Dear God,
I don’t remember the last time i was happy. I hope you can hear me and help me feel alive again. Everyday I am suffering and I don’t see an end to my darkness. I just want to be HAPPY.
Aurora Mendoza - Los Angeles Share:
Dear God,
I don’t remember the last time i was happy. I hope you can hear me and help me feel alive again. Everyday I am suffering and I don’t see an end to my darkness. I just want to be HAPPY.
Aurora Mendoza - Los Angeles 
Dear God,
After reading many of the prayers posted on this site, I feel compelled to humbly submit that it is time for a revelation. I think the pain that many have caused in your name stems from foolish and distorted impressions of Scripture… distortions in fact often carelessly spread by men of the cloth. There is a fundamental truth that runs deep throughout Scripture but that has been missed or overlooked and I believe that this has led to many of the problems our world faces. God, I believe that once our time here on earth is complete, we will know the entirety of our lives in extreme detail. We will see and completely know every thought, word and deed of our entire existence. More than that, we will also know how each has affected every person in the world. And after this we will either feel guilt, shame and regret for the person we were or alternatively we will be at peace and feel content with the person we have been. At this moment we will either hear you say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant” or not. The amount of guilt, shame and regret we feel will be the amount of which we are tormented in hell and the amount of peace and contentedness we feel will be the amount we can enjoy the abundance of heaven. You have given us a tool to help us arrive at this moment and feel peace, and that tool is your Scripture and the theology it holds. Children will quibble over the “reality” of your theology but these are fools who miss its true intention to help humans have a relationship with you, the divine and loving creative source of all things. You, who, absent of this theology, will forever remain out of reach for the vast majority of our human race. So God, if I am correct in the things I have said, I pray for a global revelation. I pray that the world awakens to these truths and that we approach Scripture and theology in a new way. If this happens, God, your truths will be propelled to a place in our hearts and minds that is out of reach of the skeptics and doubtful thoughts for theology will be returned to it’s righteous place and we will be focused on you, the destination to which theology strives to direct us. I suppose I could be over-simplifying things by not acknowledging some cosmic event that occurs each time a person declares their faith in Jesus. Or, I could be wrong in assuming that anything at all happens to any part of us after death. But what does it matter, if humans are inspired to treat others always in a manner with which they can confidently be at peace. This I believe is at the heart of ALL that Christ lived and died to teach us. In your holy name, Jesus Christ, I pray for this to occur before it is too late. Thy will be done, Amen Seniah - California/USAShare:
Dear ………..someone, anyone, you.
Everyday I fail.
Everyday I find hatred in myself.
Everyday I try.
Everyday I let myself down.
Everyday I look for guidance.
Everyday I seek solace.
Everyday I am sad.
Everyday I know tomorrow will be no different.
I want to believe.
I want to love.
I want to win.
I want to do better.
I want to change.
I want to be happy.
I want to proud of myself.
I want to know tomorrow will be different.
I will continue to want change everyday……
Lonely & seeking in London Share:
Dear God,
I try to live in a dream world. Please change me to feel comfortable to live in the real world. Prasit, ThailandShare:
Dear God,
I am really worried about the current state of the world. People are working way too hard; almost no one I know enjoys life even though they are touted as “accomplished.” There are still so many injustices; gay people are thrust into deviant acts out of passive rebellion to established authorities and women are still second class citizens in many societies. Body image controls the media and chips at so many people. What ever happened to those thoughts and feelings of purity when we were young? Do those ever return? Please God, bring back that sense of innocence and freedom. We’re all dying here. Bring back honesty, love, and care to the world. Please.Trent, Los Angeles/USA
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Dear God,
My heart is broken. As I read the prayers of different people – I realize the simple truth that so many people are simply searching.
My prayer is that they would find You. There is no fulfillment in the world but in You.
Nothing has changed thousands of years. The church is filled with people who look one way on the outside and are actually rotten to their very core. I am no better than anyone. You are the only hope for fulfillment – and you want us all to have it.
I pray that the broken and beat down would not be turned away from you because they have not cleaned their outer appearance. God – please teach me to love regardless. Teach me to love without stipulations.
In the name of Jesus - Amen. Blake, South Carolina/USAShare:
Dear God,
I wonder if you can you tell that the ‘better’ I get, the worse I really am; no else seems to notice. Is this all a part of your plan? If so, your plan is pretty sadistic and fucked up.
You know, God, I’m thinking about giving up. The only thing stopping me is my doubt over whether it will be any better with you. Will it?
K, Vancouver, Canada Share:
Dear God,
Please help me get over these difficult times i am having right now.I find myself lying to people close to me, and I don’t want to do it, please give me the courage to just tell the truth! Also people help me to get through this dark time and help ward of the monsters in my head telling me to end my life:(
Grace, Melbourne/Australia
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Dear Allah,
Thank you for inspiring the people behind dear-god with dear-god..
I was feeling down and decided to post a miserable prayer but then I took a peek at the first few posts on dear-god and I changed my mind.
I thought I was miserable! There are a hell of a lot more miseries in this world, which makes my misery sound like a whining, ungrateful complaint.
Dear Allah, I will not lose hope, and will keep on trying my best however down and suicidal I might be.. My intentions are good, and I never meant anything bad to others, so please Allah, I hope in the end the results will be good too.
Please Allah, lead me to the best path..
