Coming to Christian tv, promoting DR. PHIL in a new role. This galls me as the docs program has lost it's flavor on secular tv. So proposing all this righteousness from him is gagging. Why didn't he do this all these years on his secular show when it would have reached those people that needed it more? He's said he's going to clean up our world. My words

Now, before I get into the main message here, I want to respond to Jesus’ first response to this rich ruler. When Jesus said, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone,” he was not saying that he was not good nor that he was not God. If anything, I believe he was leading the man to realize that Jesus was God because indeed he was good, for he is the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Now when we come into this life we are all born with sin natures, separated from God, and without hope. All of us have sinned, and we all come up short of attaining the approval of God and the hope of heaven (Romans 3:23). Not one of us can keep the whole law with absolute perfection, so the law can never save us. Only by God’s grace, through faith in Jesus Christ and his blood shed for our sins, can we have the hope of eternal life in heaven with Jesus (Ephesians 2:8-10). Yet, the question always remains: “What is faith?”

Earlier Jesus had stated that if anyone would come after him, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and to self) and follow him (in obedience). He said that if we want to hold on to our old lives (of living in sin and for self) that we will lose them for eternity, but if we deny self, and if we willingly die to our old lives, and if we now follow our Lord in obedience to his commands in holy living, we will gain eternal life (Luke 9:23-26).

The apostles taught the same truth with regard to our eternal salvation. Paul said the way we come to know Christ is “that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth” (Ephesians 4:20-24).

I believe this is the essence of what Jesus was telling this rich young ruler. So many people are willing to “do” things “for” God on their own terms. They may keep at least some of the rules, to the best of their ability, and they may even live morally clean lives, but they won’t yield their lives to Jesus Christ and give him everything. Jesus is saying, though, that to be his followers we must be willing to lay it all down to follow him.

He wants our all on the altar. We can’t be his fully devoted followers if we are holding on to “other gods.” For the rich young ruler, his god was his wealth. He was not willing to give it up. For others it may be something else. It could be our entertainment choices, reputation, career, houses, possessions, pride, and/or self-will, etc. A “god” is anything we give our hearts, minds, loyalties, emotion and devotion to in place of or above God. These we must forsake. Jesus must become our “all in all.”


So, what is the essence of what Jesus said here? I believe this message reaches far beyond just physical wealth, though that is a very difficult thing, evidently, for the rich to let go of. Many things of this world may have strongholds on our lives, and we may not be willing to let go of them to follow Jesus, and that is indeed very sad.

I believe the principle here is that it is hard for those who possess much in the way of the things of this world to enter the kingdom of heaven, because it is hard for them to let go and to leave it all behind. This also means that to enter the kingdom of heaven, it requires that we let go and that we let God have his way in our lives. Sadly enough, this is not being taught much anymore, and so many people have been given a false hope of heaven based off a lie.

The message Jesus gave the rich young ruler is the same message he is giving to all of us, which is we must lay aside (die to) our old self-life, and that we are to then follow Jesus Christ in obedience and in surrender to his will for our lives. This is impossible in our own human will and strength. We can do nothing to earn or to deserve our salvation. Yet God, who is rich in mercy, made the way possible for us to be saved.

Jesus Christ paid the price for us so we could be set free from our bondage to sin, so by his grace, and in his power and strength, and because of what he did for us in conquering sin on our behalf, we can be saved. All this is the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives, yet we must cooperate fully with his work of grace in transforming us away from living in sin and for self to now following our Lord Jesus in submission to his will and in obedience to his commands in holy living – all for the glory and praise of God!

[Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-21; Galatians 6:7-8; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Colossians 1:21-23; Colossians 3:1-11; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 10:23-31; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6; 1 Jn 3:4-10]

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Hymn lyrics by Anonymous/Unknown
Music by American Melody

“For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you” (2 Co. 13:4 NASB).

I am weak, but Thou art strong;
Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore.

Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

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Now, what did Jesus teach us about the Pharisees? They were skilled at hypocrisy, professing one thing outwardly, while doing another. They did not practice what they preached. They did their deeds to be seen by others. They loved attention. They lead people to hell on the promise of heaven. They adhered to religious rituals but not to God’s righteousness. They appeared clean (righteous) outwardly but inwardly they were full of wicked deeds, greed, hypocrisy, and self-indulgence. They persecuted those who were truly righteous, and they were proud and unjustly judgmental of others who were not like them (see Matthew 23:1-39).

So, it isn’t as though this Pharisee in this parable had any just cause at all for seeing himself as better than the tax collector. He was worse, in fact, because he had all sorts of head knowledge with regard to what is right and to what is wrong, and yet he did evil, and not good, while outwardly putting on an image of all goodness. So he was self-righteous, not righteous in the eyes of the Lord. For the Lord doesn’t see things the same way that human flesh sees things. Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. And from the heart can come good or evil, depending upon what is stored up in a person’s heart (Luke 6:45; Matthew 15:17-20).

Now, should we be thankful for God’s saving grace? Amen! Should we be thankful to God that we who believe in Jesus with God-honoring faith in him have been delivered from our slavery to sin so that we can now walk in holiness and in righteousness and in obedience to our Lord? Yes! So, from that perspective we can be thankful that the Lord drew us up out of our pits and that he gave us new life in him to be lived for his purposes and for his glory. We can be thankful to God that we are no longer walking in sin, making sin our practice, but by the grace of God, and in his power and strength, we can now live holy lives, pleasing to God. That is a good prayer!

But to unjustly and to hypocritically stand in judgment over others when we might be just as bad or much worse is hypocritical, for one, it is unloving, it is not kind, it is prideful, and it sets ourselves up to be superior to others as though in ourselves we have obtained some superior status. But all of us were born into this world with sin natures, in the image of Adam, with the propensity to do evil. And it is only by the grace of God and by his righteousness that any of us can be made righteous in the sight of God, and thus all the glory goes to God.

But is it evil to point out the evil in others? It depends on where we are spiritually and what is our purpose. If it is to try to make us look superior and for the purpose only to condemn others, then it is wrong. If the purpose is of God, and it is to confront sin in sinful humans in order to lead them to repentance, to turning away from their sins to walks of genuine faith and obedience to our Lord in holy living, that is good. Or if it is to help a wandering brother or sister to come out from his wandering and to walk in faithful obedience to the Lord, the purpose is good.

But to stand up and to pray to God and to say to God, “Look at how good I am compared to this other person,” then that is wrong, especially if we are doing so hypocritically. For not one of us is good in our own selves. For we are self-deceived and we are not able to really see ourselves as God sees us if we feel that we have to point out to God how superior we are to others, especially if we are not living righteously but hypocritically. But should we pray for sinners to come to repentance? Yes! And should it burden us that so many people are living wicked lives? Yes! It should!

But it is only by the grace of God that any of us are lifted up out of our sinful lifestyles and are able to now live holy lives, pleasing to God. So this is not a prideful matter at all. This is a matter of true humility in realizing where we would be without Jesus and without his blood sacrifice for our sins so that we can be delivered from our addiction to sin. We would all be doomed to hell! So we should be extremely grateful for God’s saving grace. And when we see someone who is trapped in sin’s deceitfulness, it should grieve our hearts, and we should pray for that person, and we should share with that person the truth of the gospel as to how he can be set free, too. And this is good!

For in this case the tax collector was actually more righteous than the religious Pharisee, for the tax collector acknowledged his sins before God and he prayed to God for mercy. Yes, he didn’t go through all the religious rituals of the Pharisees, which was good, but he had a heart for God and he wanted to know God and he wanted the Lord to save him from his sins. But the Pharisee was so full of pride that he couldn’t even see his own sins and his own hypocrisy, but all that he could see is how much better he thought he was than this other man who he regarded as less.

So, don’t be a snob. Don’t be self-righteous. Don’t be a hypocrite. Humble yourselves before God and serve the Lord with your lives and pray for those who are still walking in sin to be delivered from their slavery to sin. And love them into the kingdom of heaven by sharing with them the truth of the gospel in how they can be set free from their bondage and in how they can now walk in holiness and in righteousness in the power of God, if they are willing. And do good to them and not evil.

Oh, to Be Like Thee, Blessed Redeemer

Lyrics by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1897
Music by W. J. Kirkpatrick, 1897

Oh, to be like Thee! blessèd Redeemer,
This is my constant longing and prayer;
Gladly I’ll forfeit all of earth’s treasures,
Jesus, Thy perfect likeness to wear.

Oh, to be like Thee! full of compassion,
Loving, forgiving, tender and kind,
Helping the helpless, cheering the fainting,
Seeking the wandering sinner to find.

O to be like Thee! lowly in spirit,
Holy and harmless, patient and brave;
Meekly enduring cruel reproaches,
Willing to suffer others to save.

O to be like Thee! while I am pleading,
Pour out Thy Spirit, fill with Thy love;
Make me a temple meet for Thy dwelling,
Fit me for life and Heaven above.

Oh, to be like Thee! Oh, to be like Thee,
Blessèd Redeemer, pure as Thou art;
Come in Thy sweetness, come in Thy fullness;
Stamp Thine own image deep on my heart.

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Some would say, that is the only heaven.

Ming has mammogram tomorrow.. experiencing pain in left breast.. se is worried and thinks its C
she is only 27
my daughter

A question- do you think it is both scriptural and the heart of God to pray that witchcraft coming against you is returned on their own head? I thought that I had heard people praying like this before but was not sure. I have been having a problem being targeted by witchcraft and I have already been doing spiritual warfare over the witchcraft people and praying for conviction and that they stop what they are doing, I also have been taking authority over the witchcraft and commanding it to stop in the name of Jesus and also breaking the power of the witchcraft people in the name of Jesus. All of this has had a strong effect and finally I have started praying that all witchcraft coming against me is returned to sender and that seems to have been the final blow, that has taken care of most of it. For the last several months I have felt the witchcraft coming back several times a day but I just rebuke witchcraft again and it stops.

Revelation 12:5-11 teaches: “And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

We need to take an open, objective, and thorough look at this passage and let it speak for itself. We need to look at the context, identify what is happening, and then put the theological jigsaw pieces together. We need to be careful to refuse any interpretation that has been contrived of man, and foisted upon this text, to reinforce a faulty, preconceived, and prejudiced end-times viewpoint.

The context of this teaching is clearly the aftermath of Christ’s successful earthly life, His atoning death, His victorious resurrection and His glorious ascent to assume His heavenly throne. This all occurred 2000 years ago. This, according to the text, resulted in the devil’s eviction from heaven. Why? The penalty for sin had now been fully paid, the grave had been finally defeated, Satan’s grounds for accusation had been powerfully destroyed and his charge sheet against God’s people had been suitably ripped in two. Sin had lost its dominion over the believer and the devil’s condemning finger has now been broken. The accuser had lost his authority to bring charges against God’s elect before the bar of God in heaven.

A perfect human life had been lived in the form of the earthly assignment of Christ. The law had been fully met and the punishment for sin had been fully executed. Those who placed their trust in Christ and His finished work on the cross were instantly set free of the dominion, power and penalty of sin. God’s people were now free. There was no longer any condemnation for the redeemed.

Justice had been copiously served. Righteousness prevailed. Death and the grave had been suitably conquered. Christ broke open the gates of hell and liberated the redeemed dead. Christ’s accomplishments emptied Hades (Abraham's bosom) of God's elect. The spiritual barriers to entry into heaven had now been removed. Also, the lake of fire (the second death or eternal punishment) was defeated for God's people. The enemy was roundly defeated on all fronts.

