Do you believe in the Power of Prayer?
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I believe $trongly in both GOD and PRAYER.... I live my life on the two.... In the life i lead itz all i have to go on everyday... I believe GOD him$elf haz kept me alive thi$ long i face illne$$ and a $ick mind everyday of my life... GOD aint turned on me .. I know he i$ ju$t waiting till thi$ lo$t $oul i$ found then he will take me...
^^^REAL TALK
^^^REAL TALK
To continue this thread, to those that don't believe in the power of prayer/faith let me ask you this. Do you guys take chances in hopes that the chance you take will result in what you hope or expect to get? If so what makes that risk you take in hopes of getting what you want or need any different then our hopes/faith in our prayers being answered?
heres the thing, i believe in it highly. most people a see that do not believe in it are ones who dont understand it. you cant stop ones death with prayer, cause it might be his/her time to go. you cant pray without faith and expect shit to happen. you cant have greedy intentions when praying. when you pray for money, i assume you want it in large amounts. when you pray for money, and you have a friend that lends you 20$ to get out of a bad situation caused by a front or whatever, then i think that is somewhat religious intervention, because it gets you out of trouble ect..... another thing, you cant expect a prayer to be answered a certain way. i once heard a story where a man prayed to be saved due to the fact he was drowning in the ocean. when a response team of boats came to save his ass, he said "no, god will save me" when a helicopter came, he said the same thing, the man drowned obviously, because he expected shining angels to come and pull him out and fly him to safety. this story is not true, but is an example, it serves a very legit point as well. lastly, you cant just run to god when things go bad. what happens when you have that one friend that you know doesnt give a shit about you, but will always call when hes in a bad situation? you dont take him seriously, and as a resault of that, you dont answer his request. this same common sense logic works when thinking of reasons why god never seems to "work" for you. this in no way means you must be christian or whatever, because god doesnt care about what you name your faith, just have faith and actually give a shit about him even when your not in a situation you need to be bailed out of
Pray to my God everyday, but he don't listen
The poverty bothers me; but mama's workin wonders in the kitchen
Listen I can hear her cryin in the bedroom
Prayin for money but never think she'd be dead soon
Am I wrong - for wishin I was somewhere else
I'm thirteen, can't feed myself
Can I blame daddy 'cause he left me; wish he would've helped me
Too much like him, so my mama don't love me
On my own at a early age - I'm gettin paid
and I'm strapped so I'll never be afraid
Where did I go astray? I'm hangin in the back streets
runnin with G's and dopefiends will they jack me?
Can't turn back, my eyes on the prize
I got nothin to lose, everybody gotta die
Say good-bye to the - bad guy
that one you fucked when you passed by
Buck buck (*gunshots*) from a Glock let the glass fly
Do or die walk a mile in my shoes
And you'd be crazy too
I thank the Lord for my many blessings
Though I'm stressin keep a vest for protection
from the barrel of a Smith & Wesson
And all my niggaz in the pen, here we go again
Ain't nothin seperatin us from a mack 10
Born in the ghetto as a hustler, older
Straight soldier, buckin at them bustaz
No matter how you try niggaz never die
We just retaliate with hate, then we multiply
See me strikin down the block hittin co'ners
Mobbin like a motherfucker livin like I wanna
Ain't no stoppin at the red lights - I'm sideways
Thug Life motherfucker criiime pays
Let the cops put they lights on - chase me nigga
Zig-zaggin through the freeway - race me nigga
In a high speed chase with the law
The realest motherfucker that you ever saw, I'm livin raw
'til they bury me don't worry me, I'm high
Livin like I ain't afraid to die (hahaha)
And you could walk a mile in my shoes
and you'd be crazy too
Ain't no escape from a deadly fate
And everyday there's a million black bodies put away
I'm startin' to lose hope; it seems everybody's on dope
Mama told me to leave cause she was broke
Sometimes I choke on the indo, creepin out the window
Alone on my own I'm a criminal
Got no love from the household, I'm out cold
On the streets screamin motherfuckin peace
I got nothin to lose, and somethin to prove, what do I do?
Live the Thug Life nigga stay true
I wonder when they, kill me, is there a Heaven for a real G
Lord forgive me if you feel me
Cause all my life I was dirt broke, with no hope
Lil' skinny motherfucker wantin dough
I hated cuttin suckers with my razor blade
but everyday it's a struggle to get major paid
Anyway it's so hard on a nigga in this city, no pity
And ain't no love for the scrubs that be buyin dubs
If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too
The poverty bothers me; but mama's workin wonders in the kitchen
Listen I can hear her cryin in the bedroom
Prayin for money but never think she'd be dead soon
Am I wrong - for wishin I was somewhere else
I'm thirteen, can't feed myself
Can I blame daddy 'cause he left me; wish he would've helped me
Too much like him, so my mama don't love me
On my own at a early age - I'm gettin paid
and I'm strapped so I'll never be afraid
Where did I go astray? I'm hangin in the back streets
runnin with G's and dopefiends will they jack me?
