Negotiating with God?

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the-real-steve
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Negotiating with God?

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I am intentionally leaving this wide open.

Is this possible? Have you done it? Care to share experiences you've had?
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Yes, I have tried. It felt/feels quite wrong to me. Doesn't sit right.
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the-real-steve wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 1:13 pm I am intentionally leaving this wide open.

Is this possible? Have you done it? Care to share experiences you've had?
Are you thinking of things like what Hannah prayed, "If you give me a son, I will lend him to the Lord for as long as he lives."
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I once told the Lord (despite not being a believer) I would make a donation to a worthy cause if I didn’t run out of fuel before I got to the next town and somehow it had a 24/7 station.

I made it, and the station forgot to turn the pumps off and it took my card. I had to walk a short walk and fill up a gallon jug since my car conked out before I could quite pull into the station.

I did make the donation but alas it took another 12 years to become a believer.
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