When you prayed did it ever work?

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What does that mean? Bring heaven to earth. Is their a biblical example or command that we do this?

It's from Jesus himself. Sermon on the Mount; the Lord's Prayer:

"...your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven..."

Appearently not. You were looking to tap into God to accomplish your goals your desires. Look at what you say next. You were looking to Heal. What if God wanted or needed you to do something else, but you were holding out to heal because you decided that you would 'claim' that work from God. You were not there for God, you were their for you. You wanted a great power to claim for yourself. You wanted a gift like simon the sourcer, and tried to buy it like he did by going to Thailand on your own dime. Why would God give or rather sell someone a gift who was not Spiritually mature enough to use it? (the fact that you tried to buy a spiritual gift says you are not mature enough to use it)

I'm finding this mentality sickening by the minute. I completely gave myself over to God so that he could reach out to people. To propose that I didn't fill this requirement or I got to Thailand the wrong way (what, was I supposed to row over there instead of "buy" my way to helping them?) and that's why God did nothing is just sickening.

Acts8:18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”20 But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! 21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”24 Then Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.”25 So when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

What utter rubbish. You've set up a strawman. Why the heck would I want to "buy" a spiritual gift? Your bloody book says we've been given the authority to witness via signs such as healing. I saw some severe diseases over there (including a man at the hospital who was minutes from death) and God did NOTHING.

Enough to submit to God, and whatever Spiritual gift He has or will give you, and to work dillegently with it no matter what that may look like. Rather than go off somewhere and try and buy the one you want simply because you are 'convicted' that the one you want is the one He wants you to have..

In other words, the "gift" you get given is indistinguishable from coincidences occuring by anything other than divine means. This explains why NO ONE healed during that trip, including our heavyweight miracle healer who claims to heal at our local hospital every weekend (as opposed to going to church on a Sunday. Yeah, he's that committed).

Appearently yes. God has Demended your All and All not two months of Part time pay. I can see how one could get caught up in the idea that is how you give your all in all by going on to mission trips, especially in that brand of christianity. But, you yourself admitted that going on these trips weren't that big of a deal.. If you Had truthfully given your whole self to God you would have A/S/K for the gift of the Holy Spirit. To which Spiritual Descernment is a 'fruit' we all receive to one degree or another, More over in your seeking for the Spirit you would have read your bible. More specifically you would have read 1corthians 12. This is where Paul speaks of one body many parts. Meaning even though we are unified in Christ not all of our Spiritual gifts will manifest themselves in the same way. Now couple this with the smallest amount of Spiritual descernement and you could have seen that if you were not 'feeling this mission trip' then you through the 'gifts' you were slated for wasn't right for this trip. Meaning more specifically that if God had not given you, or you were not going to be given anything that would help you on this mission trip you would not have any desperate desire to go. And if your church or church members were still trying to sell you on this trip then again with the SMALLEST amount of Spiritual descernement you would have known this church/denomination was not right for you. For in 1 Cor 12 Paul tells us not all have been given the same Spiritual gift, and yet they were pushing people to 'heal' others. again if you had completely given yourself to God this message Paul wrote nearly 2000 years ago would have put the brakes on the whole thing.. Unless you just wanted to goto Thailand.

Pushing people into gifts is a type of toxic faith.(It destroys believers and their faiths) for it pushes them in a direction where God is not, and when they do not find God they assume their isn't a God to be found. Understand God is not going to positivly reinforce toxic behaivor. It is for This reason that toxic faith is worse than unbelief, and those who teach this type of faith will have much to answer for. Because alot fo the bible has to be ignored in order to get to a place where we try and teach others to conjoure God's power on demand.

Out of a church edging on 1000 people, not one person has the gift of healing. I highly HIGHLY doubt that that is probable. The better explanation is that the Christian god doesn't exist.

Says the man who could not buy God's attention with a trip to thailand.

I tell you the truth. If my experience with God was the same as yours, then I would absolutly share your conclusions. But, I have seen too much, experienced too much, witnessed too much, Heard too much for anyone to convince me otherwise. The thing is, I am no one special. I just took the time to ask God to show me what it is I needed to know despite what any religion says about Him, and I asked that I be strong enough to follow Him where ever He may lead me. If you want to know God, as He is rather than as you (or your old church) would have Him to be, then take what ever faith you have left and ask him to show you what He has shown me, and keep asking till you see Him.

The Muslim will also tell me of their experiences with god. Anecdotal evidence is inconclusive because every religion will tell you the same thing.