Thy will..

God's will is best illuminated by His word proclaimed in scripture and by faithful preaching.

Tellyontellyon said:

I've been praying for God to guide me towards the truth, and for God to help me live the life that would please him in accordance with whatever His plan is.

Q. Is that enough? Is that enough of a prayer? Could it be working without me knowing that is working? Could I be living according to God's plan and not be sure if I am or not?

I still don't know what to believe and feel quite lost at the moment.

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The fact that you are concerned tells us something. Those who do not care about serving Him never ask or consider the question.
Jesus said seek and ye shall find. Confess the truth of the matter. "I am seeking, therefore I am finding."
The gospel says that Jesus died for our sins according to the scriptures. He was buried and rose from the dead. If you are aware of these simple facts and act accordingly, you are saved. No discussion.
That is His plan. He may have some specifics for the individual. But essentially it is the plan of God to save you by the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. So at this point, you can relax and rest in that fact. Seek, and He will fill in the details. The first thing to do is know the Word of God. Do what it says. I see people who constantly say they want to know His will and cannot understand why He does not talk to them. I ask them if they read His Word and do what it says. If a person does not read the written word and do what IT says, we have to wonder if they really want to know and are genuinely seeking. Do what you know, and when you have done that, He will build on it.

John 3:16 says it all.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that all who believe in him will not perish but have everlasting life.

Consider that everything you need know is in the Lord's Prayer. God is above all and His will be done, not ours. Looking forward to the time it becomes global. His will provides us daily with a means to grow in His image rather than our own and the world we have created in our own image. He gives freely as we should do to each other in need without expecting favours returned. If we put His will ahead of our own He will forgive us our trespasses and help us in trying to shun putting our own will first. It acknowledges the Father, what He does for us, and what we can do for Him.

Tellyontellyon said:

I've been praying for God to guide me towards the truth, and for God to help me live the life that would please him in accordance with whatever His plan is.

Q. Is that enough? Is that enough of a prayer? Could it be working without me knowing that is working? Could I be living according to God's plan and not be sure if I am or not?

I still don't know what to believe and feel quite lost at the moment.

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Hi, Tellyontellyon . . . it is good to see you.

You seem to understand it is not only about beliefs, but what to do . . . how to live.

And I trust that God does personally communicate with us and satisfy us with what He wants. So, I trust Him to do this with you.

Tellyontellyon said:

I've been praying for God to guide me towards the truth, and for God to help me live the life that would please him in accordance with whatever His plan is.

Q. Is that enough? Is that enough of a prayer? Could it be working without me knowing that is working? Could I be living according to God's plan and not be sure if I am or not?

I still don't know what to believe and feel quite lost at the moment.

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What you need to believe to receive God's free gift of Eternal Life is this.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

Tellyontellyon said:

I've been praying for God to guide me towards the truth

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For Christians there is only one answer about the truth and that is Jesus, who said in John 14:6 I AM the way, and the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except by Me.

If you want to know the Truth, then you have to follow Jesus.

May I suggest you check out the web site christianity explored for churches in your area that are or have run this course and get in touch with them.
Either to join this course, where you can discuss Christianity, or to arrange to meet with someone to talk about Christianity, or of course to attend the church and to ask questions of the preacher.

I believe the most basic way of daily Christian living is a sense of awareness & focus of alms giving, when & as we can ( charitable donation etc.) & prayer ( for our needs & for our neighbor. This is what the Lord says in Matthew 6:1-15.

The simple faith of the early church seems to be articulated much from the sermon on the Mount ( Matthew 5-7) & in keeping the Lord’s commandments ( Deuteronomy 5, Deuteronomy 6, Matthew 22:36-40, Matthew 7:12, Matthew 19:16-19 etc. etc.).

An early church document called: The Didache articulates this basic faith:

Didache

TellyonTellyon, you've many good Christian responses to consider, but allow me to offer a different perspective. Since you're a self claimed Buddhist confused about what to believe, I'd suggest that you need some foundational research on the religious truth you seek. In other words, knowing God through the right religion comes before learning how to live for him.

I can't be sure what you personally believe, so allow me some leeway with assumptions in suggesting a possible path of truth for you.

The Buddhist faith in general rejects any supernatural god or creator. Thus, to be consistent with this belief system, you must accept the current neo-Darwinian theory of evolution. This may sound easy since most people today do so, but I consider it the starting point for seeking religious truth - determining whether there's a god who created the universe or if everything came about by accidental chance processes?
There's an abundance of books, articles, videos, and information on the web supporting evolution, but I'd suggest that a careful study of the subject from the right sources will show the absurdity of it. This is a big subject, but If you're interested in spending the time, I can recommend 20+ excellent YouTube videos supporting the scientific evidence of supernatural creation over naturalistic evolution. I think, upon watching them, an open minded person would be convinced that there is a god - a supernatural being who created the universe.

Rejecting evolution should be enough to discount Buddhism, Atheism, or any other non-theistic religion, but proving Christianity as the one and only true religion is another matter. Like any faith, this is best done by assessing the foundational scriptures - in this case, the Bible. This is another big subject, but if you're interested in spending the time, I can recommend 30+ excellent YouTube videos supporting the scientific, historical, archaeological, prophetic, and textual criticism evidence for the Bible's authority - suggesting it's Divine origin unlike any other religious scriptures or book in the world.

You can pray, read the Bible, and focus on the scriptures above, hoping that God will change your heart. I think that's very good advice, but if you want to seek religious truth also with your mind, it might serve you well to study some Christian apologetics. Understand, being receptive to such evidence is entirely dependent upon having an open heart and a desire for truth. But once there, I think the mind's intellect helps shape and strengthen one's heart and faith. You can accomplish this in a matter of months, whereas following and pleasing him is a life long process that we're all working on.

PM me if you want to get serious about it.

Sir Joseph said:

The Buddhist faith in general rejects any supernatural god or creator.

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Yet it revolves around finding yourself as one with God. Did not Jesus teach the same? Both showed us as separated from God and the object was to reunite ourselves. Of course any religion tends to dress itself in different clothing. It might be better to remember first of all that we are all extensions of the same God. Buddhism may stop at showing us who we are while focusing on harmony with our surroundings, but Jesus yes takes it a step further and also showed us that God, (not man as gods) is the true power working through us and His good news was He will return to take away our governance over ourselves and restore the natural order.

Tellyontellyon said:

I've been praying for God to guide me towards the truth, and for God to help me live the life that would please him in accordance with whatever His plan is.

Q. Is that enough? Is that enough of a prayer? Could it be working without me knowing that is working? Could I be living according to God's plan and not be sure if I am or not?

I still don't know what to believe and feel quite lost at the moment.

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Is it not altogether reasonable to believe you do fit (for good or for bad) everything God intended for you? So pursue him, with all your heart!

Oh, and no, there is no 'good enough'. It is all his mercy, whether you seek him or not. So seek him!

Tellyontellyon said:

I've been praying for God to guide me towards the truth, and for God to help me live the life that would please him in accordance with whatever His plan is.

Q. Is that enough? Is that enough of a prayer? Could it be working without me knowing that is working? Could I be living according to God's plan and not be sure if I am or not?

I still don't know what to believe and feel quite lost at the moment.

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Any sincere prayer is heard