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Feeling a little discouraged with life because I don't feel like I'm of this world, but I need to participate in it in order to survive in it. I quit my job 3 months ago in order to try and pursue my own business and during these few months, I've become closer to God and started reading the bible more and feel less and less encouraged to even pursue that dream anymore because I'm not even sure if it would be part of God's plan for me. It's so hard to tell what the future will hold since the state of the world at the moment just doesn't seem livable in and feels like it'll be getting worse. I say this because I believe we're living in the end times and I don't want to waste my time over useless things when I'll be needing to survive whatever may be coming. Learning that I'm not supposed to be doing what I want, but what God wants just has me confused. I usually pray that He will reveal his purpose for me and to only put on my path what He feels necessary.

I do have a job interview today, so I'm hoping that if the outcome is positive, maybe it'll help me get outside of my head and give me that perspective I need to maybe see where my life is taking me.

You're very perceptive, and I wish I had, earlier in life, acquired the insight you now have. Your conflict, as a Christian, means you're realizing you have the ability to live apart from the world while still living in it. Our true purpose is not to pursue worldly things, but a far greater destination - God Himself. Granted, it isn't easy living in this insane world - but if we keep our goal in sight - the eternal quest of getting to God - we'll be less apt to seek temporary and vaporous earthly things. Our true purpose will be revealed to us as we go along.

Keep growing in your faith and when you step out into the world, you'll take that mindset with you and go to God when it's challenged. As to finding your path - you are already on it - the details will work out with His help. With Jesus at your side, you can adapt to any and every situation that comes your way - a job, a business, a relationship - will all be guided by Him.

This might help, "We live in a world of darkness, but we are not part of that darkness. We are not of the world because we are in Christ; we have the light. And while we are still in the world, we are called to be set apart ..." Matthew 5:13-16 Life will take you many places, and on that journey you'll be set apart, but consider it a blessing that you'll be walking in the light. God bless you.
 
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You're very perceptive, and I wish I had, earlier in life, acquired the insight you now have. Your conflict, as a Christian, means you're realizing you have the ability to live apart from the world while still living in it. Our true purpose is not to pursue worldly things, but a far greater destination - God Himself. Granted, it isn't easy living in this insane world - but if we keep our goal in sight - the eternal quest of getting to God - we'll be less apt to seek temporary and vaporous earthly things. Our true purpose will be revealed to us as we go along.

Keep growing in your faith and when you step out into the world, you'll take that mindset with you and go to God when it's challenged. As to finding your path - you are already on it - the details will work out with His help. With Jesus at your side, you can adapt to any and every situation that comes your way - a job, a business, a relationship - will all be guided by Him.

This might help, "We live in a world of darkness, but we are not part of that darkness. We are not of the world because we are in Christ; we have the light. And while we are still in the world, we are called to be set apart ..." Matthew 5:13-16 Life will take you many places, and on that journey you'll be set apart, but consider it a blessing that you'll be walking in the light. God bless you.

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. Your words are incredibly encouraging and I appreciate them a lot :heart: I've never felt a part of this world for most of my life, but I didn't understand why until recently.
 
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i'm feeling much better the last week. 2 weeks ago i started taking slow release niacin (vitamin B3) and zinc to see if i could have that without feeling so sick in the mornings as was the case when i took a full dosage of fast release niacin. That was 2000mg a day, but even 500 mg of the fast release niacin had me feeling sick in the mornings.

The slow release works fine. i don't flush and i don't get sick from it. My mood has improved dramatically since then. i only take 500mg i might be able to take another 500mg in the evenings as well, then i would be up to 1000. i know that 2000mg works really well, but it made me so sick all the time.

It is my birthday today. Yesterday the whole family came up and we ate pizza together. All the kids were there it was a fun time. They bought me an expensive office chair for behind the computer because the one i had was all clapped out. Much appreciated. i'm sitting on it right now.

i hope you all have a blessed Sunday.
 
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It is my birthday today. Yesterday the whole family came up and we ate pizza together. All the kids were there it was a fun time. They bought me an expensive office chair for behind the computer because the one i had was all clapped out. Much appreciated. i'm sitting on it right now.
Happy belated birthday! Sounds like you had a lovely day. A new chair sounds really great. It really makes all the difference!
 
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It is my birthday today. Yesterday the whole family came up and we ate pizza together. All the kids were there it was a fun time. They bought me an expensive office chair for behind the computer because the one i had was all clapped out. Much appreciated. i'm sitting on it right now.

i hope you all have a blessed Sunday.

Happy belated birthday I hope you had a good day. God Bless
 
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i'm feeling much better the last week. 2 weeks ago i started taking slow release niacin (vitamin B3) and zinc to see if i could have that without feeling so sick in the mornings as was the case when i took a full dosage of fast release niacin. That was 2000mg a day, but even 500 mg of the fast release niacin had me feeling sick in the mornings.

