My Prayer Request: That Satan will butt out of my life

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I'm having a bit of a problem, here. I'm wanting so badly to get along with God and when I try to do this... it just seems like Satan is there trying to destroy my love for not only other people but God. The worst part of this is, I'm having urges to speak against God and fight with God. I've felt extremely lost and I guess Satan is trying to make me feel like he abandoned me, which is causing me to want to get into an arguement with God. I also feel like there's something really big missing, and not having it is literally causing me to be inhuman and to not be able to move on with my life (I'm kinda stalled in life right now). Things have been pretty rough and all this has literally caused me mental illness. I don't feel like I can pray to God because everytime I do, the hope in my voice drops... I guess Satan is doing a good job of convincing me that God doesn't care about me, because that's how I feel almost all the time. I hope am not being too selfish here but can you please pray for me... that God will remove Satan from my life for good... and I'd really like to be closer to God and to get along with him. But most of all I want him in my life and I want to know that he's there and that he cares for me.

Thank you!
 

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You are very close to God right now. That empty feeling that you have is God reaching out to you. I know it because I have been there.

What you need to do is to admit to God that you cannot do it yourself, that you need His help. The great thing about salvation is that it is not dependant upon you, but upon God. All you have to do is ask. While you are at it, ask for a moment of peace from the Devil's persecutions.

Unfortunately, the Devil is a fact of life, and he seems to ride some people's butts more than others. However, I find that pleading to God for strength to resist him will help. The Devil does not want you to come to God, so he is putting up a strong fight. Ask God for help several times an hour if you need to. I will pray for you.
 
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Sure, I'll pray for you. :) Everything is a choice. You know what's correct, now it comes down to choosing right or wrong. Oh how badly we want what we want, but we know deep down what God wants. So we have a choice. That's free-will. I recommend reading James. Wonderful book. Also, in Proverbs it says our words bring life and death, what you say does have an effect. We must watch our tongues.

" 9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt[a] water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water." James 3:9-12

" 7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." James 4:7-10

Blessings to you,
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Father God, please be with this young man, bless him with an abundance of strength, love, hope and patience. Send your warriors Lord to protect him and ward off the meddling of evil spirits that plaque him. Wrap him in a blanket of Your love and let the only voice he hears be You. Thank You Father. I pray these things to You in the name of my most precious Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.
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I'm having a bit of a problem, here. I'm wanting so badly to get along with God and when I try to do this... it just seems like Satan is there trying to destroy my love for not only other people but God. The worst part of this is, I'm having urges to speak against God and fight with God. I've felt extremely lost and I guess Satan is trying to make me feel like he abandoned me, which is causing me to want to get into an arguement with God. I also feel like there's something really big missing, and not having it is literally causing me to be inhuman and to not be able to move on with my life (I'm kinda stalled in life right now). Things have been pretty rough and all this has literally caused me mental illness. I don't feel like I can pray to God because everytime I do, the hope in my voice drops... I guess Satan is doing a good job of convincing me that God doesn't care about me, because that's how I feel almost all the time. I hope am not being too selfish here but can you please pray for me... that God will remove Satan from my life for good... and I'd really like to be closer to God and to get along with him. But most of all I want him in my life and I want to know that he's there and that he cares for me.

Thank you!

And satan is trying so hard because he knows you belong to Jesus! I am getting battered myself too. But I rejoice because it means I am growing closer to Jesus and He loves me.

I am praying for you. Jesus paid for you with His blood and satan can't have you. satan, you lost!

*boogies to the gospel music*

"I have been delivered! satan's under my feet!
I have been forgiven! So you ain't got nuthin on me!
I know the truth! The devil is a liar!"
 
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I'm having a bit of a problem, here. I'm wanting so badly to get along with God and when I try to do this... it just seems like Satan is there trying to destroy my love for not only other people but God. The worst part of this is, I'm having urges to speak against God and fight with God. I've felt extremely lost and I guess Satan is trying to make me feel like he abandoned me, which is causing me to want to get into an arguement with God. I also feel like there's something really big missing, and not having it is literally causing me to be inhuman and to not be able to move on with my life (I'm kinda stalled in life right now). Things have been pretty rough and all this has literally caused me mental illness. I don't feel like I can pray to God because everytime I do, the hope in my voice drops... I guess Satan is doing a good job of convincing me that God doesn't care about me, because that's how I feel almost all the time. I hope am not being too selfish here but can you please pray for me... that God will remove Satan from my life for good... and I'd really like to be closer to God and to get along with him. But most of all I want him in my life and I want to know that he's there and that he cares for me.

Thank you!

First of all, I am praying for you. :prayer: :prayer: :prayer:

Second, know that Satan is a created being. His power is limited and he cannot oppose the will of God. This will give you hope and inspire you to pray to God for help when things are difficult.

Third, you need to get in the Word of God everyday. Do you have a Bible? There are many websites if you do not.. some of them will even e-mail you a daily reading or devotion. The Word of God gives you the strength and the truth to stand against the lies of Satan.

God bless you.
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Thanks for the prayers!

Here's more about what's happening. I feel like a dirty sinner and like something big is pressing down... and there's a lot of times when I have intense anger towards God to the point where I'm (not saying it) but cursing him in my mind. And this is something that seems to be, for the most part, beyond my control. I also feel like I'm being picked on. And it's painful for me to read the Bible. In fact, when I read it, the world becomes a darker place for me. I also feel like something BIG is missing, that I don't have the words to explain, and it's literally causing me to be inhuman and without love... and it's making me want to just away in life. My heart is hard about 99 percent of the time. And I feel like the excitement of life is right in front of me and I can't seem to get in on it.
 
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Thanks for the prayers!

Here's more about what's happening. I feel like a dirty sinner and like something big is pressing down... and there's a lot of times when I have intense anger towards God to the point where I'm (not saying it) but cursing him in my mind. And this is something that seems to be, for the most part, beyond my control. I also feel like I'm being picked on. And it's painful for me to read the Bible. In fact, when I read it, the world becomes a darker place for me. I also feel like something BIG is missing, that I don't have the words to explain, and it's literally causing me to be inhuman and without love... and it's making me want to just away in life. My heart is hard about 99 percent of the time. And I feel like the excitement of life is right in front of me and I can't seem to get in on it.
You must resist this darkness by praying to God for His mercy.. by going to the Word of God for light and strength and hope.. You must cry out for the grace to repent of your sin and to receive a new heart.
I am praying for you.
 
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Father,

Thank You for Your Son Jesus Christ! Thank You for peparing our hearts to receive Your truths! Thank You for loving this young man!

He is struggling and only You know if he truly desires to have a real relationship with You. He needs Your help. Bring him into salvation in Your Son Jesus Christ, so that he can have true fellowship with You. May he come to enjoy abundant love from You and through Your children in Your Son Jesus Christ.

We would love for him to be one of our brothers in the Body of Christ. Thank You for hearing and answering our prayers!

In Your Son Jesus Christ -- Amen!
 
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Space.. I think you need to get under really solid Biblical preaching. There is a great website for preaching..
metropolitantabernacle.org -- this is a church in London.. six months of sermons online.. all free! Very good teaching.. this will help you so much. Still praying for you this Lord's Day.
 
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Lots and lots of prayers! :prayer:

Satan is trying to destroy things cause you are so close to God and Satan HATES that! He doesn't want God to win.
Even christians are tested and go thru bad times. That doesn't mean God has left us. Give it all to God, don't worry about it, life will get better. Then when there is a fork in the road, know God will lead you down the right path.
 
