Please pray that I will be led to a church to start attending with my children, and possibly my husband. I became a believer and was baptized at age nine. However, I now believe while I accepted Him as Savior, I haven't allowed him to be Lord. I have always spent time in prayer and studying the Bible, however I have become convinced I need to participate in the Body of Christ. Also pray that my husband will become a spiritual leader, and that I may be able to set an example for my family that will make them thirsty for God. I guess what I am saying is that I would like to start living as I believe. Acting as who I am, a daughter of the King. I have been spending much time on my knees and am begging Jesus to open my heart to all the things that need pruned and purged from my life. I believe if I had support of other Christians in a body of believers, that could help hold me accountable. Also, I smoke cigarettes, and have tried to quit numerous times. This is one of those "flesh" issues I need to overcome. Please pray for me in that area, too, and if anyone has any success stories on that subject, I would love to hear them. Thank you all so much.
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Oh Christi! You are in such a good place! Such a place of surrender! Believe me, what you are asking Jesus to do, He will do! And I will be praying for Him to plant you and your family into the church of His choice.
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Christi!
We love you for this confession you just made.
God will honor this desire, because it is a desire to follow Him more closely!
Father, bless your child Christi for her new desire to live out what she beleives and to commit to a church. Help her with her cigarette problem. Amen.
We love you for this confession you just made.
God will honor this desire, because it is a desire to follow Him more closely!
Father, bless your child Christi for her new desire to live out what she beleives and to commit to a church. Help her with her cigarette problem. Amen.
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Hi Christi,
I wanted to offer you my prayers for quitting smoking.
I smoked for 18 years. 5 of those years as a Christian. I was terribly addicted to nicotine. I could not quit on my own. I was prayed for at my church and delivered from the desire to smoke.
I will pray hard for you Christi.
God bless you
Roberta
I wanted to offer you my prayers for quitting smoking.
I smoked for 18 years. 5 of those years as a Christian. I was terribly addicted to nicotine. I could not quit on my own. I was prayed for at my church and delivered from the desire to smoke.
I will pray hard for you Christi.
God bless you
Roberta
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Oh, thank you. (Did you see my question on the Bible forum trying to find out if it was a sin? lol! Die hard!) I would love your prayers---I absolutely HATE that I smoke! P.S. As to the other part of this post, my husband and I and my whole family went to church yesterday! We are going to visit one every week until we find one that we want to attend regularly. My husband (who I thought would be unreceptive) was completely for it! God is doing something here!
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That is great news Christi.
I was a die hard smoker. It never bothered me until I became a Christian. I believe this is the work of the Holy Spirit conviciting us of the fact that it is a sin. God wants the best for us and being addicted to anything is not what is best for us.
Keep us posted Christi. I will put you on our prayer list at my church.
God bless you
Roberta
I was a die hard smoker. It never bothered me until I became a Christian. I believe this is the work of the Holy Spirit conviciting us of the fact that it is a sin. God wants the best for us and being addicted to anything is not what is best for us.
Keep us posted Christi. I will put you on our prayer list at my church.
God bless you
Roberta
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I know my post might be a little late...But Christi I used to smoke too, and had quit for a year then started again...And then I finally quit for good, and I needed nothing more than God for that..and I remembered a scripture that helped me alot!!
here goes:
NO TEMPTATION IS IRRESISTIBLE,YOU CAN TRUST GOD TO KEEP THE TEMPTATION FROM BECOMING SO STRONG THAT YOU CANT STAND UP AGAINST IT, FOR HE HAS PROMISED THIS AND WILL DO WHAT HE SAYS. HE WILL SHOW YOU....HOW TO ESCAPE
1 COR 10:13
I hope that might help alittle and if you ever want to talk about anything I'm usually here, if you want to send me an email, or PM
Allison
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Thank you, I will use that one! And repeat it over and over and over....I am looking at Wed. Pray for me that day, please!!!!
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Thank you. Finding this forum has been such a blessing for me. You all are so loving and wonderful. I no longer feel alone in my walk. I will spend Wed. thanking God for you all!!!!! I just love you guys!!!
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PRAISE THE LORD, I hope you find the church you are looking for, until then I will pray for you and your family. Stand still because God is moving all around you. God Bless
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I've prayed for you Christi. I really think it's amazing the works God can do in our lifes if we let him.
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Thank you all again so much! I am excited! I told my husband I was going to quit smoking and how many people were going to be praying for me. He said, "You HAVE to now, or you'll never be able to show your face on the internet again." Lol!!!
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