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Have you ever had that feeling when you drink too much coffee and you feel jittery and restless? Thats how I feel when I read the bible or pray, I feel incredibly uncomfortable, it doesn't feel like conviction of sin, just anxiousness. It makes me not want to read the bible. I value inner...

Is it feasible for a christian to become a shareholder in a startup company with an unbeliever who is involved with illegal ventures in his other investments? even if the company you two make is legal?

The first few years I was a christian the word of God was so exciting and every page verses and sections were jumping out at me and these "wow" moments and moments of awe were constant, now I'm 6 years old in the Lord and I can't remember having any wow moments for about a year, is this part of...

Hi all, God has fulfilled a promise he made to me last year and I feel a lot happier in life right now and am working through a lot of issues with a therapist. Praise the Lord. Im sure you can relate to me when i say that its easier to hunger and delight in Gods presence when your depressed or...

I've been reading a lot from christian hedonists such as piper who seem to think that we must do everything to the glory of God he makes it sound like if im eating a steak then I MUST be thinking about Gods glory as communicated by the steaks flavour, or if im watching a sunset I MUST be...

in this life? If I look forward to a vacation Im planning and this brings me a sense of warmth and happyness, is this wrong? If I buy myself a new piece of clothing, for no other reason than the enjoyment of its newness and quality, is that wrong? if I anticipate the blessings God has for me...

Hi all, I want to improve my spiritual health and so decided to get back into reading the bible, but whenever I read scripture I find a horrible sense of anxiety coming up in me, its a similar kind of anxiety that you get when you withdraw from anti depressants (if anyone can relate), I also...

The bible says to preach the gospel, does that mean I am in sin and disobedience if I choose any other activity than preaching? the bible says to heal the sick, does that mean I am in sin and disobedience if I choose any other activity than healing the bible says to prayer for one another...

I have a female close friend that i've known for a year, we are very close, but due to my attachment style I tend to get very jealous and possessive of female close friends, probably some mixed romantic feelings in there as I don't get possessive of males ANYWAY, I can't handle the jealousy and...

There a girl who I have feelings for and she for me but neither of us think its the right time for us so we said we will give it to God and continue to be friends and see what happens but i can't stop obsessing and ruminating about the relationship! it really really stresses me out not knowing...

Hi all, I have developed feelings for a friend and I don't want those feelings, I am happy being single at the moment, trouble is we go to the same church and socialise in the same groups.@ whats the best ways to allow those feelings to fade? time + distance? what else?

first of all, thank you for your responses, and second, PLEASE DON'T POST ANYTHING THAT IS NOT CONSTRUCTIVE OR ENCOURAGING. I have a friend who has been one of my closest friends for a year now, and I think I may have become too dependent on her, and one day she decided to hang out with some...

last year I went to a summer camp and it was the highlight of my year, this year I don't have the money to go and also can't attend for personal reasons. Im absolutely devastated by it. the word of God tells us not to dwell on things that are not true, but it is true that I will be missing out...

Hi all, at church last sunday I was expecting to go to the cafe with some friends as usual (Tim, Helen, Lizzy) but at the end of the service Helen told me that she had been invited to go somewhere else with another group...I was suddenly filled with an intense kind of fear and anxiety, I felt as...

Hi all, in acts 16 it speaks of a woman who "has a spirit that can tell her the future" and it seems that she had a lot of success telling the future, but how could this evil spirit know the future when only God is all knowing?

Hi all, I'm looking for advice on how to deal with possessive feelings in a male/female christian friendship. I don't just want to deal with the FRUIT but also the ROOT. I know that insecurity is probably grounded in some sort of self worth issue form childhood but how would you deal with that...

As im sure many of you know, biblical counsellors say that our emotions are directly linked to our thoughts. I have great trouble understanding this concept because I know that we have thousands of passing thoughts per day, but the thing that dictates our emotions which is our BELIEFS, goes...

its a shame God couldnt just renew our minds at conversion. he did the hard part of saving us why make us jump through hoops to receive true freedom?

I want you to imagine a scenario in the context of a born again christian 4 years into his journey One day he decides he would like to learn music production, so he buys a license for a production suite called Fruity Loops Studio. at the time of purchase, he is quite undisciplined in his life...

Good Afternoon from England I feel very much lost, lost in my faith and life in general...spiritually depressed you could say? I'm trying very hard to pinpoint the source of my sad disposition and I can only describe it as a general feeling of 'everything is pointless' and 'everything is...