One of the main effects of Satan being evicted from heaven and being spiritual bound was that the nations would be enlightened. This was a mammoth pivotal historic change for the Gentiles spiritually. This was what allowed the Gospel to expand outside of Israel borders to invade a dark Gentile world. This began the enlightening of the nations. The outside world would no longer be ignorant of the truth. It would now know about Jesus. It would know about the cross. It would know about redemption.

Satan’s control, movement and influence over the Gentiles would be seriously curtailed from now on. An emboldened Church was empowered to invade his territory and bring the good news to the heathen. And there was nothing Satan could do about that.

Christ powerfully confronted Satan's largely unchallenged, global earthly rule. The evil one’s advance, liberties and sway on earth and in heaven received a severe blow. Christ broke Satan's claim over the Gentiles and opened up a way of salvation for the heathen. The devil’s ability to deceive the nations had been decimated with the widespread evangelization of the Gentiles. No longer did they sit in complete darkness as before. There was a bright light shining throughout the nations.

Satan’s former unchallenged global position had come to an end. John declares: “Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ.” It was now time for the Gospel to invade the Gentile (ethnos) nations. The Church was now able to overcome Satan “by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony” and bring the Gospel to “the whole world” that had previously sat in darkness.

From the first century to our current day the great commission has saturated the nations with the Gospel light. Countless millions have encountered the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, through the faithful preaching of the Word of God. Satan cannot in away thwart the might expanse of the Gospel. What a victorious picture of the achievements of Christ and the empowerment of the New Testament Church to evangelize the nations.

Talking about the time of Satan’s eviction, this passage notably described the devil as “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world” (Revelation 12:9).

That was his prevailing status when he was being evicted 2000 years ago. He “deceiveth the whole world.” He had the nations enslaved in darkness believing his lies. He ruled all nations before the cross, apart from national Israel, and even then, he had most Israelis deceived with his lies.

But this is not his status today.

Since the Lord’s ascension to the throne of God, the devil’s power is hampered. Christ now sits victorious in the glory as our prophet, priest and king. Satan, who once deceived “the whole world” has lost his immense unchallenged global influence. The authority to do such being significantly curtailed by the work of Christ and the advance of the Church of Jesus Christ. Satan has no answer to the light.

From the First Advent, Satan and his minions have been placed in a spiritual prison [the abyss] and are hampered by powerful spiritual chains of restraint which curtails their movement throughout the globe and limits their influence over the nations. Like a dog on a chain, he is limited on what he can do, where he can go and who he can speak to.

Before Satan’s eviction, God was Israel's God, not the Gentiles God. Satan ruled the nations. The powerful spread of the Gospel to the Gentiles lifted the deception that kept them bound. Satan was now bound. The boot was on the other foot.

With the global expanse of the great commission, the Gentiles now are without excuse. The ignorance is gone. The veil is removed. The deception enveloping the Gentiles has been lifted. Those Gentiles who embrace the Gospel are no longer deceived. They are enlightened. The faithful from every nation on earth are brought into a personal faith in Christ, experience the joy of sins forgiven and are grafted into the Israel of God. The Gentiles are no longer ignorant. The nations are now without excuse, just like those in the Old Testament that rejected salvation.

Salvation has now come to the nations. The Church has received its baptism of fire at Pentecost. It has received its Divine mandate. The world is its parish. As a result, the Church has become a militant overcoming organism throughout the nations. The means by which God lifts deception is the preaching of the Word of God. This has now been successfully ongoing throughout the nations for 2000 years.

The Gospel has gone out to the nations throughout this new covenant period, corresponding with the parallel binding of Satan for his territory to be overrun with the truth. The millennium was ushered in by Christ’s resurrection (the first resurrection). It has seen the Gospel go out to the Gentiles (as predicted). Before the resurrection, the Gospel was restricted to one lone small nation Israel. The Gospel has liberated countless millions of Gentiles over this past 2,000 years as Satan's territory has been invaded with the truth. Village after village, town after town, city after city, nation after nation globally has encountered the light. Those that have eyes to see will see.

