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Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by kwenu: 2:03pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
I just finished reading the story of that young promising , beautiful Lady, Oluchi, i was touched, its painful to see a loved one die like that through (electrocution) one other part of the story that caught my attention is where the sister said, that Oluchi prayed to God in church seriously before her death but yet at the end she still died. i lost my uncle about 7 years ago, and before he died, he had a dream concerning his death , and also his sister saw in a dream concerning his death, she saw him disapeared suddenly while he was descending down a hill then about 6 moths or a year later he died, he died at the age 37 leaving his family behind his elder sister who saw his death and the rest of his family went into prayer but yet he still died Now my question is, why did they have to still die after they have prayed to the almighty God, were their prayers never heard.? some people may want to say its destiny, but i think not i will take it as destiny if Ezekiahs life had not been prolonged with 15years i invite all spirit filled Christians both prophets pastors, throw light on this issue 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Nobody: 2:05pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
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Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by raayah(f): 2:11pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
Because prayers don't work. Life just happens 15 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by kwenu: 2:15pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
I disagree with you on that, if prayer dont work ezekiah wouldnt have been given 15 extra years to live and if prayer dont work , d be telling us that Jesus wasted his time on (the lords prayer) which she taught his desiples raayah: 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by raayah(f): 2:17pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
kwenu: Lol.. Christains!! You just asked a question, I gave you a solid answer but you referred back to the bible. Prayers do not work Shikena!! Millions of people who prayed are still suffering. The Jews (God's own people) after spending years in the concentration camp, suffering and dying like flies lost their faith in God. There was a popular writing in the Prison wall by a prisoner, He said 'If there is a God, he will have to beg for my forgiveness'. Also, Frontpage of Nairaland right now has a story of a young girl who died through electrocution. Her family says that she had a bad inkling but she 'prayed' against it. Why didnt it work. You and I are privileged to live a good life out of luck. There are millions of christain's dying of cancer and hunger, living in poverty, etc. Some will be Killed if they are seen with a bible?? Why doesn't God help?? Aren't they crying and praying too?? God does not interfere in our lifes. His influence might help the way we live it. 20 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by kwenu: 2:23pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
only a fool will choose not to reason with the most read book in the whole wide world (the bible) raayah: |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by raayah(f): 2:25pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
kwenu: Why did you ask this question if you fully believed in the bible?? Also remember the bible states you should not call any man a fool. Why do people like you pick the part you obey and ignore the other part? 12 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Nobody: 2:26pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
Last I checked, nothing I have prayed for has ever come to fulfillment. It's either there's no God up there or the God has more important things to worry about than His creation. 9 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by erusen: 2:28pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
raayah:who be this one you know if the girl pray or you dey there when she dey pray 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by raayah(f): 2:30pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
erusen: I come from a very religious background. I know a lot of people who have prayed and are stiĺl praying. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by kwenu: 2:39pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
Did my God assure you that his children was gonna be perfect by works before they can be justified if one choose not to refer to the bible which is (truth), what then makes him different from a fool?, and what is the fear of God if you lack his wisdom raayah: |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by kwenu: 2:42pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
rayah i stated earlier in my post that i only want spirit filled christians to comment on this topic, i do not want this to be derialed please 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Scholar8200(m): 2:55pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
@ kwenu, It is one thing to pray (merely) it is another thing to prevail in prayer! Jacob did both! In Genesis 32:9-12 he prayed and looking at it,the prayer was well worded but he realised that he had not prevailed hence he separated himself from everyone to pray and ...(you know the rest!) Likewise Jesus in Gethsemane, Moses on the Mountain, Paul as regards the thorn, etc You dont just merely pray; you pray until you get the answer/ assurance that you have the answer! Gone seem to be the days when people prayed till they found God (oh what bliss!!!) in prayer. Others that pray do not do so in faith but in fear. You find prayer points, film shows, the sudden turn around/woes of somebody etc replacing the use of the Word in prayer! In a time conscious, real-time, wait-and -get age, we are fast loosing the very essence of true prayer We approach prayer as though we were doing God a favour!(who is the needy and Who is the Needed?) Man wont mind standing in a queue from 6am to 3pm at an embassy just because of visa; he is convinced that his turn will come and he will not be denied, others discuss on phone late into the night till the early hour of the morning yet 30 minutes in prayer is punishment! And even if the answer will be no (like it came to Paul) we will not be swept off our feet but we receive grace. 4 Likes |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by raayah(f): 2:56pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
kwenu: Now you are just mish-mashing bible passages! If you knew the answer to your question, why did you ask? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by CaptainJune: 3:06pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
Scholar8200: This answer to the Op's question is very thought worthy. 4 Likes |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by kwenu: 3:16pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
Scholar8200: Deep truth thanks for sharing, i have learnt something new today |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Scholar8200(m): 3:42pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
kwenu:Glory to God and Father of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by JoeCutie(m): 4:03pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
MzNelly:Have you ever, before going to bed at night, prayed and asked God to let you see the light of the new day? |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by waldigit: 4:18pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