Nameiva, Singapore Share:
Dear God,
I am so tired. Tired of failing. Tired of trying. Tired of wanting to be different than I am. Why am I an addict? Why do I consistently seek to numb myself, to eradicate any pain, real or imagined? Why do I seem to demand a life that is free of pain? Help me to embrace life as it is, even when it hurts. Even when it’s scary as hell. Even when there’s a damn good chance that I will fail . . . again. People tell me that you love me just as I am. If that’s so, then why is it so damn hard for me to trust You? Why do I insist on living as if You don’t exist or at least matter? Help me God. I need rest. I need peace. I don’t know how much longer I can do this. Derzu Sylizias, Seattle,USAShare:
Dear God,
It’s been a hell of a year, but I’m still standing. Finding out I was HIV+ was the hardest blow I’ve had to take in my life, and that’s saying a lot. But I’ve survived it, and come to terms with it, and I’m finding the strength and the faith to keep on going.
I’m not writing to ask ‘why’. Or to tell you I’m pissed off at you for this. Or even to beg you to take it all away. I’m writing to say thank you for giving me this chance to come to a new appreciation of my life, and the people I love. And I’m writing to ask you to help me discern what’s next, and to have the courage to take it on.
Oh yeah. And I hope you know: I may not come see you very often, or even talk to you all that much, but you are close to my heart always.
See you around.
Jay, Shanghai/China Share:
Dear Life, I’m 25 and failing life in a world that left me behind. I have no job because no one will hire me without an education, but I can’t afford one without a job. My credit is shot when my last employer fired me and I needed loans to stay alive. My teeth are rotting because I can’t afford to see a dentist, my friends won’t see me because I had to move out of the city to live at home while I try to fix my life and the prospects of getting any sort of gainful work out here is slim.I’m a 25 year old lower class citizen. Everyone talks like people are all equal here but it simply isn’t true. When I walk down the street the only people who look at me are the homeless, the addicts and the helpless. I’m lost, I’m scared, and I don’t know how long I can do this. I was always one of the smartest people my friends knew but that isn’t enough to make it. Nothing is worse than being intelligent enough to see how bad things are for yourself and realizing this is all you’re going to have. I’m just waiting for the end now.
Maine, Toronto/Canada
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Dear God,
I’m only 14 and I’m struggling to stay off anti-depressants. I’ve been arrested, used, cheated and beaten. Friends are abandoning me right when I need them, leaving to go places I’ll never be able to see them again. Right now I need your help; to give me guidance. I know I may not be the most deserving but I still pray you will help.Amen
Lachy, Melbourne/Australia
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Dear God,
I feel like I’ve been falling apart slowly for a few years, but it’s only beginning to show.
Everyone thinks I have it together, but I don’t… I’ve always been the one that does well in everything, and enjoys school, life and everything else. Now I have to delay graduating from school because all of my previous issues have caught up with me, but I still haven’t told anyone. And I’m scared to. It’s like all this time I’ve been painting myself into a corner, and it gets harder and harder as time passes to say anything.
I feel so lost, and I wish I could just pack up and travel to find myself, but my family wouldn’t understand. And I don’t want to feel like I’m throwing away all the opportunities they’ve given me..
I’ve started doubting myself as a person… I want to be the person I was before, but I don’t think I can get through this. How do I do it? A.P - New York/USAShare:
Dear God,
I don’t want to leave these kids. I am so afraid that there won’t be anyone else who believes in them the way that I do. Protect them please, show them that they are of infinite value, and that they have so much to offer this world. Protect them from those who would tell them that they can’t make it, break through the racism and the assumptions about colored kids from the ghetto. Hold them in your arms.
Amen
Jessica, California/USA
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Dear God, I’M STUCK. I feel like I’m not going anywhere. To be quite frank, I always have made fun of religion. I don’t believe in it, nor do i believe in the whole Jesus being your son thing, if he is your son, or if you really impregnated Mary or if you yourself are something real or just a fictional story.
I can’t stop but hate everything I stand for. I love everyone, but i can’t love myself. I try to find good in everyone during practices, but I can’t any for myself. I want to feel something that stays good
so I am turning to you. My family is a mess and my mom is the only one left being sane with me. My fathers ill and I just don’t care anymore. He does it to himself anyways so i hope he gets his wish soon. I’m taking a chance with this …. so take a chance with me …….. All i want to do is feel good for more than a moment and learn how to enjoy life again.Caitlin, Indiana/USA Share:
Dear God,Please help me find myself, and become a person I can be proud of…soon.Grace - California
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Dear God,
I pray for those in this world who are overwhelmed by lies and forms of fear, including myself. When I was young I was educated on what to believe in, whom to obey and what to fear. Time has passed and my mother’s influence gave me a sense of freedom when I was encouraged to look beyond what was shown to me. To question authority and to search for what I could call my own truth and bring peace to my life. I’ve researched several religions, forms of faith and spiritual guidance. I’ve studied human behavior and experienced many form of light in the shadows of lessons learned in my lifetime. I pray for you to help the understanding of love and light in this world. To avoid the hate and lack of respect towards people. Humanity seems to be a playground where enemies are encouraged to provoke and generate hate because of whom they are. Could be religion, race, sex orientation, social status, articulate or ignorant, we are all human beings. Please let there be love instead of hate. Let it be knowledge instead of fear. Let people understand that you are part of everything, everyone and that when they sense darkness towards another being they’re only allowing fear take over their hearts. Let people understand that worshiping is not the same as loving; love exists in an every day action and decision, not in a social agenda or a specific building. Let humanity question, research, use the tools of information to seek a truth that will light their hearts and set them free. I pray for love to reign all beings.Rogelio Baillères, Tampico/México
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Dear God,
I pray that every child born into this world is wanted.
If they are not, I pray that they use this as impetus to rise above and leave their mark. I pray that society supports each child to meet that mark whether it be as a dancer or a doctor, and I pray that the doctor who is completing his seventh night shift on the labour ward continues to view his job as a privilege not a burden.
Doctor Paul, New York
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