Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?

[LayHong_Loves_Christ]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

 

[rturner76]

It is surely ok to ask but God's soverign will decides who will hit the number. He has created the laws of averages and physics for that purpose.

I will pray for you too, but if your lottery ticket purchases start cutting into to far into your budget, it could be considered gambling. I saw a guy at the gas station who was buying lottery tickets 50-100 at a time. I didn't see him getting much of anything back for his trouble. When you fill up your tank get a couple of your favorite scratchers. Hitting the number is near impossible and I have seen some real scumbags hit their number so I don't think that being more or less devout will get your number called.

At least with a scratcher, there is some type of game involved, not just a number and a prayer. My mom plays the number once in a while using her kids birth dates. If that hits then I do think it's a God thing. I just wouldn't expect to hit it because I prayed. You might end up blaming God for NOT winning. That would be a shame and I'm not saying that you would but this lottery is like a drug for some people. They figure "as long as I have a number out there I have a chance" rather than have 0 chance for not playing at least they have one chance in a billion or whatever it is. But somebody has to win right? Why not you?

 

[Dosblade]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

HAHA I like that! I don't think so..

 

[StuartB]

You can, but God doesn't answer simple prayers. So i doubt he can answer your prayer for a lotto win.

 

[com7fy8]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

"be content with such things as you have" > in Hebrews 13:5.

God wants you.

"'In your seed all the nations shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.'" (Genesis 22:18)

With God, we can do more than any amount of money can do. God's word is His money which can accomplish all which God Himself is able to dream >

"'So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.'"
(Isaiah 55:11)

 

[Dave Darling]

According to the scripture it is permissible, all things are permissible, I sometimes buy a lottery ticket when there is a huge jackpot like 1 billion dollars. I have have it in my heart that if I ever won the lottery I would just start traveling the country making donations to churches and schools.

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

 

[Dave Darling]

I actually won the lottery a few months ago, there was a $200,000 jackpot but I did not win that, I only won $10. That was a gift from God, I will just give it to the church when I receive the payment.

 

[returntosender]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

Did it work?

 

[splish- splash]

If one wants to eat, they should go out & work. God will bless the work of our hands. Start some side hustles if you can but dont expect money to just show up like that.

I do post about the lottery myself, but that's just how I pass time & joke sometimes.. However it appears, certain brethren get vexed about my lottery jokes, I wonder why...

As children of God, let's go out to work & we will be fine.. As long as we're not begging, then we should be alright.. Pray maybe for wisdom & ideas on how you can make money, if that's what you're after. God's children must do something with their hands other..

Playing Lottery can be addictive too, so it's probably best to stay away from it... See verse below:

1 Corinthians 10 verse 23

23 "All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up. 23 You say, “I am allowed to do anything” —but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial.

 

[LayHong_Loves_Christ]

Can I choose to do food & beverage business and ask God to bless my business?

 

[Michelletheone]

It is surely ok to ask but God's soverign will decides who will hit the number. He has created the laws of averages and physics for that purpose.

I will pray for you too, but if your lottery ticket purchases start cutting into to far into your budget, it could be considered gambling. I saw a guy at the gas station who was buying lottery tickets 50-100 at a time. I didn't see him getting much of anything back for his trouble. When you fill up your tank get a couple of your favorite scratchers. Hitting the number is near impossible and I have seen some real scumbags hit their number so I don't think that being more or less devout will get your number called.

At least with a scratcher, there is some type of game involved, not just a number and a prayer. My mom plays the number once in a while using her kids birth dates. If that hits then I do think it's a God thing. I just wouldn't expect to hit it because I prayed. You might end up blaming God for NOT winning. That would be a shame and I'm not saying that you would but this lottery is like a drug for some people. They figure "as long as I have a number out there I have a chance" rather than have 0 chance for not playing at least they have one chance in a billion or whatever it is. But somebody has to win right? Why not you?

It seems like the Holy Spirit is speaking through you. I agree with 'He has created the laws of averages and physics for that purpose.' And I'd like to add that if you don't win, there's no need to be too disappointed. It's important to believe that the victory goes to the one who needs it the most at that moment. After all, everything in this life happens for a reason.

 

[returntosender]

Can I choose to do food & beverage business and ask God to bless my business?

You can ask anything.

 

[Michelletheone]

Did it work?

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Short and sweet, please.

Gone are the days when "Jesus is my personal savior" was enough.

"13 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end."

I love that Frankie Mazzapica! What an on fire pastor. Not to mention allen Jackson.

I don't read anything beyond the length of my phone.

By the way, I'm curious too if it worked

 

[discombobulated1]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

I am with Rturner. There is nothing wrong per se w/ playing (why do they call it playing?) but if you spend more money on that than, say, helping the needy, there could be a big problem w/ God.

And I need to take that advice also. Sometimes I am just too focused on unimportant things like that.

 

[packermann]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

Our Lord gave us how to pray. Give us this day our daily bread. Any more than that we should just ask for His will be done.

 

[Soyeong]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

The lottery is essentially a tax on people who didn't do well at math. If you're going to ask God to make you win the lottery, then you should also ask God to help you to find the winning lottery ticket that no one is missing, so that way you're not throwing away money. However, winning the lottery is often not all that it is cracked up to be, such as if you look at the lives of people before they won the lottery and compare it to their lives 5 or 10 years later, it is often not a pretty picture. It has ended poorly for people even when they had the best intentions to give the money away.

 

[markbrewer]

even if i win a billion dollars, there's that same jerk in the mirror. he is wearing nicer clothes, though,

 

[discombobulated1]

I used to buy plenty of lottery tickets. The reason I don't anymore is that I got sick of losing. (Trump would be so proud of me )

then there is this. One time I checked out all the "extra" ball thingies (you know, that extra ball you choose after choosing 5) and discovered that in this one game, one particular number NEVER came up. Well, once it did, some 120 draws ago! But is that random? I mean, you have 25 or 26 numbers to choose from and that number hardly ever comes up? I was never good at math, but that doesn't appear to be random. So then I got to thinking: the game is rigged. All of them. I saw this kind of thing in all the games. So I don't play often anymore.

I hate rigged things (like elections)

 

[discombobulated1]

even if i win a billion dollars, there's that same jerk in the mirror. he is wearing nicer clothes, though,

LOL

One could do a lot of good with a billion $ but... well, see my most recent post b4 this one. I believe the games are rigged. It used to be you'd watch the drawings on TV. Does that even happen anymore? You'd see the balls all lined up and air would go into this transparent box thing and then some numbered balls would be tossed up on this whatever it is.. ledge? And voila, you'd have 5 numbers and then that extra one. But I doubt they do that anymore.

These days, some computer, rigged by humans, likely chooses the numbers. Have you ever noticed the WEIRD patterns of numbers that come up?

I mean it will be something like 15 20 60 65 67 or whatever. I mean, they know people don't choose that way (usually)

 

[Palmfever]

Can I ask God to make me hit lottery?
And I promise to give money to Charity NGO, to Churches.
Is that ok?

You may ask Him whatever you like.
Solomon however responded thus:
1 Kings, 3:4
The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

6 Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

7 “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8 Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. 11 So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, 12 I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings.