help me please

[jared1958]

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

 

[BFine]

Are you saved?
Do you faithfully gather with other believers(Christians) to worship and learn
about how to live out the Christian faith?

Are you reading the Word of God-- renewing your mind regularly with the Word of God?
Do you have a prayer partner or Christian mentor? if you don't please ask about being connected with someone at your church who is mature in the Christian faith.

Have you spoken with your minister about the issues you are having?
if so, what did he advise?

 

[BFine]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A Prayer For Those Who Are Struggling

Lord, I come to You today asking for Your strength. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I pray that in the midst of my hurt, You would guide me today. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I pray that You would give me the assurance [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]that You are with me. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Help me to gaze upon Your beauty and to seek You. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I pray for peace as You supply my needs today. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cloak and encompass me with the power of Your presence. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I pray that I would make the choice to trust You even [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]in this difficult time and to keep my eyes focused on the path You have for me. [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thank You, Jesus. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In Your holy name, amen.[/FONT]

 

[mandelduke]

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[Eyesee]

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

It sounds to me like you might be relying on feelings; if so that is a miserable existence because what we feel or don't feel has no bearing in reality when it comes to the things of God.

If you have given your life to Christ, then the TRUTH is He will never leave you or forsake you. I love to feel God's presence, I'm addicted to it - but make no mistake, God will not allow you to walk with Him by your feelings because they are too subjective and whimsical. The enemy of your soul with toy with you relentlessly if you try to judge the things of God by your flesh. Every believer must learn to trust God and that is not an easy road, because that road is almost always devoid of our fleshly senses (the just walk by faith, not by sight). We must make every effort to walk by the truth as set forth in God's Word, and subject our feelings to those truths; not the other way around.

His mercies are new every morning. Breathe in, breathe out, thank God for another day and put one foot in front of the other and walk out your trust in Him. Whatever you do, don't give up.

God bless you my friend.

 

[saved24]

How do we know there's a God? There is a beautiful world out there, creation, only God could have made a world so beautiful. God made you, only God create a unique person like yourself! you are wonderfully made! Just remind yourself of this.

We as Christians, have also found that we can come to God through Jesus. We can accept Jesus as our Saviour and we find a whole new world opened to us, our eyes are opened and we can see that there is a God who loves and cares for us.

When we ask Jesus into our lives, ask Him to be our Saviour that means we have accepted Jesus as our Saviour. And as someone asked that also means we are saved. Saved so that one day we will be with Jesus/God in heaven.

God bless.

 

[Ark100]

There is a God.You may doubt sometimes bit I can attest to it that there is a God. He is looking down on each and everyone of His children.

I have been a christian since birth but when I dabbled on atheists site a little while after I got saved, I started to doubt a bit because of all the crap they said. I had never doubted the existence of God until that time, and I realised the enemy feasts on atheists site. That is why a lot of Christians should avoid that site.

Anyway after a week or so after I started to doubt a but, I had a revelation vision type thing where Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me, in the sky, He descended and ascended again, and I was shown the Kingdom right from where I was standing on earth, and also I had doubting thomas beside me all through this revelation. I called him 'Uncle Thomas' in my dream

I know not everyone get these revelations but there was a reason I was shown this. At the end of the revelation, I saw the questions a lot of people usually ask about the existence of God and if He was real or not.

So I am here to tell you that God is real, and Heaven is real. Don't allow the enemy to put doubt in your mind.
Really trust in God and He will never fail you

 

[jared1958]

Hi I will be honest with all of you I have asked God into my life and I have a great life but I feel something missing I tried to focus on God but keep backsliding and even doubting his existance and yes I do kind of go on feelings. I am searching so much for something to fill the void that I've done countless hobbies and even looked into other religions but always coming back to wanting to be a Christian I look at some of these people in church so strong and want to be like that but my doubt seems to force me back to this position I have prayed and prayed but to no avail. I sit at night and worry about hell and the consequences of my actions scares me to death. (By the way I am no partier never done drugs and don't drink) then I wake up the next morning doubting. Even when I'm scared (I get terrified at night about hell especially when watching a ghost show) I call out to God for help I want out of this situation I want to believe but have trouble with believing I don't know if maybe I'm relying on feelings too much or what but I need major help and God don't seem to be helping me with this situation since I've been stuck here in this same situation forever

 

[CounselorForChrist]

Hanging around an mostly athiets forum for a big chunk of my life really hurt my relationship with God. I started questioning him at times even though I still believed. I'm glad I got away from that forum.

