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Am I still a Christian??

JCFantasy23

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I do this a lot too - I get intensely involved with bible reading, study and devotion, then spurts where I have nothing to do with it. I always keep praying but there are times I let myself get distracted by what's really important. PLEASE never think this means you are not a Christian anymore or that God is tired of you though, or else many Christians would be in trouble with their salvation (myself included.)
 
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Hey everyone! I am sorry that I haven't been back since. Our baby girl was born about a week ago. I appreciate everyone's replies and wanted to apologize for disappearing! :)


I appreciate the resources that were posted! I am going to continue praying for a good church and I know that God will lead me in the right direction. That is definitely something that I feel like I lack the most.. fellowship. It can be hard to find around here, but I know that there are other ways to increase my faith and to grow. I keep telling myself that we won't live here forever.. and we will live in the states again soon. I think that will make it easier, finding a good church, good Christian friends, etc.. I just know that I can't waste my time here "waiting" for it to happen. I believe God does have a purpose for me here.. and I just need to be open minded so I can figure it out.
 
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Congrats Kimberly! happy motherhood to you...

There's been great advice here, I just remembered something that I heard a pastor say last sunday. He was quoting from Martin Luther and the quote wich i don't recall word for word was to the efect that:

You sense what God wishes you to do, and you ask God to enable you to do it, knowing that you do not have the power in yourself to do it.

It's a great quote, because it shows that God is the one who puts the desire to do the right thing in our hearts, AND He is the only one through whom we can possibly achieve it. All we have to do is to let him.

Maybe someone on this forum knows the exact quote and can chime in to get it more correct. pretty sure it was Luther though.

I also thought of these suggestions:

Bible as audiobook, available for instance on librivox.com for free. Listen to mp3 while driving or other situations.

librivox also have theological writings as audiobooks for free. Luther, Augustin, Chesterton... this might keep you connected to the body of Christ untill you find your contemporary living brothers and sisters.
 
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hi kimberlyb891, i read your post on the first page of this thread and i have felt the same way, im 20 yrs old now and im a biology premed student in college and sometimes i am very tired and just want some time to lay down and get a break from doing anything, i felt that maybe i wasnt a christian because i didnt read my bible or pray enough. i wasnt growing at all, i tried to be a christian out of my own strength, but it didnt work , because there is nothing good in the flesh and we cant live the christian life alone, and i learned this the hard way. i failed in many areas such as being patient, reading my bible, loving unbelievers, trusting God, the only thing we can do is go to God because when we are weak He is strong, remember, the bible says :he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion till the day of judgement, God will present you spotless before himself and his Son, Jesus, i can tell that you are a true christian, alot of ppl who claim to be christian dont care that they dont read the bible or care about following Christ, they just confess Christ but live as the world and dont feel convicted about living in sin, your lifestyle and your concern for your salvation shows that you are truly a christian, you actually care and that is Great! Congrats to you on becoming a mother, your child is blessed to have a mother that loves the Lord! God bless you. God loves you!
 
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God Is Rich In Mercy And A Broken And Contrite Spirit He Will Not Despise, He Opposes The Proud And The Wicked Who Think They Are Not Doing Anything Wrong. Kimberly You Have A Heart For God And He Knows Your Desires And He Will Meet Them Because You Have A Heart To Know Him And Serve Him, Satan Is The Accuser And He Accuses Me Everyday If You Let Him Get An Inch In Your Mind He Will Take A Whole Mile, He Comes To Steal,kill,destroy, And He Will Leave You Hopeless Just How He Did Me, Dont Allow Yourself To Get To That Point, You Are In God's Hands, And Jesus Himself Said He Holds His Sheep in His Hand And So Does God and noone can pluck us out of his hand, We Have A Double Grip Of Our Savior And The Father Holding On To Us, You Will Make It And Just Cast All Your Cares On Him Because He Cares For You
 
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