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James says that if we ask God selfishly, he will say "no." You know whether or not the thing you asked for happens or not. He has never talked to me audibly in my many decades of being a Christian. He either puts ideas that he blesses in my mind, or he arranges my circumstances to show me that...

@Holy999, it sounds as though you're depressed. Get psychological help to find out what you're really depressed about, perhaps from your childhood. Then, share your feelings honestly with God in prayer many times and seek his peace until he gives it to you. If the person you go to does not...

@Lamb, "Jesus wept." Easy but true! :)

@Lamb, it didn't happen to me at any of my three baptisms, when I was a baby, 12, or 80. It happened when I became a believer at 16.

@Lucian, why do you think that "Jesus seemed to have implied that yes, all those who believe in Him are able to cast out demons"? Paul makes it clear in 1 Corinthians 12-14 that different Christians have different gifts.

My prayers are always answered with one of four responses from God, @Can't think of a name: yes, no, not yet, and not the way you expected. God always knows best!

@Edward429451, there are some good Christian colleges that don't bow to the world. I agree with the rest of your post, but I would add that the Bible is our eyeglasses to see the universe and science clearly, not the other way around.

He always reveals himself through the Bible, his Word, @Vanguard, through his creation, and through other people in the abilities he gives them. I never expect him to give me a direct vision or immediate appearance, because he told Moses that no one may see him, or they would die. Keep reading...

My mother was the only Christian in our family of five for many years until God saved me at 16, my two brothers at 32, and my father at 77! Keep praying for them persistently. I told my family about what Jesus did for me. @siddhi koly, but we are only seed scatterers. God will plant the seeds...

@Vanguard, the "not" is the key to the answer to your question. Yes, God wants everyone to come to faith in Jesus as their Savior, and he has his good plans for all events. However, it's just as true that all humans have full responsibility for their whole lives, including their decisions...

Depend on the Lord's strength, not your own, through constant prayer, @Holy999!

@Holy999, according to the Apostle Paul, we are in a war, but it's not against people. It's against the devil and the demons. How do we fight them? It's by praying through Jesus to our Father in the power of the Spirit--our one God--who has all power to defeat them: Eph 6:10 Finally, be...

No, @MrE, his love, grace, and mercy are just as important and evident as his justice, holiness, and righteousness. Instead, I'm responding to the current lack of emphasis seemingly on God's justice nowadays during Christian preaching, discussions, and teaching. I think we need to balance both...

@Can't think of a name, first when you "have company with people," does that "company" involve spiritual conversations about your believing experiences of what God has done in your life and discussion of the Bible? Our church small group's discussions are of that type. Usually, I've found that...

@Can't think of a name, I can identify with you in a couple ways. I experienced seven years of major depression, six of which were while I was a pastor, with two bad anxiety attacks near the end of my depression. 1. I can't emphasize this enough. God gave me psychological help to get me in...

I experience God in church, even though sometimes the pastor's application of the Bible doesn't relate to my life. Why? It's because God's Word says that we must gather together with other believers. It's also because God can use me to build up other Christians' faith with my testimonies. I...

@Holy999, very sadly, hell is the very real place where people who have no place for seeking God in their lives are the ones who will have their own way minus all the security-false-gods that they rely on in this life, when God's justice will declare them "guilty" and let them live forever with...

Heaven is a perfect, sinless, very bright place, in which our souls will live until Jesus returns. Then, he will bring us and heaven as the new Jerusalem down to the new earth, in which we will live forever in our resurrected, glorious, perfected bodies in the new heaven and new earth: Rev 21:1...

I have two great-grandchildren, four grandchildren, three children, and suffering children, who are always on my prayer list. God answers those prayers and all prayers four ways, since he always knows what's best: yes, no, not yet, and not the way you thought it would happen.

I would, if it is streamed. I'm seeking production companies for three Christian movies from my mystery trilogy and Christian TV series from my two historical novels with a historical black lawman in the Wild West of the late 1880s and with a fictional black high school coach in a white small...