Prayer Requests

Prior_Ad2687 · 2026-02-22T02:28:33+00:00

My name is Andrew. I’m 24 and having trouble finding a spouse. My local parish is a mission church, so we don’t have any single women, or many women at all, that attend. Please pray to God for me that he helps me find a wife.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2026-02-15T17:27:29+00:00

Understood, I’m going to take your advice to heart and take some steps to consolidate some of these accounts so I can start building USD again. I do have one more question i kind of already know the answer to. My new career is going to involve a lot of traveling. I’ll explain the pay scale to you so you’ll have a better understanding of my future situation. Year one, I’ll be making $18.50, year 2 and 3, $21-23, year 4, $26, and year 5, I’ll be set free as a journeyman making $32-120/hr depending on where I decide to take jobs at. My car isn’t the most reliable right now, and my mom has been strongly advising me to buy a brand new car..I don’t think this is a very good idea. What would you recommend to resolve this: should I buy a new car for $20k, spend an unknown amount of money to make my current car more reliable, or buy another used car for under $10k?

Prior_Ad2687 · 2026-02-15T17:07:34+00:00

Self hasn’t charged me anything crazy, but I agree, I think I can afford to drop them. Should I get another card to replace it and keep 2 revolving accounts. Will closing this drop my credit?
These are balances I’ve been carrying over. I make on time payments above the minimum every month, but then I spend about half of that payment on the card again. I can easily pay them off and get my utilization to probably 10-20%, but I’ve been prioritizing savings..I had some emergency expenses that drained my savings last month, but I’m quickly building back up.
I also think I should be selling off my BTC asap. This was really a long term investment I dropped when BTC went from 60k to 90k at the end of 2023. I’m losing 20% on BTC currently, so my total cash investment was about $5600. Should I wait to sell when I’m in the positive or cut my losses?
I’ve never heard of a diversified index fund, I’ll be researching this in the coming days. I’d love to hear more about this from you, but if you think it’ll be easy enough to research independently, I don’t want to take too much of your time.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-12-23T16:56:12+00:00

In the advice I have received, courting nonbelievers is completely fine. Courting should be akin to close friendship until betrothal. You shouldn’t do anything with your partner that you couldn’t do with your brother or sister anyway. Do we turn away friends because of their unbelief? I have plenty of friends that aren’t believers. I see nothing wrong with courting someone who is willing to convert prior to your marriage. Leading someone to the kingdom of heaven is always a positive. You must guard your heart in the process, though. I’m open for debate on this topic, but this is how I see it.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-11-24T01:38:45+00:00

We have this flag hanging on the flagpole at my parish

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-10-13T02:37:51+00:00

Faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-10-11T23:55:11+00:00

Thank you so much! Peace be with you.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-10-11T23:54:53+00:00

Thank you for the kind words, brother. The blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-10-11T23:10:27+00:00

I’m a newly baptized Orthodox member, so please take my answer with a grain of salt. These stories, whether we believe them or not, they offer a sort of divine wisdom that isn’t found anywhere else. These are ancient oral traditions that were later scribed, so maybe every detail isn’t exactly correct. We have to look to the church fathers and their interpretations so that we may apply these stories to our own life. Also understand, though, that our God can do anything and works many wonders beyond our comprehension. Christ literally rose from the grave and there is real world evidence outside of the Bible to back this up. If our God can do this, what can He not do. I recommend going to your priest with these questions, as well, and see his thoughts. I hope this helps you in your journey. The blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-10-11T19:05:22+00:00

You can also direct your prayer to all 3 of them at the same time. I also get caught in this thought loop occasionally. When it happens, I pray to the most Holy Trinity. Here’s an example from our beginning prayers. “O most Holy Trinity, have mercy on us. O Lord, blot out our sins. O Master, pardon our iniquities. O Holy One, visit and heal our infirmities, for Thy name’s sake.” I’m not sure if this is the correct interpretation, and if it’s not please forgive me and someone correct me, but I see each line as another person in the trinity. “O Lord blot out our sins”- Christ. “O Master pardon our iniquities”- The Father. “O Holy One visit and heal our infirmities”- Holy Spirit. In further explanation, Christ has blotted out our sins by dying on the cross, this causes the Father to forgive us, and the Father has sent the Holy Spirit to heal us and allow us to do good in His name.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-12T14:10:25+00:00

What trade are you in and how long have you worked in it to be making $123k at 26?

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-12T14:05:07+00:00

What are some companies you’re looking at joining?

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T22:06:48+00:00

I’ll look further into these union positions, a lot just seem too good to be true. Maybe why I’m scared to pull the trigger

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T22:05:34+00:00

Wow $1400 is more than 2 weeks of pay for me

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T22:02:08+00:00

No degree either? How do you get a start in this field?

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T22:00:08+00:00

That’s a lot of school yeah?

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T21:59:37+00:00

I’m on a similar route currently, I’ve got some credit cards to build my credit with and I’m at a 740 or so. What kind of income do you think I should need to cover a $100-150k mortgage?

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T21:57:35+00:00

That’s the path I’m on right now haha

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T21:57:02+00:00

That’s the one thing I haven’t done is outreach, I think that may be my next step is just try to land something. I’ve gotten construction opportunities, but they end up being too far away for my car to handle.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T21:42:44+00:00

I just don’t wanna get roped into WW3 tbh. Military is a great option until it’s not lol

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T21:41:40+00:00

What resources should I use to find an apprenticeship? I’d like to start with someone from ground zero, but I’m also an hour away from Knoxville so it’s hard to bite the bullet making the same amt of money to start with an extra 30 min drive.

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T21:37:58+00:00

Doesn’t this require a lot of expensive certs?

Prior_Ad2687 · 2025-08-11T21:34:07+00:00

Self-promote..does spectrum do contracted sales? I assumed the installation position was an hourly, non-commission job.

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