prayer warriors (following Jesus Christ, everyone welcome)

chickengr said:

maybe I did not explain well. anger comes from satan and if we are angry that is as if we are worshiping the wrong one. God wants us to be calm. if we pray while angry our prayer is weak. we should always calm down before we start praying.

if someone gently asks you to help you are going to help, right? but if someone is shouting with anger you probably will not feel like helping them. the same thing applies when talking to God. God IS love but God also teaches us lessons. we should always be nice when talk to him. if we are angry as spoiled kids we might provoke God to teach us the lesson the same way parents teach lessons their kids.

we need to deserve God's help. it is true that he helps even if we don't but only if HE finds it necessary. God also tempts us. we cannot do whatever we want to and let God fix our mistakes.

I hope I explained better. ask if I didn't.

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tripletfeb said:

I respectfully disagree with most of this. Anger does not come from satan. God himself was angry many times. The great flood and Sodom and Gomorrah come to mind right away. Anger is an emotion that everyone has, what we do when we are angry is what matters. I've prayed to God many times while being angry. He has helped to calm me and I can then find peace. God always knows how we are feeling, to hide it from Him would be wrong. And waiting to pray until you are not angry could be a mistake, at that moment, one might need the prayers most of all. Of course, yelling at God is never right but it can still happen. But it doesn't mean it's from satan, God understands emotions. In fact, He is the one that gave us emotions. Anger being one of them. Without anger, we can't experience love or forgiveness

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