Do you still pray before yo go to sleep?

That's good. Me I do that before. But I guess because of so many problems that come to my life I just loss hope. I'm not born rich but I can say we have some money and position in the government and many respect us. But since if your parents has money the tendency of children is to spend thinking that money will not going to drain but combining with health issues and with no steady incomes. I guess 25 years later all the money is gone along with the power and friends that you thought they are your friends. Then I guess even prayers is hard to do.

That's true. But when we are in trouble for five years and every day you pray and hope for change and nothing come. I guess you will also going to stop praying. But to be honest. When I was happy I do pray and thanks God for the joy that I receive. I don't know what God plan to me. Maybe He is just testing my faith. Its five hard years and still no chance of recovery but lots of disappointments.

when someone is happy, he or she tends to forget to thank God for all the blessings and just everything. it is usually only when we are troubled and have so many problems that we think about Him and pray really hard for Him to help us. Sad but true.

That's good. Before I do pray rosary every 6pm. But that was before. I don't know what happen to our family. Maybe because of financial problem and because most if not all of our prayers has not been answered we just get tired of praying. For five years I pray to find a job and I find none. All look promising but none really turn into reality.

hi bulastika. hopefully,you and your family gets out of the financial problems that you have. i doubt if the prayers(or lack of thereof) is the sole solution to your problems. keep praying and keep trying. i'll also include you in my prayers my friend.

Thanks. I needed it for five years now. Hope that changes will come soon. I have hard time and I don't know if tomorrow were will I be. We are already two months behind with our monthly rent. And its seems theirs no more future left in me. Spending 15 years in school only to find work for three years and that's it after that 5 years has pass still no works.

That's good. Anyway what is your religion? And what path do you follow Him? Me I tried to follow Him. Problem is that every time I step His steps I loss my footing. And every time I tried to struggle to stand up I end up trap in the mud. And I don't know when will someone going to walk is way also and see me trap and help me stand up again. I guess the path our Lord Jesus Christ walk in has few passer by.

Its nice that even if you are not taught by your parents to pray you learn how to pray and you pass it to your son. Its really a good way to help your son grow strong and obedient. Because a person who do pray can express their feeling more than a person who don't pray. Because if you can open yourself to God then why not to a person right?

And even if I pray sometimes it just for the sake of praying. Gone are days when I pray with my heart. Now its seems if Ever I pray I pray for ht sake of praying. I pray because I can. My mind and heart just can't focus anymore. I guess we need faith in order to pray with our hearth wholly

I guess I don't loss faith then. I just loss hope. Because I'm sure I do. Five years ago I'm top of the world. I can spend money without thinking where to pay my creditcards. Now I'm broke with 2,000 dollars debt. I know in some its a small amount. But I'm living in a third world country. that the minimum to salary is only 2 dollars a day. So just imagine how big 2,000 dollars to me.

Than that whole my life. I even enter seminary when I was in high school. And I think what you have advise to me I done that already many times over and over. But sometimes you will going to reach the point in which you need to face reality. If a ship is sinking. Will you going to hold a bible or a log?

At least he still goes to heaven. lols Actually if you put logic and argumentative discussion. Its not his fault. I mean why did God did not introduce himself that He is saving him? As he keeps insisting that God will save him. So why not tell him that? But even Jesus Christ in His dying cross ask this question. "father why have you forsaken me".

I'm religion neutral.Sorry but you can't force me to embrace any religion.IMHO,religion is just a belief system.A lot of religions are misleading people & are causing them to live in fear.That's why I became neutral.Bash me all you want.I don't care.

I'm I that prejudice? You just said in your post that your not catholic anymore. So I thought you just chance religion or something. Because in the end of your paragraph in your first post you said "religion doesn't matter but your faith does." that's why I ask what is your religion since faith does come somewhere right? Anyway I'm conservative in practice but liberal in thinking.

