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Recent content by Ivan57

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    Fell Into Old Sins

    Hello, I'll be brief, but essentially I have lost the path. I was at a point a few months ago constantly doubting salvation and being convicted over enjoying hobbies (that aren't sinful in themselves), fearing everything was an idol, unsure if it was God or if it was my OCD (bc I felt immense...
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    Repetitive Thoughts/condemnation over hobby

    Thanks for the responses. I’ve been praying, and come to realize the games I play latches aren’t wrong, but I was too focused on them. So I’ve cut back playing time a lot (went from 15-20 hours a week to now 6-8, sometimes 10 but only if I do a long session one day with friends, not solo). I’ve...
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    When you don't want to give up sinning...

    Ask God. Be honest “Lord I don’t desire to give these sins up, but they are against you and I want to love you. Please open my eyes to how evil they are and give me the grace to sincerely repent.” I’ve been struggling letting go of old habits. I was a total recluse in the past, and if I wasn’t...
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    Repetitive Thoughts/condemnation over hobby

    I’ve been growing in my faith as of late, but I constantly am hit with this same battle everyday. I have been delivered from the old major sins in my life, and while I struggle occasionally they are no where near as powerful. I have been given the ability to say no. However, I’ve realized now...
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    Struggle to Feel Sexual Pleasure

    Hello (disclaimer, this post will be slightly graphic, though not intense or in a vulgar manner. I apologize in advance, but I need to give some details to accurately describe my problem), I am a young Christian guy in my early 20s, and I am in quite a unique situation. My whole life I have...
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    Feelings of Condemnation

    Recently, I have been praying and reading my bible more to grow in my relationship with God. However, I have always struggled with surrendering my life to Him. Not as in holding onto sin, but letting go of everything- my hobbies, free time, dreams, etc. I’ve been praying and wanting a new heart...
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    Please help

    John 6:37 “All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” Acts 2:21 “And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'” Sometimes it’s good to boil it down. I used to keep trying to have the perfect surrender or repentance and...
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    Please help

    This thread helped me too. I have OCD and had a half-hearted walk in the past, so I had to many fears, doubts, false ideas when I was drawn back to God. One verse that helps me is “All who call upon the name of the LORD will be saved.” Acts 2:21 The thing I struggled with was fully dying to...
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    To the Stumbling Christian

    Thanks for this. In my past when I saw my faith as nothing more as “just try to avoid sin and if you sin repent and don’t do it again”. But there was no relationship, not that I was trying to warn salvation but I thought you just ask Him to save you, trust Him and don’t sin. But I held onto my...
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    Please Take The Time To Read This.

    I’ve been working in surrender too. In the past my walk was basically “avoid sin, and don’t do things that are against God, but I’m in control of my plans.” Long story short, that didn’t work. I fell so hard into sin. And if God wasn’t drawing me I would have gone deeper and never returned. All...
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    I want to draw closer to God by a religious fast, but I'm underweight?

    I've thought about fasting too, and while I'm not underweight, I have not been eating enough due to stress. This leads me to be tired and makes it harder to focus. I've been drastically revamping/improving my sleep and eating schedules to be healthy. It's a new concept for me, as I have never...
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    Acedia at age 17, possibly going to a mental hospital??

    I'm glad it helped. I never thought that it would help someone so much. It's funny, because I still haven't had that full "click" yet. But I know it doesn't define me, and that I trust Christ. Recently I have been struggling to desire to come to Him. Like "do I really want to? Do I really want...
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    God has abandoned me.

    I've struggled with the thoughts a lot too in the past, that God has left me. Recently, I've had some possibly permanent physical ailments afflict me (that is rare/few people experience this type of thing. I'll spare the details in this thread), and I've been striving to fight off jealousy of...
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    I feel like I can't have the relationship with God I always wanted.

    I struggle the same way. A few months ago, I have come back from wandering and seek and trust in Him to stay and never turn away again. I repented of my sin, and thought that was that. As I seeked after Him, I read a verse in Luke where He says “whoever does not renounce all that He owns cannot...
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    Why does God's will for our lives hurt so much sometimes?

    I was thinking the same thing too. My walk in the past was always come to God, call into sin, come back stronger, fall into deeper sin. A few months ago, by His grace He pulled me out of that rut and I am seeking to follow Him and never turn away. It was funny, the verse that brought me hope...