As for praying. Don't upset yourself if you hear nothing or feel like nothing is happening. True, God always doesn't give us what we want, but he always has plans for us. Never cease praying.

I to got into a weird stage where I would literally cry for hours about hell wondering if I could somehow still end up there even as a christian. I held on to my feelings from sinful things I had done in the past. I didn't let them go and it was a burden to hold onto them. Its why I started wondering about hell.

Best advice I can give you is read EVERY day from the bible and some devotions. Pray often. Go to church, try to get into a bible study group. You want to feed your body and soul with what God is giving you. When I read the bible as a teen I didn't get it to much, it was mostly confusing in terms of story and the "puzzle texts" as I call them lol.

But as I read more and got older things started to make sense and speak out to me. For example one day I was having a bad day and thinking about a friend who I hadn't heard from, we were suppose to go somewhere that day. Well I happen to read my bible and it basically was about not holding angry feelings against people, just forgive them and be kind. It spoke to me, God wanted me to read that particular chapter that day!

It doens't mean every days reading will apply to something at that exact moment in your life. But what it does mean is you will remember the things you read and when something comes up you will be like "Oh, this reminds me of something I read a few weeks ago! Ok I get it now!". Then you apply it to that situation!

 

[Pal Handy]

Hi I will be honest with all of you I have asked God into my life and I have a great life but I feel something missing I tried to focus on God but keep backsliding and even doubting his existance and yes I do kind of go on feelings. I am searching so much for something to fill the void that I've done countless hobbies and even looked into other religions but always coming back to wanting to be a Christian I look at some of these people in church so strong and want to be like that but my doubt seems to force me back to this position I have prayed and prayed but to no avail. I sit at night and worry about hell and the consequences of my actions scares me to death. (By the way I am no partier never done drugs and don't drink) then I wake up the next morning doubting. Even when I'm scared (I get terrified at night about hell especially when watching a ghost show) I call out to God for help I want out of this situation I want to believe but have trouble with believing I don't know if maybe I'm relying on feelings too much or what but I need major help and God don't seem to be helping me with this situation since I've been stuck here in this same situation forever

Asking God into your life is not the same as believing that Jesus Christ
is the son of God and that if you believe the gospel message of Jesus Christ and
believe that Christ died for your sins and was buried and arose from the grave on
the third day, you will then be a follower of Jesus Christ and
you will receive all the promises He made to those who believe.

You don't become a Christian by asking God into your life but by
believing in the word and person of Jesus Christ that God sent into
the world to give all men His good news of salvation in His son, Jesus Christ.

No one can come to God except in the way He has chosen and
God has made it clear that you must come to Him through Jesus Christ.

Until you come to God in His way, you will never receive the witness
of the Holy Spirit of truth in your life that will confirm that you have
received the truth and have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior.

So what do you believe?

 

[jared1958]

Well why do I doubt that it happened even tho I want to believe so bad

 

[SharonL]

Just remember - if you believe in God in any form or fashion, the enemy will make sure the doubt is there.

Our walk is called faith - the Bible says Blessed are those who believe and have not seen.

Once you have asked Jesus into your heart and repented of your sins, you are washed white as snow and you are a Child of God. The Bible tells us that Jesus walks by our side closer than our shadow and a heartbeat away. The enemy will do all that he can to keep that vision out of your mind.

To me the best teacher that there is a God is nature - just sit and watch the birds, it is a beautiful lesson, so simple - nothing or no one could make nature happen other than a higher power.

The Bible tells us that Jesus is your friend, as you go about your day, just talk to Jesus, you don't have to be on bended knee with Bible in hand, the more you talk to Jesus, pray and just involve Him in your daily walk - the closer you will feel.

