Backsliding!

[GodChaser777]

I got saved oct of 2000 I done very well up until about 6 months ago. I started going down hill and its become A spiral of triny lies here and there hating on people and lust. I want out of this I dont seem to feel convicted about ANYTHING and that bothers me and I dont have a hunger to read the bible or attend church and when I try praying about it I dont feel like iam meaning my prayers but I do want to be a christian and straighten back up Iam just at a loss at what I should do Iam more less scared GOD is no longer dealing with me from the constant sins ive commited over and over and the un-faithful-meaningful prayers i have prayed over and over again. Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[wonder111]

I got saved oct of 2000 I done very well up until about 6 months ago. I started going down hill and its become A spiral of triny lies here and there hating on people and lust. I want out of this I dont seem to feel convicted about ANYTHING and that bothers me and I dont have a hunger to read the bible or attend church and when I try praying about it I dont feel like iam meaning my prayers but I do want to be a christian and straighten back up Iam just at a loss at what I should do Iam more less scared GOD is no longer dealing with me from the constant sins ive commited over and over and the un-faithful-meaningful prayers i have prayed over and over again. Thanks in advance for any advice!

God is not going to desert you

has something bad happened in your life in the last 6 months? What made you feel this way. Sometimes if something has happened in my life, I sink lower and am no longer in spirit. You wouldn't be here posting this if you weren't meaning it.

praying for you

 

[Tracie]

I agree, I don't think you'd be posting if you didn't mean it. I think sometimes people make a big mistake in relying on their "feelings." Like, you are expecting something miraculous to happen when you tell God you are sorry. Just because you don't feel something, doesn't mean anything.

You need to ask God for forgiveness...and He will forgive you. Repentance doesn't mean saying sorry...it means turning away from that sin. So, be sure you are repentant and turn away from those sins. And I totally understand the feeling of not wanting to read your Bible or pray or any of that. I get in slumps like that, too. Do you know what the best remedy is? Just do it. If you start reading, you'll want to read more.

Why don't you get your Bible out and start reading John. It's a great book for getting to know Jesus. Try to just read a chapter a day. And don't just read it...think about what you are reading. Pray for God to help you to understand what you are reading.

And just think of getting to read your Bible and talk to God as a priviledge, not a task. Because it is a priviledge. You've been given an awesome gift in your salvation. Don't forget, He didn't give it to you because you are such a great person. He gave it to you because He loves you so much and wants to save you from your sin!

I will pray for you right now! Let me know if I can help in any way!

Tracie

 

[Rafael]

I've been there and done that. Don't be like the Israel of old and have to be chastised by the consequence of sin that hurts and destroys. I know that I didn't think I could stop smoking cigarettes until I found out how easy it was lying in a hospital bed. It hardly crossed my mind to have a cigarette when cancer was eating at me and chemotherapy was coursing through my veins.
I had to learn so much the hard way and hope you can escape the sins that you know and think as so binding. I can tell you this for sure - God won't abandon you, and you will have to leave Him. I'll pray for you and believe that God will forgive your sins and set you on a straighter path. There really is so much exciting work to do for the Lord these day.

 

[GodChaser777]

Thanks for the great replys everyone. Iam gonna just try my best and with your prayers (which i appreciate) and My own prayers and through Christ I know I can overcome this Thanks again!!!

 

[Serapha]

Thanks for the great replys everyone. Iam gonna just try my best and with your prayers (which i appreciate) and My own prayers and through Christ I know I can overcome this Thanks again!!!

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[Svt4Him]

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[Eleana]

I had that problem too, even till now I'm still struggling with that.

I was filled with zeal for God when I received Christ, attended prayers meetings and church regularly, but within 2 weeks, my zeal gone down. I'd feel sad, unmotivated and not sure whether to go on. I feel defeated whenever I fall into temptation, I questioned why God tested me that way, I feel more sadness and less joyous...I asked my friends why they can be so happy being christians...why I am always filled with negativity.

Yes, I backslided and at a point refused to come back to God. I immersed myself with work and studies, finding excuses not to do prayer and read Bible. However, what make me want to come back to God is because I started to realise life without God is more miserable, every defeats I faced...I feel more helpless...my life became meaningless and without purpose. the more I feel that way, the more I longed to go back to where I first started...

I started to recall and ask why I accepted Christ in the first place. I recalled that day when I confess my sins and say Yes to God. I told myself I should not give up, coz God wont give up on me. all those sad moments is a way God asking me to go back to him. I must go on...no matter what will happen in future, I must hold on to this love...It's been 6 yrs now when I first accepted Christ....

Dear brother, pls hold on to this love...remember the happiness you spent with God, how God have loved you. Make this a purpose in everyday living--to be closer to God. you will feel more accomplised and more desire to live for God....I am not good in advice but I do hope by sharing my walk with God, I have help in some way.

 

[pmarquette]

Daily ..... stir up the gift 2 Timothy 1.5-7 ; daily pray Ephesians 6.18-19 ; daily repent and renew your mind - Psalm 103 ; daily forgive Matthew 18.15-21 ; daily intercede for others - Romans 12.18-21 ; daily stir yourself up with songs , the word , christian fellowship ....

Attend services for christian fellowship , counseling , prayer . If you need a church , log onto www.cfaith.com and use there church locator . Find a place where they love you for who you are right now .... blue hair , ear rings and the whole 9 yards...
for church should be the original " come as you are party "

 

[SamIAm2]

Don't ever think that God has decided not to deal with you! You may think that he's turned his back; hey, sometimes I feel that way too, but you have to know that he's there every minute of your life, it's just that sometimes we feel like God's not there because we either don't want to listen, or we can't understand some things, or sometimes just because something bad has happened to make us thing that he's not there. But He's always there! you just have to turn to him and ask him to get you through this.