Dr Suram Singh Verma: Why not? Man from ages has only one true unseen companion in terms of God. God is a faith of mankind in something which is only close to the believer. God is a very nice way of sharing some one's joy and sorrows. In the era of competition, nepotism, helplessness and lawlessness etc when survival of ordinary human has become so difficult and there seems to be no solution to his miseries at any end, then his only solution is to surrender to GOD and wait and watch. With his devotion to GOD at least he can blame God for all ills without any repercussions. Man can put all the blame of bad things to GOD and can take all the credit himself or can give to his near and dear ones for all good things. When we see all around us, the world full of hatred and non-cooperation, we have no alternative except to seek God's help to solve our problems.

Kiran Prakash `Sunny': Man is a social, religious and a hopeful creature. In many ways he is worshipping God. We should leave everything on God's desire, but we should not work hard to get our goal of life, work should be done with desire and curiosity.It is right thing that you should remind God when you do any kind of work. When you will do your work yourself, it will also be with the help of God. So it is said- courage and diligence lead to success. God's plans are just beyond our head. Too much blind belief is dangerous. Human nature cannot be judged. Life is becoming more and more tough as time passes but the Almighty helps those who help themselves. Man proposes, God disposes. Anger and anxiety are the worst curses for man's progress. Uncountable gifts of God are given to man. Natural sources are so many.

Sushmita Shrivastava: Yes, because without God's help we can achieve nothing in life. It's true that our own efforts are essential for achieving anything in life. God guides and helps us. The divine power is like an inspiration for us. This power guides us to always do the right things in life. Whenever we think about doing anything wrong in life, the God forbids us. We must hear the voice of God and follow the path of truth and righteousness. If we ignore God's warnings, then God will also not help us. When we turn to God, we get a new strength and are filled with fresh energy and zeal to overcome the difficulties in our path. God always shows us the right path. We must follow the path shown by Him. Then we can achieve success in life.

Pranjal Srivastava: For upliftment and progress, man has self help as a precious tool with him. All the great men, scholars, saints, etc followed the path of self-help. Even God will not come for our help, to get over our problems, if we do not successfully complete our work. Without depending upon others, we should exert ourselves to solve our own problems. We should work hard to solve our problems by keeping in mind that `God helps those who help themselves' because work is worship. So also hard work never goes unrewarded.By helping ourselves we attain confidence along with self-assurance. It helps us in building our character also. Problems are likely to crop up but one should not allow them to overpower oneself. From the beginning of our childhood, the habit of self-help should be nourished. We should work for ourselves only then God would help us in achieving success in life.

Damayanti lala: In day-to-day life time comes when we feel stuck and helpless for a way out, that is the moment to look actually for God's help which comes even before we need and always more than our needs. So is His graciousness we have to have that faith and confidence in Him. He would never let us down. He knows what is good for us and in turn we also must not misuse His graciousness. Our honesty and devotion will always find the showers of His abundant grace.

Laxmi Devi: Man is the greatest gift of God on earth. Indian culture believes in God. Man carries out every work by having faith in God. Optimism is the survival energy for man. The basic reason for seeking God's help is the burden of problems growing day by day. It is seen that the people are indulging in various types of anti-social activities. It is not true that man is totally dependent on God's help to solve his problems. God helps those who help themselves. It is said `self-help is the best help' to solve problems. Idle, lazy, careless persons seek God's help to solve their problems.

KAN Talpasai: Man should not seek God's help to solve his problems. Prayer is neither a gambit, nor barter of the ilks of: Lord, you fulfill my desire in return to what I do for you. `A prayer made for desire fulfillment is a business proposition. A true prayer is an unconditional one, sans any desire. Desire creates a maelstrom in the conscious mind and shakes the subliminal mind as well. Desire impregnated prayer is counter productive in achieving the set objective. Prayer is meant to transcendent the mind. It is meant to lose individual identity to gain the all inclusive cosmic dimension. The sway of ego centric individual is limited to his resources and he is a puppet in the hands of the destiny. But in the case of an individual engaged in true prayer is the one who attains freedom from the clutches of the destiny and he becomes, verily, an operative part of the destiny. True prayer indeed creates miracles.

HR Bhavsar: God is always great and powerful in the world. India is a land of religions. Man hopes for prosperity and happiness with the help from God. However, man's life is becoming a burden for himself. Man is totally responsible, anxieties are making him sick. Customs and religious functions are becoming expensive. These are the basic reasons for many problems. Instead of seeking God's help man should do his work himself with patience and courage. Fortune favours the brave. A man makes his fate, therefore it is not right to depend on God. God has provided us hands, head and power of discrimination for living out our days.

AB Mehta: When a man takes birth he is bound to have good days and bad. Life cannot be without problems. Still when the problems do come, most men are not strong enough to treat them without getting tense, sad and angry. These natural responses also come in the way of his applying his mind to quickly find solutions to his problems. Sooner or later some problems seem unsolvable or cause so much distress that one feels lost. It is at this juncture that most men look up to God to help him out. The simplest form of this is prayer. Even when we are trying to find a solution to our problems we get inputs from him. God is like a trusted friend. He already knows our problem and even without our seeking his help he conveys through our own mind in the form of thought/feelings/intuition what mistakes we are committing. He does it not as a favour but because he loves us. He gives his suggestions or the course we could follow to solve the problem even if it is self-created. God always tries to guide us whenever we need his assistance particularly when we feel helpless. Unfortunately we do not always listen to his just and timely guidance and instead get fooled by the desires of our mind and look for short-term material gain. He does not mind even if we reject his advice. He continues to remain our friend. A total belief in God and dedicated love for him can result in our having mental courage to face the problems that in any case have to end sometime. God will always help us to do the right things whether we seek his help or not.

VC Nilosey: Seeking God's help to solve your problems! Well, every individual, young or old, man or woman, rich or poor must first make his/her own effort to overcome problems of serious nature. If you have faith in the Almighty and regard God as your saviour, you need not seek help, it will automatically come to you. It all depends on the situation you are in. If all earthly efforts fail to save you from crisis situations, you are free to pray God to come to your rescue. To quote one instance, if your near and dear is sick and doctors too have lost hope of saving him, they also advice `pray God'. It is all a matter of faith, you have to simply pray God, have faith in God all the time. At last God helps those who help themselves.

Vini Ponnachan: God is the god of creation. He creates and recreates life on earth. Creation is cosmos out of chaos (order out of disorder). God wants us to be co-workers with Him in the promotion of life at all levels. He constantly challenges us to choose life over against the forces of evil, sin and death in this world. Man should seek God's help to solve his own problems because we God we are heroes, without God we are nothing. Everything is not possible for man but at the same time nothing is impossible for God. We should seek God for everything because it is rightly said `Man proposes and God disposes. We should praise God in happy moments, seek God in tough moments, worship Him in quiet moments, trust Him in painful moments and thank Him every moment. Don't be incredible people of earth but be credible by seeking God's help to solve your problems.

Dr Balak Ram Kashyap: Surely he should seek His help. The human society today is afflicted with numerous problems. Really speaking these problems have multiplied over the years as he tried to solve them of his own. Whether it is impending environmental disaster , much prevailing violence, intolerance,jealousy or even food scarcity , ever soaring prices or a variety of physical and mental ailments most of them are amenable to this spiritual treatment of seeking help from God almighty.We are soul or spirit and so is God. Therefore we have an inalienable relation with God. Like God,our supreme father, we are immortal.But our body which is composed of 5 elements - earth, water,air,fire and ether- is perishable. And due to ignorance we are identifying ourselves with the perishable body which is the principal cause of most of our problems. Thus foregetting our true relationship with the almighty God we are facing all sorts of problems and difficulties. It is therefore essential that we establish rapport with God through the benediction of a bonafide spiritual teacher or Satguru like His Holiness Nirankari Baba.Thereafter a man is in direct communion with God. God is the creator,sustainer and annihilator of this universe . He is imperishable , all pervasive and all powerful. He is embodiment of love,peace and bliss. He loves His entire creation,particularly the humans whom He created in His own image. Therefore, to solve our problems howsoever insurmountable, let us turn to Him. Let us be devotees first. Let us know Him and then pray to Him. For it is said whatever ye asketh in prayer; believing ye shall receive.God is our supreme father, the over lord. One who loves Him cannot hate His creation much less the human beings. He is pleased when we love His children (all men ,women and children on the globe), do not discriminate between them on the basis of religion,caste, sex or nationality. When we do not hate any body even if his food,dress or culture is different from ours or he speaks a language other than ours, He is pleased. If we learn to love God and His creation there will be love,peace, tolerance and a sense of brotherhood all around. We will be true devotees then. Granting our prayers God will help solve our problems. The earth will become a better place to live.

Karan Gurung: The thing that strikes me most about this question is the question itself. It implies the presence of a divine being, who we have assumed as God who will provide divine justice to all. It is befuddling how this theory has existed unchallenged and uncontested. Man seeking God is not a new phenomenon. Man has always taken refuge in God whenever confronted with a problem. All that can be said is that God as the counselor has been dismal. If he were working under me, I would have fired him without ado. When faced with problems we demolished Babri Masjid, rioted Gujarat and have wreaked havoc incessantly because that's what God insisted. However, these catastrophes have not dissuaded man from his supreme counselor. The kind of crimes that man has dedicated to God is heinous. Immorality is often taught in the name of morality. I am wondering who do we hold responsible, after all God is our very own creation. Many will argue that I am running at a tangent but regrettably, our lives have taken the same course. We have drifted way from the truth. We have misinterpreted and manipulated God for our own stake and differentiated between a destitute and a man. If history is anything to go by, we can only repeat history in God's harborage. I think we all agree that man is his best judge. His problems are his own and therefore there cannot be a better guide than he himself.

Neha Gupta: God made human beings. We can also say, "humans are a part of God. Yes man can feel the existence of God in his heart or soul. As we know God is almighty and He is the creator of the earth. Earth moves in the direction of God. Yes we say, we are the children of God. When we say like this, how can be a man so helpless in difficult situations, because he has worth to tackle this problem. And every problem has its own solution. I think man should not cry in negative circumstances because God is always with him whenever negative or positive situations arise. I think he does not know about himself, because his soul is God and God is not a helpless person. So whatever situation man should think reasonably and then he will overcome his difficult situation. I also want to say one thing, God is the happiest one because He wants to see his creation become "WINNERS".

RJ Khurana: God helps only those who help themselves. God doesn't come to the help of those who are lazy and lethargic and don't want to do anything and except pray to God to help them in everything. If someone is suffering from a disease but does not go to a doctor and only goes on praying to God for curing him of his illness, God will never come to his help. He has to visit a good doctor and get the appropriate treatment. Prayer will give him the psychological boost to get well quickly. If someone wants to win an Olympic medal, first he has to check that he has the potential and the will. Then he has to work hard, practise daily, engage a good coach to help him train, examine minutely the lifestyles of those who have won medals in that event in the past and rectify his shortcoming. Prayer to God will steel his resolve to win the race. This holds good even in solving day today problems. God is the ultimate weapon to grant success but only if you have left no stone unturned to prepare for it.

Syed Zia Ul Hasan Naqvi: Before we broach the topic we should keep in mind that we are theists who firmly believe from time immemorial in the existence of God and we are sure he is the creator and overseer of this world. Being omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient and above all benevolent, God is supreme by all means and nothing can happen without his will, he created and sustains everything so it is patently obvious that everything in this world is governed by Almighty God. In case of any problem in life we should try our level best to solve that problem and at the same time we should seek God's help by praying. It is true our efforts have importance in solving our problems but there are many instances when in spite of our best efforts and all right steps we fail to solve our problems. On the contrary in all adverse conditions and without any efforts on our part we succeed in solving our problems.

Sarad Damodaran: Yes, definitely. There is a universal power in the world ie God and people call Him by different names. Without the blessings of God we cannot achieve our desired goals. Like Alma we cannot see the the God Almighty but the Lord is with us in every moment of life. If we pray to the Lord with an open heart He will definitely find out a way for us from our troubles. To help poor and needy people at the time of their need is a real service to God. Service to God is considered as an end in itself and it gives great relief to the mind thereby reducing tension. When a man is grief-stricken a lump forms in the neck but after praying to God the lump gets removed from the neck and man feels relieved. Realisation of true relationship with God is the goal which we achieve. Some people do not work because they think the God will help them out. This is a bad mentality. When we work hard, God almighty rewards us in various ways.