my Dad fell on the stairs and hurt his arm slightly. His arm is swollen and he is in slight pain when he moved his arm in certain ways.

please pray that he recovers swiftly. He says he will go to the urgent care, but he is an extremely stubborn person and always says “oh I’m fine” until it’s the very last minute (he had a similar injury where his arm was all infected and discolored but he didn’t care and brushed it off) please also pray that he changes his stubborn mindset (which annoys me to no end)

I realize I am asking a rhetorical question, but want to solicit advice anyway. There is a woman who I am interested in being more than a friend but she has shown little to no signs of interest on her part. Add to that I don't know if she is available or not (She doesn't wear any kind of ring on the left ring finger so I assume she is neither married or engaged). My current inclination is to say to heck with it and take my shot (ask her out) despite lack of signs, and risk rejection and awkwardness because you never know.... to use an analogy from my username, the ball could end up in the back of the net. But with no visible signs, should I even waste my time asking? What would my fellow single guys do in this situation?

Hi,

Wrong expectation can lead to disappointment. What should we expect if we follow Christ ? Or is it better not to expect anything ?

I think most of when following Christ at least expect this bare minimum, roof over our heads, protection from injustice and pain caused by persecution etc, enough to eat and drink, health, enough finances to live a decent enough life and we also want this for our spouse, children. So it is kinda what prosperity gospel teaches.

But we all know from real life observation this is not always the case, for some it is, for some it isn't.
I mean some of us could die of sickness, we might get persecuted for our faith, we might struggle in finances etc.

Br,

What is the Wesleyan take on imputed righteousness. Calvinists believe God sees us through the holiness of Jesus and not as we really are. I personally find this unscriptural. Christ certainly sees Christians in the 7 churches in Revelations as they really were. I know John Wesley took issue with the Calvinists of his day over this issue.

All ideas are welcome. All Faiths are encouraged to participate. What is not accepted is fighting, bickering, and arguing. Christians do not do that . . . at all.

Let’s go!

Some interesting things were said about John. Such as he arrived with the spirit and POWER of Elijah. John would cause the hearts of fathers to their sons and the hearts of their sons to their fathers. It was said that John would prepare the way for Jesus. Those who received the Baptism of John recognized Christ as, at a minimum, their Earthly king. Those who rejected John’s Baptism did not believe. Jesus said it Himself that no human is greater than His cousin, John the Baptist. Jesus also positioned the question of whether or not John’s Baptism was from Heaven, or if it was just from this world.

Based upon the imagery and language applied to John and his water Baptism, it seems that quite a load and heavy responsibility was placed upon his shoulders to reach tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of Jews (and perhaps a few Gentiles), before Jesus’s death.

We need to discuss the doctrine of salvation. To start the discussion, I offer the following brief and admittedly incomplete outline of the most very basic elements of salvation.

1. Salvation is the Reconciliation of Man with God
2. Salvation is in Jesus Alone
3. Salvation is the Positive Result Evangelism

Scriptures can be added and much more can be said about this, but it is a start.

Hi,

Got to be honest, sometimes the prospect of heaven is not that appealing compared to what this world has to offer.
That why some people sell their souls to the devil. Do sins like selling drugs to get rich. They fornicate and live a promiscious life.
How can we desire the eternal things, the things of heaven more than what this world has to offer ? It is not always that easy, got to be honest, the things of this world are very attractive and tempting sometimes.

Br,

If you do, what will you be growing this year? And if you have started already, what are you growing?

Since Jesus ascended, there have been around 300 predictions as to the day of His return. Unless I missed something, not one has come true. I have no expectation that anyone on this forum has greater insight than their predecessors in last day speculations.

I must agree. Remember Joe's administration maintained for years that the border was safe, secure, and closed.

‘One even threatened my dog.’​

(LifeSiteNews) — An LGBT talk show host has been kicked off his show and has received an onslaught of vitriol from fellow homosexuals and members of “the LGBTQ community” for supporting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s forthcoming legislation that will ban surgically or chemically “transitioning” children.

