Jesus doesn't mind you praying to someone else, as long as that being represents what he stands for?
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Jesus DID say "whatever you ask for in my name, you will be given" and nowhere in the Bible did anyone ever speak (pray) to someone who was dead, Saint or otherwise. Jesus is not dead so we are as free to speak to Him as when He walked the earth... Mary and the Apostles all died, none rose from the dead so we cannot speak to them. Prayer is a form of worship and is restricted to God/Jesus
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I'm glad someone else feels this way.  It just seems so wrong to pray to anyone but God.  It says in the bible, you should address anyone, but God in your prayers.
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Let me pray for you and believe this with all your heart: Father Lord I come into your presence as an interceder Father God. I pray for this person Lord. I don't know what curse was brough upon for this person, but I rebuke it in the name of Jesus.  I rebuke every malice and break that chain of curse in the name of Jesus. May this person take a step of faith Lord, and believe that truly you are her deliverer, for I am only human, but only you Jesus can break that curse and send it back to where it came from. In Jesus name, AMEN.
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Jesus talks about being fishers of people.  People are searching for the truth and a genuine sense of community. Alot of organized religious groups will claim to be fishers but in a sense toss folks back out to the waters because they refuse to accept them.  In your instance it would seem to me that the man is some kind of legalistic person (religion with all the rules).  The fish represents a person seeking the truth, maybe its a relationship with you.  But then for some reason you reject them and then they respond with emotion.  But its not too late to ask for forgiveness from that person and move on in a new friendship with them.
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Nothing wrong with praying for our leaders.\n\nPrayer helps in many ways, plus I'm sure they would appreciate it!
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If Jesus is considered God, then this is not a violation.  You have to understand who Jesus is...Jesus is Jehovah incarnate.....
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My point about that commandment is....why would it even be in there if no other gods existed for people to worship?\n\nAs a pagan, I use that argument on annoying Christians trying to make me "take Jesus into my heart". They don't like it much--it makes them think and that hurts their heads.\n\nBut your question is only about Jesus. If the Trinity is Father-Son-Holy Ghost then Jesus doesn't count as a different god.
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Father, I do not know this person for whom I am praying right now, but You do.  You alone know all there is to know, you know her needs, her sorrows, her joys.  I just ask You this day to guide and direct her, to protect her and to remind her that You will never fail her or forsake her (Deut 31:8).  I pray that she will always keep You in her heart.  In Jesus name...\nAmen.
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I agree with you completely. I am a christian, but I do not believe in the trinity theory. and there are ALLOT of references like this one that points toward the fact that they are not the same. A few of them are: after Jesus got baptized, God said to him, "this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." would he talk to himself? also when the people asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, Jesus taught them to pray to God, not to himself. If he was God why wouldn't he have the people pray to him? yet another, Jesus on the cross said "My God, why have you forsaken me?" would God not only talk to himself, but also forsake himself? A final one... the bible says that the only unforgivable sin is blaspheming the holy spirit (Mark 3:29). If they were all the same, then blaspheming any of them would be unforgivable. They are very separate beings, and not the same.
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If you do not know Christ as Saviour He will not hear your prayers, also the Bible tells us that if you have sin in your heart He will not hear your prayers. When it comes to praying we are told that we must pray according to His will. Is what you are asking in accordance to His will or yours? If interested I put together a very good outline on how to pray and why God answers us the way he does. It lists many Bible verses to direct you. If you would like a copy you may e-mail me and ask for it, I will send it at no charge and I do not pester people with literature or e-mails so don't be afraid of contacting me.
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yes, i have had many prayers answered. sometimes the answer is 'yes', sometimes 'no', and sometimes 'wait', but he always answers. we just have to accept the answers even if its not what we wanted to hear.  he also offers us a way to get to heaven. if you belive on him w/ your heart, and repent of your sins then he accepts you as child of God. if you have a bible, you should look it up in John 3
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Philip,\n\nIf you pray like a Pharisee, it is works. If you pray like a tax collector, it is not works. Since you are in the Religion and Spirituality section of Yahoo! Answers, I feel it is OK to use a parable of Jesus to illustrate my point.\n\nTo some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers-or even like this tax collector.  I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' \n\nBut the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' \n\nI tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."  Luke 18:9-14\n\nCouldn’t have said it better myself.\n\nAs to your second question, the answer is, “No.” If I may I would like to go to the best source of truth once again.\n\nThat if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9\n\nPrayer is just communicating with God, and it can be done audibly or silently. In the case of being saved from death and going to heaven, you have to declare that Jesus is Lord to Jesus with your mouth – or audibly.\n\nMay I add that prayer is 2-way communication? I would rather hear God speak to me than almost anything that I’ve ever experienced. The only thing that I enjoy more is to sense His heart.\n\nGod bless.
