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Recent content by Returning backslider

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    Hello

    Really you are a wise man my minister has made many similar points in sermon and conversation. I hope you are counseling young brethren in your church. You know the word of God and fear Him which is the beginning of all wisdom. God bless you sir I appreciate this so much you are a man of...
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    Mathetes66 this was very encouraging my minister he told me many of the same things you are a wise man sir God bless you happy resurrection day. He said the same thing 1 John 1:9. Don’t call God a liar he will forgive! I really need to search my heart and confess any sin and pride I can’t...
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    Hello

    Please forgive me for my tone being prideful or self righteous I tend to fall into legalistic thinking sometimes. Jesus is Lord Bless you sir hope this conversation helps
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    Okay now I see you are not a believer and are here to start some sort of debate I suppose. Here is what I will say: I am convinced, more than anything in this life, that sin heaven hell are real Jesus is the answer the bible is the word of God. You (or I) could say there is no God, or that...
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    Romans 3:23 and the book of 1john says that of course I will die a sinner. 1 John says that if we say we have no sin we are liars. No man can cease to be a sinner it is a fact due to the fall. The good news of the gospel is that Christ died as an atonement for such sin so that there is no...
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    I most certainly will die a sinner, but the fundamental question is does one die an unrepentant sinner or a redeemed sinner
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    I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here
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    Thank you poppyB please pray for me that God would soften my heart and the Holy Spirit would open my eyes to Christ again
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    Do you mean why didn’t I stay in sin and away from the Lord? It’s the Holy Spirit even if I don’t realize right now. I was in a forum for Christians with anxiety and backsliders and one quote said there are times it seems you are foresaken and can’t take it anymore and want to forget the whole...
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    Thank you kimmy. I put a lot of distance between myself and God. I forgot who He was. Must stay in the Word. Thanks
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    Need Help grieved holy spirit

    Glad this was profitable Lynn. I like the way you put it we must hold tight to him James 4:8. Draw night into God and He will draw nigh to you.
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    Need Help grieved holy spirit

    Thank you dear brother your compassion is great. God is obviously still working in merry old England. Much thanks from across the pond
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    Need Help grieved holy spirit

    Anthony: “The reason for this is because years ago I had formed ideas in my own mind of what my relationship with God was like. I held the belief that God could only truly accept me if I became a different person. I thought that if something changed in my life, then God might love me better...
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    Need Help grieved holy spirit

    Thank you for the post. I’m reading Grace Abounding right now. I certainly am identifying with it. Almost tit for tat in terms of the detail. I’ll check out the Facebook group. I deactivated mine years ago but I’m sure I could get back on. God bless you.
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    Need Help grieved holy spirit

    Thanks a lot Darren. That verse is wonderful. It sums up perfectly what my soul so desperately craves. Rest in Christ. Safety, quiet, home. Oh just the thought of it is so sweet please Lord change my heart I can’t take another day of not knowing if I belong to you. Did you ever struggle...