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    advice please! world is drawing me, reluctant to seek God, seared conscience. heart needs Jesus!

    Hey, so, I have found it really difficult to want to seek God lately. I felt like it was dying just to pray to Him, this is BAD, I used to run to God when I needed help, though I also ran to people, and trusted in man more than I should have. any advice? it has been getting harder and harder to...
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    does Christ condone self mutilation?

    if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off. what about those who feel they are hopelessly addicted to sexual immorality? what about a catholic priest who has made a covenant with God that he will be celibate, and then he can't free himself from the addiction? does he have permission to...
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    hey, what are some good places to volunteer as a missionary? if i want a long term position?

    I am looking for a long term position to serve, though I am looking for a place where I can serve for 6 to 8 hours a day, and have the rest to seek God. I have a thousand dollars saved up, and wondering if there is a position where I could get paid for it? if not, that is fine too. though I only...
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    Romans 10 and the Jews heard, and faith comes by hearing, but why did they not believe?

    faith comes through hearing, but the Israelites heard (look at verse 18), and Paul asks again, did Israel not understand? (look at verse 19) I am not sure if the second time Paul asks about if they understood, is he saying that they heard and did not understand? because in verse 18, he clarifies...
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    help for advice, is it sin to fellowship with nonbelievers?

    I mean, there is family of mine, and he has roommates, is dating a bisexual, is kicking the goads to say. and he and I planned getting together, but I got a wrong feeling about it, kind of a, oh no! you will forfeit your soul if you go! and I was planning on spending the night, but was thinking...
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    must the host be willing in order to get a demon cast out?

    I know there was a girl who chased after Paul, and she had a spirit, and annoyed him so much that he cast the spirit out of her. but I think that was on his faith, not hers. also, Judas was entered by satan. could the disciples cast it out of Judas? or would Judas have had to be willing and have...
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    hardened heart, heart turned away from the Living God, how to turn it back?

    Hey, so, I feel like my heart has turned away from God to food. I got kind of addicted to food. like, in an unhealthy way. and I was wondering, how to turn it back to Him? it seems beyond my control. I mean, I tried fasting and seeking Him, but then I would only eat at night, and then I found...
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    those who are cursed, can they then come back to God? Hebrews 6:8

    Hebrews 6:4-11 4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age 6and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To...
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    You will seek me and you will not find me. question of Pharisees.

    why would they seek for Him? I know He talks about how they will die in their sins if they do not believe in Him. but also, how could one who does not feel faith seek Him, and get faith? Also, what about repentance? what would the Pharisees have had to repent of? I mean, repent of the heart...
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    lacking drive to seek Christ, though I know to not seek Him and love Him is Hell...

    how do I get the drive to seek Him? I felt like I grieved His Holy Spirit away from me. I refused to fully surrender, I believed a lie that it was optional. anyhow, I lost a lot of drive. and I developed a strong distaste toward reading the Bible shortly after I felt His presence leave, and I...
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    why was Esau unable to find repentance? He saught it diligently with tears.

    I feel in a place like Esau. I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit depart, (after I resisted Him a few times) slipped into gluttony again. (literally, bad gluttony, shameful kind of gluttony, abstaining from sweets because I thought it was an idol, start indulging in food that doesn't even...
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    group of people need prayer, they feel cut off from God.

    I and a group of people need prayer. they feel a lack of the presence of God, some of them (including myself) are losing drive to seek God, and losing diligence. some of us have lost some reasoning abilities, and need prayer for God's mercy and healing. most of us did some form of sin against...
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    anyone want or need prayer without discussion? post it here. prayer list. misc.

    figured you might want a forum to post random prayers, that random people could come and pray over, so I thought this would be a good one to post. just a random list of miscellaneous prayer requests. I know a girl who needs prayer that God will restore her to Him. I won't go into detail, but God...
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    if person thinks they may've blasphemed Holy Spirit, not walking in His will, what should they do?

    if a person thinks they have blasphemed the Holy Spirit, and feel distant from God, and like they are not walking in the leading of the Holy Spirit, and started having the cares of this world press in around them, and are getting a job, and having to do stuff, and feeling farther and farther...
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    so, I eat sweets, I indulge on food, and have hard time, feel like eating almost everything is sin.

    eating, and still eating. make excuses to keep eating, stomach hurts, get food that soothes stomach, drink. confess to God that I indulged myself. when I sit down, my mind is on something. last night it was the dried cranberries that were sitting out of sight in the kitchen cupboard. it was just...
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    man not willing to work, denied faith, widow living in plea, dead while alive, can they repent? etc.

    there are verses on those who are in very bad positions, if someone finds themselves in that position, what should they do? if a widow finds she is not satisfied, and empty, feels cut off from God, and is self-indulgent, what shall she do? if a man is unwilling to work, lost almost all...
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    knock and the door will be opened, vs, the door is closed, any second chances?

    It seems like there may be a limit to the availability to receive God's promises. some people the door is shut, like when revelation tribulation starts. if someone knows about the promises of God, and falls away, can they hold on to the promises of God and start again? If someone fell away from...
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    is it sin: asking nonchristians and possible hypocrites, who are trying to get back to God?

    some people the Bible tells us to have nothing to do with them. other places it talks about the council of the ungodly, and it talks about sitting in the seat of the scornful. and to treat a brother who does not repent like a pagan or tax collector. and to not even greet some people or say "God...
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    I read the scriptures, and they don't really speak to me any more. anyone deal with this? advice?

    they stopped talking to my heart, my heart does not feel very receptive, at all, maybe a little, but only a tiny bit. this happened after some things happened in my walk with God. and after I sinned against Him. but any advice? how do you get anointing for your eyes so you can see? has anyone...