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Hi space,

Both the Catholic and Eastern Ortodox churchs are the only churches who have kepted the 7 sacraments and can offer the sacrament of reconciliation (confession), you may find this dificult to accept, specially if you do not understand the history of the church, but i would advise you to find an apostolic priest (forget about other churches which are not apostolic), and as a catholic obvious i can only recommend a catholic priest, but go and have a chat with the priest first about the situation you just described and about the possibility of confession... i'm not sure about the details which apply to you, that is why is important for a ordained priest with direct apostolic succession to peter (any other pastor is a waste of time) to talk with you.


For anyone else reading this post, if you do not believe what i'm saying please do not start having a go at me, as i will not respond to any comments.

Basically if you are in a state of Mortal sin, then you have open yourself to the atacks of the enemy.

Once you been to confession try to stay in the grace of GOD by not comiting any sins.


What, more do you want, 0 soul! And what else do you search for outside, when within yourself you possess your riches, delights, satisfactions, fullness, and kingdom -your Beloved whom you desire and seek? Be joyful and gladdened in your interior recollection with Him, for you have Him so close to you. Desire Him there, adore Him there. Do not go in pursuit of Him outside yourself. You will only become distracted and wearied thereby, and you shall not find Him, nor enjoy Him more securely, nor sooner, nor more intimately than by seeking Him within you.




I'm having a bit of a problem, here. I'm wanting so badly to get along with God and when I try to do this... it just seems like Satan is there trying to destroy my love for not only other people but God. The worst part of this is, I'm having urges to speak against God and fight with God. I've felt extremely lost and I guess Satan is trying to make me feel like he abandoned me, which is causing me to want to get into an arguement with God. I also feel like there's something really big missing, and not having it is literally causing me to be inhuman and to not be able to move on with my life (I'm kinda stalled in life right now). Things have been pretty rough and all this has literally caused me mental illness. I don't feel like I can pray to God because everytime I do, the hope in my voice drops... I guess Satan is doing a good job of convincing me that God doesn't care about me, because that's how I feel almost all the time. I hope am not being too selfish here but can you please pray for me... that God will remove Satan from my life for good... and I'd really like to be closer to God and to get along with him. But most of all I want him in my life and I want to know that he's there and that he cares for me.

Thank you!
 
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For anyone else reading this post, if you do not believe what i'm saying please do not start having a go at me, as i will not respond to any comments.

The above was posted by someone else.

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When a teaching is presented that is in error and contradicts God's Word, we are to address it and not ignore it. This is not a personal attack but a truth that must be stated so others will not be misled in following a false teaching.

Let's come to understanding of who the true Church is.

In God's Word we are taught that all who are in Christ Jesus is "the Body of Christ" also known as the true "Church." It is not a specific denomination nor is it a structural building. The structural building is a place where fellow believers gather together to fellowship and worship together.

It is not the practicing of rituals or traditions of any religion. There are many Catholics, Protestants, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, etc. who are members of a denomination but not truly saved in Jesus Christ. On the other hand, there are many in each of these denominations who have truly come to understand and have received Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.

Their hearts are truly right with God and they live in obedience to Him and not a facade. God is the only One who can judge rightly who is truly in Him and who is not...you may know if others are truly in Him by what comes forth from their hearts consistently and how they live according to Scriptures. Again, I reiterate that the "Church" is not a denomination or a structural building but those who are truly in Christ Jesus.

Do you believe God exists?

Do you believe Jesus Christ is God's Son?

Do you believe God by His Holy Spirit formed Jesus Christ in the womb of Mary while she was yet a virgin?

Do you believe Jesus Christ is both fully man and fully God?

Do you believe you have sinned as God states you did?

Do you believe you cannot earn salvation by your own merits or works regardless of how much you do?

Do you believe you cannot buy (whether by monetary donations, gifts, services rendered, etc.) salvation?

Do you believe Jesus Christ, Who never sinned and always did what was right, died on the cross in your place so you could be reconciled to God and become righteous through Him?

Do you believe Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day after He was crucified?

