Is it a sin to lose hope in God?

[Skyros]

I’m a born again Christian and have been for 16 years. For a good while now I’ve been praying for something, not saying what it is, and He hasn’t done it. I just don’t understand it and am tired of waiting.

[BCRanger10]

It's one thing to feel discouraged and frustrated. To completely lose hope though? That is the sin of despair, which ultimately was the sin of Judas. Despair is to turn your back on God and make yourself greater than He is. You're claiming that your sin is greater than His mercy and love, that He doesn't know or understand or care about your wants and needs, or that you don't need His grace.

With that being said, you should look at what it is you are praying for and determine if it truly is in accordance with God's will and plan. Keep in mind that James 4.3 says that if you pray and don't receive that it's because you ask wrongly. And there's also to consider that prayer sometimes requires a long wait; Saint Monica wept and prayed daily for 20 years for her son, Saint Augustine, to return to Christianity from the heresy of Manichaeism and from his immoral lifestyle.

Just some things to think about.

[Skyros]

Thanks and you’re right I ask for the wrong thing. I didn’t know despair is a sin. I don’t think I’m above God at all. It’s just I’m lost on what to do.

[jshm2]

Well.. Christianity isn't working for you then. Try Islam maybe and believe in only One God, instead of three.

Sometimes things go wrong, because you are wrong, but just too pig headed to realise it.

[Kvass]

He works on His own timeline. You forgot that "a day is a thousand years to an eternal being." So keep waiting, you’ll be heard somewhere in the 3000s.

[NoDecision]

God doesn't work with your timing. He has his own which he will use when the time is right. And his timing is always more superior than yours.

[NathanDavis]

if you're praying to ask for things... then you're not doing it right

[Skyros]

You mean asking for the wrong things? You’re right.

[strateguy632]

you don't control god by prayer. 'expected him to obey your prayers' was the sin.

[loveslongnails]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't Christians believe it's a sin to NOT even believe in their particular version of God?

[AngryCarl3]

That's probably the worst sin there is, unless you're an atheist. In which case it's just another day. Also, we have cookies.

[Dargil]

Sometimes G0d says No.

[TonyMetal___86]

It's not a sin but it's wrong...