The slow release works fine. i don't flush and i don't get sick from it. My mood has improved dramatically since then. i only take 500mg i might be able to take another 500mg in the evenings as well, then i would be up to 1000. i know that 2000mg works really well, but it made me so sick all the time.

It is my birthday today. Yesterday the whole family came up and we ate pizza together. All the kids were there it was a fun time. They bought me an expensive office chair for behind the computer because the one i had was all clapped out. Much appreciated. i'm sitting on it right now.

i hope you all have a blessed Sunday.

May your year ahead be especially blessed. You reach out to so many on this site - and certainly deserve that new chair.
 
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What do you call someone who loses if not a loser? I lost at my dream. It's not happening. I am wasting my life. Everything is just a distraction. I try so hard but nothing works. I want to cry. I want to grow up. I just spin my wheels around & around.
 
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I can't do this anymore :sob::sob::sob:
I feel exhausted

It is hard to loose our lives so we can gain it. It is the only way Jesus can guarantee a life of abundance, albeit spiritual more than material.

Honest brother don't keep going the way you have been going, look how unhappy it is making you? Your life could be good but now you are all depressed.

Praying you will get the ability to let go of your hurting life, so Jesus can build you up anew.
 
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It is hard to loose our lives so we can gain it. It is the only way Jesus can guarantee a life of abundance, albeit spiritual more than material.

Honest brother don't keep going the way you have been going, look how unhappy it is making you? Your life could be good but now you are all depressed.

Praying you will get the ability to let go of your hurting life, so Jesus can build you up anew.
Why should I pretend it's okay?
 
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Why should I pretend it's okay?

It is not about pretending, dishonesty never works, but doing away with the life that is hurting you and taking on new life in and through Jesus.

Your old life is hurting you without mercy, dying to it ought not to be too hard seeing it produces bad fruit. Why have trees that produce bad fruit when with Jesus as gardener you get good ones?

Lay it all down brother and find newness of life so you can celebrate your existence in and with Jesus.
 
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It is not about pretending, dishonesty never works, but doing away with the life that is hurting you and taking on new life in and through Jesus.

Your old life is hurting you without mercy, dying to it ought not to be too hard seeing it produces bad fruit. Why have trees that produce bad fruit when with Jesus as gardener you get good ones?

Lay it all down brother and find newness of life so you can celebrate your existence in and with Jesus.
I don't like my 'old' life. I want a change. But I can't get it. So I run my wheels in my 'old' life. I want to get better but I can't. The change never comes.

I am sad.
 
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I don't like my 'old' life. I want a change. But I can't get it. So I run my wheels in my 'old' life. I want to get better but I can't. The change never comes.

Your bad life took years in the making, our good life also takes awhile to put into place as well. It is about rejecting the lies that hurt you and confirming God's truth in its stead. Start with the lies that hurt you most, place them all in God's truth.

God's truth sustains and builds us anew. It took me 3 1/2 years of rebuilding my spiritual life from suicidal depressed to being able to cope but that is with a depressive illness, so you might well be able to do it much quicker.

So identify each lie as to the hurt it causes you and then replace them with God's truth. Once God's truth has been internalised good fruit will begin to grow and deliver you a better life than you have now.

Make Jesus your number one priority in your life. Place nobody and nothing above Him but let Him be you highest ideal.

Honest Jesus turns our lives upside down and inside out but a better life is assured with Him.

Please be of good courage.
 
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Your bad life took years in the making, our good life also takes awhile to put into place as well. It is about rejecting the lies that hurt you and confirming God's truth in its stead. Start with the lies that hurt you most, place them all in God's truth.

God's truth sustains and builds us anew. It took me 3 1/2 years of rebuilding my spiritual life from suicidal depressed to being able to cope but that is with a depressive illness, so you might well be able to do it much quicker.

So identify each lie as to the hurt it causes you and then replace them with God's truth. Once God's truth has been internalised good fruit will begin to grow and deliver you a better life than you have now.

Make Jesus your number one priority in your life. Place nobody and nothing above Him but let Him be you highest ideal.

Honest Jesus turns our lives upside down and inside out but a better life is assured with Him.

Please be of good courage.
I've been waiting for change for 30 years. It never happens.

How do I put him #1? How does it become genuine & not just going thru the motions? Especially when my situation doesn't change.
 
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Haven't been on here for some time - but think of all of you often. I found a wonderful Resurrection prayer that I want to share with all, and especially Yusuphhai and others in need of a renewed hope:

"Our Lord, You are risen! Wash over every soul with fresh hope and overwhelming joy. Bring new life as only You can. In Jesus’ name, Amen."

Many blessings to all in this new and hopeful season.
I remember you; I thought you would never come back here. It's really nice to see you here again.
 
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I've been waiting for change for 30 years. It never happens.

How do I put him #1? How does it become genuine & not just going thru the motions? Especially when my situation doesn't change.

It is about dying to old. We do that because we love the truth of Jesus better than the bad life the lies bring to being.

