I think i've come to the conclusion that God doesn't hear my prayers. As a matter of fact, i've been a christian for 13 years and I can't recall if God has ever answered my prayers. I've tried my best to stay holy and righteous before God. It's not like i'm going out getting drunk every night, doing drugs and having sex with every person I meet. God is supposed to hear the prayers of the righteous...well, right now I just don't believe that.

I image you are pretty frustrated and upset...I am sorry.

I would like to ask you..if you don't mind...what kind of prayers are you asking Him?

God bless

Alot of different prayers, actually. But mostly about healing.

Alot of different prayers, actually. But mostly about healing.

Not sure if this will make it any less frustrating, but Paul prayed to the Lord for something he did NOT want in his life, three times, and God did not heed his voice. Instead God told him something to the effect of "“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

So don't take it personal. We ALL get frustrated from time to time. We can't see what He sees.

Alot of different prayers, actually. But mostly about healing.

Ok praying for healing of family and friends and then they don't get healed? Some examples would help. I ask this because sometimes people have the wrong idea about prayer. Prayer, as I am sure you know, isn't just about having requests answered but to communicate with God...to love Him...to have a relationship with Him...just like any relationship. To get to know Him and learn from Him. Some think He is just there to give us what we want when its suppose to be so much more then that.

Sometimes we have to pray God just be with and strengthen those who are sick...to love them, to encourage them because He doesn't many times heal people physically but gives them part of Him instead.

God bless

Not sure if this will make it any less frustrating, but Paul prayed to the Lord for something he did NOT want in his life, three times, and God did not heed his voice. Instead God told him something to the effect of "“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

So don't take it personal. We ALL get frustrated from time to time. We can't see what He sees.

I'm don't want to come off as whiney, but I don't deserve what i'm going through. I've been through so much these past 6 years, it's unbelievable. Right now, i'm not sure if I can even get a full time job in the future. I just feel like God has abandoned me... like he doesn't give a crap about what has happened to me.

I think i've come to the conclusion that God doesn't hear my prayers. As a matter of fact, i've been a christian for 13 years and I can't recall if God has ever answered my prayers. I've tried my best to stay holy and righteous before God. It's not like i'm going out getting drunk every night, doing drugs and having sex with every person I meet. God is supposed to hear the prayers of the righteous...well, right now I just don't believe that.
God answers your prayers based on your covenant relationship with him. Doing works has nothing to do with answered prayer. Faith is the ingredient to answered prayer.

God answers your prayers based on your covenant relationship with him. Doing works has nothing to do with answered prayer. Faith is the ingredient to answered prayer.

See, that's the thing. I've always had faith when praying in the past, and It didn't make a difference.

:hug: You have no idea how much I understand what your feeling! In the past two years I've lost everything, family, health, home etc. I sometimes wonder if God even hears me when I pray, and wonder why He blesses some and takes from others. It used to get me so frustrated and down until I rested in what I knew. Our Father in heaven holds us in the palm of His hand, and He only allows what's best for us, even if we do not understand how our situation can be a good thing. I am a cancer patient and He has not healed me of that, although He has given my doctors great wisdom on how to treat it. The greatest peace I have is in just trusting Him. I don't understand His ways, but I know He knows best, and that He is faithful and good. I was once where you are now, and the peace came when I just gave it all to Him. He does hear you and I'm sure He answers more than you know, just not always the way you want Him to. I would love Him to change my circumstances, but if He chooses not to, who am I to say He is doing wrong? I know that He is with me as I walk through this, because He promised He would. I also know I couldn't have survived these last few years if He hadn't been carrying me. I believe that everything really does work out for my good, because I love Him and am called according to His purpose.

I hope this helps you somehow.Please don't let this frustrate you, one day you will understand just how He moved when you prayed and the difference it made in your life.

blessings to you :hug:

Not only am I frustrated, I'm a little saddened.

I hate talking about my mental health, but I'll say it anyway. I sometimes have these things called " episodes ". It's where I temporarily lose contact with reality. It almost feels like I'm in a nightmare. When this happens I have no control over my mind for about 30 minutes. I really don't know how to explain it. It's the worst feeling in the world.

Do you know what it feels like when this happens? It feels like mental hell. Almost like I'm trapped inside my mind. In my opinion, it's worse than cancer and AIDS.

Sorry if that was too whiney, I just had to get that off my chest. I've never told anybody about this before.

Based on what you've shared in this thread, I think I would completely re-examine what it is I thought I had believed about God, and particularly, salvation in Christ, starting with the basics.

If read correctly, you are not rejecting faith in the person of God or His attributes, but somehow feel His attributes don't come into play in your case, or in your circumstances. That is very important in considering who God is, in your view, and if what has been widely believed as truth's concerning God might actually be untruths (or lies) to you.

And, if you feel that those truths simply are not applying in your case, uniquely, I would want to know why.

What you have explained about the condition you describe as episodes is probably the most telling, most useful thing here.

Would it be presumptuous of me to suggest that your conclusions in the OP might be the results of these awful symptoms, or have you categorically rejected the idea that God both hears your prayers and loves you?