Losing faith

I think you need to be humble, not react snappy and see that she has your best interests at heart. You can still be in a relationship and do your missionary work in Africa if that's what you still want. Maybe the Lord has another plan for you.

No one is going to say it's ok to have premarital sex and you shouldn't be doing it if you are, you cannot pick and choose the elements of being a practicing Christian.

Maybe you can see if there are other churches you may like and attend one you are happy with, but to stop attending all together on such a small matter doesn't seem right considering you are attending to praise the Lord. I hope you don't harden your heart and heed the advice on here and most importantly pray and ask for help from the Lord.
Well done for seeking advice, if you want to abstain from premarital sex and your boyfriend does not then maybe he doesn't care about you as much as you think, if he cares he will respect what is biblical and if it is too hard to abstain then don't leave yourselves in situations where you know temptation will be too much (alone together at night, sleeping over etc).

I hope this helps, God bless.
Mike

I think you must first ask your self what sort of faith are you losing if you are willing to throw it away to spite a friend?

Or is this not a matter of faith but a controversy between two imperfect humans? To leave the church and join another would be a possible move that wouldn't sacrifice faith, but to give up faith entirely? That is the suggestion of your thread title.

2 Corinthians 13:5 says, "Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith."


God Bless,
Drew

Don't let your friend stop u from going to heaven

Hm. It takes a lot of self-control to deal with people who are prying into your personal life without your accession. That can cause a lot of emotion, but just live with the even-handedness of, "I don't really consider that I'm accountable to you." Be strong in your faith.

I know a lot of us, including me, have worries with where you are in your relationships with others; but I'm not sure you've really asked us for advice on that?

In any event, your position toward this person -- or your other friends -- should be looking at something very straightforward: Is my relationship with God more important than this relationship? Why would I "chuck" a relationship with God because of what's happening in this relationship? Whether it's the prying advisor or the significant other, that seems to me the more important question.

I wish you well. I hope for you!

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