I am going threw a terrible devorce and custody battle. I pray many times a day for help from god to give me strength to continue this battle and to help me get custody. I'm not feeling it!!! Do you believe in prayer? if so please pray for me
2006-10-13 06:13:08 · 14 answers · asked by wendy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes , I do believe in the power of prayer .
Whatever you are going through , you need to stop focusing on the" terrible" . Divorce is never fun ( except in Hollywood where marriages last a weekend ) . Fear won't do anything positive for you .You need to get tough . It won't take a week or a day . It can happen the moment you tell yourself to "snap out of it " ; "get tough". "When the going gets tough the tough get going ".
If you make yourself weak with fear , how could that ever win ?
You have the strength to get through this ; you just don't know it yet . It's there . Use it . You've had your cry . It's done . Go forward . Ask yourself , "what's the worst that can happen "? It may seem traumatic to you now , because your world changed . It doesn't mean the end of the world .Don't prove him right -as to being the "better" parent . If it should happen to look like you are loosing -make a deal for shared custody . Nothing is final in life .
After your post , you will have many ( myself included ) offering prayers for you . You must also help yourself . You can sit the rest of your life waiting for your miracle . Or you can make it happen . You go girl .
2006-10-13 06:33:14 · answer #1 · answered by missmayzie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe you can pray for something and a divine being will deliver it to you, but I do believe that prayer can help a person focus his thoughts and take stock of what is really important--a kind of meditation.
Divorce can be very unsettling, especially when there are children involved. It makes you feel vulnerable as few other things can, and you really are--because what is at stake is a huge part of your life. But you don't need any supernatural power to get through it. Keep your sense of perspective. You're feeling down right now, but that won't last. Concentrate on doing what is fair for your spouse and children and insuring that you get your fair share, too.
2006-10-13 13:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe in the power of prayer. Prayer does nothing but allow the praying person to feel like they're doing something supernatural about their problem(s). The end result is sort of like having meditated. Meditation helps but it does not in and of itself change anything, including your divorce and custody battle. YOU will have to find your own strength in order to overcome those obstacles.
2006-10-13 13:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Even psychologists agree it helps the human psyche to pray even though the person prays to different gods as well as the God in Heaven. The dependency helps to heal a broken spirit. Dependence on something else greater helps your existence.
I believe it is very powerful to pray to the ONE TRUE GOD because it helps your human existence as noted above as well as He will answer your prayers that are asked in faith. Foolish prayers He will not answer for you.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man does avail to much.
What we need to pray is that the best for the salvation for the child will be done.
2006-10-13 13:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by mesquiteskeetr 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stop praying to something you are not sure of and use your own strength. The human mind is more powerful than you know.
2006-10-13 13:46:37 · answer #5 · answered by Maureen B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At best praying can make yourself feel better about your situation. As far as 'the power of prayer", no I do not believe in any kind of divine intervention. So pray away if it makes you fell better but don't be looking for any kind of miracle.
2006-10-13 13:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't.
I believe that praying makes things more likely -- but because when you focus on something you truly desire, you are more likely to get off your butt and work for it.
Praying for others has never been shown to have the slightest effect -- well, there was one study that showed a trivial but statistically significant worsening of people's conditions in the prayed-for group. But one test out of thousands with such low significance can be reasonably considered a fluke.
2006-10-13 13:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I believe. But there are times when God pulls back from us. Lets us struggle. The proverbial "dark night of the soul." Keep the faith. Come what may. I will pray for you. God bless.
2006-10-13 13:16:04 · answer #8 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I believe in the power of prayer because I've seen so much happen through prayer. It doesn't always happen immediately, so keep trying.
2006-10-13 13:17:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't pray. But I will wish you the best of what will happen.
2006-10-13 13:16:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