Ramesh: God created man for a purpose. We of ourselves cannot know that purpose unless He tells us. God is invisible and spirit whereas we are made of flesh and mortal. The Almighty did tell mankind about how it was created and for what purpose. But He has created people of different regions speaking different languages, and of colours. Variety is His nature. As per the Holy Bible, the real purpose of man is to be born into the kingdom of God in spirit form. And we need not worry as to how the Almighty is going to achieve that goal. Now, when God created Adam and Eve he had plans that they would seek the holy spirit and be born of Him but the wily Satan, whom they had to overcome, did succeed in deceiving them, from achieving the holy spirit. Even though there was a disappointment for the Almighty but God has various ways to achieve His purpose. For our life on earth God made laws, they are also invisible for when we obey them we get good results but when we wantonly break them we are punished. Still if we do not learn from their bad effects it becomes a habit and we keep on suffering because penalty of breaking law whether knowingly or unknowingly is always there- say in the form of fear or sickness or failures in life. God has given us 10 commandments and it is important to understand how in principle they are to be applied to different situations in life to solve our problems. As an example you may be working in a govt/reputed private organization. It gives you weekly off and other holidays, it gives you good pay also. But what about the servant maid, or the guard in your complex who sought job at any condition/pay and even after a lapse of time (years) he is not entitled to take any weekly off or his salary raised to a reasonable level. Only when we search God's books will we come across the fourth commandment which says `Six days you shall labour and do all your work but the seventh day you shall rest, even your servant, or maid shall rest. Let it be any day of the seven, the principle is `rest for any person employed and even ox or horse. Today the world is battling inflation and other problems. The problems are overwhelming us without proper solutions. We are searching for solutions all by ourselves. Do we know that the God/s we visit in temples could also help us out? God says cast your cares upon me. Let me fight your battles. We are going on increasing our defence budget at the cost of other areas which merit attention. Why? Because we don't know that there is a God who can help us fight not only Pakistan but also America! Students right from birth are being burdened with difficult topics to study, many even commit suicide because they fear life. Only when we seek God's help will we know that the systems of this world could also be in error. Giving of loans is another wrong concept of the society. It is like lottery which ultimately consumes away lives.

Dr Visal A Khan: 'The God of the Theologians is simply an imaginary power, our chief aim is to deliver humanity of this nightmare and to teach man virtue for its own sake and to walk in life relying on himself instead of leaning on a theological crutch, that for countless ages was the direct cause of nearly all human misery. The question for seeking God's help to solve problems, I would like to mention here, one of the incidents of old history of Prophet Mohammad (The messanger of God). One of his friends happened to meet him after performing a long journey from Damascus to Mecca, Prophet Mohammed was very happy to meet him and asked him "How he performed his long journey?" he replied that he used his horse and he was a good rider. Immediately Prophet questioned him where is the horse now? Friend told him he left him out of door. Prophet again questioned him "Have you tied horse with rope of chain? He said "No, I left him free since I seek God's help who always solved his problems. And he has a strong belief in God. Prophet immediately warned him and ordered him to turn back and to tie up the horse first instantly without loss of time and made him clear that God helps them who help themselves. There is only one Truth, one God, who created all of us. It can only be hoped that all religious paths lead us back to the same, true Creator and man seek God's help in imagination. That imaginary power come into immediate play in action if man using all his physical efforts to solve his problems himself.

RK Kutty: There is no other go for man than seeking God's help to solve his problems. It is a misconstrued perception by those who do not accept the existence of God that everything happens in this world according to nature's will. In fact, the very genesis of the so called big bang theory behind the creation of every seen things in this world was borne out of the dejection by anti-God faction in support of their standpoint. But, so many amongst them have now started believing that surely there must be a hand behind the big bang. In his novel, Brothers Karamazov, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky speaks thus through one of the characters: - Gentleman...look around you at the gifts of God, the clear sky, the pure air, the tender grass, the birds; nature is beautiful and sinless, and we, only we, are Godless and foolish. And we don't understand that life is a paradise, for we have only to understand that and it will at once be fulfilled in all its beauty; we shall embrace each other and weep... Another Russian, Leo Tolstoy, searching for the meaning of life, concluded: - Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God. Loveless-ness is the root cause of all problems that we face in this world today. That means God cannot intervene when man and man cannot bond each other in love. Jesus Christ had said no love is greater than the love of the one laying down his own life for his friends. But the irony of this world is that we have endless list of martyrs who had laid down their lives for no fault of theirs. Their only fault was that they had not considered their life as nothing before the greater cause for which they fought a relentless battle. Before Martin Luther was assassinated on 4th April 1969 , in his infamous speech before a crowd of black Americans he said that "I had reached on top of that mountain from where I saw the Promised Land. Although I cannot reach there without you, but I have no fear that none can take that glorious promise of God away from me. Even if I die the next moment, I am sure of reaching there. And that is the hope eternal. Only the God fearing ones can speak that way. When Abraham Lincoln's mortal remains were being taken out in procession, a black American woman, rising up her son, cried aloud saying ˜looks my son for a last time the one who redeemed us from years of bondage. What the world desperately needs is an abject surrender before the Almighty God, the sooner the better, as every forewarnings of Christ Jesus about the symptoms that would precede the glorious arrival of the Son of Man on the clouds are being fulfilled in letter and spirit, day in and day out. Surely, it is comparable to a labor pain and deliverance comes for Go's people through the rapture, an inglorious moment the faithful are anxiously waiting for.