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<blockquote data-quote="OrthoSerb" data-source="post: 1558828" data-attributes="member: 24061"><p>It depends what you're asking for.&nbsp; I agree there is no end to prayer as such and it needs to be continuously cultivated until our dying breath.&nbsp; But if it's something very specific that you desire for yourself (for example if you're asking God to give you a very specific person in marriage), you also need to have the humility to consider that the desire may not be coming from the right place and your prayer needs to be finished with the likes of &quot;if it is your will&quot;.&nbsp; Then you need to actually trust God and be prepared that He may not give the thing you originally wanted.&nbsp; There may be something better that he intends for you or there may be some hidden danger that He is protecting you from.&nbsp; I can't recall where I read it now, but there was a confessor that advised people to beseech God for His mercy if they do not receive their exact request after copious amounts of supplication.&nbsp; &quot;Lord have mercy&quot; covers everything and allows God to act outside the boundaries of what we have fashioned with our mind.&nbsp; It can become a prideful and conceited thing to continue to insist that God resolves our situation in exactly the way we had in mind.&nbsp; That's not going to lead to the best possible solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="OrthoSerb, post: 1558828, member: 24061"] It depends what you're asking for. I agree there is no end to prayer as such and it needs to be continuously cultivated until our dying breath. But if it's something very specific that you desire for yourself (for example if you're asking God to give you a very specific person in marriage), you also need to have the humility to consider that the desire may not be coming from the right place and your prayer needs to be finished with the likes of "if it is your will". Then you need to actually trust God and be prepared that He may not give the thing you originally wanted. There may be something better that he intends for you or there may be some hidden danger that He is protecting you from. I can't recall where I read it now, but there was a confessor that advised people to beseech God for His mercy if they do not receive their exact request after copious amounts of supplication. "Lord have mercy" covers everything and allows God to act outside the boundaries of what we have fashioned with our mind. It can become a prideful and conceited thing to continue to insist that God resolves our situation in exactly the way we had in mind. That's not going to lead to the best possible solution. [/QUOTE]

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