Does God take a vacation?

[heroimba]

Ah, so gibuwag buwag niya para hiusahon. Now, this makes MORE SENSE. Mura lang siya og nagduwa? Walay lingaw? Ngano wala na man lang hiusaha para mag malinawon na tanan? If omnipotent sad siya, with just the flicker of a finger, ma-usa na unta ta tanan di ba?

sakto gyud ka bai hehehe..Nganu wala mn sya nag butang og mga propeta sa tbuok kalibutan pra mo spread sa iyang teachings, nganu did2 rmn sa egypt o sa jerusalem pasabot kato ra diayng mga tawhana iyang love? so meaning wa gyud diay tay labot hahaha and knsay nag sugo nga mag himo og religion nga gi tawag og CHRISTIANS? na christian country raning pilipinas tungod sa mga spaniards nya ila rapud ni gbuhat aron di ta mang rebelde nila hahaha strategic occupation.

Education's purpose is to open an empty mind.

[MoonGlow]

He isn't on vacation. If He doesn't give u what u ask for, then it's not for u or not the time. Only God knows best.

yeah, GOD knows where to go for the best vacation

[unDisclosed]

Kinsa may nag ingun nimu nga GIBUWAG?
Basa sah bahin anang Free will sa Bibliya bro kay murag taas taas kaayu ug explanation if tubagon na imu tanan comments.

Sus, og niingon palang ka wala ka kahibawo mas mobilib pa unta ko nimo. O dili ba hinuon tubagon nimo ang pangutana. Ngano naabot man ka sa free will (which is flawed, btw) nga ang ako pangutana ngano nagbuwag-buwag pa man ta [religious affiliation, language, social status and so on] If he is an omnipotent God, iyaha na unta giwala tanan barriers and made us one again.

Free will is irrelevant since the focus of the issue is what the God can do, not what He allows the people to do.

[heroimba]

Nganu mag Tudlo man tawn si Kristo ug PanagHiusa if wa nag nagka Buwag - Ka nonsense sad ana imung pangutana oi.

Mao bitaw gisugo sa Ginoo ang mga tinun-an para ISANGYAW sa tibuok kalibutan ang maayung pulong para makabati ang tanang tawo nya mutoo, Unya wa na nuoy pulos...

Alangan man sad ibutang sa Bibliya nga nianhi sila sa Pilipinas nga wa paman nahimugso ang nasud sa Pilipinas atung panahona.

hehehe wala gyud ka ni tubag sa ako mga pangutana bai..Kani nlng tubaga o: Nganu lain2x mn tag RACE? Kung dli ganahan ang Ginoo og discriminasyon dapat pareha nlng unta ta tanan og RACE dba? Kung ka tubag ka ana pinaagi sa bibliya bai saludo ko nmu. Nya niingon raba tong Ginoo sa Bibliya nga ang taga Israel ra iyang people, unsa nlng kaha ta ani? hahaha

[keen]

no one knows.

[vjykmr89]

looks around at the world and the poverty and the diseases and the destruction and the hate and the bigotry and the war and the corruption so i think never

[Breakeven]

sakto gyud ka bai hehehe..Nganu wala mn sya nag butang og mga propeta sa tbuok kalibutan pra mo spread sa iyang teachings, nganu did2 rmn sa egypt o sa jerusalem pasabot kato ra diayng mga tawhana iyang love? so meaning wa gyud diay tay labot hahaha and knsay nag sugo nga mag himo og religion nga gi tawag og CHRISTIANS? na christian country raning pilipinas tungod sa mga spaniards nya ila rapud ni gbuhat aron di ta mang rebelde nila hahaha strategic occupation.

Education's purpose is to open an empty mind.

okay ra ni nga mga questions part kay daghan pa kayong butang nga wala nimo masabti. It will take time to understand these things.

Even if a man's mind is filled with knowledge but dili gihapon makasabot about the things of God because of pride. It is said in god's word that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

[noy]

If what you are projecting is that prayer is communication with God
what happens to your communication if God is absent and deaf, and on vacation?

Aren't praying for the good things good?

Who in his normal mindset pray for the BAD THINGS?

The fact is staring right into this world, PRAYERS are impotent and lame.

prayer is indeed a conversation,where we use our inner and whole being to communicate with God..
it works mainly the same as a regular conversation, where one talks and the other listens and vice versa..
sadly in our prayer we do much of the talking,we say petitions,we often tell God what He needs to do..
which is very evident in these type of discussions, reason why one cannot stretch out a point in a certain conversation,'cause no one wanted to listen but instead both wanted to talk..that's why there is misundersting,misconception,mis interpretation..all sorts of misses..

so when we pray, we should know our place.we should know who we are talking to
otherwise all kinds of misses would follow.

we would even humble ourselves when we are talking to our parents,boss,someone older
leaders of our nation...artists..prominent people...how much more to the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

[noy]

We are created in His image
We are like Him
He is like us

mostly true except that He knows all things and we don't
except that He does not sin and we do.
and He can do all things while we cannot.
what's there to boast when we cannot even bring ourselves to salvation..
or live a perfect life on the matter.

[noy]

There are lots of FORMS of PRAYERS.

You are now talking about WISHES and REQUEST . Although these can come in the form of PETITIONS also. I am only tellign tnhis ebcause you are closely saying that " Prayers are IMPOTENT expressions of hope".

If I pray just to be answered , then my FREEDOM would be defeated why I have it. Why do I need to work hard and be a good example when God cna grant me a million dollars because I prayed that I can win the lottery jackpot ?

Do not twist that prayer is also for bad things , I never said that. GIkan na nimo .

Why do you think ordinary people become EXTAORDINARY HUMAN BEINGS in the form of SAINTS ? Isnt it because of prayer? Therefore , it is not IMPOTENT nor LAME.

Ngutana ko nimo MOONGLOW ... unsay gi ampo nimo na wala pa nimo nakuha ? Aron makita na ang katag .

master springy
this would sum up to what St.Augustine qouted:
"pray as if though everythings depends on God, and work as if everything depends on you"

and a confirmation of what the bible says, that faith without action is a dead faith.

mao let's just leave the "God business" alone..we can't play God when we aren't close to being one.