So what is your religion? Religion does matter. Because Religion is your faith. How can you have faith if you your self don't see the true value of your religion. Religion is like a school. Each school has different method of teaching. And you can say that it does not matter what school you come what matters is the teaching. But school is teaching. That's how we develop our faith through the teaching of our religion.

It really does not matter what you think what matters is what do our religion teach us. So in this case its only the priest can answer this question. But for example my religion is roman catholic and under then commandments theirs only three rules for God and seven rules for man. And one of the rules for God is to go to church every sunday. So its only shows that prayers is very important.

That's good. At least you can sleep with a smile in your face. Me I can't smile anymore. I guess I'm just tired of praying and seems none of my prayers has been answered. I have a great faith before. I even try to join seminary. But sad to say I'm not good in academic so I drop out. But do faith need to be good in academic to serve God? Maybe because of that disappointment I just stop praying.

That's true. Sometimes praying give us good mood. Good mode give us good motivation and good motivation give us something that make our life more lighter. Many think that life is full of challenges but sometimes its up to use how we accept challenges. Because in life it does not matter if you have no assets what important is that your happy.

That's true. I also do that before. But I guess even a person who has strong faith when you loss hope. You also loss faith. Because hope is what make us fight on. Five years without a job and first years struggling with debt really make me loss hope.

Well praying is a lot for me. It is my communication with God. I thank Him and I ask him through prayer. I also say sorry to Him through prayer.

I guess when we have problem we always talk to Him. But if we are enjoying life we forgot about him. I know its hard to have a good life. 90% of people have financial problems. And those 10% have problems on how to spend their money. lols. But over all its in GOD that we can find peace of mind.

I also do pray, But I guess I reach the point that I loss hope. I loss hope because I prayed at night but when I wake up on the next day I have same problem again. I know I have hard time financially right now. For five years I prayed to find a job but I end up with broken dreams and broken hopes.

Religion has nothing to do with your relationship to your Lord? So who is your Lord? Because theirs so many religion. Theirs Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and many more. If you say religion has nothing to do with it. Then that means you don't know who is your Lord at all. Because religion is our Lord. That's why its called religion.

Sometimes you look too far that you don't see where your standing. Theirs so many religion. Roman catholic, Protestant, Roman Orthodontics etc. they are all believe in Jesus Christ. But each religion has its own teaching that contradict from each other belief about Jesus Christ and yet they all believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord. If you believe in Jesus Christ you need faith and in order to develop faith you need teaching and in order to be teach you need a teacher and in order to have a teacher you need a church and church represent religion. You can't just open a bible and say that I have faith. Because even Holy Bible have different version depends on what religion using it.

My Lord is Jesus Christ, who came down from heaven, become man, endured the cross to pay the penalty of my sins. On the third day, He rose again to show me that when I trust Him, He has the power to give me life - eternal in the heavens. That's my Lord. Religion didn't die for me. Religion is not my Lord.

That's true. This is how we talk to God. By praying. My last confession is 1990. Just imagine that. that's almost more than 20 years ago. Although when I was young I'm a very religious person. I studied in religious school. But I guess angels do loss their wings. As the more we want to be free the more we shed our feather.

I guess so. Sometimes when we see a freak accident we exclaim. "Oh my God!" lols. I guess that's also a sign of prayers we just don't realize it. Or if we are eating and we really have a full meal and we burp we say "Thanks God!". lols. Life is full of surprises and even if we don't think its going to happen it do happen and sometimes we pray sometimes we don't but bottom line God don't forget us.

That's what I do when I was a kid. I remember that I memories the Bible when I was in high school. I don't pray that much but I still do read Bible every night and in school I have a friend that we play games by the first person to know this person wins. lols. I remember prophets etc.

I'm surprise that when I open this thread theirs a lot or response in this thread. I never thought that this simple daily routine will be interested on by posters. I guess in modern world, with this new technology and social life. Time for us is so short that by not praying we save time by doing something else. Although I want to teach myself again how to pray regularly I really don't know why suddenly I'm so lazy to do it.