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Have you ever prayed to God and felt like you were praying to a statue? For the last two days, I have been making the same prayer to God. Unfortunately he refuses to respond, so it feels like I’m talking to a rock.

I know God hears me, so it’s not that I’m praying to an inanimate object; it’s that God is ignoring me. It’s very rude of him to treat me like this.

The night before last, I prayed to God and ask him to please keep his word. I did what God wanted, so all I wanted him to do is show some good faith for once and do what he said he was going to do, not hurt me and make me mad. Unfortunately he refused to keep his word again and instead chose to let harm happen to me.

I prayed last night. During this time (actually for the whole day), I felt hostile towards God for not only refusing to keep his word, but also for refusing to tell me why he lied to me. So last night I told God to please keep his word this time because I did exactly why he wanted, but again he didn’t. In fact, it got worse…

Instead of keeping his promise, he decided to let harm happen to me. But God told me he would remove the harm if I did what he wanted, not allow it to increase.

I’m so mad at God for what he has done. And the sad thing is that he won’t tell me why. I’ve been treated so badly, and I just want it to stop. God said it will stop, but only when I do what he wants, and I did. But the harm continued. I want to know why, but God refuses to communicate. Instead he ignores me.

Please everyone pray and tell God to answer my prayers for once.
 

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If I say hello to someone at the grocery store or shopping mall, it’s normal to expect them to say hello back. To ignore someone, even if it is a simple greeting, is rude and disrespectful.

Last night and the night before last, I prayed to God but didn’t get any response. An hour has passed since I posted my prayer request thread, and God still refuses to get back with me. That is three times he has ignored me.

Considering the importance of the subject, that God won’t answer my prayers (or even speak to me about it) is frustrating. I’m so mad at him.
 

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..Considering the importance of the subject, that God won’t answer my prayers (or even speak to me about it) is frustrating. I’m so mad at him.

Give him time..:)
Me and a couple of christian pals once prayed outside a gay pub for it to be closed down, and a year or two later it was..:)
And when I lived in Leicester I once wished I could see a river or any other kind of water (even a duckpond) from my window, and now 20 years later i can see the Atlantic from my home in Plymouth..:)
However, even though I've been wishing for years that I could find a sweet ladyfriend it hasn't happened yet (sniffle)
 
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@Good Ship It might help if you could tell us more :
What did you do that he wanted you to do?
What did God not do?

It is quite common for Christians to feel sometimes that God is not hearing; one of the times it happened to me, God eventually said 'Just be and let me'.
 
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If I say hello to someone at the grocery store or shopping mall, it’s normal to expect them to say hello back.

The person in the store is not being asked to solve your problem.
True?
So, listen, for God to answer a prayer, especially one that is not a HEALING Prayer........He has to organize circumstances so that your prayer is answered.
Takes time.

For example.. .if your child is on drugs, and you ask God........"help them".
He has to change the circumstances in their life..... to make that happen.
He has to take people out of their life. He has to bring them to a place of understanding.
God is not a slot machine, whereby you put in your coin and pull the handle and the answer is instant.
Listen, some issues took 20 yrs to develop, so, God has to rearrange 20yrs of wrong, to get that Prayer answered.

FAITH does not demand God to HURRY.
Faith is expectation that God will do it, all in GOD's time, as God's timing takes time.
 

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@Good Ship It might help if you could tell us more :
What did you do that he wanted you to do?
What did God not do?

It is quite common for Christians to feel sometimes that God is not hearing; one of the times it happened to me, God eventually said 'Just be and let me'.

I have to explain something first.

For seven years (give or take a few months), I dipped half a can of long-cut every day. I quit a year ago and switch to dissolvable nicotine, which is basically flavored lozenges that give you the effects of a cigarette or dipping tobacco.

God didn’t like my smokeless tobacco habit, and he doesn’t like that I use nicotine lozenges either. It’s understandable because the tobacco industry has caused early deaths for over a hundred million people around the world (probably many millions more if you go back further in time), and God doesn’t want me to die at age 55 or 60 from mouth cancer. The dissolvable nicotine may reduce cancer risk, but it doesn’t take away the addiction, so I have to quit that too.

