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How do you keep faith in hard times?
Here are five ways I try to keep faith when it seems impossible:
- Pray. Ask God, the universe, or whatever higher force you believe in for the strength to love to your full potential.
- Be generous to others.
- Get inspired.
- Surround yourself with people you admire.
- Get the ball rolling first thing in the morning.
How can you prepare the way for the Lord today?
1. John the Baptist prepares the way of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Feeling godly sorrow for sin (2 Corinthians 7:9–10).
- Confessing and forsaking sins (D&C 58:42–43).
- Making amends, where possible, for wrongs done (Luke 19:8).
- Obeying the commandments (D&C 1:31–32).
- Turning to the Lord and serving him (Mosiah 7:33).
Is worry a lack of faith?
Worry is faith going the opposite direction. Faith is expecting and believing for the best, worry does the opposite! Worry expects and believes for the worst. One is positive, and the other is negative.
What God says about worry?
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Is it wrong to pray for someone who is already dead?
While it is not wrong to pray for someone who is already dead, there is no purpose is asking God to have mercy on them. We don’t decide when people have eternal life or eternal death.
Should we pray for the resurrection?
Praying for resurrection is different than praying for them to have eternal life. The purpose of Lazarus being raised from the dead was not so that he could live on earth longer, it was to show Jesus’ authority so others would have faith and believe in Him.
Do Anglicans pray to the dead?
In Anglican worship, we don’t pray to the dead . But, we do pray for the dead and we pray with the dead. Many people have asked me why we do this.
Does true prayer change the prayer or the prayerser?
True prayer—whether to God or the angels and saints—changes the pray-er, not the pray-ee. If one says recklessly as Mr. White said, “… there is to be no communication between the living and the dead,” where does this leave Jesus? He is clearly guilty according to Luke 9:29-31:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hnr-Qi1g8k