When you love Jesus more than your desires then you have achieved your goal. This process happens firstly out of pure choice, because we know His truth is better even though we can't see the results as yet, for the seed doesn't show us what the plant will look like. God's sows the seeds of His truth in your heart and when it grows up then it produces a good crop. That is if you let Jesus look after it and in the mean time for you it is to learn to love Jesus for the good life He will bring about.

At first we see nothing but hear satan's lies making us unhappy, these are the times that Jesus invites us to lay our lives down being like that. This means we stop thinking and hence feeling about the issue in a bad way. Jesus builds us a genuine new life and blesses it.

Eat grace brother. Each time you fail to die to your bad life, how you think and feel about something which is more important than what God says about it, to reject ourselves being like that and to endeavour to stop thinking and feeling like that but instead feel and think in Godly manner. Where we accept God's truth above our own.

Such are hard but glorious moments, when His loving truth cuts us down and rebuilds us into His Kingdom down the road. Where Jesus places everything in the right order and you can get what you couldn't get before. A thankfully loving life that is focussed on loving God and neighbour and doesn't just look after his own welfare but also after the welfare of others.

Imagine what would all be possible if your dreams can all come true and sin and doing it wrong doesn't stand in the way any more?

Now rebuilding your life with Jesus is like that. Even really stubborn sin end up dying inside of us when we realise what we do to God walking in lies and untruth hurting our reality. We pierce Him with our sin but we honour Him with our love.

So lay down all desires that now bring you bad life and let Jesus raise you to newness of life you loving Him for real from the heart but He deserves your love. Once you get to that state you will look at your life from a completely different perspective, where love for God and neighbour shapes your reality.

Honest life is awesome with Jesus as King, Brother, Lord, God and Friend in your life. That is what you are missing now because you been looking so hard in the wrong direction.

For your own sake turn around and surrender your bad life to Him - time and again - and don't leave Him until His truth is well established in your heart and mind, so satan can't keep on tricking you into those torture chambers.

Be of good courage Jesus is awaiting your call even now.

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It is about dying to old. We do that because we love the truth of Jesus better than the bad life the lies bring to being.

When you love Jesus more than your desires then you have achieved your goal. This process happens firstly out of pure choice, because we know His truth is better even though we can't see the results as yet, for the seed doesn't show us what the plant will look like. God's sows the seeds of His truth in your heart and when it grows up then it produces a good crop. That is if you let Jesus look after it and in the mean time for you it is to learn to love Jesus for the good life He will bring about.

At first we see nothing but hear satan's lies making us unhappy, these are the times that Jesus invites us to lay our lives down being like that. This means we stop thinking and hence feeling about the issue in a bad way. Jesus builds us a genuine new life and blesses it.

Eat grace brother. Each time you fail to die to your bad life, how you think and feel about something which is more important than what God says about it, to reject ourselves being like that and to endeavour to stop thinking and feeling like that but instead feel and think in Godly manner. Where we accept God's truth above our own.

Such are hard but glorious moments, when His loving truth cuts us down and rebuilds us into His Kingdom down the road. Where Jesus places everything in the right order and you can get what you couldn't get before. A thankfully loving life that is focussed on loving God and neighbour and doesn't just look after his own welfare but also after the welfare of others.

Imagine what would all be possible if your dreams can all come true and sin and doing it wrong doesn't stand in the way any more?

Now rebuilding your life with Jesus is like that. Even really stubborn sin end up dying inside of us when we realise what we do to God walking in lies and untruth hurting our reality. We pierce Him with our sin but we honour Him with our love.

So lay down all desires that now bring you bad life and let Jesus raise you to newness of life you loving Him for real from the heart but He deserves your love. Once you get to that state you will look at your life from a completely different perspective, where love for God and neighbour shapes your reality.

Honest life is awesome with Jesus as King, Brother, Lord, God and Friend in your life. That is what you are missing now because you been looking so hard in the wrong direction.

For your own sake turn around and surrender your bad life to Him - time and again - and don't leave Him until His truth is well established in your heart and mind, so satan can't keep on tricking you into those torture chambers.

Be of good courage Jesus is awaiting your call even now.

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I hate to say it, but 'just praying about it' doesn't seem to be helping :(
& the bolded is too good to be true
& I've been going to church consistently since I was 2
 
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I hate to say it, but 'just praying about it' doesn't seem to be helping :(

It is not praying for what you want, but praying what God wants from you, even giving up what you want in favour of being one with the Lord.

& the bolded is too good to be true

Matthew 6:25-34
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.



& I've been going to church consistently since I was 2

Yes i was brought up in the faith as well, but going to Church or believing in Jesus doesn't mean that we have found Him in our heart as Lord and King over our life. So please consider surrendering your life to Him and put your hope and trust in Him not in worldly things or ways. Crown Him King over your desires and see for yourself that He looks after you really well.
 
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