To people that have been Christian at least 10 years . . .

Uggh... **yes** big time.

I cancel my previous post.

Not literally... because I do think God had me where He had me for a good reason... but **if anything**.

What more can you expect from people that are spiritually blind!
The parable of the wedding banquets says how all make excuses, apart from people who have problems stopping them doing what they want.

Some of them are humbled enough to listen and and see that there is a God who can do what no man can do.

All you can do is make sure your vision is clear so nthat you are after the things of the Spirit. Those that want the same wioll be fed, clothed and healed through you, ithout you realising it (as happens with the sheep in the parable of the sheep & goats).

Pray and read the bible daily instead of every other day-this even makes a difference!

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For the preaching of the cross to them that perish is foolishness, but to us who are saved it is the power of God, 1 Co 1:18.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God, Benjamin Franklin

Darwinism isn't science but a philosophy without God

Roe vs. Wade - 45 million dead babies and growing
**Proverbs 6:16-17 - states that there are seven things that are an abomination to the Lord; one of them is the shedding of innocent blood.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only son to whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16
I was only seven years old, and this really touched my heart even though I was so young. Maybe because God's Word is for all ages.... and generations.

Go to a Lutheran church.

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I know I am blunt. I apologize.

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1 Peter 5:8-9
Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experience of suffering is required of your brotherhood throughout the world.

all the verses about the holy-ness of God and what it means to "fear" Him (respect Him as the holy God He is and thake seriously what He says)

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The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon you
Because he has anointed you to preach good news
(Repeat)
He has sent you to the poor (This is the year)
To bind up the broken hearted (This is the day)
To bring freedom to the captives (This is the year)
And to release the ones in darkness

(This is the year) of the favour of the Lord
(This is the day) of the vengeance of our God
(This is the year) of the favour of the Lord
(This is the day) of the vengeance of our God

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon us
Because he has anointed us to preach good news
(Repeat)
He will comfort all who mourn (This is the year)
He will provide for those who grieve (This is the day)
He will pour out the oil of gladness (This is the year)
Instead of mourning you will praise.

~Andy Park

I've been a Christian for almost 10 yrs. now and there just seems so much that I would tell myself 10 yrs. ago. Definitely to not be so caught up in my will and ways and the things that I want to do in my life, but to surrender everything to God for His will to be done because His will and way is what's best. To follow what these verses say: Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight"; Isaiah 40:30-32 "They that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength. They will soar on wings as eagles. They will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."; Matthew 22:37-40 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Also, to pray and seek the Lord daily and read the Bible daily and follow what it says. To be totally dedicated to the Lord and to seek His will for my life and follow as He leads. To be consistent in my walk with the Lord...staying consistent in reading the Word daily, seeking Him daily, following as He leads, etc. To be willing to listen for that still, small voice of the Lord. To trust that God will work everything out for our good and will provide for all our needs if we will just seek Him and have faith to believe that He will. That He is always there for us and that we need not be afraid of anything because we can always cry out to the Lord for help and He will help us.
But, really, if I had told myself all these things back then I believe I would not have fully believed them. It took everything that I have gone through in the past almost 10 yrs. to bring me to believe all these things. In the past 10 yrs. I have learned and have grown so much in the Word and in my relationship with the Lord and in knowing then what I know now I think that would not have happened. Sometimes it takes the things we go through to really bring us to have a closer relationship with the Lord and to read His Word more and follow it. Sometimes we have to experience things and learn through those experiences that we can trust in the Lord. We all learn and grow spiritually at different rates and having learned those things faster may seem like it would have made our lives much better then and maybe even now, but I don't think it really would have, because those things would not have truly been experienced so that we know they are true. I think I was where God wanted me to be then and I am where He wants me to be now. I pray all the time that I would just learn and grow more spiritually and that I would just have all the things I do wrong, all the sins, all the wrong attitudes, etc. just taken out of me so I can be right and pleasing to the Lord, but it hasn't happened that way. It has been over time that this has happened and in doing so it only makes me desire to do right and be pleasing to the Lord even more. It's like the more I mess up and make mistakes or do wrong the more I desire to do right and out of that desire I do more what is right. Seems weird I know, but that's how it is, at least to me. So, we just have to keep seeking the Lord and asking Him to help us to learn and grow spiritually and to help us to do right and be pleasing to Him and to cleanse us of all things that are not right and pleasing to Him. He will do that in His timing and as He brings us through things we become closer to Him and closer to being as He wants us to be.

That it would be a long time before I'd understand much of anything and that this is okay. To press into reading God's Word more diligently. To pray, pray, pray and never think that I've prayed enough. To really make every effort to know God, His unique attributes and to in that way, grow close to Him. I would have told myself to spend less time listening to commentators and more time listening to God, through His word, through prayer, through listening to Him. To learn how to judge rightly and not just accept the blanket statement that no one can judge. To seek His grace to develop good fruit in my life. Awww, there is sooooo much I would tell myself. But then, I wouldn't have learned it as learning seems only to come through experience.

Great question.

A believer's entire walk with God is sustained by Him, through
grace. Never be afraid to come to God with your shortcomings...
don't run from Him or try to hide them. As ugly as they may be,
He is faithful to replace our heavy burdens with His easy yoke.

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I would tell myself to learn to listen to the promptings of the Spirit better. That God places people in your life for a reason, don’t shun those relationships. Learn from your mistakes; learn to listen to that still soft voice of God early on so that He doesn’t have to rap you over the head with a stick later on.