Prayer

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23 questions

• QHow does one prevail with God in prayer?
• Q"When you pray not to be repetitious in request, for God knows of your needs." So does that mean we don't really have to ask?
• QIt has now been a year since I have prayed or read the Holy Bible. It could be out of laziness, lack of desire or both. What can I do to overcome this difficulty?
• QMy problem is lack of concentration during prayers. I just want to finish quickly and think about what to do next. What is the remedy, if there is any?
• QI understand we should persevere and always pray. But what do I do when prayer has just become words again? A monologue I'm reciting to relieve my conscience. I call "Our…
• QAfter a strong relationship with God, I have lost my spiritual zeal and my prayer life has grown cold. Whose fault is it?
• QIs there a successful way/practice while praying to totally keep me focused on God Himself without my mind wondering in other directions or simply falling asleep?
• QIs it appropriate to ask God to make someone like you back?
• Q" Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard…
• QWhy do we pray?
• Q" Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are…
• QWill God ignore our prayers when we doubt?
• QI would like to know, if Jesus taught us to address the Father in our prayers (i.e. the Lord's prayer, see Holy Gospel of St. Matthew 6:9-13) why do we also address the…
• QI often neglect to pray, usually because I am too tired, busy, or just lazy. When I do stand up to pray, I often find myself unable to continue for very long. I really…
• QI have been praying earnestly to God to interfere in a problem. It has been close to 2 years and the problem is getting more complicated. I pray to God to open my heart,…
• QWhen we pray, is it appropriate that we ask for temporal, material things for ourselves and others? Considering our lethargic spiritual state, should we not instead be…
• Q" If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin, which does not lead to death, he will ask , and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is…
• QI was a reading a book by H.G Bishop Mettaous that had a chapter for the conditions of accepted prayer, but I don't remember the title of the book. The conditions were…
• QIs it wrong to have a personal agenda for prayer? How does one balance moving beyond guilt because of the freedom of God's forgiveness when past sins have brought on…
• QWhat prayer does is change us to conform to God's will. The conclusion was that God out of His loving kindness allows us to participate in His will when we pray.…
• QWhy then are we asked to pray for one another? Who benefits?
• QHow can we explain "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much" (James 5:16)? I find it rather selfish if the beneficiary of these prayers is the…
• QAm I walking on a fine line between the existence of my free will and the omniscient sovereignty of God?

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