much reading, opening my mind a bit more that there is no god that makes / blesses anything. It is us, our own doing. We are our own "god" if you will. There is no being out there that bestows good on one and not another - that just wouldn't be a fair and just god.

Julia Orwell

Whatever the result of prayer is, the WTS has an explanation: if it comes true, Jehovah has answered it. If it does not, it is because you are being tested by Satan and it's a sovereignty issue, you haven't been specific enough, you haven't acted in harmony with your prayer, or the time is not right.

Confirmation bias leads us to look at the times the things prayed for did happen, and not the zillions of times they didn't. Heck, I even knew a sister who would pray to get a good parking spot at the shops, and when she did, it was a blessing from Jehovah.

In line with what Lou Belle said, the best blessing is to get educated. Learn and make your life. And if you get the short end of the stick, do the best you can. Too long did I spend in a state of learned helplessness, hoping Jehovah would fix things without me actually making the effort.

AndDontCallMeShirley

Prayer: the alternative to actually doing something.

Prayer: the request to God to suspend the laws of the Universe in order to help only you.

Prayer: acknowledgement that you're unhappy with the way God is doing things so far and you're requesting he do things differently.

If "God's Will" is the ultimate goal then why pray about anything? If God wants something to happen, pray all you want, it won't change the outcome; if God does not want something to happen, pray all you want, it won't change the outcome.

Ultimately, whatever you pray for, YOU are the one that will have to do the leg work to make it happen. If you pray and do nothing, you'll get....nothing. Why not just cut out the middle man and get on with it?

AndDontCallMeShirley

I once listened to a brother relate his experience at a Circuit Assembly.

He wanted to Pioneer, so prayed to Jehovah for assistance. The brother then began a systematic disassembly of his entire life in order to Pioneer. He quit his well-paying job as a mortgage banker and got a part-time job; he sold his very nice home and moved into a dump; he liquidated most of his belongings, including things he really loved and made him happy.

This process took SEVEN years ! SEVEN years! Not only did it take SEVEN years to reach his goal with the help of the most powerful person in the Universe, but his life was now a shell of it's former self. The brother had to do ALL of the work- selling all that he owned , quitting his job, finding a different home, etc. He went from having a substantial income to living on very little; from being self-sufficient to depending on others; from security to no security.

All with the help of God. He certainly does "open the floodgates of Heaven".

Guess what? If he wanted to Pioneer but didn't pray about it, the result would've been exactly the same! It still would've taken seven years and him doing all the work.

ldrnomo

I always prayed for wisdom and it worked because I finally got wise enough to get out of this stupid religion.

Thank you Jokehova for answering my prayer.

Giordano

You guys don't understand how prayer works.......I figured it out when I was a kid. Every night I prayed for a new bike.....every day a big nothing. One day I spotted exactly the bike I wanted and I took it! That night I prayed for forgiveness! I believe that prayer was answered.

Terry

EXPLAINING (through an experiment) why you believe PRAYER and rituals "work"!

Separation of Powers

Giordano---AWESOME!!

To the question, I have always wondered why some bloke would say that he was truly blessed when I looked around and saw so many others were not. I mean, when the brother with the Jaguar car and the wife wearing Gabbana says, "We have been so blessed!" I wonder what that single mum is thinking while she scrimps and saves just to have enough for some crackers and tea, maybe some new shoes for the kids, and the chance to go out to eat once in a while. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

LisaRose

If you are doing well, Jehovah is blessing you, but if you are not doing well, Satan is testing you. It makes no sense. Why would God bless some and not others, and why would Satan test some and not others?

LoisLane looking for Superman

LisaRose...You summed it up quite well. lol

Just Lois

Did you "Pray" for a "blessing" and get one?

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