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i'm feeling well again today, i have been having quiet a few good days lately. Not sure what changed but i'm not complaining.

It is busy in my living room right now. Our daughter and our son are up with the little kids. i always enjoy it when they are up.

Blessings to all:wave:
That's wonderful that you have been feeling good lately Jeshu, let's hope & pray it continues. A visit from the kids will replenish your heart and give you joy.
 
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Not feeling that good today.

Sorry to hear that brother i hope Jesus will comfort you with His love while you are down there. To take the Lord with you wherever you go is important when you are down there. i know it is so easy to loose sight of The Lord down there. Yet the more we lean on Him in our weakness, the more He can do for our good.

Despite my struggles I maintain my daily prayers and scripture reading which I find strengthens my faith and keeps me going.

That is right brother, that is how it works.

God bless you with peace and hopefully you will enjoy the joy of your salvation again.

Peace.

A song i have learned to love to listen when depressed.

 
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No worries Loyal. i know it is hard when people don't understand you, i've often had that problem as well with my issues.



i have found nothing Loyal. The growth of Facebook and Twitter meant the closure of many forums. Even this forum is nowhere as busy as it used to be. A pity really for i have often found support in time of needs on the mentally ill forums, i know that there are millions of people who struggle with mental health issues yet so few place people can go for aid.

Thank you very much, Jeshu! And FB sucks in my humble opinion.
 
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God, please forgive me for being ungrateful. Thank You for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, Your precious son who obeyed you to completion. Thank You for the apartment, thank You for my health, thank You for freedom (as in not in jail for reasons real or imagined), and most of all, THANK YOU for another day of life. Amen
 
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I'm not feeling too good today. Feeling lost and hopeless. Unsure of my salvation.

At least my mom is edging closer to being saved, she has started to listen to the audio bible and pray for me and my situation. Regardless of what happens to me I love God and will continue to pray for my mom to be saved.
 
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I'm not feeling too good today. Feeling lost and hopeless. Unsure of my salvation.

Have you called upon Jesus to be saved? If yes then you will be saved!

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Acts 2:21 "And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
 
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I'm not feeling too good today. Feeling lost and hopeless. Unsure of my salvation.

At least my mom is edging closer to being saved, she has started to listen to the audio bible and pray for me and my situation. Regardless of what happens to me I love God and will continue to pray for my mom to be saved.
Hi Job405,

It is terrible to feel lost & hopeless and many here including myself have struggled with those same feelings. If you're unsure of your salvation then reach out to him in prayer. Pray to Jesus with an open heart and be honest with him and please start reading the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John so that his word is planted in your heart to reaffirm your faith for in the Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed in Christ (Romans 1:17) and our hearts confirm this truth.

I also want to make you aware that many Christians that suffer from depression can "feel" separated from God, but that is feeling only and not reality. If you have been "born again" then you are sealed in his Holy Spirit and no-one can snatch you out of his hand (John 10:28). As Christians we have to seek out his face everyday, through prayer, scripture reading so our faith is strengthen by the truth of his word and so we live & walk in spirit and not in the flesh (which condemns us). This need not take much of your time and is not a hard road to take and the rewards are immeasurable.

Also our feelings can be a result of our circumstances and perhaps even low self-esteem, so we need to do something creative with ourselves or keeping fit & active to maintain a positive outlook.

Sorry if I sound like I'm lecturing you, but I'm just concerned for you and I pray that God will guide you and that your heart is filled with the joy of his salvation to give you peace & assurance.

God bless you!

Victor.
 
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Have you called upon Jesus to be saved? If yes then you will be saved!

:hug:

Acts 2:21 "And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
I do call on the name of the Lord but I'm not sure if I have blasphemed the Holy Spirit or not.
 
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I do call on the name of the Lord but I'm not sure if I have blasphemed the Holy Spirit or not.

if you are unsure about if you blasphemed the H.S then you haven't done it. Any one who does blaspheme the HS don't care they do so.

You are heeding the accuser brother. He is an unholy force if ever there was one. Faith in Jesus brings us salvation heeding the accuser brings us hell. So please dear brother make it your struggle to put your faith in God's love, not His wrath and you will see that you will soon enjoy being a Christian. We serve an awesome God who loves us unconditionally. He shudders contemplating sending any of His own to hell, He made sure, through Christ, He would never have to do that.

If you called upon Jesus to be saved, place your faith in Jesus is the next step. See what i mean? Salvation comes to those who have faith in Jesus not those who have no faith in Jesus. So if you see that you lack faith, call out to God and ask for some and then begin to practise faith by using it actively in your daily life.

Try it Job. Try put your faith in Jesus, and then see what that abomination does, as you wait for Jesus to come and aid you in your battle. Wait. Don't shake or be shaken by the threats of the devil, all lies.

God loves you to be saved and makes sure you cannot be unsaved caring about that, only when you loose the desire to be saved will He let you go.

Be of good courage brother.
 
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I do call on the name of the Lord but I'm not sure if I have blasphemed the Holy Spirit or not.
You haven't blasphemed the Holy Spirit Job, just ignore this thought, as hard as that may be and keep seeking God with an open heart through prayer and read the Gospels and God will come to you and give you assurance. I used to think that I blasphemed the Holy Spirit too and was so tormented in mind for years, so I prayed to him everyday for mercy & forgiveness and I learnt to just ignore the thought and continue seeking God out everyday and I found healing in his word and fellowship with his son Christ Jesus and may you also find healing Job, I am praying for that!