Don't worry about sins you have already repented of - put them behind you - the Bible tells us they are in the Lake of Forgetfulness - God sees them no more and we have to put them behind us also. Just remember when those thoughts of doubt come into your mind - that is the enemy at work - he wants to keep you doubting, but just talk to Jesus at that moment - put your hand in the hand of Jesus and let the Holy Spirit guide you and your every desire will be to do God's Will.

God knows your heart and He is proud of you for fighting the battle - just keep walking forward and know that Jesus is by your side.

 

[paul1149]

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

It may be that you're not desperate enough. Your attempts at faith are being hindered by the limits of your intellectual understanding. You say that if God isn't out there, you would be wasting your life. But consider the attitude of this father:

And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood.
And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.”
But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.
And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.” -Mark 9:20-29
​

This was a man who had no other alternatives. Do you have alternatives beside God? Beside Jesus? Who or what is your source? Consider what you are basing your life on, and how reliable and permanent it really is. And then think about whether you are any less desperate than the man in that pericope.

When you reach bottom, God will be there for you. Some of us seem to come to faith almost effortlessly. That's great, but in my personal experience, including just about everyone I know, most of us had to go through the fire before we realized we are utterly dependent on God for everything. And there are already far too many carnal Christians, who continue to rely on their own strength and understanding. This is a major reason why the church in the West struggles so today.

God will meet you when you are really ready. You have my word on that. He met me at my weakest point, when I least deserved it. The biggest obstacle is that we must get ourselves out of the way. We can cooperate with that, or we can resist. Cooperation draws on God's faithfulness. Resistance means more delay, pain and loss.

“For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile. -Jer 29.10-14

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” -Mt 11.27-30​

 

[Armistead14]

Well why do I doubt that it happened even tho I want to believe so bad

It's often difficult connecting logic and reason with faith. First, doubt is part of our faith, it causes us to ask questions and seek answers.

Many taunt their great faith, few want to admit up to doubt. This is why many operate on blind faith, yet they really have never built a real faith, because they simply refuse to deal with doubt, they simply dismiss it.

Even many of the apostles that saw Christ miracles had periods of great doubt, such as Peter when he denied Christ. Imagine to see wonderful miracles before your eyes and walk with the physical Christ, love him, but yet doubt him and deny him. Christ told them he would rise again, yet when he had, many of the disciples thought it was a ghost and could hardly believe it was the Lord.The bible is full of great men of God that often dealt with doubt, sometimes unbelief, such as Thomas, so know when you doubt, you're in great company.

Matthew 28:17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

Mark 16:13 These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

Mark 16:14 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

Luke 24:11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

Luke 24:41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"

John 20:25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."



Over the last 30 years I have often dealt with doubts, even leaned towards being agnotic. The mistake is to wallow in doubt, why doubt is not sin, it's something that should lead us to search for answers, for myself it often took years to secure my faith. The many great men of the bible, why often suffering great doubt, sought to secure their faith.

Study the followers of Christ and how logic often conflicted with faith. The story of Christ walking on water is interesting. Even with Peter watching Christ, seeing his miracles, when he went to Christ on the water himself, he doubted and went into the water, crying "Lord save me"..and Christ did. You would think that these men that saw great miracles and walked with Christ would have no doubts, but they did. We don't have the advantage that they had, so often we will face doubt.

However, some questions you will never have answers for, much depends on how you view the bible. I can't ignore science, history or reason, so my search often ran into conflict with a literal view of many things in the bible. Once I learned that everything in the bible wasn't meant to be taken literally, I had a better understanding of what it was teaching.

I can't explain or understand everything, no one can, but I can study and choose to build more faith than doubt..and willingly believe. God declares he has many secrets and mysteries that we as humans can't understand, but God reveals to us many things we can. Our minds by nature seek reason and to investigate and confirm. A certain pride is mingled with the consideration of bible truth, so that men feel impatient and defeated if they cannot explain every portion of Scripture.

Thankfully God will work with us, even if our faith is as small as a mustard seed.

 

[jared1958]

Well my faith is the mustard seed I feel right now I feel dirty almost bad hypocritical to call myself a Christian I love God but the doubt that I feel often kills my spirit it makes me unworthy to even say I'm a child of god