i pray for the people of Aleppo, women, men and children getting bombs dropped on them every day, the people responsible should be ashamed of themselves, i hope they can all get out of there and to safety, i dont think it is a fight that they can win so i really hope the opposing forces can feel it within their heart to show mercy to these people who seem to be cut off from everything,
I mainly thank God for what I have and what I have had. Praying for bad things not to happen to myself or other people is kinda ludicrous because death will occur and bad things will happen. You can’t pray for the preservation of anything because it all will be gone some day. You also can’t pray for a storm to miss you because it will happen to someone else most of the time. Having schizophrenia, and being interested in weather and history have given me that perspective.
I pray for my son, that God would bless him through the trials of this life. My son is an atheist, but God is still God and is faithful and loving. I love my son with all my heart. I’m not disappointed or discouraged in the least that he chooses to not believe. I understand where he’s coming from and we love and respect each other.
For those of you who couldn’t resist adding your negative opinions about religion, that was not the topic of this thread. “What do you pray for” was the question. I understand that religious topics are discouraged here, but if someone finds some comfort in this life by the simple act of prayer, why stomp on their faith when it brings no harm to anyone?
I apologize…I get angry at the higher ups in religious organizations…stealing the poor’s money and causing massive friction…I forget about the good people who have just been hustled…I pray for them…
My individual faith and life activities have harmed no one. When someone asks, “what do you pray for?” it’s a jolting, disrespectful and inappropriate response to hammer religion generally. Maybe I have no religion. Maybe I pray and do nothing else in regards to religious practice, but praying comforts me when worrying about my son is so overwhelming that I feel like I’m going to die. You’re entitled to your opinion, but I just thought this was a sweet thread that was being trampled so I chose to say something.
I hear you, @flameoftherhine. I was raised Catholic. Can you imagine the betrayal, the bitterness of Catholics sho open their eyes. I understand, and you’re right. For me, God remains when all people fail. That’s what I cling to. ️
oh those poor people how terrible, i pray we could get hold of the world and give it a huge hug because we have just scraped it n ruptured it and got rid of important species and just chemicalised it and i want to put everything back before it becomes like mars all dried up n red and nothing there because we did it and it wasnt self destruction.
i’ll pray for people who have really bad problems in their lives and pray that they somehow manage to find some comfort in their lives and can get back to a place where they are happy and contented without all the problems of the world on their shoulders, i pray for a better tomorrow for these people.
being a Christian helps me feel grounded, nothing wrong with it in my opinion anyway just because we are on a prayer thread doesnt mean it has to be about religion, as nick said recently in a post 'if you have nothing nice to say then dont say it,