I am experiencing some very distressing, urgent problems unrelated to nicotine addiction. God told me he would take away these horrible problems if I stop using nicotine. (It will take awhile to explain my issues, so I’ll write more about it later.)

I want these terrible problems to go away at the soonest time possible, so recently I made up my mind to quit nicotine cold turkey. The previous two days were complete misery. I suffered head pain from nicotine withdrawals, and the pain was excruciating, to say the least. All day I dwelled on the head pain from not having nicotine, and I couldn’t take my mind off of it. I tried jogging, but that didn’t work. I tried other things too like going to the coffee shop, but that didn’t take my mind off of the withdrawals either.

But I did it. I made it through two days of withdrawal.

Unfortunately, God didn’t keep his word and take away my atrocious problems (which again are not related to nicotine). I still had to deal with it.

I feel so insulted. All that pain I went through was for nothing. Naturally, my next course of action was to ask God why he didn’t keep his promise to me. But I never heard anything back either night. That’s why I’m so mad and frustrated.
 

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I have to explain something first.

For seven years (give or take a few months), I dipped half a can of long-cut every day. I quit a year ago and switch to dissolvable nicotine, which is basically flavored lozenges that give you the effects of a cigarette or dipping tobacco.

God didn’t like my smokeless tobacco habit, and he doesn’t like that I use nicotine lozenges either. It’s understandable because the tobacco industry has caused early deaths for over a hundred million people around the world (probably many millions more if you go back further in time), and God doesn’t want me to die at age 55 or 60 from mouth cancer. The dissolvable nicotine may reduce cancer risk, but it doesn’t take away the addiction, so I have to quit that too.

I am experiencing some very distressing, urgent problems unrelated to nicotine addiction. God told me he would take away these horrible problems if I stop using nicotine. (It will take awhile to explain my issues, so I’ll write more about it later.)

I want these terrible problems to go away at the soonest time possible, so recently I made up my mind to quit nicotine cold turkey. The previous two days were complete misery. I suffered head pain from nicotine withdrawals, and the pain was excruciating, to say the least. All day I dwelled on the head pain from not having nicotine, and I couldn’t take my mind off of it. I tried jogging, but that didn’t work. I tried other things too like going to the coffee shop, but that didn’t take my mind off of the withdrawals either.

But I did it. I made it through two days of withdrawal.

Unfortunately, God didn’t keep his word and take away my atrocious problems (which again are not related to nicotine). I still had to deal with it.

I feel so insulted. All that pain I went through was for nothing. Naturally, my next course of action was to ask God why he didn’t keep his promise to me. But I never heard anything back either night. That’s why I’m so mad and frustrated.
Did you start using tobacco products because you chose it?
 

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God didn’t like my smokeless tobacco habit, and he doesn’t like that I use nicotine lozenges either.

Did you just know this because you heard from God or did another person but pressure on you?

My husband had smoked 20 cigarettes a day for over 50 years. He felt guilty about it, especially around other Christians, but he used to tell people that told him it was wrong that it was between him and God. I don't think he ever prayed about it but then 10 years ago he was told by the doc to give up. Since then he has vaped, starting with the highest nicotine strength and now down to the lowest.

Now I'm not saying that your circumstances are the same but even if God doesn't remove the cravings immediately, he will help you to work through it. And as a Christian you must already know that God doesn't do 'deals'. And if somebody has told you differently, then they are wrong.
 

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I have to explain something first.

For seven years (give or take a few months), I dipped half a can of long-cut every day. I quit a year ago and switch to dissolvable nicotine, which is basically flavored lozenges that give you the effects of a cigarette or dipping tobacco.

God didn’t like my smokeless tobacco habit, and he doesn’t like that I use nicotine lozenges either. It’s understandable because the tobacco industry has caused early deaths for over a hundred million people around the world (probably many millions more if you go back further in time), and God doesn’t want me to die at age 55 or 60 from mouth cancer. The dissolvable nicotine may reduce cancer risk, but it doesn’t take away the addiction, so I have to quit that too.

I am experiencing some very distressing, urgent problems unrelated to nicotine addiction. God told me he would take away these horrible problems if I stop using nicotine. (It will take awhile to explain my issues, so I’ll write more about it later.)

