The bible says we should confess our sins to one another... Last night I struggled with loneliness. I tryed to numb my feelings with alcohol. I don't want to struggle like this anymore. I don't know the feeling of not struggling though. I would like to find a close friend who can understand what I'm feeling.
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I can empathize with you: I struggled with addiction to several things for many of my almost thirty years of existence. Even after I was reconsecrated through Christ a year and 1/2 ago, I still battled with addiction to marijuana,inappropriate content, and the occult. Through it all there was that loneliness you mentioned; a feeling like no matter what I tried to do I would just fail.
Things changed a couple months ago for me: My old man had given me a good collection of Christian books( Bill Johnson, Mahesh Chavda among others) almost a year ago. They lay in a pile on my dresser, collecting dust, until one night a couple months ago I decided to start reading one...I burned through it, and the next, and the next in the span of a couple weeks. It felt like something had woken up in me, like the spark I had felt when I was saved as a teen had become an insistent flame.
My passion for God had been ignited. Church wasn't boring anymore, and over the weeks I began to change. I haven't looked at or used inappropriate content in over a month, and it's been almost a month that I haven't used THC products(leaf/oil/edibles). Do I still have temptation? Of course, that's part of being half flesh/half spirit. The difference now is instead of thinking of it as a waiting game of " until I break" I believe that by pressing into knowing and doing what God desires that I receive divine strength to overcome.
You gotta understand: without the power of the Godhead, you can't do anything. You will fail, and anything you do won't last or be worth anything. Accept this to God, submit to his Will, and you will change. This isn't my opinion, it's Scripture. I no longer have fear in struggle, because it's a chance to prove that I'm willing to rely on God,Jesus and the Holy Spirit, not myself.
Know that you are never alone: if you have given yourself to God through Christ, then he is with you always
My prayer for you: Loving and Righteous Father, I know that you see the struggle my fellow believer yuppers is going through. I pray that you speak into his/her spirit as you did for me. Guide them to a place where they can work with you and meet other believers that will be a reassurance and bulwark. Most of all, I pray you give him/her peace, strength, courage, love, and relief from anxiety. In the name of our Brother/Friend/Lord/Master/Savior Jesus Christ. Amen
Things changed a couple months ago for me: My old man had given me a good collection of Christian books( Bill Johnson, Mahesh Chavda among others) almost a year ago. They lay in a pile on my dresser, collecting dust, until one night a couple months ago I decided to start reading one...I burned through it, and the next, and the next in the span of a couple weeks. It felt like something had woken up in me, like the spark I had felt when I was saved as a teen had become an insistent flame.
My passion for God had been ignited. Church wasn't boring anymore, and over the weeks I began to change. I haven't looked at or used inappropriate content in over a month, and it's been almost a month that I haven't used THC products(leaf/oil/edibles). Do I still have temptation? Of course, that's part of being half flesh/half spirit. The difference now is instead of thinking of it as a waiting game of " until I break" I believe that by pressing into knowing and doing what God desires that I receive divine strength to overcome.
You gotta understand: without the power of the Godhead, you can't do anything. You will fail, and anything you do won't last or be worth anything. Accept this to God, submit to his Will, and you will change. This isn't my opinion, it's Scripture. I no longer have fear in struggle, because it's a chance to prove that I'm willing to rely on God,Jesus and the Holy Spirit, not myself.
Know that you are never alone: if you have given yourself to God through Christ, then he is with you always
My prayer for you: Loving and Righteous Father, I know that you see the struggle my fellow believer yuppers is going through. I pray that you speak into his/her spirit as you did for me. Guide them to a place where they can work with you and meet other believers that will be a reassurance and bulwark. Most of all, I pray you give him/her peace, strength, courage, love, and relief from anxiety. In the name of our Brother/Friend/Lord/Master/Savior Jesus Christ. Amen
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Wolf - WOW^ .. 
Yuppers - praying for you!
God bless you! .. Numbers 6:24-26; Isaiah 40:31
--David
Yuppers - praying for you!
God bless you! .. Numbers 6:24-26; Isaiah 40:31
--David
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May you become one with Jesus like He is one with the Father that you may never feel like you're ever alone again.
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Father I pray blessings on this request and for guidance for this member in Jesus name I pray. Also taking these needs before God in prayer on the 1:15PM bbnradio.org Family Altar program.
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