Hello everyone, just looking for some help here. My family growing up were christians so believing in God was somewhat of an everday thing. My great grandmother NEVER missed church, she died of bone cancer at the age of 75 and even in her last days on earth when she couldn't physically go to church, she had church on her tv every sunday. I know that being dedicated to God is alot more than simply attending church, but I just wanted to give a brief summary of my christian background. Anyway, the last 2 years of my life have been awful for me. Not because of petty earthly things such as finances or job stress, but because I feel as though I don't know God as well as I want to. At first I didn't do anything about it and I figured it would just go away but that absolutely did not happen. Throughout my teenage years (I'm 22 now) I never thought in depth about my lifestyle and I just assumed that because I wasn't perfect and I was a decent person that would be good enough to make it to heaven. Now that I'm into early adulthood and can understand things better, I have doubted the existence of God on numerous occasions, thanks to all these scientists with their theories of evolution and the Big Bang, even though the big bang theory suggests that life came about by chance from expanding rocks and gases, yet, it's also scientific fact that life can't come from something that doesn't live. How contradicting. anyway, I smoke cigarettes, and drink alcohol. I'm also a musician and some of the subject matter is very sinful. I love music and I can't fathom giving it up. There isn't a single day, better yet a single hour that goes by without me feeling unbelievably guilty about my sinful behavior. I always have this feeling that God is looking at me in disapointment. I pray sometimes and can't manage to continue praying, I go months at a time in between prayers. Yet, there are times when I just don't know if God exists or not. It's very frustrating because I want to have a faith in God that is unbreakable. I have an unbearable fear of death and I feel that the only feasible cause of this fear is the fact that I have doubt in my mind about the existence of heaven. Their are only 2 things that I fear more than death, God not existing, and facing God and being banished to Hell. I know all of this probably sounds like a lunatic rant but this is an everyday battle for me. I don't know where else to turn because I don't belong to a church, and I don't know many christians anymore. (my familys' faith in God took a devastating blow when my grandma passed on) So i'm hoping some of you on this board can point me in the right direction so I can end all of this madness once and for all. thanks.
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Scared, confused, & need help finding God.
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UnitynLove
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Let these scriptures be your guide when ever you start to doubt
Let God be true and let every man be a liar
It is better to listen to the word of God than to the word of man
Lean not on your own understanding but the understanding of the Lords
For we walk by faith not by site
Sanctify them with your truth, and your word is truth
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You know, God isn't looking for reasons to condemn you.. he loves you totally and unconditionally. Yes, he wants you to live for Him.. but not in order to earn your way to heaven... none of us can do that. Jesus paid the price on the cross for your sin.. everything you have done or could ever do is covered by His sacrifice. As soon as you confess your sin to Him it is forgiven.
We all have doubts sometimes.. it's part of being human. But the more you read the bible and ask God to speak to you, the more your faith will grow.
As for things like smoking and music... as you grow in God you may find there are things that you have to put down because you don't feel comfortable with them. But you don't have to become a hermit! Music is a gift from god, and maybe He will lead you to use it for Him.
Read the gospels, and ask God to show you who He is. And never forget that he loves you.. your desire to come closer to Him delights Him.
The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin so that we can repent, but He doesn't bring condemnation. That is a lie of the devil... so don't get trapped in guilt... confess and ask God's help, then leave it at the cross where it belongs.
Praying for you, brother.
We all have doubts sometimes.. it's part of being human. But the more you read the bible and ask God to speak to you, the more your faith will grow.
As for things like smoking and music... as you grow in God you may find there are things that you have to put down because you don't feel comfortable with them. But you don't have to become a hermit! Music is a gift from god, and maybe He will lead you to use it for Him.
Read the gospels, and ask God to show you who He is. And never forget that he loves you.. your desire to come closer to Him delights Him.
The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin so that we can repent, but He doesn't bring condemnation. That is a lie of the devil... so don't get trapped in guilt... confess and ask God's help, then leave it at the cross where it belongs.
Praying for you, brother.
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You mentioned that you would like to have a relationship with God that's unbreakable.
Sometimes something like that can be as easy as asking for. The bible tells us that 'anything we ask the father in the sons name, will be given to us so that the father will be glorified through the son."
That means we can ask for what we want that's accordance with Gods will and God will answer that prayer. So if we want a really close relationship with God, (and that is something he definatly does want to give to us) we can simply just ask him for it. And obviously it might entail a heck of a ride afterwards (or God might just give us some revelations that steal our hearts so that we end up pursuing him for a hunger that we now need satisfied) but the bible says that those who seek, find and those who ask, will recieve.
Christ went through everything that he did on earth so that you could have that kind relationship with God, so if you want that, take advantage of christs sacrifice and ask God for it.
Hope that helps
God bless
Sometimes something like that can be as easy as asking for. The bible tells us that 'anything we ask the father in the sons name, will be given to us so that the father will be glorified through the son."
That means we can ask for what we want that's accordance with Gods will and God will answer that prayer. So if we want a really close relationship with God, (and that is something he definatly does want to give to us) we can simply just ask him for it. And obviously it might entail a heck of a ride afterwards (or God might just give us some revelations that steal our hearts so that we end up pursuing him for a hunger that we now need satisfied) but the bible says that those who seek, find and those who ask, will recieve.
Christ went through everything that he did on earth so that you could have that kind relationship with God, so if you want that, take advantage of christs sacrifice and ask God for it.
Hope that helps
God bless
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