Can't turn back, my eyes on the prize
I got nothin to lose, everybody gotta die
Say good-bye to the - bad guy
that one you fucked when you passed by
Buck buck (*gunshots*) from a Glock let the glass fly
Do or die walk a mile in my shoes
And you'd be crazy too
I thank the Lord for my many blessings
Though I'm stressin keep a vest for protection
from the barrel of a Smith & Wesson
And all my niggaz in the pen, here we go again
Ain't nothin seperatin us from a mack 10
Born in the ghetto as a hustler, older
Straight soldier, buckin at them bustaz
No matter how you try niggaz never die
We just retaliate with hate, then we multiply
See me strikin down the block hittin co'ners
Mobbin like a motherfucker livin like I wanna
Ain't no stoppin at the red lights - I'm sideways
Thug Life motherfucker criiime pays
Let the cops put they lights on - chase me nigga
Zig-zaggin through the freeway - race me nigga
In a high speed chase with the law
The realest motherfucker that you ever saw, I'm livin raw
'til they bury me don't worry me, I'm high
Livin like I ain't afraid to die (hahaha)
And you could walk a mile in my shoes
and you'd be crazy too
Ain't no escape from a deadly fate
And everyday there's a million black bodies put away
I'm startin' to lose hope; it seems everybody's on dope
Mama told me to leave cause she was broke
Sometimes I choke on the indo, creepin out the window
Alone on my own I'm a criminal
Got no love from the household, I'm out cold
On the streets screamin motherfuckin peace
I got nothin to lose, and somethin to prove, what do I do?
Live the Thug Life nigga stay true
I wonder when they, kill me, is there a Heaven for a real G
Lord forgive me if you feel me
Cause all my life I was dirt broke, with no hope
Lil' skinny motherfucker wantin dough
I hated cuttin suckers with my razor blade
but everyday it's a struggle to get major paid
Anyway it's so hard on a nigga in this city, no pity
And ain't no love for the scrubs that be buyin dubs
If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too
JLMACN said:
^^^no no no no....
Jesus wrote the bible himself..
you can not tell us otherwise!
Jesus wrote the bible himself..
you can not tell us otherwise!
To make my digression short, scholars put the scrolls found of Isaiah side to side with the Hebrew Manuscripts, and guess what? The original hebrew scrolls along with the masoretic texts were indistinguishable. As close as it gets, al dente or close to perfect. The only thing that people will use as an excuse is the use of modern day language, but there was no mistake in the indistinguishable texts. Could stories written down and passed down generation to generations, called false, then later to be confirmed be a coincidence? I don't think so. I highly suggest you look more into the masoretic texts and the correlation between them and the dead sea scrolls.
The Links I gave you should suffice in terms of the information you would need. But knowing wikipedia you should also do your own study.
I don't get why people are so negative about something that doesn’t even exist to them? Shit I don't believe in Santa Clause but I don't slander him, because he is not real to me. Most of you guys just want a reaction out of people. Prayer is very real, I don’t have any proof that it is. But I have stories that I was actually a part of, but I’m sure you guys don’t want to hear my about my fantasy land. So I won’t go there.
Whose to say your prayer being answered is guaranteed? It's not always a given and people will see this as hypocrisy on the part of God. ThaG made a good point, people pray and they still die. Can I easily say I have more faith, can I easily say that I was chosen to have my prayers answered, certainly but I will not do so because I have my own reasons, but I do believe there are times when your prayers are answered and when they are not.
Living a life in total faith is a big leap, but living in faith doesn't mean that you should remain stagnant and watch as the Lord does everything for you. You've heard the saying God helps those who help themselves, I disagree with that cliche but I do agree to some extent. If you ask God to help you financially, do you expect him to send you a check for a million dollars? Or from a more realistic standpoint, he'll created opportunities for you and it's left up to you to excel and get to where you need in life to make that money. I think that's more rational then just sitting down on the siccness and waiting for a check or miracle to happen when you plan on not doing shit.
But I will tell you this, I know people that have prayed and worked their asses of only to be disappointed and give up on prayer and faith. Then there are some that never gave up and they either got what they prayed for due to their patients or never got what they prayed for but still lived in faith. God is a give and take here people. Don't hate God, don't hate the faith, don't hate the people, but hate yourself for being so miserable.
Living a life in total faith is a big leap, but living in faith doesn't mean that you should remain stagnant and watch as the Lord does everything for you. You've heard the saying God helps those who help themselves, I disagree with that cliche but I do agree to some extent. If you ask God to help you financially, do you expect him to send you a check for a million dollars? Or from a more realistic standpoint, he'll created opportunities for you and it's left up to you to excel and get to where you need in life to make that money. I think that's more rational then just sitting down on the siccness and waiting for a check or miracle to happen when you plan on not doing shit.
But I will tell you this, I know people that have prayed and worked their asses of only to be disappointed and give up on prayer and faith. Then there are some that never gave up and they either got what they prayed for due to their patients or never got what they prayed for but still lived in faith. God is a give and take here people. Don't hate God, don't hate the faith, don't hate the people, but hate yourself for being so miserable.
In the words of your God...
"Throw a rock into a pack of wolves, and the first the howles, is the one that got hit"...
I wasnt bashing anyone imparticular, but yet you found a way to take my words and turn them against yourself. If the shoe fits, wear it and dont complain about the way it looks.
How do you know Santa Clause isnt real? I am positive with my whole heart he is real, why do you bash people that believe in Santa Clause and say he isnt real!!!!!?
I dont have any proof he is real, I just know he is!
Now, how does that sound?
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"Throw a rock into a pack of wolves, and the first the howles, is the one that got hit"...
I wasnt bashing anyone imparticular, but yet you found a way to take my words and turn them against yourself. If the shoe fits, wear it and dont complain about the way it looks.
How do you know Santa Clause isnt real? I am positive with my whole heart he is real, why do you bash people that believe in Santa Clause and say he isnt real!!!!!?
I dont have any proof he is real, I just know he is!
Now, how does that sound?
5000