In A "Pickle"

[Foofy]

Hello! I turned to God and Jesus when I had horrible, uncontrollable blasphemous thoughts, and now their almost gone! Yay! First, I actually made a post about 2-ish maybe? months ago about how "I can't live the Christian lifestyle", but for about a month I've been trying to live the Christian lifestyle super hard and trying, ut for the past 2-3 days, I've been looking back at my progress and what i've done, and things of the like, and I've noticed looking back it is wayyyyyyy too hard for me to follow all these Christian rules, and have been trying so hard over the past month and a half-ish to follow every single rule I can, and it is just straight up flat out too HARD. It's been super difficult for me adjusting to this lifestyle, and I can't see how it's possible for me to live my whole life like this. I'm still nice and, believe in everything God and Jesus have done, etc. but I think it is TOO hard for me to follow all these rules. I haven't given up yet though because I remember what Jesus has done for me, and that God didn't have to make me, but he did, out of trillions of other people he COULD OF made, but made me. I'm so incredibly stuck in this "pickle" right now, and need help. There are a few main sins that I am really having trouble on, which is following worldly authorities' rules, not swearing, and making sex jokes. Those are things that are just so unbelievably hard. One other thing is that I did this SO MUCH in the past, and that it's kind of molded into my sense of humor, and that is the only things I laugh at with my friends. Yes, I need new friends, but basically, everything is just so boring now without doing these things, which I know is really bad how these kind of things are really the only things I laugh at, but its nothing I can help. I've been so much all around more bored at school, which makes school more harder for me personally, and yeah, just, not sure what to do. I'm having an extreme amount of trouble living more Christianly, but its so amazingly hard.

EDIT: Let me kind of explain my problem a bit more, basically I'm just having trouble following some Christian rules, and its just kind of molded into my life. The thing is, is that I just don't feel that I can make the HUGGGEEE commitment of changing certain things in my life. I know that God and Jesus and the Holy Sprit will put in their work to help me, but I don't know how far I'll go to change myself. That's basically my problem. I want to, but I just feel like I couldn't keep that huge commitment.

 

[1watchman]

We are not going to be perfect, but one needs to pray over the Word of God. A true Christian has a perfect standing before God, but one's state may not be.

Some things are essential truth and some things are true, but not essential. Make sure you can tell the difference. Do you have the Lord Jesus in your heart as Savior and lord of your life? Make Him your best Friend and trust Him always. Look up and read your Bible daily!

 

[Emmy]

Dear Foofy. I ask this with love, why in a pickle? what is so hard changing into loving and caring? In Matthew 22: 35-40: Jesus tells us: " The first and great Commandment is: Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. God wants our love, freely given and NO condition tagged on. In Matthew 7: 7-10:
we are told: "ask and you shall receive," there we ask God for Love and Joy,
then thank God, and share all Love and Joy with our neighbour. (all we know and all we meet, friends and not friends) We keep asking and receiving, then we thank God and share all Love and Joy with all around us. People will treat us as we treat people, Love is very catching.
The Bible tells us. " Repent and be Born Again," give up our selfish wants and wishes, and change gradually into the men and women which God wants us to become. We might stumble and forget at times, but then ask God to forgive us, and carry on loving and caring. Jesus our Saviour will help and guide us,
JESUS IS THE WAY. God is Love, and God wants our love. All we do is: Ask and receive, then we thank God, and chare all Love and Joy with our neighbour. Why not give it a try, Foofy? All we have to do is change slowly into the sons and daughters which God, our Heavenly Father wants. Jesus will lead us from there. I say this with love. Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.

 

[parsley]

Life is boring without sex jokes... think about how that sounds, lol.

Picture adult life twenty years from now -- you could be mountain climbing, starting a corporation, finding new Galapagos species. At what point in your life do you start taking risks and building your adventures?

You are working on Can'ts instead of Coulds.

Are there any things God might want you to do? People you could help? Friends in trouble who need to talk? (Not about body parts.)

Last night on TV I saw at least two shows where 12ish-year olds were already doing things most adults wish they could do. They had lots of support from their families, which most people don't have the luxury of, but they put a lot of effort into learning and practicing what they wanted to become good at.

God wants you to be close to Him, like you are close to your friends.

everything is just so boring now without doing these things...I'm just having trouble following some Christian rules, and its just kind of molded into my life

 

[Midst]

Hello! I turned to God and Jesus when I had horrible, uncontrollable blasphemous thoughts, and now their almost gone! Yay! First, I actually made a post about 2-ish maybe? months ago about how "I can't live the Christian lifestyle", but for about a month I've been trying to live the Christian lifestyle super hard and trying, ut for the past 2-3 days, I've been looking back at my progress and what i've done, and things of the like, and I've noticed looking back it is wayyyyyyy too hard for me to follow all these Christian rules, and have been trying so hard over the past month and a half-ish to follow every single rule I can, and it is just straight up flat out too HARD. It's been super difficult for me adjusting to this lifestyle, and I can't see how it's possible for me to live my whole life like this. I'm still nice and, believe in everything God and Jesus have done, etc. but I think it is TOO hard for me to follow all these rules. I haven't given up yet though because I remember what Jesus has done for me, and that God didn't have to make me, but he did, out of trillions of other people he COULD OF made, but made me. I'm so incredibly stuck in this "pickle" right now, and need help. There are a few main sins that I am really having trouble on, which is following worldly authorities' rules, not swearing, and making sex jokes. Those are things that are just so unbelievably hard. One other thing is that I did this SO MUCH in the past, and that it's kind of molded into my sense of humor, and that is the only things I laugh at with my friends. Yes, I need new friends, but basically, everything is just so boring now without doing these things, which I know is really bad how these kind of things are really the only things I laugh at, but its nothing I can help. I've been so much all around more bored at school, which makes school more harder for me personally, and yeah, just, not sure what to do. I'm having an extreme amount of trouble living more Christianly, but its so amazingly hard.

EDIT: Let me kind of explain my problem a bit more, basically I'm just having trouble following some Christian rules, and its just kind of molded into my life. The thing is, is that I just don't feel that I can make the HUGGGEEE commitment of changing certain things in my life. I know that God and Jesus and the Holy Sprit will put in their work to help me, but I don't know how far I'll go to change myself. That's basically my problem. I want to, but I just feel like I couldn't keep that huge commitment.

I am really wondering what "rules" you are talking about. Human beings love to make up a bunch of rules and then weigh down Christians backs with them, claiming "it is from God".

Stick to the Gospels. Which warns against that...

Really we don't have all that many words from Jesus, but they really are the eternal words and will be your driver through the day. It is all you need to know.

Obviously, there will be a lot more revelations, but that is the foundation.

I might also point out John's clarification later in his letter that "you don't need a teacher, you have the Spirit inside of you who teaches you all things".

Teachers can be helpful. But you don't NEED one.

(A new Christian won't be able to discern very well God's voice, but you will know you have Jesus in you if you have HIS words in you. Not some other person's words.)

 

[parsley]

Picture Adam and Eve.
Don't eat of this one tree. Eat of the rest.

Human beings love to make up a bunch of rules and then weigh down Christians backs with them, claiming "it is from God".

 

[1watchman]

Good thoughts! One needs to get their heart and mind on the love of God, seek to honor Him, and go forward.