Prayers Needed !!

[-GodsGirl-]

Hello!

So today I sinned and it was a sin I hadn't done in awhile. I just cried, because I felt bad I sinned against God, and it made me realize how far from God I am. After I prayed I felt better and declared that today is the day I will start seeking God and I will try and seek him with all my heart.

I've been having all kinds of thoughts which I imagine are from the devil. Just thoughts like "God doesn't hear you. You will never have a close relationship with God. You are not one of his chosen people". I've had my fair share of these thoughts and I know it's the devil, but sometimes it's hard to accept that because it is coming from my brain.

While I was sitting in my room and praying I was talking to God because I remember one time in my life I was seeking God so much and I was putting Him first in everything I was doing but I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere so I gave up.

But today as I was praying telling God it wasn't fair that I'm not close to him. He gave me a revelation, basically he was expressing that I'm not trying. I say I want to be close to Him but I'm not putting in the effort. If I would just press in and not give up I would get close to him. I mean he didn't say that, like I don't know the voice of God yet since I'm not close to Him but I definitely feel it was him putting that thought into my head.

So ya I'm just asking for prayers to help me fight temptation, and that I can open up to God and truly trust Him with all my heart.

Thanks

 

[Winken]

No deeper request is possible: "Help me fight temptation, and that I can open up to God and truly trust Him with all my heart." He hears you. He is the Light of your life. He will never leave you or forsake you. You are blessed in Him. AMEN!!!

 

[Greg J.]

It may help to think of it this way: Jesus loves you and wants a good relationship with you—and he wants what is absolutely best for you. Each of you has different responsibilities for your side of the relationship. God does what God does (and what he said he will do—study Scripture to know about those) and you need to do what he said you need to do. That is the path forward to knowing God better and trusting him more.

Every single one of his commands are the commands of a parent to a child. They define what is going to end up having been best for you in the long run. We might not understand why—like a child might not understand why it is OK to run around in the house but not OK to run around in a glassware/china shop, but eventually he/she will.