My love for God has grown cold!

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I thought Christianity is only about salvation or believing the gospel of Christ and sharing it to others. I loved God very much when I got saved, when I realized He really chose to die for me and my sins.

After that my life has been even duller and more boring than before getting saved! I have started to doubt deeply that God even exists. Days feel like 15 minutes and I can't manage to do good works. I sound so depressed when I talk about Jesus to unbelievers that when I am trying to save them, they think that I need help!

How can I change my life? How can I have strong faith in God's existence again? How can I let God take control of my life against the will of my flesh?
 

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I would like to know what should I do in order to regain my first love for God? I found this verse:

James 4:8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
How can I simply "come near to God"?
Thanks for your answers :)
 
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Do you have a relationship with Jesus? You know, like a good buddy who's always by your side? I started talking to Him and He became my imaginary friend, although He's very real. Once you allow Jesus into your heart and begin that relationship things may change for you. It's not hard to do, just start talking and asking Him to guide your path and fill your heart with peace and joy. Sometimes life gets busy and because we live in a fallen world it's difficult to stay connected spiritually so you have to make a conscious effort and in time it will become more natural.
 
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I agree that sometimes being a true christian can be boring. That is because you chose to sacrifice your wants for God's will. That is called dying to self. But you can make it interesting and fulfilling by doing something for the lesser privileged. Make a list of all that you have been blessed with and start your day thanking God for all of that. This is a good remedy to make you feel better.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Psalms 100:4
 
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I thought Christianity is only about salvation or believing the gospel of Christ and sharing it to others. I loved God very much when I got saved, when I realized He really chose to die for me and my sins.

After that my life has been even duller and more boring than before getting saved! I have started to doubt deeply that God even exists. Days feel like 15 minutes and I can't manage to do good works. I sound so depressed when I talk about Jesus to unbelievers that when I am trying to save them, they think that I need help!

How can I change my life? How can I have strong faith in God's existence again? How can I let God take control of my life against the will of my flesh?
Stop trying to be perfect, He has done it all for you. Enter His rest, the letter of the law will destroy you. Your righteousness is in Christ, in faith in Him. Live in His love...love Him and love your brothers and sisters in Christ. Loving one another, this is what Christ taught from the beginning. This is what will change your life.

Read 1 John, it is a love letter to the church. Read it line by line, read it as a whole...it is amazing.

In Christ
Daniel
 
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I thought Christianity is only about salvation or believing the gospel of Christ and sharing it to others. I loved God very much when I got saved, when I realized He really chose to die for me and my sins.

After that my life has been even duller and more boring than before getting saved! I have started to doubt deeply that God even exists. Days feel like 15 minutes and I can't manage to do good works. I sound so depressed when I talk about Jesus to unbelievers that when I am trying to save them, they think that I need help!

How can I change my life? How can I have strong faith in God's existence again? How can I let God take control of my life against the will of my flesh?
  • Revelation 2:2-4
Just remember your first love my friend. Don't be fooled by false worldly messages that attempt to adulterate the Gospel and make Christ and worldly desires one in the same. Make Jesus your peace and know the world is at enmity with God.
  • John 16:33
As we look deeply at the heart of Jesus that is shown to us by His Apostles who have left us their testimony in the Word of God our vision of Jesus improves and our desire to know Him more intimately becomes more natural and organic. This should drive you to pray more earnestly so that the Holy Spirit can do what you perhaps consider the impossible for you - to reignite the flame of Christ within you; for it is by His Spirit that His love and mercy can penetrate the depth of darkness that has turned your love cold. There are many things that can bring us to a crisis in faith. For Corrie Ten Boon it was a concentration camp but her sister imparted Godly wisdom to her in telling her, "there is no pit of hell so deep Corrie that God's love is not deeper still". What a magnificent truth! Many times God uses our desert experiences to forge us breaking down the weaknesses in us by refiners fire that makes us so much stronger and able to stand against our trials in a world that does not recognize her true King. Hang in there your friends are praying for you that you will remember the darkest hour always give way to the dawn.
 
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I thought Christianity is only about salvation or believing the gospel of Christ and sharing it to others. I loved God very much when I got saved, when I realized He really chose to die for me and my sins.

After that my life has been even duller and more boring than before getting saved! I have started to doubt deeply that God even exists. Days feel like 15 minutes and I can't manage to do good works. I sound so depressed when I talk about Jesus to unbelievers that when I am trying to save them, they think that I need help!

How can I change my life? How can I have strong faith in God's existence again? How can I let God take control of my life against the will of my flesh?

First of all, you do not get saved exactly by hearing and accepting that Jesus Christ(H.P) died for your sins.

If your salvation demands the life of your saviour, what is the justice in it.

Our Supreme Lord Jesus Christ brought the message of eternal life, which when you understand and begin to apply, your salvation will be sure.

No mortal man on earth today has received salvation. Getting saved is the final result of our Christian race here, which ends in living forever young without dying at all.

Salvation is from death.
 
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