Is this forum for Christians who are struggling with sin? Because I am. I won't go into details at this time, but this sin has a ring through my nose, and I feel I can't escape. Anyone else, PLEASE, who has or is struggling like this, I need some encouragement. I am drowning in this, and feel so far away from God.
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Sure. You can do that here. A lot of folks do. Or you can post it in the Prayer Forum.
At some time or another, we all struggle with sin like that. It overtakes us and we feel like we'll never get away.
Here's what I have found; if I resist the temptation and get people to pray for me, it gets easier to bear, and the more I resist, the weaker it gets.
Why don't you post it as a request in the Prayer Forum. You don't have to go into any details that will make you uncomfortable, just say you are wrestling with temptation and need prayer support.
At some time or another, we all struggle with sin like that. It overtakes us and we feel like we'll never get away.
Here's what I have found; if I resist the temptation and get people to pray for me, it gets easier to bear, and the more I resist, the weaker it gets.
Why don't you post it as a request in the Prayer Forum. You don't have to go into any details that will make you uncomfortable, just say you are wrestling with temptation and need prayer support.
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Blessed-one
a long journey ahead
when you feel like drowning, hold onto the floating wood and don't let go. I mean, don't EVER let go.... if you did, then you've lost the fight. For me, which took years to get over it, am still struggling occasionally, the key is hold onto God, and don't give up, no matter what.
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Hello Christi,
Jesus loves you, and He knows you are struggling. You are His adopted daughter. He is with you, always.
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
Christi, look for the way of escape that God has given you. Pray that God will show you the way to escape.
Christi, I hope it is a comfort to you to know that every Christian has found themselves caught in the snare of the devil, as all temptation is common to each and every one of us. Satan would have us to remain in the bondage of sin, but Jesus offers us complete freedom from the bondage of sin.
Jesus loves you, and He knows you are struggling. You are His adopted daughter. He is with you, always.
"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
Christi, look for the way of escape that God has given you. Pray that God will show you the way to escape.
Christi, I hope it is a comfort to you to know that every Christian has found themselves caught in the snare of the devil, as all temptation is common to each and every one of us. Satan would have us to remain in the bondage of sin, but Jesus offers us complete freedom from the bondage of sin.
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"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" - 2 Corinthians 5:17
Just remember that you can be forgiven, all you have to do is ask!
Just remember that you can be forgiven, all you have to do is ask!
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Blessed-one
a long journey ahead
trust in Him, Christi, and you'll find that you've grabbed hold of it. If you trust yet don't believe, then you'd have walked in a circle before coming back to the right path, wasting lots of time in the process. Ask Him, as Hewitt said, believe, repent and move onto the future. (resist the temptation)
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BigEd
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I have another scripture that helps.
2Co. 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself
up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every
thought to make it obedient to Christ.
So we can take our sinful thoughts, and bring them to Christ and ask him to get rid of them. One thing though, I find when I do ask this , i need to fill my mind with other thoughs( or the sinful thought will come back), usually i do this by praising Him.
It works quite well , but i need to want to be rid of those thoughts, and i need to be willing to call on him.
2Co. 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself
up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every
thought to make it obedient to Christ.
So we can take our sinful thoughts, and bring them to Christ and ask him to get rid of them. One thing though, I find when I do ask this , i need to fill my mind with other thoughs( or the sinful thought will come back), usually i do this by praising Him.
It works quite well , but i need to want to be rid of those thoughts, and i need to be willing to call on him.
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I know this from experience, if your still struggling with a sin, you haven't given it to God yet. He wants to help you but you have to give it all up to Him. Sin is like chains around your arms, when you think your doing good, Satan will yank as hard as he can and pull you back down. Jesus can't help you if you don't give up everything to Him. Because when you hold on to a sin, all your doing is putting him back on that cross. Like I said, i know this first-hand so I can guarentee you that its true. So give it all up to God and you WILL be revived.
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christi.......
i myself have seen the depths of the pits of sin, seen and touched and layed down with things that make my skin crawl, and me so ashamed of myself.... i feel so dirty. and i cry, literally weep to god, "loooord help me.....please god....im dieing here"
as i lay in the remains and filth of my sin, and i see myself "oh lord i dont want that to be me i see!"
but i am overcoming this now, ive done it less and less and less, and now it is beggining to stop.
but just when everything seems grand, that filthy chain gets thrown around me again and tries to pull me back down.
like RIGHT WHEN I GET TO THE TOP OF THIS WALL, SOMETHING SNATCHES ME BACK DOWN!
it lays its claws in me casts me back into the filth, just to cry out again, night after night, years on years.
but now, thankgod im overcoming.
but i can say that just 3 days ago this thing came back and i almost lost.
but, i cried out to god! "OH LORD HELP ME! IM ABOUT TO FALL! I NEED A TOUCH, OH HELP ME GOD! NOOOOO I DONT WANT TO GO BACK!"
and right then the voice of god came to me! and said
"STAND AND REBUKE IT!" and i did, and my god, the sweetest peice came over me, ohhh gloooory, it was lovely, and i won the fight!
