need advice/testimonies for weak conscience..

The bible tells us "don't be overly righteous why destroy your self, neither be overly wicked why die before your time".

If your righteousness is totally destroying your peace, I would be reassessing if it is really God's command. We only need to follow what the bible tells us, and act with wisdom in other areas.

Sometimes God will press us to do things we don't feel comfortable doing, but generally he makes our paths straight, and pleasant.

Verses....Ecclesiastes 7:16-17
Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise.
Why should you ruin yourself?
Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool.
Why should you die before your time?

LoveHisPresence said:

I am in a place where I feel totally stuck. I have a Very weak conscience in many things, especially things that are not addressed in the bible. I struggle with simple everyday decisions like whether or not I should join somebody for a trip to the grocery store, or what church to attend because so many churches and church members do not act or think like me. It's not the actions that I think are sinful, it's the sin I believe I would be committing my doing them. For example, in the case of the trip to the grocery store, I begin thinking, what if God wants me to fast? or what if I'll be tempted to buy something unhealthy?

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This doesn't sound like your conscience is too weak, but the very opposite! In fact, it sounds rather hyper-active, to me!

So, if you do step wrong, what do you suppose the consequence will be?

What would you think of a father whose little one is learning to walk who threatens and punishes the child every time it staggers and falls? A father would be evil to the bone who would do such a thing to his little one! And how likely would the child be to learn to walk? I think it would quickly become terrified of making the effort! Doing so just results in misery! This is, though, essentially how you're thinking of God.

I don't see in Scripture a Heavenly Father who rages and rails against a child of His who mistakes His will or stumbles into sin. Not at all. In Christ's parable of the Lost Sheep, what does the shepherd do whose sheep has wandered off? Does he think to himself, "Stupid sheep! It can just die out there in the wilderness!" No. He leaves all of his other sheep and searches the wild 'til he finds his wayward animal.

How about the parable of the Prodigal Son? Does the father rage against his profligate child and despise him for running off and wasting his inheritance? No. He waits at the road to his home, looking for his wayward son's return. And when the son finally returns, he is not greeted by his father with yelling, and anger, and recrimination, but hugs and kisses!

Your Heavenly Father is just like the shepherd of the Lost Sheep and the father of the Prodigal Son. He is not stalking off in anger every time you stumble and fall. If you think of Him like this, you do Him a great disservice! He pursues you, and protects you, and loves you! He understands that every one of His children must learn to walk with Him. It's a process that takes time - a lifetime, really. And He has always known - even before there was a universe - that we would fall into sin, and mistake His will, and stagger in our faith as we learn to walk with Him. And yet, He still sent His Son to die for you and me. Why, then, all your worry and fear? It is entirely unnecessary! God is much more patient, much more loving, much more gracious and merciful, than you seem to be giving Him credit for!

LoveHisPresence said:

I don't obey my conscience because it has become too strict.

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You aren't to obey your conscience; you're to obey God. They aren't the same thing.

LoveHisPresence said:

I have to be obedient in order to keep fellowship with God so I can get well, But my strict conscience makes obedience feel like I'm going to go crazy.

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So, let me ask you: Do you love God with all of your being? That's the First and Great Commandment (Matthew 22:36-38). Are you obeying it? Or are you too busy fussing about all the weird restrictions your conscience and your fear impose on you? You see, it's quite impossible to obey the First and Great Commandment and be fearful of God. The apostle John explains:

1 John 4:16-18
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

Far too many Christians are going around obeying every command of God but the first and great one. They fuss over legalistic obedience to things like church attendance, and reading the Bible, and prayer, and living a pure life, but if they're really honest with themselves, they don't actually love God. But all of the rest of the Christian life is supposed to rise out of the keeping of the First and Great Commandment! It's the beginning of walking with God! There is no real walking with Him, no true fellowship, if there is no love for Him! And if there is love, it will cast out worry and fear.

Just don't be too legalistic (that would be like the pharisees). At the same time walk righteously. You need to find the balance. Thats all there is to it.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:14)

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. (Luke 9:23)

Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17)

Altogether it is through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ's sacrifice shall our conscience be cleansed from dead works by denying (disowning) our own will that we may submit to and rely upon His will only and exclusively: and seeing that faith comes only by hearing the Word of God, then if we lack faith we must more abundantly hear His Word; and hearing is accepting and submitting to and relying upon His Word.