kwenu: -Gods Soveriegnity -Foundations - secret sin -Matyrdom -Fruitlessness need details lets know. |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Nobody: 4:20pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
JoeCutie: No. Many 'righteous' and 'God-loving' people have. And they didn't see it. What is life? 6 Likes |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Scholar8200(m): 4:25pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
waldigit:Explain Foundations. |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by erusen: 4:30pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
raayah:and I know a lot of people that just started praying and their prayers answered I prayed for admission to study engineering I got it 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by JoeCutie(m): 4:42pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
MzNelly:You see your life... You've never asked God for success in your exams: WAEC, JAMB, Post UTME, semester exams etc, and you got it? Many a time you've been on the road traveling. You've never asked God to grant you journey mercies and He did it? Sometimes you do not have money in school and you still manage to feed? You've never asked Him for "long life and prosperity"? And maybe you don't know that you're only saying all these things now because you're alive? Or...oh, you're not prosperous? Maybe not yet? Stop talking about the lives of the "righteous and God-loving people", their lives are things you've no idea what's really happening in. Their lives are theirs, not yours. Face yours. Talk about yours. You've no idea the kinda relationship they have (or had?) with their God. It's so unfortunate that after all the happenings in our present world, you'd still give yourself more reasons to criticize God, instead of appreciating Him. Well, it's not too surprising though; we live in a very negative world. People (we) tend to see and dwell on the negatives a lot more than they (we) appreciate the positives. There is God. He reigns supreme, and His ways are mysterious. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by badnature: 4:47pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
because what JESUS CHRIST told the woman of Nazareth is applicable to the people of this generation" ( woman ye worshipped what ye did not know") 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by CaptainJune: 4:54pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
Let me add one or two thoughts to Scholar8200's answer. One thing is sure, sin hinders prayers. There are people that may have prayed many times for a solution but didn't get what they prayed for. This may be as a result of one or two sins they are still clinging to and are not ready to forsake. The presence of that sin(s) may hinder the effectiveness of their prayers. See, many people will just come and tell you that they prayed for a long time without any visible results, but what they won't tell you is their numerous adventures into the world of sin all that time they were praying to God for the answer to their requests. They think God will lower His standards because of them. 'Be ye holy for I am holy' can never be compromised for anybody. Secondly, when we hear reports of deaths especially when it concerns a believer, we never know what transpired between that person and God during their last moments on earth. It is possible God had impressed upon that person an instruction or command through nagging feelings or thoughts but the person disobeyed thinking it was their imagination and paid the price of ignoring that little voice of warning. In nairaland here, in this section, there was a thread opened for people to recount their testimonies of God's intervention in their lives. A particular young lady's testimony moved me. She narrated that there was a time she went to the school hall to read at night. While reading, she said the feeling to shift her position to the right kept disturbing her. Finally, she obeyed the 'feeling' and did just that. Almost immediately, the cement roof above her collapsed in a heap on the place she was originally. I read the testimony of a foreign pastor a many years ago. He said while preparing to board a flight, he continued to have this persistent bad feeling about his decision. When it wouldn't stop, he got down on his knees and asked God whether he should board the flight or not. The answer came that he shouldn't. Later, he received the news that the particular flight he planned to board had crashed. In the end, when a true believer dies through accident, or wickedness of man, or through sickness, it doesn't mean God did not grant their requests to live long. It may simply mean God used that accident to bring them home, not wanting them to stay any longer in the earth. Their work on earth may have been done so He sends for them using any means to bring about their death in order for them to spend the rest of eternity with Him. [/b] 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by raayah(f): 5:04pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
erusen: Awesome, I studied engineering too. I got in because i was smart. I believe you are smart too!! 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by lepasharon(f): 6:05pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
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Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Nobody: 6:10pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
JoeCutie: I'm not doubting His existence. His interest in us/me is something I'm not so sure of. Don't talk about me. You don't know about my successes or failures. They're people who don't deserve half of what they have and yet they get it. Atheists even. While we sit, fast, pray and cry over what they have, yet God waits for us to stab ourselves with pains, then maybe one day when He's in a good mood/bored, after a million years, an angel comes through and answers us. You are right about one thing tho. His ways are mysterious. Let's leave it at that. 1 Like |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by JoeCutie(m): 6:14pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
MzNelly:That's okay |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by Nobody: 6:15pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
CaptainJune, God kills us because He's bored and wants us to spend some time with Him? Does this even make an iota of sense to you? If you don't understand why people die, say so and stop giving brain dead explanations. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by bashbabe2: 7:21pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
There is nothing like premature death.People die at the time God has decreed for them to.No one dies a second before or after thier appointed time. The sooner everyone accepts this and leave everyday as thier last, the better. The only prayer is to meet God when we are not engrossed in sins and meet GOD when HE is pleased with us. |
Re: Why Do People Still Die Prematurely After Praying To God Against Untimely Death by CaptainJune: 7:44pm On Sep 12, 2015 |
MzNelly: Let me ask you, is it unrealistic for God to call one of His sons or daughters home through any means of death we know in order for them to come to His rest and spend eternity with Him? Isaiah 57:1-2. "The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death." Of course, this is not the 'general' reason why (God's) people die but it should not be discounted as one of the reasons. Have you read the book, The Final Quest? The book is not the foundation of my belief but it is one of the numerous confirmations of my belief. 3 Likes |
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