is it possible to be ignored by God?

Question

Okay, im really trying to figure out why it feels like God wants nothing to do with me. My husband and friends keep telling me about these wonderful experiences they are having in their prayer time im in the same spot ive been in for 2 years. Is it possible that God is done with me. Seriously, i feel like He has no concern for me whatsoever...theres so much more i could say but i wont....of course family and friends say it will be okay but i want to know....when i pray, it feels like my words are hitting the ceiling and bouncing back, in church, the people are caught up in some serious worship and i feel nothing...i need some answers, could it be something i did, all i do is work church and home...?

Answer 1

I'm not going to say God is ignoring you. Perhaps, He is being silent so you will draw closer. Something I learned from my wife....when she wants me to come closer, she doesn't issue an invitation, but I also know from her silence that I'm not as close to her as I want to be. So we talk, and I find out what troubles our relationship.

I guess what I'm saying is your heart is in the right direction...sounds as if you want more. And that's really one of the best prayers to lift up to God...the desire to h ave a heart that burns for God.

If I can share two bits of advice...sometimes when I feel the well of my spirtuality has run dry, I go a little deeper, and I keep going deeper until I find that Living Water again.

and sometimes, when i feel my heart is growing cold, I move closer to those who are on fire. No, it's not contagious...but have you ever watched the coals of a fire...when one coal is by itself, the redness fades away and the coal no longer burns, but if I move it closer to the fire, it too burns hotter and longer.

I'm wanting to lift you up to our King, and ask Him to hear your prayers, that He places His truth in your heart, to give you a sense of never being alone. That He calls to your heart so you have a desire to draw even closer, that He places strong, on fire brothers and sisters in your life.

Traveling Prayer Warrior

Answer 2

I do know that if we have sinned and have not asked forgiveness, God will not hear our prayers. So, my recommendation is to ask God to bring to your mind anything you might have done against Him. When it comes to mind, repent, ask Him for forgiveness and make sure not to commit that sin again. Also, we are to thank our Father for all the blessings He has bestowed upon us. So you need to make sure to thank the Father and thank Him with a glad and joyous heart. Always thank Him before you pray.

Just because you do work at church and home does not mean you have a personal relationship with the Lord. You must have Him in your heart. Our purpose in life according to Beth Moore is to pursue God. You must think, feel and breathe God 24/7.

God does speak, sometimes with a whisper, sometimes in dreams and visions of the night. Don't worry that you haven't "experienced" God. It will happen.

Answer 3

there could be many reasons. One that has to be considered first is have you actually accepted Christ as your Savior. God hears us , not because of who we are, but because of who and what He did. If you have already given your life to Christ- re-read Psalms. How many times can you count where David asks this same question. And God called him, a man after his own heart. Sometimes God puts us through moments and sometimes weeks, or months where we may not "feel" all the stuff your family and friends are feeling- but remember God is still there. He never stops caring about His children. He loved us enough to sacrifice His Son for that love. Ask God if there is anything that separating you from close fellowship, if you are already a born again believer. Unconfessed sin can cause us to feel like God has abandoned us when in reality we have left Him. This could be what is called the "dark night of the soul" and if it is praise God for it, because let me tell you when you come out on the other side- you will experience Christ like never before. If you can, and would like to talk more, please email me.