On February 7, David Oulton, who hosts the show “Face to Face With David” on the LGBT network OUTtv was told that his show would be cancelled in light of him supporting Smith’s forthcoming legislation banning “sex changes” for minors.

Oulton took to X (formerly Twitter) to document what happened, including threats of “violence” and what he called “homophobic rhetoric directed” his way for supporting Smith.

“Interesting Since I (a gay) voiced my support for@ABDanielleSmith the only threats of violence or homophobic rhetoric directed my way has been from within the LGBTQ community. One even threatened my dog,” wrote Oulton on X (formerly Twitter) last week, noting how even his dog came under threat.

On January 31, Smith announced what is the strongest pro-family legislation in Canada, protecting kids from life-altering so-called “top and bottom” surgeries as well as other forms of transgender ideology.

Alberta’s forthcoming regulations include a ban on so-called “top” surgeries (mastectomies, breast constructions) as well as “bottom” surgeries (vaginoplasties, phalloplasties) for children 17 and under. Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones are also restricted to those age 16 and older, but only with parental consent.

Oulton has been a supporter of both Smith and the United Conservative Party, which Smith leads, and last month posted a picture of himself with the premier and UCP Minister of Arts, Culture, and Status of Women Tanya Fir after he met with them to talk about “concerns of the LGBTQ+ community.”

Smith, though opposing some aspects of the transgender movement, supports homosexual “marriage.”

Continued below.

Please pray God will protect me and my mind. Amen

The active duty U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy has died of his injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed on Monday.

Aaron Bushnell, 25, of San Antonio, lit himself on fire in front of the embassy on Sunday afternoon. First responders took him to a hospital, where he later died, the MPD said.

Horrible. It's reminiscent of the Buddhist monk who immolated himself back in 1962 to protest of the treatment of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.

Air Force member Aaron Bushnell dies after setting himself on fire near Israeli Embassy

Meet Iman- a former drug addict who has given his life to Christ! It was really sad and I actually felt really sorry for him- he was in such a bad state from drug addiction that his own family forbade him from coming to events as they were embarrassed by him.

One night he flipped through channels and came across a TV station (bare in mind this is Iran- odds,etc) and heard the words "I gave my heart to Jesus" this happen a second time too.

Third time- he had just come down from the flat roof, smoking crack when he heard those exact words again but this time he listened longer, it was a testimony from a former drug addict, Iman prayed for God to save him and you can guess what happened next!

When he got saved Iman felt the literal presence of Jesus next to him and was too reluctant to open his eyes!

Iman shared the Gospel, but his country being Iran, he was repeatedly sent to jail, in prison however, the guards and inmates really liked him.

He was put in a cell with the worst inmates- the mentally ill, gangs and murderers, but because the prison officers liked him so much, he was offered a nicer place..... but he refused as he was leading them to Christ!!!

When the authorities said he could be released with bond money he told them to hold on to the offer.... his ministry was not complete yet!

This is an amazing testimony and such an amazing testimony about zeal for Christ, I had to share it!

Please pray feel like I’m losing it

Hi,

I am just looking for advice/answer/ truthfully not sure which. I am an older gent who went back to church at 60. I joined a church and read the Bible. attended services, (still do) classes, etc. Lately i notice what i had been feeling has sort of waned. Often reading the Bible, i realize i might as well be reading a text book-meaning i read the words but they are just tha,t words.

Here is my dilemma. I believe in God, that Jesus died for our sins, in the trinity. I intellectually understand all of it and believe it. But what i once felt in my heart is now in my head only. It is hard to explain, but it is all of a sudden like an ambivalence towads it. Almost if my thoughts go -ya, i get it but.....

Is this something that can occur? Can you read too much or listen to much, where you become non plussed by it OR (and i am hoping) is it a case of "it can happen" but to continue what you are doing as it will come back. That feeling, the one that had me excited, desiring to change my life, act more like a believer a Christian has not left, it may have waned. Thanks in advance

Please pray against evil thoughts