but i was able to do this because i had been deep in the presence of god, and was fasting, and had been boosting my faith in the word of god!
run, run to your secret place, go, spend hours in prayer, hours in the word of god, hours worshipping him, loving him, praying, reading and speaking the word of god over yourself.
it is quality time in his presence.
oh the secret place, that is where your power is, prayers that only last minutes will not touch heavon like you need it. you can rebuke the devil in a sec, but first you must have clawed your way to the thrown room, up, out of your whole, and when you attain that power, then you can wipe him out.
and when deep in prayer, its not hard, its so full of joy, and you cry but it feels so good.
how bad do you want to be free?
the greatest things from god are not cheap. they are free, but they dont come easy.
you must begin to pray and meditate on the word everyday of your life.
and when you begin to practice the presence of god, everyday of your life then the most high god will overshadow you, and cover you with his feathers, and you will trample lions, adders, young lions and dragons! psalm 91.
you will be free.
i am not a charismatic without a brain, noooooooo,
but ive been there! ive seen bondadge, really, pleeeaaase beleive me! and i am a living testimony that you can win.
and ill say this,
"resist the devil and he will flee from you"
but, before you resist him.
you have to be willing to turn and fight.
dont give up, run to your prayer place, and begin to war on him in the spirit, pray! touch heavon, and then youll change the earth.
and pratice this everyday of your life.
i do not beleive a man who has less than 1 hour alone with god everyday, is strong enough. and 1 hour is not long enough,
not if you want what jesus or john or elijah or paul or stephen had.
some men have even ventured to say that a preacher is no good is he doesnt pray atleast 2 hours a day.
thats sounds fanatical. but it reminds me of jesus' life."
im not making set laws or rudiments to follow.
but one thing is true,
without the presence of the lord, that must be paid for with time in prayer, fasting, and the word, YOU ARE NOTHING!
and the amount you pray, is a clear sighn of where your passion is.
i myself have seen the depths of the pits of sin, seen and touched and layed down with things that make my skin crawl, and me so ashamed of myself.... i feel so dirty. and i cry, literally weep to god, "loooord help me.....please god....im dieing here"
as i lay in the remains and filth of my sin, and i see myself "oh lord i dont want that to be me i see!"
but i am overcoming this now, ive done it less and less and less, and now it is beggining to stop.
but just when everything seems grand, that filthy chain gets thrown around me again and tries to pull me back down.
like RIGHT WHEN I GET TO THE TOP OF THIS WALL, SOMETHING SNATCHES ME BACK DOWN!
it lays its claws in me casts me back into the filth, just to cry out again, night after night, years on years.
but now, thankgod im overcoming.
but i can say that just 3 days ago this thing came back and i almost lost.
but, i cried out to god! "OH LORD HELP ME! IM ABOUT TO FALL! I NEED A TOUCH, OH HELP ME GOD! NOOOOO I DONT WANT TO GO BACK!"
and right then the voice of god came to me! and said
"STAND AND REBUKE IT!" and i did, and my god, the sweetest peice came over me, ohhh gloooory, it was lovely, and i won the fight!
but i was able to do this because i had been deep in the presence of god, and was fasting, and had been boosting my faith in the word of god!
run, run to your secret place, go, spend hours in prayer, hours in the word of god, hours worshipping him, loving him, praying, reading and speaking the word of god over yourself.
it is quality time in his presence.
oh the secret place, that is where your power is, prayers that only last minutes will not touch heavon like you need it. you can rebuke the devil in a sec, but first you must have clawed your way to the thrown room, up, out of your whole, and when you attain that power, then you can wipe him out.
and when deep in prayer, its not hard, its so full of joy, and you cry but it feels so good.
how bad do you want to be free?
the greatest things from god are not cheap. they are free, but they dont come easy.
you must begin to pray and meditate on the word everyday of your life.
and when you begin to practice the presence of god, everyday of your life then the most high god will overshadow you, and cover you with his feathers, and you will trample lions, adders, young lions and dragons! psalm 91.
you will be free.
i am not a charismatic without a brain, noooooooo,
but ive been there! ive seen bondadge, really, pleeeaaase beleive me! and i am a living testimony that you can win.
and ill say this,
"resist the devil and he will flee from you"
but, before you resist him.
you have to be willing to turn and fight.
dont give up, run to your prayer place, and begin to war on him in the spirit, pray! touch heavon, and then youll change the earth.
and pratice this everyday of your life.
i do not beleive a man who has less than 1 hour alone with god everyday, is strong enough. and 1 hour is not long enough,
not if you want what jesus or john or elijah or paul or stephen had.
some men have even ventured to say that a preacher is no good is he doesnt pray atleast 2 hours a day.
thats sounds fanatical. but it reminds me of jesus' life."
im not making set laws or rudiments to follow.
but one thing is true,
without the presence of the lord, that must be paid for with time in prayer, fasting, and the word, YOU ARE NOTHING!
and the amount you pray, is a clear sighn of where your passion is.
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