Does God give us opportunities to bring me back in His presence.

PrincessofGod18 said:

Does God give us a conscience to bring us back to Him?

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Our conscience is there to give guidance about right and wrong deeds, words, thoughts etc.

Read John 6 towards the end as I forget the verse but Jesus is saying ' I will keep those who are mine and raise them up on the last day.'

You do not hold on to Jesus is keeping your faith with him. All you do is to believe, based on the evidence.
Just as you know the light is on because there is no darknes so you know your sins are forgiven because Jesus rose from the dead.

Some suffering is caused by:

1. Result of being in a fallen creation, we have disease and nature disasters
2. In-built consequences of personal failure (we reap what we sow)
3. Persecution for Christ. 2 Timothy 3:12

But I gather yours is of a different sort.
There are very good reasons why God allows christians to suffer / go through trials / times of difficulty. In the book of Job, we are given a great insight to this question.

4. God could be chastising us in order to bring us back to Himself. Hebrews 12:4-13
5. God could be allowing us to go through the fire of affliction / difficulty to purify us. Job was more righteous a person than most christians today Job 1:1, yet he suffered greatly. When gold is put into the fire, the dross is burnt up and your left a purer metal. That is how suffering helps us. Our happiness isn't the primary focus, but rather holiness.
There is a saying I once read:
- too much sun makes a desert.
- too much sun (ease in life) makes a desert (spiritually).

It is difficult to understand why we go through difficulties at times, Job didn't know why he was going through such suffering and he never found out. Although he was a very upright man Job 1:1, yet he was made purer still by the sufferings he endured. In the end, he realised the goodness of God and simply rested in the knowledge that God is good. It is really an act of faith.

We should always remember that no one suffered more than the Lord Jesus Christ (who was totally innocent) and we can go to him, our Great High Priest, in our times of need. Hebrews 4:15-16

If your feeling that your being drawn back to God, by the sounds of it, it is the work of the Holy Spirit. Do not resist Him but get yourself before God in prayer, don't do your own thing.

Our conscience is an in-built alarm that should condemn us when we sin and cause us seek God's forgiveness.

I hope this helps in whatever difficulties your going through.

PrincessofGod18 said:

Hi all

I have had doubts when I been through a difficult time and whether God has been there or is helping and I get fed up and even angry at God when bad things happen and disappointment keeps coming into my life, but something keeps drawing me back to Him.

I have done my own thing in the last few months but i feel something is drawing me back is that God?
Does God give us a conscience to bring us back to Him?

Any advice.

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Welcome! It is the Holy Spirit that draws us back. Right now you are qunching Him. The flesh is weak but the Spirit is willing. You are blessed to have the Holy Spirit. Now listen to Him so you do not become apostate. Be blessed

PS: Jesus Christ of Nazareth never said we would be without persecution in this life. Those who endure till the end , shall be saved.

Pray, be still, be quiet, trust God to gently and quietly do what He wants with you.

Be kind to people; in your imagination be kind to people.

Do not be critical, but seek correction. Have hope for yourself, but also for others.

Love "hopes all things" (in 1 Corinthians 13:7).

So we are family, in Jesus; you are not alone.

PrincessofGod18 said:

Hi all

I have had doubts when I been through a difficult time and whether God has been there or is helping and I get fed up and even angry at God when bad things happen and disappointment keeps coming into my life, but something keeps drawing me back to Him.

I have done my own thing in the last few months but i feel something is drawing me back is that God?
Does God give us a conscience to bring us back to Him?

Any advice.

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God Disciplines His Children
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 12:4-11

PrincessofGod18 said:

Hi all

I have had doubts when I been through a difficult time and whether God has been there or is helping and I get fed up and even angry at God when bad things happen and disappointment keeps coming into my life, but something keeps drawing me back to Him.

I have done my own thing in the last few months but i feel something is drawing me back is that God?
Does God give us a conscience to bring us back to Him?

Any advice.

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The bible tells us that 2Pe 3:9 The Lord is .... longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

God is not in the business of easily pushing us aside, He like a father pitties His children:

Psa 103:11-14 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

I believe, He has seen your straying but wants to restore you.