Do you believe Jesus Christ is alive with His Father in Heaven?

Have you believed all of this sincerely in your heart?

Have you acknowledged by confessing with your mouth that you have sinned?

Have you asked God to forgive you of your sins?

Have you responded to God's invitation for Jesus Christ to be your righteousness and come into your heart by humbly asking Him to be Lord and Savior of your life?

Do you believe wholeheartedly that only what Jesus did and nothing else is what saves you and gets you into God's Kingdom?

If you answered yes to all of these questions, then you are in Jesus Christ Who has come into your life; You and all those in Jesus Christ are "the Body of Christ" also known as the "Church."

Now you live to have a right relationship with God. You should not give in to desires to live contrary to God's ways. In your desire to love God back Who first loved you and continues to faithfully love you, you live in obedience to Him by following His teachings and commands because that is His perfect will for your life.

You learn His teachings and commands by reading them in His Holy Word the Bible. That is His will...not just to study and read His teachings and commands from His Holy Word but applying them to the life you have been given in Jesus Christ which will show in how you live. We are not to continue in a sin but make earnest efforts to stop living in a sinful way.

Remember, you invited Jesus Christ to be Lord of your life which means following and obeying His teachings and commands.
You did not just invite Him to be your personal Savior.

Focus on growing in a personal relationship with God everyday and throughout each day...you can have discussions, sing your own words of praise and admiration, offer up requests and concerns, give Him thanks, etc. (this can all be done in the quietness of your own mind since God knows your thoughts without you speaking). There are times when you will do these things verbally. You can also show Him this by what you do in your life unto others.

Learn form the Word of God what is good and right, and focus on doing those things that are good and right. By concentrating on these things you will be renewing your mind to think differently in order to become aware of and break away from old habits that are oppositional to God.

God's Holy Word teaches that you do not need a priest other than Jesus Christ Who is a great High Priest to intercede for you.

Let's look at what God's Holy Word teaches.

Hebrews 4:14-16 "That is why we have a great High Priest Who has gone to Heaven, Jesus the Son of God. Let us cling to Him and never stop trusting Him.

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same temptations we do, yet He did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God.

There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it."

1 John 1:5-10 "This is the message He has given us to announce to you: God is light and there is no darkness in Him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth.

But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from every sin.

If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.

If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His Word has no place in our hearts."

1 John 2:1-6 "My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin.

But if you do sin, there is someone to plead for you before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the One Who pleases God completely. He is the sacrifice for our sins. He takes away not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

And how can we be sure that we belong to Him?

By obeying His commandments. If someone says, 'I belong to God,' but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and does not live in the truth.

But those who obey God's Word really do love Him. That is the way to know whether or not we live in Him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Christ did."

Mark 11:25 Jesus said, "But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in Heaven will forgive your sins, too."

John 16:23,24,26,27 Jesus said, "...The truth is, you can go directly to the Father and ask Him, and He will grant your request because you use My Name. You haven't done this before. Ask, using My Name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

Then you will ask in My Name. I'm not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf, for the Father loves you dearly because you love Me and believe that I came from God."

John 14:6 "Jesus told him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me."

Hebrews 7:24-25 "But Jesus remains a priest forever; His priesthood will never end. Therefore He is able, once and forever, to save everyone who comes to God through Him. He lives forever to plead with God on their behalf."


Consider this when you go to God to ask Him for something and that includes forgiveness:

James 4:3 "And even when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong -- you want only what will give you pleasure."

Ask yourself this question: Why do I want this?

Examples: Why do I want God to forgive me? Why do I want ....?

My hope is that we will come to a true understanding of God's truths and become united as one in Jesus Christ.

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In Jesus Christ,
Al
 
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"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him."

:amen:
John 6:53-56



Grace be with you.

May the LORD bless you and keep you
 
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What you need to do is to admit to God that you cannot do it yourself, that you need His help.

