Sentences with phrase «ask god things»

I don't mind a song that ask God things, that is a prayer, but when you sing only those, the perspective is all wrong.

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His op - ed says what priests or nuns tell parochial school pupils who ask about how God can let so many bad things happen here on earth.

You are right, it is the same thing — neither one of us know the answer, but instead of stopping and giving up and saying «its god», science's job is to keep asking until it finds an answer.

Satan had to ask God if he could do these things to Job.

I go directly to God, and ask him to show me things I don't understand.

I'm sure if you asked the members of the westboro baptist church they would say the exact same thing about their god.

You make things better by doing something about them, by taking your life into your own hands — not by asking an invisible, unprovable, and non-existent fairy «god» father to fix your issues.

And If we ask why is that God allows these things to happen?

I love being Catholic, but there are a few things I miss: the freedom I shared with my brethren in spontaneous prayer; the radical openness to God that asked «What is God doing?»

And as for the question of why are their bad things going on in the world and why god does not fix them or help, the answer I would give would be too ask god and the way to do that is too pray (don't worry praying is like Facebook, you post on gods wall and wait for a reply)

When I talk to God in prayer, I am talking to something deep within the fabric of my own being and asking for a better way, a better idea, and intuitive thought rather than to have some trivial thing of substance delivered to me on a platter.

The wonderful thing is, that if at any time you want proof that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, all you need to do is ask Him.

Hmm — whose prayers change things, and why doesn't all prayer change things... a friend asked for a new house — got one; another friend asked to be cured from leukemia, God didn't answer her prayers — she died; another friend asked for wisdom on how to care for her elderly father, an alcoholic — still drinks, she still has no knowledge on what to do about it — never thought to maybe look up information about elder care.

«If it were only grace, making all earthly things cease to matter, God would still owe us an answer to the question about justice — the crucial question that we ask of history and of God.

In «Obedience,» Herbert offers himself to God, asking that God's will would work through him in all things — including his poetry: «Let me not think an action mine own way / But as thy love shall sway / Resigning up the rudder to thy skill,» he writes.

I remember getting real cross with my little sister when she told me that she went out to see the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose, but when she started asking me questions about God and all that, I was kind of thinking, «You know Olga, maybe this is a good thing that Hollywood is spending some money on making horror movies.»

For you people asking why God and Jesus make people do this or do bad things or if God is real why doesn't he stop war.

I believe that its important to see inner wisdom and the council of friends and wise and knowledgeable people... but God, if he / she exists created us — right... oh yes w / brains... we should be honoring that by using them... I can imagine if God exists every day he is saying to himself / herself «why do people keep asking me for things I have not control over, or really could care less about (people are asking for a new shinny house to replace their perfectly fine house while millions are homeless around the world, hungry, sick, etc.)... why are they not using the gifts and skills they have».

God hasn't asked me to do such things, but I want to be in a place in my soul where He knows (and I know) that He could, and that there would be a resounding YES in me.

Since, apparently, the ISIS members who do such things as kidnap and behead noncombatants act with the conviction that it is what God wants them to do, it's relevant to ask of believers in general if absolute commitment to doing God's will as they think they know it is a feature of true belief in God.

So maybe the ask part is just for his immediate disciples or just for Christians who ask for things that would promote the glory of God.

Have we begun to go to God in prayer for things like a cosmic vending machine, expecting that what we ask for will be given to us right away?

This all started becasue I asked Mario to explain how he believed Christ was God if he didn't believe the things that made him God according to christian belief and I'm still looking for that answer.

Ask God for yourself and then listen for the promptings of the Holy Ghost that will teach you the truth of all things.

The first thing I ask you is are you walking on the path of God and not sinning?

This is on the list of things I would like to ask God about.

From Agnostic to Islam and I have seen examples in the past... so my humble request to you is not to stop... keep learning or studying the new stuffs... an advice to you when you decide to study or learn about Islam — do not point to the people who does wrong things as wrong doing people are there in everywhere regardless of faith, but look into the scripture and go to someone who has knowledge if you have any question that bothers you but make sure that person is well educated to his community... i ask The Almighty God to open your heart...