Answer 4

you have my sincere sympathy! I used to feel that way all the time in church. My most spiritual moments came at the beginning of my conversion, when I read the bible and felt like it was the perfect truth and word of God, and was baptized. later, i realized, my 'spiritual awakening' was more the relief i felt. I was relieved because I felt like the world was a horrible place and then we die- but now there was a perfect heaven I could go to where no one died and there was no more crying and pain or anything bad at all. relief, however, is not a gift of the spirit. My other 'spiritual' moments came from my intense desire to defend my faith, which was all I was living for. Any time reality deviated from what I believed to be the truth- the word of God- I became intense, a righteous anger that gave me the courage to overcome my shy quietness and speak out boldly defending the word. I thought I was lead by God to be a preacher for this reason. I never actually heard anything. From that book you can pretty much assume that God wants everyone to put aside their worldly cares and go about preaching salvation to all mankind. I started feeling emptier and emptier. I started doing more and more good works thinking that I was somehow stifling the spirit by not acting on the impulses he was sending, the opportunities I was missing making me more and more deaf to the calling. But, in actuality, the 'calling' started and ended with me. I NEEDED a heaven. I was LOOKING for something that made sense in this world, and, like a good marketing strategy, the church and it's incontestable testament provided the product I was looking for. I was grateful for 10 years, but the last 5 I was in misery knowing I was living a lie. Occasionally I meet a schizophrenic person, a homeless person, or just a strange random person at a bar or restaurant who reignites my hope that there is a god, a heaven, a reason for existing beyond survival and creativity. They will insist that they see something in me that is going to be an amazing manifestation of spirituality when it finally arrives. I almost want to cry when I hear other people get told the same thing. My little brother graduated from highschool and they held a ceremony for him and the preacher blessed him, and everyone came up and said great things about him and what he would do for God. I remembered being in so many situations like that where I had been burdened with so many expectations that I tried to become a saint for them. It intensified my guilt when I tried to honestly consider whether any of my spiritual life had any merit, any grounding in the truth. Outside of that bible I couldn't find anything to support my assumptions. Not in my life or the lives of others. It looked like a huge sham to me. I went through an angry rebellion at first, but then I realized I was only hurting myself and that the only thing to do was live my life in the best way I could and accept reality. It's really hard to do when you're used to talking to the ceiling and going to bed thinking that all your problems are being taken care of. Being alive is a huge responsibility!

Answer 5

No. I don't believe God is ignoring you. There must be something on your part (some feeling of unworthiness) that had put the block up. Go to a quiet room in your home, with out interruptions, close the door. Ask for forgiveness, admit to God you feel as if He's ignoring you, Let everything out. Spill your heart out to Him. Cry, rant, rave, sing, do what ever you FEEL when talking to Him. Remember He loves you. and not every ones relationship with God is the same. Exp. My sister feels she has to be in church to FEEL His presence.
I chat with God as if we are sitting across from one another on a porch swing, drinking tea. Sometimes, though, what you're praying for the answer is NO. Your not being ignored, you're just not going to have that prayer answered.

Answer 6

It's hokey sounding, but God is not a vending machine. He is not an inanimate thing that reacts when forced upon in a certain way. Forget what others are experiencing. Their experiences are their own and were only meant for them. Also, forget what you've been told is a sure-fire way to connect to God. Simply let your prayers be your communications with God. Let yourself be who you are, and let God be who He is. His will is done in His own good time and according to His good pleasure. Just live your life and do those things which are pleasing to Him. Forget the rest.

Answer 7

I think you have just gone STATIC and need a change or diversion for some time.There is a big world made by God,beyond a Church and home.Have a break and don't force yourself on prayers .Just try to be yourself.You shall receive the Answers by and by but receive you will.It's a tried and tested method.Give it a try with the support of your husband and other near ones.God Bless.

Answer 8

What would you like god to do...for you....? Even god knows that you have to get to a certain point in your life that it is up to you to make things better in your life...

Your still in the same stop for the last 2 years. Why have YOU not done anything about it..? God can not come down and direct traffic for you.. You have to do it for yourself.

Work, church and home... Ok, CHANGE THAT.... What do you want to do..?

God may not be ignoring you... But he may be saying to you.. You are going to have to do this on your own...

Answer 9

God knows everything so He knows everyone who prays. You are feeling the moving of His Holy Spirit....to be "really trying to figure this out"....like you said. God does want you to be closer to Him. Here is the instruction that God gives us about prayer that connects us with Him.
"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Matther 6:6
We are to open our hearts to God as to a friend...He does listen. Ask Him to direct your path and then believe that He will. (Prov. 3:6) Talk to Him at the first of your day....because He promises to add everything else that you need. (Matt. 6:33) Do not go by your feelings. Believing in God is a choice. If He says that He hears you then He does. He does not lie. If you are holding a certain sin on purpose...in that case He will not "hear" you. (Ps. 66:18) I will pray for you. God bless you.

† On-call Prayer Warrior †

Answer 10

Of course He answers prayers and yes, He ignores whiny, fussers who should be more grateful and appreciative. I'm not describing U only what He tends to ignore. If you can't 'feel' His love, something is seriously wrong with your connection to Him. Is it as personal as it needs to be? All of that 'good deed' behavior is just for show and tell. It's false and you know it. He knows what you truly think and feel. Where is your faith?