I understand that I can't do it myself, but I don't feel like I can pray to God. I don't feel worthy to pray to God. The times when I have prayed to God, it's just seems like the words don't come out right, because when I speak to him, I feel unworthily selfish. I don't feel like I can express the childlike me out to God. What I mean by this is, lets say you're a child and there's someone you really look up to... like a hero. Compared to this hero that you really look up to, you feel like you're just a dull child. And this makes you just want to run up to your hero and and put your arms around him and have him hold you and really want to know that he loves you and that he'll never be your enemy. And this is a hero that is important to the point to where, if you're not clinging to him, it makes you mentally unstable and troubled. In the same way, that's how I feel about God, and that's the way I'd like to express myself to God and it seems like the feelings are there to do it, but I just don't have the energy to let those feelings out to God. When I do try to let them out, my voice is empty and it seems like it's very hard for me to overcome my lower nature that is holding the child in me hostage. I feel like I am unable to truly repent because of all this.
 
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Space, my brother, You are being attacked by the enemy of our souls. He is a liar, the father of lies, is what Jesus called him. Call him on it brother. Stand strong, for God will deliver You.

"He doesn't really care about you?" Is what Satan wants you to believe.
Do you want to know what God says about that?
" FEAR NOT, FOR I HAVE REDDEMED YOU; I HAVE SUMMONED YOU BY NAME; YOU ARE MINE."
You Space, no matter what that nasty serpant says, You are God's.
" WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS. I WILL BE WITH YOU; AND WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY WILL NOT SWEEP OVER YOU. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, YOU WILL NOT BE BURNED; THE FLAMES WILL NOT SET YOU ABLAZE. FOR I AM THE LORD, YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, YOUR SAVIOR;
You brother are walking through the fire right now. But God has promised not to leave you, but to take your hand and Walk with you. He never said that we wouldn't have sorrows, we wouldn't have trials, we wouldn't be tempted, what He said is that He will never leave you.
" SINCE YOU ARE PRECIOUS AND HONORED IN MY SIGHT, AND BECAUSE I LOVE YOU."
~Isaiah 43~

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. ~1Corinthians 10:13

Brother, God knew before you were even born what you would be going through. And He knows that you can handle this. Your way out brother is to give it to Him. He doesn't ask you to fight Satan, He asks you to have Faith that He WILL. Stand brother.

" I will not be controlled by negative thoughts. I renounce these thoughts in the name of Jesus Christ. I reject the suggestions that God has not forgiven me. I reject all of your lies Satan. I have the mind of Christ and I refuse any thoughts that are not of the Lord. Flee from me Satan in the Mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen."
Brother, whenever these thoughts are upon you, reject them in the name of Jesus Christ. They WILL flee from You. Everytime. If you have to say it a million times a day, say it, reject it. Eventually, it will stop. God has promised and He is faithful.

Lord Father, I come to Your throne of grace with confidence seeking help for our brother during his time of need. The enemy of our soul is seeking to destroy our brother Space, and I bind these spirits in the Holy name of Jesus Christ. Father You said in Your Word, ' We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ' Father, these thoughts that our brother is being bombarded with are attempting to exalt itself above the Word of God, I cast these thoughts down O Mighty King and bring them into captivity to Jesus Christ. Let our brother cry out to You O Mighty King to deliver him from the enemy. Let his heart no longer be held by the father of lies. Free him from the bondage that is keeping him from You. In the Mighty name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen.
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I was once in your spot and someone told me something. He told me to pray to desire God. Tell God exactly how you feel in a prayer. You obviously want to change. Ask God to change you. God promises that if you give your life to him you will be changed. But that will never happen at the snap of the fingers. It takes prayer on your part more than it does mine.
Also, if you believe satan is working so hard in your life it's because he's close to losing you.

If you don't struggle there is a problem. It's when you feel comfortable that you should worry. I'll pray for you today.
 
