urge to pray - advice/help

[Ziploc Surprise]

Your problem here may be that you're applying human limitations to an unlimited being. Do you believe that a matter of geography limits His providence? The word is preached everywhere in the world, and where it isn't, God sends dreams and visions. You assume that people are slipping through the cracks, I don't.

This is doctrine well spoken, but bullshit well spoken is still bullshit. I've heard this before (and many variations their of). I even vaguely remember the scripture reference that supports it. Here is my problem with it: There is no factual evidence to back it up. To do so would require a worldwide study -say perhaps a questioner. Some way of measuring weather everyone in the world understands the salvation message to the point where they were able to make a conscious decision about it. After all those who don't choose god or the right god is bound for eternal torment in hell. To say that god takes care of those who have never heard the salvation message is to cover over a very large problem and then walk away. You assume people aren't slipping through the cracks. You have no proof of this.

Also, this brings up the problem of the great commission. Why use missionaries? Wait a sec, I've heard those excuses before. It still bothers me though that some people get every opportunity to avoid eternal torment yet other people have to make their decision based on a supposed dream. Furthermore so many missionaries working in areas that have oppressive governments are killed for spreading the gospel when god could have just cut the crap and given these people a dream.

Is this how you understood your relationship with our Heavenly Father? Did you in all the time you had prayed ever once utter these words?: (speak Lord, your servant is listening)

My belief in God isn't based on what I receive from prayer, it is based on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I have been blessed to experience the presence of God in my life ever since the day I received the Holy Spirit, and that has never ceased. I do not need to do anything to sustain my belief because I trust the Lord in all matters of my life and He is faithful.

If you eliminate all material wishes from prayer there still remains elements critical to relationship. these are answered questions. Some deal with direction and decisions and others are more general. Questions like these are critical to human relationships but somehow god can get away with not answering them or at least not doing so in a timely manner. This hurts a person's relationship with god but they are so bent on believing (I've noticed) that they will make excuses for their sky daddy so they can continue to worship him.