I want these terrible problems to go away at the soonest time possible, so recently I made up my mind to quit nicotine cold turkey. The previous two days were complete misery. I suffered head pain from nicotine withdrawals, and the pain was excruciating, to say the least. All day I dwelled on the head pain from not having nicotine, and I couldn’t take my mind off of it. I tried jogging, but that didn’t work. I tried other things too like going to the coffee shop, but that didn’t take my mind off of the withdrawals either.

But I did it. I made it through two days of withdrawal.

Unfortunately, God didn’t keep his word and take away my atrocious problems (which again are not related to nicotine). I still had to deal with it.

I feel so insulted. All that pain I went through was for nothing. Naturally, my next course of action was to ask God why he didn’t keep his promise to me. But I never heard anything back either night. That’s why I’m so mad and frustrated.
Years ago I prayed and asked God why some people receive immediate deliverance from addictions and others like myself have prayed and asked for deliverance and it never came.
So again I asked Him why He won't deliver me of smoking....He said I delivered you the day you received my gift of salvation.
On the day that Jesus died on the cross His last words were..."it is finished"..then He gave up the ghost.
So basically, everything that has afflicted mankind...such as sickness and disease, generational curses, bondage and captivity was destroyed at that moment...So I am delivered...and God told me that I am delivered It just hasn't manifested yet because I didn't want to quit.
I thought about that and He was right...even though I had every reason to quit and none to keep smoking I wanted to smoke because I was afraid I would get fat if I quit.....smh.
But I have quit now and I haven't gotten fat yet....lol.

I prayed for something very specific in my life....I would pray and ask God for this every day....One day He said...."I heard you the first time...you don't need to keep asking but rather start thanking and praising Me for the manifestation of it".
So that's what I did...just became thankful and never doubted it would happen. And in time it did.
 

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...even though I had every reason to quit and none to keep smoking I wanted to smoke because I was afraid I would get fat if I quit.....smh.
But I have quit now and I haven't gotten fat yet....lol.
@Heart2Soul I think that for a woman smoking there may also be special categories that are relevant that are not necessarily present in men.

The one you mentioned of course may be one of those reasons.

Also, women might experience a greater range of feelings and anxieties than men; and so this might inform the whole context of a woman smoking.

Glad you could quit smoking, but I think the whole issue of deliverance in a SOTERIA sense (the Greek word for salvation means deliverance) is far greater than whether you smoke cigarettes or not; in fact, such is the difference that in a sense whether or not you smoke cigarettes is almost marginal in comparison.
 
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@Good Ship, I have prayed for people's salvation and others needs for decades. Sometimes the people on my prayer list are eventually saved and some have their needs met but God knows the beginning from the end. He knows everything that is happening in their lives and he really does hear his children's prayer.

The problem sometimes lies with us. My old pastor once said that when we pray, there are 3 things that can happen.
1.God says yes,
2. He says no or
3.he says wait.
The waiting can be a long process but the answer will eventually come to pass according to his will.

The heart of the matter is that we are dealing with God and we cannot bargain with him where it comes to some issues ie: I will stop this if you do this for me. If you are capable of dealing with something yourself, why are you disappointed when God has not come through on the other part of your deal with him. You can actually do anything in God if you decide to because it is God who is helping you.

Entering a two-sided contract with him does not mean he has agreed to that contract. We are his children and he expects us to listen and obey his will.

When we listen and obey, he will open the doors for breakthrough in our lives. This is also according to his timing. As one has said in the posts above, things have to come into place sometimes when we are praying for a situation and it's not always an overnight thing, however, God's timing is always perfect.

Bless you
 
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Years ago I prayed and asked God why some people receive immediate deliverance from addictions and others like myself have prayed and asked for deliverance and it never came.
So again I asked Him why He won't deliver me of smoking....He said I delivered you the day you received my gift of salvation.
On the day that Jesus died on the cross His last words were..."it is finished"..then He gave up the ghost.
So basically, everything that has afflicted mankind...such as sickness and disease, generational curses, bondage and captivity was destroyed at that moment...So I am delivered...and God told me that I am delivered It just hasn't manifested yet because I didn't want to quit.
I thought about that and He was right...even though I had every reason to quit and none to keep smoking I wanted to smoke because I was afraid I would get fat if I quit.....smh.
But I have quit now and I haven't gotten fat yet....lol.

