Hi I am Having a major issue. Why is it that I constantly want to stand by God but on the other hand I wonder if he is even out there at all I want to believe that he is there and all but something inside me says what if he's not. I need prayer and advice if you can spare. I'm torn BC part of me thinks he is an part of me thinks he's not and I'm just stuck sitting in this situation. I want to believe and to love God but why am I finding it to be so hard and difficult probably the worse thing I've gone through
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Praying God's grace ministers to you and His peace is yours. Father may it be so, in Jesus name, amen.
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Hi,
I will certainly pray for you. Also I have included a link to my website which lists encounters i have had with God. It might help you see the reality of God. I have also included one of my favorite stories off the site here. Know God Personally
One morning I got up and walked into the hall and I heard a voice that I believed was God say "How would you like to be stabbed in the Valley". The Valley was known as the rough end of town, and the voice scared me a little, I wondered if I had done something to offend God. I had planned to go down to the Valley to ask people out to church as was my habit at the time. In the end I went anyway regardless of the fear. I walked up to the first person I met and asked him if he would like to go out to church. He said to me "I am an atheist, I don't believe in God". I just said "fine", but hoped to change his mind. He then proceeded to unbutton his shirt and showed me scar marks up and down his chest and stomach. He said to me, "I was attacked by a knife wielding man in the Valley some time ago and spent months recovering in hospital, How could God allow that to happen to me". Then I knew why God had said in the morning "How would I like to be stabbed?". God understood this man, but had a good plan for him. Some weeks latter this man came out to church and became a Christian.
I will certainly pray for you. Also I have included a link to my website which lists encounters i have had with God. It might help you see the reality of God. I have also included one of my favorite stories off the site here. Know God Personally
One morning I got up and walked into the hall and I heard a voice that I believed was God say "How would you like to be stabbed in the Valley". The Valley was known as the rough end of town, and the voice scared me a little, I wondered if I had done something to offend God. I had planned to go down to the Valley to ask people out to church as was my habit at the time. In the end I went anyway regardless of the fear. I walked up to the first person I met and asked him if he would like to go out to church. He said to me "I am an atheist, I don't believe in God". I just said "fine", but hoped to change his mind. He then proceeded to unbutton his shirt and showed me scar marks up and down his chest and stomach. He said to me, "I was attacked by a knife wielding man in the Valley some time ago and spent months recovering in hospital, How could God allow that to happen to me". Then I knew why God had said in the morning "How would I like to be stabbed?". God understood this man, but had a good plan for him. Some weeks latter this man came out to church and became a Christian.
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Have you tried asking Him?
There is 1 surefire way of finding out. But you have to follow the exact advice:
-Go to a field or forest or somewhere that you are alone & no one else is.
-Talk for 30 minutes to "Him" with sincerity, explaining that you want to believe, but that you have your doubts, and mention anything else that is on your heart at that time. Ask Him to have mercy on you & to prove TO YOU beyond a shadow of a doubt that HE exists.
-Wait a minute for an answer.
...if He doesn't answer then walk away & don't look back. After all, if G-d can't even prove that He exists, then we have even bigger issues in the universe than we first expected.
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I believe that is a valid point.
The Bible reference would be Thomas,and Christ understood and let him touch his side.
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Prayers that you will find faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Perhaps consider your conscience and the vastness of God and the the kingdom of God is within:
Luke 17:20-21
King James Version (KJV)
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Consider just trying to live your life as best as you can for others & yourself and thinking whether your conscience can guide you alone or do you believe you need the Lord Jesus Christ to be your savior and guide. Consider the basic commands he gives as stated by St. Paul,
Romans 13:8-11
King James Version (KJV)
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed
Again if you take the approach of the conscience, it is accorded respect as indicated by St. Paul, and it is not for us to judge individuals who are serious & conscientious.
Romans 2:11-16
King James Version (KJV)
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Consider that the individual of conscience will be judged fairly by God & some will have redemption but others will not and that this is where uncertainty lies. Collectively, not every individual, since God will determine but until that point we are considered,
Romans 3:23
King James Version (KJV)
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Consider that we can live our lives in a sensible but also serious, non judgemental manner and that our ability to love is clouded & only God is love and we need Him.
John 3:16-21
King James Version (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
I hope that I am worthily speaking of the Gospel to try help another person in my feeble abilities.
Perhaps consider your conscience and the vastness of God and the the kingdom of God is within:
Luke 17:20-21
King James Version (KJV)
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Consider just trying to live your life as best as you can for others & yourself and thinking whether your conscience can guide you alone or do you believe you need the Lord Jesus Christ to be your savior and guide. Consider the basic commands he gives as stated by St. Paul,
Romans 13:8-11
King James Version (KJV)
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed
Again if you take the approach of the conscience, it is accorded respect as indicated by St. Paul, and it is not for us to judge individuals who are serious & conscientious.
Romans 2:11-16
King James Version (KJV)
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Consider that the individual of conscience will be judged fairly by God & some will have redemption but others will not and that this is where uncertainty lies. Collectively, not every individual, since God will determine but until that point we are considered,
Romans 3:23
King James Version (KJV)
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Consider that we can live our lives in a sensible but also serious, non judgemental manner and that our ability to love is clouded & only God is love and we need Him.
John 3:16-21
King James Version (KJV)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
I hope that I am worthily speaking of the Gospel to try help another person in my feeble abilities.
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