I grant you Jeremy that the very fact of us waking in the morning, breathing and all the other miracles of life are amazing, we call that the natural but we don't have to ask and trust God in that, but when it comes to the supernatural, thats a different thing all together.

I guess what I mean to ask is if you don't believe in God to fix things in the end, who will you believe in?

Similarly, when a friend hails her low interest rate or her airfare or her concert tickets as a God thing, it's nearly impossible to get away with asking if she really needs a new house or a vacation or yet another Dave Matthews experience without seeming to rain on God's parade.

I'm confused it says they will be gossips conceited unholy haters of good without love self love people in the end times to stay away not even to receive them not even pray for them is that blasphemy then it says they hold firm to a godliness but deny its power but I thought blasphemy they don't hold firm to any godliness but are not drawn by the spirit at all to wan na ask forgiveness even it says god is just and will forgive why I wish he would forgive all things his children suffer over that can't change need to also it says if u can say Jesus is lord the holy spirit is with u right or u couldn't even say those words please someone help I've been suffering

You learn to rely on God's care and providence and to ask for the right things (St. Paul said be ambitious for the higher gifts of faith, hope and charity).

as a result of faith we do those things God has asked.

and I asked God, «These things are starting to make sense to me, but I'm going to need you to reveal yourself to me in a very explicit way.»

but if anyone truley had God in thier heart and had faith in the Lord... simply by folding your hands and asking God to enter your heart... (try it he will be there for you, and you will feel the joy of His love), then they would never do things like this... he obviously was not a person who loved God because No one with God in thier heart would want to do thing s like that... you HATE sin when you truely love God, No ones perfect though, even those who belive in God we all stray from our beliefs, its human nature and the devil takes advantage of this.

The revolutionary, almost subversive, thing about asking is that it goes beyond making it OK to have secret questions and inner doubts and gives us permission to raise our hands in God's classroom with a «Pardon me, but I don't get it.»

speak in your mind or out loud to God and ask for things.

I basically asked, «If Jesus truly reveals God to us, then what sort of God should we expect to find in the Old Testament and how can we understand what is going on in our own world when such terrible things happen all the time?»

There are things I can not change, but I ask God for the courage to help me change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.»

And by you saying he ruined your life, is very bad to say, he changed my life, I have lived through alot of this, all because I did ask, and I lived, I am getting through, and its thanks to God, he can get you through anything, all things are possible with him, and that is true, my anxiety and depression have gone down (I am still human), and I just am an all around better person because of him, and you should get rid of your Facebook as well, and devote every hour minute anything you can towards God and Christ, turn the tube off, and just devote it to him, I promise you won't be sorry, good luck and God bless!!!

I have just wondered through all these replys I have read that in my thoughts people usually pray sincerely when asking God for any certain thing.

That's one of the things that make this whole issue so absurd — religious people demand the right to government - led prayer (a prayer that meets with their approval, of course), but the things they'll typically ask for in their prayers can't be by accomplished by their god anyway, so it's a lot of unnecessary trouble over nothing.

This is a reason why I don't believe that intrusive prayers will damn you: God will understand that those thoughts aren't what you actually want, though it may be worth asking Him to show you why you have these intrusive thoughts, and ask Him to, if it is His will, heal you of such things.

Yes exactly, one more dangerous thing is we all do is «why...», yes ask God why this or why that and be ready for the answers

He asks whether we are to regard the Cross as an opus operatum whose agent achieved something new, radically affected the scheme of things in time, and established in respect of the relations of men and women to God a new foundation: or whether we are compelled, partly by the demands of a theology that would emphasize divine acceptance above divine judgement, to say that all we find here is the most sublime presentation in time of the eternal readiness of God to receive to himself the truly penitent.

So Jeremiah's companions in disaster asked him to pray that «God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do» (Jeremiah 42:3) With God conceived as infinitely wise and good, reasonable prayer must be conceived not as a means of forcing on God the bidding of man, but as a means of releasing through man the purpose of God.

(John 4:14) Prayer was not instructing God concerning human wants, for «your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.»

But we decided you're the real deal and have some things we'd like to ask you about God.

2) Ask for God's forgiveness and salvation (because without these two things, you're already condemned).

Jesus said, «If you, being evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more shall God give good things to those that ask him?»