What special gifts have you received from God in your life? That means when you have asked God for things you have wanted, did you always get what you wanted? Please DO NOT list stuff you were born with such as genetic traits, everyday food, everyday shelter, newborn babies, etc… since usually, everybody gets these. Give ONLY special miracles such as surviving accidents and major physical injuries, dreams you have succeeded at, maybe lottery, extraordinary talents, money and wealth, knowledge and wisdom, etc…?
the ability to understand scripture and decipher its message.
What are some special gifts from God have you asked for in your life?
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April 13th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Before you start assigning attributes from God, it would be honest if you could first prove or verify that God exists. If you cannot do that there is nothing honest that you can say about God.
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April 13th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
The first time I had sex, at age 16, I was an idiot. It lasted for less than 30 seconds. The second time, a week or so later, I took some precautions by praying to both God and Satan, whichever one was willing to help me, to make the sex last just a little longer so I wouldn’t be so embarrassed. Must have been Satan who helped, because it lasted for 20 minutes. Thanks, Satan!
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April 13th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
i literally prayed to God for a girl i knew would probably never come along, and i was very specific about her qualities, appearance and even ethnicity (picky, i know. gimme a break). after 2 weeks of praying for her, she came into my life out of nowhere and we have been together for over a year, very much in love.
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April 13th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
the ability to understand scripture and decipher its message.
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April 13th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
I asked GOD to help me mend my first marriage and HE did put it back together. After ten more years
together, one of my brother in laws decided that my marriage was not good enough (or was it too good)
and worked to split us up a second time. I was happy for 22 years with my son’s father but others envied
what we had together. I believe it was DIVINE intervention that put us back together and kept us together
for 22 years, happily my ex agreed, but it was HUMAN intervention that finally split us apart. We we happy and productive, gave to UNITED WAY fund, bought US EE series savings bonds, saved for our
son’s future college and our retirement and we peace loving people but my brother in law decided we
did not attend church as he thought we ought to and gossiped to drive us apart. My brother in law a strong
alcoholic while my sons father and I bought as much alcohol in 22 years that some consume inside of
one weekend. AND I STill THANK GOD for what I do have and what I did have.
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April 13th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
wen i was 12 i needed 150 dollars for my church camp & gess what I GOT THE MONEY!!! HALUJUA!!!!
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April 13th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
My first pregnancy was unplanned, and came as a big shock to me. I am epileptic, and the meds I take for that are linked to severe birth defects. I had never thought to have a child, for that very reason. But I had wanted one, and I believe God knew that.
I spent my whole first trimester paralyzed with fear for my baby. I was eaten alive with anxiety. I was afraid to tell anyone what I knew about how dangerous my medication could be to a fetus. They would think I was stupid for allowing myself to get pregnant. I couldn’t stop taking my meds, because the result of that could be just as bad. No doctor could give me any guarantees. They declared me "high risk" and said they could only monitor and hope for the best. So I prayed. I prayed obsessively. I prayed out loud when I was alone, and in my head when I was at work or around other people. I always prayed the same prayer: "Dear Lord, please make my baby whole and healthy in body, mind, and spirit." It ran through my mind all day and kept me up at night.
And then one day- I will never forget it- I received an answer. I heard a voice say, "It’s enough. Your prayer has been heard." That was all I was told. But I felt such reassurance flow through me. My fear left me. I began to relax and enjoy being pregnant. I stopped thinking of my baby as a potential disaster or victim of my stupidity, and just started thinking about how much I would love him or her. My doctor still fussed, but I just smiled. I was at peace.
Not only was my baby born completely healthy, but an equally healthy little sister followed him a couple of years later. I know you said babies didn’t count. But this is a story of a prayer answered.
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April 13th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Hmmm.
I have prayed several times, even as an agnostic, these words from the Lord’s Prayer: "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." And I like to think that I have become better able to resist some kinds of evil temptation in this way.
On several occasions, I have asked my religious Catholic sister to pray for the health of various people I know who were facing health emergencies. So far, at least, I think all of these people have survived. Maybe these are miracles; maybe just coincidence. I don’t know.
Sometimes I pray, "forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." And I like to think that I have been forgiven many of my sins because of praying this, and I sometimes feel more at peace for this reason.
One time when I had really done something wrong and was afraid of getting caught at it and punished, the feeling of forgiveness was just tremendous, almost like a physical force.
So far, however, I find it VERY hard to forgive certain people whom I consider gross & shameless sinners — for example, George Bush and most of the leaders of the Republican Party, as well as many Democrats.
I am a little shocked at how much self-righteous fury I stll feel at the political transgressions of other people — as I, of course, have chosen to judge those other people.
I think one problem here is that I’m of a divided mind when I ask God to forgive as I supposedly forgive, say, George Bush & Dick Cheney for atrocities committed in Iraq. Or when I supposedly forgive, say, Senator Lieberman for killing effective health care reform in the Senate.
With my lips, I may be asking God to forgive me as I also forgive others — but when it comes to Cheney & Bush & Lieberman, I probably don’t mean it. I really kind of want God — if He exists, or even if He doesn’t — to smite these people with plagues of frogs & boils & pestilence & locusts, just for starters. I feel the same way about violent racists, too - I really think God should wipe them from the face of the planet.
However, I am getting a little better at forgiving strangers who might have insulted me in the street, or ex-housemates who treated me unfairly long, long ago. So maybe my prayers for forgiveness & the ability to forgive others are partly being answered.
I can’t imagine praying for money & wealth & lottery tickets, etc. I think that’s attempting to abuse God’s generosity, and I think it’s selfish.
If the Christian god exists, I don’t think He wants us to be selfish. I could be wrong on this, though.
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April 13th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
well i get all the "everyday stuff" and then i get the extraordinary things i ask for. i asked god to send my husband sooner rather than later b/c i wanted to live according to his will and i didn’t want to wait much longer b/c i was too horny seriously. my then acquaintance showed me his romantic interest in me the following week. i was ecstatic b/c he’s super handsome and very sweet. best thing is he was a good christian man. we were married a year later and we’ve been together ever since 5yrs and counting
i asked god to bless me w/ a speedy delivery of my child and that i be 10 centimeters within 3 hours and he blessed me to go from 2 centimeters to 10 centimeters and ready to deliver within 1 1/2 hours. the docs and nurses couldnt believe how fast it happened. they hadn’t even had time to check me again
i asked god to lead me to the right car that would last through college w/ no trouble. he did and even though my own mom and several friends have been through several cars, here i am still driving mine, through w/ school, married w/ kids and it’s still driving beautifully. no major car problems to date
so god always blesses me and blesses me in abundance. he always blesses me above and beyond what i ask for. i always give him thanks and all the glory for everything
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