I prayed for something very specific in my life....I would pray and ask God for this every day....One day He said...."I heard you the first time...you don't need to keep asking but rather start thanking and praising Me for the manifestation of it".
So that's what I did...just became thankful and never doubted it would happen. And in time it did.
Oh sister, I am so happy to hear that you did quit! It is NOT easy as it is quite the addiction, especially with big tobacco manipulating the amount of nicotine! And yes, agreed...we ask in faith KNOWING He hears us and just continue thanking Him that He did hear us and WILL manifest, showing His glory in you sister!!! YAY!
 

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God responds in his own time, and sometimes thru dreams and such or other people. Praying :pray:
 

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Praying for you @Good Ship :pray: blessings and peace!

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Have you ever prayed to God and felt like you were praying to a statue? For the last two days, I have been making the same prayer to God. Unfortunately he refuses to respond, so it feels like I’m talking to a rock.

I know God hears me, so it’s not that I’m praying to an inanimate object; it’s that God is ignoring me. It’s very rude of him to treat me like this.

The night before last, I prayed to God and ask him to please keep his word. I did what God wanted, so all I wanted him to do is show some good faith for once and do what he said he was going to do, not hurt me and make me mad. Unfortunately he refused to keep his word again and instead chose to let harm happen to me.

I prayed last night. During this time (actually for the whole day), I felt hostile towards God for not only refusing to keep his word, but also for refusing to tell me why he lied to me. So last night I told God to please keep his word this time because I did exactly why he wanted, but again he didn’t. In fact, it got worse…

Instead of keeping his promise, he decided to let harm happen to me. But God told me he would remove the harm if I did what he wanted, not allow it to increase.

I’m so mad at God for what he has done. And the sad thing is that he won’t tell me why. I’ve been treated so badly, and I just want it to stop. God said it will stop, but only when I do what he wants, and I did. But the harm continued. I want to know why, but God refuses to communicate. Instead he ignores me.

Please everyone pray and tell God to answer my prayers for once.
When you ask a Professor after having gone to school 'what is two plus two?' and he looks at you without saying a word.....what do suspect has happened?.....is he being rude?
 

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Have you ever prayed to God and felt like you were praying to a statue? For the last two days, I have been making the same prayer to God. Unfortunately he refuses to respond, so it feels like I’m talking to a rock.

I know God hears me, so it’s not that I’m praying to an inanimate object; it’s that God is ignoring me. It’s very rude of him to treat me like this.

The night before last, I prayed to God and ask him to please keep his word. I did what God wanted, so all I wanted him to do is show some good faith for once and do what he said he was going to do, not hurt me and make me mad. Unfortunately he refused to keep his word again and instead chose to let harm happen to me.

I prayed last night. During this time (actually for the whole day), I felt hostile towards God for not only refusing to keep his word, but also for refusing to tell me why he lied to me. So last night I told God to please keep his word this time because I did exactly why he wanted, but again he didn’t. In fact, it got worse…

Instead of keeping his promise, he decided to let harm happen to me. But God told me he would remove the harm if I did what he wanted, not allow it to increase.

I’m so mad at God for what he has done. And the sad thing is that he won’t tell me why. I’ve been treated so badly, and I just want it to stop. God said it will stop, but only when I do what he wants, and I did. But the harm continued. I want to know why, but God refuses to communicate. Instead he ignores me.

Please everyone pray and tell God to answer my prayers for once.
You're going to die--we all are.

I say that, not to scare you or say that it is going to happen soon, but to stop you so you will back up and get perspective.

How have you determined that God said the harm would stop? Because the promise of God is not that harm will not come against us in this world, but that the world would not ultimately be defeating against us even in death, if we believe in Him and that He sent His Son to save us. In that, His promise is that even though we die, we shall live. Which is to say, the tribulations and the pain of this life and this world are only temporary if we come under His salvation plans for us.

Meanwhile, if you want the harm to stop--don't ask that it stop, ask rather that God use you for something greater...and see if He does not shift gears and redirect the events in your life. But do it because you want to, because He loves you and has offered to save you, and because you want to love Him back...otherwise, don't expect anything more than you already have.

Do not hate God, but rather let Him love you--tell Him you want to sit on His lap where no harm will come to you and where you know you will be loved.
 
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