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Hi Space,

I hope you no longer under the attack that you were under before.

Please let me just add something to what i said before, take a look at the following passage from the bible

John 20: 19-23

"Now when it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were gathered together, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them:

Peace be to you. And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord.

He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you.

When he had said this, He breathed on them and he said to them:

Receive ye the Holy Spirit.
Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained."


(Our Lord thereby imparted to the Apostles the power and authority to give us sacramental absolution of sins.)


Hi space,

Both the Catholic and Eastern Ortodox churchs are the only churches who have kepted the 7 sacraments and can offer the sacrament of reconciliation (confession), you may find this dificult to accept, specially if you do not understand the history of the church, but i would advise you to find an apostolic priest (forget about other churches which are not apostolic), and as a catholic obvious i can only recommend a catholic priest, but go and have a chat with the priest first about the situation you just described and about the possibility of confession... i'm not sure about the details which apply to you, that is why is important for a ordained priest with direct apostolic succession to peter (any other pastor is a waste of time) to talk with you.


For anyone else reading this post, if you do not believe what i'm saying please do not start having a go at me, as i will not respond to any comments.

Basically if you are in a state of Mortal sin, then you have open yourself to the atacks of the enemy.

Once you been to confession try to stay in the grace of GOD by not comiting any sins.


What, more do you want, 0 soul! And what else do you search for outside, when within yourself you possess your riches, delights, satisfactions, fullness, and kingdom -your Beloved whom you desire and seek? Be joyful and gladdened in your interior recollection with Him, for you have Him so close to you. Desire Him there, adore Him there. Do not go in pursuit of Him outside yourself. You will only become distracted and wearied thereby, and you shall not find Him, nor enjoy Him more securely, nor sooner, nor more intimately than by seeking Him within you.
 
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I'm having a bit of a problem, here. I'm wanting so badly to get along with God and when I try to do this... it just seems like Satan is there trying to destroy my love for not only other people but God. The worst part of this is, I'm having urges to speak against God and fight with God. I've felt extremely lost and I guess Satan is trying to make me feel like he abandoned me, which is causing me to want to get into an arguement with God. I also feel like there's something really big missing, and not having it is literally causing me to be inhuman and to not be able to move on with my life (I'm kinda stalled in life right now). Things have been pretty rough and all this has literally caused me mental illness. I don't feel like I can pray to God because everytime I do, the hope in my voice drops... I guess Satan is doing a good job of convincing me that God doesn't care about me, because that's how I feel almost all the time. I hope am not being too selfish here but can you please pray for me... that God will remove Satan from my life for good... and I'd really like to be closer to God and to get along with him. But most of all I want him in my life and I want to know that he's there and that he cares for me.

Thank you!
:prayer: God i thank you that even in our darkest of places....you still hold our hearts close to yours. That although we doubt and wonder...that you never leave our side. Father i pray tonight for my friend, god it is when our love for your grows that satan knows he is losing...and he fights for us....god help my friend to see that he has nothing to fear...that he has you, the almighty fighting for him...this is not battle he has to go through on his own, god let him see that you stand strong right beside him. Father i pray that you meet with him and reveal your great love and plans that you have for his life. Help him to see that with you by his side he can step out of this darkness and into your light. Give him a new stregth to stand tall and scream "greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the world"....give him courage and wisdom to fight this darkness that wanst to hold him in....give him peace lord...help him to see that although these paths we walk feel beyond us...with you by our sides we can and we will get through this...bless him lord and help him in his walk with you, bring into his life people who can guide him and love him.

Amen
 
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You have just asked that satan get bent! congratulations!

keep in mind that sometimes in life if you are not running head on into satan and the world you might be walking with him.

I think that satan knows that GOD has BIG things in store for you, so he attacks you.

So I pray with you that GOD will show you the path he wants you to follow so that you can do the things that He desires of you.

joy
 
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