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I am very troubled about the way I seem to have little inhibition to keep me from sinning. I do trust in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior and have a supportive Christian family as well as biblical church but it seems like I have become numb to certain sins. I remember when I used to get a gut wrenching feeling if I had sinned or was faced with temptation.
I know I have been saved and baptized as well more recently but I worry that the Holy Spirit is not working through me. I feel like I have been grieving the Spirit and I don't have a thirst for God's Word lately.
I am in the process of completing a methadone program so I am going through mild withdrawal symptoms but it seems like much more than just chemical imbalance. I have become too comfortable with prescription meds and that scares me because it feels like an idol.
I have been praying daily many times as I go through the day for about 3 years asking God for strength and wisdom and for Him to shape my heart and mind so I can serve Him. I worry about finding a Christian woman to marry and at 34 I fear there are not many left, just as christian men like me are struggling so much with the basics of life.

That's a lot to pray about and thank you for taking the time to read it.

Hopelessness has been in my life for far too long.
 
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scryptic said:
I am very troubled about the way I seem to have little inhibition to keep me from sinning. I do trust in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior and have a supportive Christian family as well as biblical church but it seems like I have become numb to certain sins. I remember when I used to get a gut wrenching feeling if I had sinned or was faced with temptation.
I know I have been saved and baptized as well more recently but I worry that the Holy Spirit is not working through me. I feel like I have been grieving the Spirit and I don't have a thirst for God's Word lately.
I am in the process of completing a methadone program so I am going through mild withdrawal symptoms but it seems like much more than just chemical imbalance. I have become too comfortable with prescription meds and that scares me because it feels like an idol.
I have been praying daily many times as I go through the day for about 3 years asking God for strength and wisdom and for Him to shape my heart and mind so I can serve Him. I worry about finding a Christian woman to marry and at 34 I fear there are not many left, just as christian men like me are struggling so much with the basics of life.

That's a lot to pray about and thank you for taking the time to read it.

Hopelessness has been in my life for far too long.
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Proverbs 3:
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.

This life is not about you. God is doing this for his own sake, and he's not at all surprised you are where you are at. You are not here for the purpose of being your own judge, but to love him with all your heart. Talk to him about it --all the time.
 
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I think dry seasons are normal in the Christian walk. Just keep pressing into God and keep obeying the Word of God and taking things to Him in prayer even when you do not feel like it. Open up to Him about things... Praying!
 
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Encouraging word brother. Jesus loves you. I have been through places where I swore I was lying to myself that I am saved. Then when I did my greatest wrong God showed up and said see. Even this I won’t pull away. So stop it. And be joyful
 
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Thank you everyone for your insight and encouragement. It is submission in ALL my ways that is keeping my path crooked but then again, who actually submits themselves completely aside from Jesus Himself?

It is this mindset that drives addiction. Can't turn off my brain or get outside of my own thoughts. Talking to God all day doesn't have a tangible impact on anything in my own life. But yes, this life is not about me. I just wish God would lead me in a direction.... any direction.
 
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scryptic said:
I am very troubled about the way I seem to have little inhibition to keep me from sinning. I do trust in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior and have a supportive Christian family as well as biblical church but it seems like I have become numb to certain sins. I remember when I used to get a gut wrenching feeling if I had sinned or was faced with temptation.
I know I have been saved and baptized as well more recently but I worry that the Holy Spirit is not working through me. I feel like I have been grieving the Spirit and I don't have a thirst for God's Word lately.
I am in the process of completing a methadone program so I am going through mild withdrawal symptoms but it seems like much more than just chemical imbalance. I have become too comfortable with prescription meds and that scares me because it feels like an idol.
I have been praying daily many times as I go through the day for about 3 years asking God for strength and wisdom and for Him to shape my heart and mind so I can serve Him. I worry about finding a Christian woman to marry and at 34 I fear there are not many left, just as christian men like me are struggling so much with the basics of life.

That's a lot to pray about and thank you for taking the time to read it.

Hopelessness has been in my life for far too long.
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I struggle with sin and illness, too. It’s ok. We all do. If you put too much pressure on yourself to live like a spiritual super hero now that you’ve trusted Christ, you’ll damage your soul.

Growing in Christ is a journey. Many, many Christians live with emotional and mental troubles. It’s not uncommon. Keep trusting Him, keep going, keep obeying, and ask pardon when you fall. Then keep going. Ask His help always. He will help you.
 
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It seems that most people who suffer from addictions of any kind are trying to medicate some pain from the past, not uncommonly from their childhoods.

I pray that if that is the case for you that you will be healed from whatever may have traumatized you in the past. I wonder if praying for healing from past hurts, if any, would be a good place to start.

I pray that you will be given strength and perseverance to keep seeking the Lord and that you will be drawn closer and closer to him, and have freedom and peace.
 
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Methadone is no minor drug so what you are going through is likely normal. Seek the Lord in Scripture and walk with Him at all times.
 
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scryptic said:
Thank you everyone for your insight and encouragement. It is submission in ALL my ways that is keeping my path crooked but then again, who actually submits themselves completely aside from Jesus Himself?

It is this mindset that drives addiction. Can't turn off my brain or get outside of my own thoughts. Talking to God all day doesn't have a tangible impact on anything in my own life. But yes, this life is not about me. I just wish God would lead me in a direction.... any direction.
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Do you expect immediate results? You may be getting them and not recognize them, because they are not what you expect. God plays the long game by making what you might, if you even see them, think are small plays, and you are the piece he is playing.

They are NOT small plays, as sin is the ONLY thing that actually harms God (the 'bruised heel'.) Sin is huge, the smallest sin is 'cosmic treason' --a rift in the space-time continuum, so to speak, that (in my way of thinking, at least) would destroy the universe if it were not held together by God Almighty. So every dealing with sin is a huge play, yet God does not hold it against those he has saved.

The more I read what you are saying the more I think I should have told you that you need to not only continue in prayer, but in reading the Word. You need to soak in it, and start to think God's way as it makes its way into you. And again, this is not about you, but about Christ. This life is not for this life.
 
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