A few questions
I'm not entirey sure if this is in the right section so sorry if it's posted in the wrong one. I have a few questions relating to Christianity that I have been wondering about for a while now and was hoping to get some guidance with. What do you think of these things?
My first question is regarding praying. I like to pray daily but I'm not completely sure what to pray about. For example, take something like people in general not having food or a home; I feel like I should be praying for those people to be helped, so I do. But the thing is there will still be people that need food and a home so the next day I pray for them to be helped again. Praying this way I end up praying for the same thing every day. I also feel the need to pray for many other things. So there ends up being lots of things that I pray for and because I keep on praying for them every day the amount of things to pray for just keeps getting bigger. What do you think of this? Should I just pray for something once and only once? What if the thing I pray for does not come to pass even if I keep praying for it? Should I then just keep on praying for it over and over
My second question is about working on Sunday. Is it wrong to work on Sunday? My job requires me to work on Sunday so is it wrong for me to work then?
My third question is about marriage. I know what marriage means in society today but what did it mean to be "married" in biblical times before the marriage ceremony that we know today was carried out? If two individuals were to become engaged would they be considered to be married in God's eyes already since they have both agreed to marry one another.
I'm not entirey sure if this is in the right section so sorry if it's posted in the wrong one. I have a few questions relating to Christianity that I have been wondering about for a while now and was hoping to get some guidance with. What do you think of these things?
My first question is regarding praying. I like to pray daily but I'm not completely sure what to pray about. For example, take something like people in general not having food or a home; I feel like I should be praying for those people to be helped, so I do. But the thing is there will still be people that need food and a home so the next day I pray for them to be helped again. Praying this way I end up praying for the same thing every day. I also feel the need to pray for many other things. So there ends up being lots of things that I pray for and because I keep on praying for them every day the amount of things to pray for just keeps getting bigger. What do you think of this? Should I just pray for something once and only once? What if the thing I pray for does not come to pass even if I keep praying for it? Should I then just keep on praying for it over and over
My second question is about working on Sunday. Is it wrong to work on Sunday? My job requires me to work on Sunday so is it wrong for me to work then?
My third question is about marriage. I know what marriage means in society today but what did it mean to be "married" in biblical times before the marriage ceremony that we know today was carried out? If two individuals were to become engaged would they be considered to be married in God's eyes already since they have both agreed to marry one another.