If you continue to have these blasphemous/intrusive thoughts then keep praying to God for forgivenesss and healing. There is absolutely nothing we can do to save ourselves it is only through God's grace and faith in his son Christ Jesus that we can be saved so keep that in mind and submit yourself to that so that you are at his mercy.
 
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if you are unsure about if you blasphemed the H.S then you haven't done it. Any one who does blaspheme the HS don't care they do so.

You are heeding the accuser brother. He is an unholy force if ever there was one. Faith in Jesus brings us salvation heeding the accuser brings us hell. So please dear brother make it your struggle to put your faith in God's love, not His wrath and you will see that you will soon enjoy being a Christian. We serve an awesome God who loves us unconditionally. He shudders contemplating sending any of His own to hell, He made sure, through Christ, He would never have to do that.

If you called upon Jesus to be saved, place your faith in Jesus is the next step. See what i mean? Salvation comes to those who have faith in Jesus not those who have no faith in Jesus. So if you see that you lack faith, call out to God and ask for some and then begin to practise faith by using it actively in your daily life.

Try it Job. Try put your faith in Jesus, and then see what that abomination does, as you wait for Jesus to come and aid you in your battle. Wait. Don't shake or be shaken by the threats of the devil, all lies.

God loves you to be saved and makes sure you cannot be unsaved caring about that, only when you loose the desire to be saved will He let you go.

Be of good courage brother.
Brother, I had a bad thought a few days ago, it was "I reject God". I did think the thought but I did not mean it. In my heart I have not rejected God, nor did I say it out loud. I still desire God, but does this mean I have now rejected Him?
 
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Brother, I had a bad thought a few days ago, it was "I reject God". I did think the thought but I did not mean it. In my heart I have not rejected God, nor did I say it out loud. I still desire God, but does this mean I have now rejected Him?

If you didn't reject Jesus, how can you have done it? You know the truth. You didn't reject Christ. You love to be among the saved! Only the sheep worry that they are not, the goats don't care.

My dear brother do you really think that because you have wrong thoughts that God will send you to hell? Honest my dear brother you need to get to know who Jesus truly is.

Jesus is loving brother, unbelievable loving, that is why He saved us. If He forgave the people who crucified Him, wouldn't He forgive you your wrong thoughts? It is faithlessness speaking which doesn't believe the truth of God, don't listen to such thinking.

Romans 8 doesn't say that bad thoughts could take our salvation away does it? It says that nothing can separate us from the love of God.

Are you taking medications to help quell these kind of obsessive thoughts? It could benefit you greatly.
 
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If you didn't reject Jesus, how can you have done it? You know the truth. You didn't reject Christ. You love to be among the saved! Only the sheep worry that they are not, the goats don't care.

My dear brother do you really think that because you have wrong thoughts that God will send you to hell? Honest my dear brother you need to get to know who Jesus truly is.

Jesus is loving brother, unbelievable loving, that is why He saved us. If He forgave the people who crucified Him, wouldn't He forgive you your wrong thoughts? It is faithlessness speaking which doesn't believe the truth of God, don't listen to such thinking.

Romans 8 doesn't say that bad thoughts could take our salvation away does it? It says that nothing can separate us from the love of God.

Are you taking medications to help quell these kind of obsessive thoughts? It could benefit you greatly.
Thanks. I have not rejected Christ, I accept Him!

I do take medicine but it has not helped with my obsessive or intrusive thoughts.
 
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Thanks. I have not rejected Christ, I accept Him!

That is great. So eat God's grace brother! Honest the more you take in God's love the more your inner unrest will die down. So keep putting your faith in God's love. Actively begin to love God and neighbour and you will see that you will begin to heal, simply because love operates completely different than anxiety or mental stress.

I do take medicine but it has not helped with my obsessive or intrusive thoughts.

How long have you been on these medicine for? For it could be that you need a higher dosage or something different altogether. It took the doctors years to find a medicine that worked for me. So please don't give up or be happy with not operating properly.
 
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Thank you all. I need to be honest: I have been in the occult for years (12 to be exact). I was fooled by the religious imagery and whatnot. Please pray for me to quit it cold turkey. Thank you :)
 
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Thank you all. I need to be honest: I have been in the occult for years (12 to be exact). I was fooled by the religious imagery and whatnot. Please pray for me to quit it cold turkey. Thank you :)
It's no wonder you are not doing well. The occult is always a destructive force, even if it's slow and subtle. No if and's or but's about it. For some reason I get desires to read about it, but I stop myself.
 
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Thank you all. I need to be honest: I have been in the occult for years (12 to be exact). I was fooled by the religious imagery and whatnot. Please pray for me to quit it cold turkey. Thank you :)

i got stuck with a demon for years, after i dabbled in the occult a teenager, but thanks be to God, who had mercy on me, for i was greatly tormented by it, i have been set free through the blood of Jesus Christ.

You may need spiritual guidance breaking free from the occult Loyal, their strings run deep and strong.

i will pray for your complete deliverance Loyal.
 
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i got stuck with a demon for years, after i dabbled in the occult a teenager, but thanks be to God, who had mercy on me, for i was greatly tormented by it, i have been set free through the blood of Jesus Christ.

You may need spiritual guidance breaking free from the occult Loyal, their strings run deep and strong.

i will pray for your complete deliverance Loyal.

Thank you very much, Jeshu! It's good to know that I'm not alone
 
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