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I prefer not to even use the word following. Belive that He is the Christ, the Savior, doesn't count u as a "follower". I prefer to use the term Friend. He says, "You are not my servant. Does a servant know everything about his master? No. I confide in you, so you are not my servant. You are my friend". That verse really tells me that He wants me to be His friend. Not His "follower". I belive that if you really want to be a Seeker, that you have to be His friend. Not His follower. He wants us to be friends. Not those in a democracy. We are in His kingdom, yes, but He loves us enough that He listens to us. Believe that sister. It is truth, because He said it. And He does not lie. I hope this helps your walk w/ God, and may He bless you beyond you ability to comprehend.
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That's very nice of you. But be warned, many will ridicule you and mock you for this, but don't let it get to you, Jesus knows who they are and will deal with them. You just keep praying for them.
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To those who God loves, to them He gives faith in Him.  If this doesn't include you, then nothing anyone will say will matter.
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•Jesus is not a Saviour. He is not capable, even, to save himself from his enemies. How he can be considered “All-Able” to save everyone on the earth. It is the Lord alone__ Who is the All-Able to save every creature of the universe including the mankind__ as the Lord is already saving__ each of them__ without any desolation and defect.\nThe Same God is the God of Jesus who was the God of Jacob and Moses (peace & blessings of God be upon all the three). The one God, beside whom, there is no God at all.\n\nJesus is not the inventor of Trinity. Nor he is presenting him as one of three Gods. Nor he is telling the One God as the third of the three gods. Instead, he is openly rejecting the concept of Trinity, which stands for the following three gods.\n\n1.The God of Moses____ Jehovah\n2.The word of God_____ Jesus\n3.Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.\n\nThe Trinity is a baseless concept in terms of the Verse under reference, the verse 3 of the prayer.\n\nTorah says,\n“Remember This! The Lord and the Lord alone___ is our God.\nLove the Lord your god with all your heart,\nWith all your soul, and with all your strength.”\n(Deut 6:4-5)\n\n“Fear the Lord your God, worship only God,\nand make your promises in God’s name alone.\nDo not worship other gods,\nAny of the gods of the people around you.\nIf you do worship other gods,\nThe Lord’s anger will come against you\nLike fire and will destroy you completely,\nBecause the Lord your God,\nWho is present with you, tolerates no rivals.”\n(Deut 6:13-14-15)\n\n“God is a great god and (only) one to be feared.’\n(Deut 7:21)\n\nPrior to Jesus, the Lord had created Eve, without mother__ and Adam, without mother and father, the both. Afterwards, the Lord created Jesus without father. So the creation of Jesus, without father, is the third instance of the Lord’s all-encompassing creativity___ which is free from all the channels or systems of the birth. Instead, all the channels or systems of the birth are subservient to the all-encompassing and unique creativity of the Lord.\n\nJesus was born after Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, Moses and the numerous other Prophets (peace & blessings of God be upon all of them). If he were the Son-God, then, all of the foregoing Prophets, must have been the believers of Trinity. But the case is not like that at all. None of them was the believer of Trinity, rather, none of them, had, even, heard about the name of Trinity, in their times. Hence, Trinity is nothing else but an invented and artificial concept which has no existence, even, during the time of Jesus. It is, therefore, a rootless concept from all accounts.\n\n•Jesus believed in the same God___ who was believed in__ by Adam, Noah, Ibrahim, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and all the prophets (peace &blessings of the LORD be upon all of them).\n\nAccording to Jesus, God, the Holy One; is the Saviour of the Whole mankind. God is capable (be God glorified as God is) to relive off every infliction. None of the human beings is saviour beside God. Jesus, himself is also, not a saviour at all. The people who have chosen him as their saviour__ they have denied the Holy One___ who alone is the saviour of Jesus and whole mankind and the act of choosing Jesus as saviour__ is equal to hate the Holy One___ as it is clearly written in the old Testament:-\n\n“I am the Lord your God. Worship no God but Me. Do not make for yourself images of anything in heavens or on earth or in the water under the earth. Do not bow down to any idol or worship it. Because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me, on their descendants, down to third and fourth generation.”\n(Exodus 20:1-5)\nDuring his preaching, Jesus had never called himself as God or Son-God.Now, look upon those people who consider Jesus as God or Son-God. They are, baselessly, blaming even those people who were present at the spot and knew that Jesus was not God or son-god. In
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Well according the bible we pray in the name of Jesus through the Holy Spirit To the Father. However I dont belive God is up there saying Opps you didnt address the right one of us your prayer doesnt count. LOL