Hello all, Im desperate for help. I cant seem to sense Gods presence or peace. or his love. I try praying to God asking for filling, nothing, I try confessing any known sins, nothing, most days I read my bible and theres barely a stir inside me, on rare occasions (once or twice a year) I feel filled up to overflowing and think yay this is it! Im back! then I wake up the next day and all my peace and joy is gone like it was a dream
I thought maybe there is sin blocking Gods presence but even when I give up certain things he doesn't come back.
I have no idea what to do and I feel depressed and frustrated. this has been my walk since day 1
Kind Regards
Greetings, Ben Collyer!
Thanks for posting your concerns. This may be more common among believers today that any of us realize, mostly because not everyone is willing to articulate it so plainly and openly.
The first thing that came to my mind in reading your post was something I wrote a few days ago in a thread about why God allows us to go through tribulations and trials. Subject matter got around to why we often seem to have good days and then bad days. Here was my answer to that:
"About everyone debating how we all seem to have good days and bad days with God, where I think people run into confusion is in seeing God as a type of automaton that will automatically be there whenever we ask. This would seem to be correct, but I have a little wisdom for you: I believe our God is like a Lover, and a very Smart one, too. He knows how to get His bride to long for Him, and unfortunately this often involves distancing Himself from us. He is wise enough never to allow Himself to be taken for granted by anyone, least of all His bride. This is why every single one of us, no matter what form our intimacy with Him usually takes (thru revelation, or thru worship, or thru prayer, or thru fellowship, etc), experiencing His Presence is ALWAYS intermittent, always. It comes and it goes, making us long for Him once again. This is His means of drawing us closer, and closer, and closer... A bit mean, but it sure does serve His purposes, and for our benefit. In short, we are subject to a Lover who knows exactly what He is doing: Drawing us to His ultimate goal of eventually loving Him with our whole hearts, and our whole minds, and our whole souls, and our whole strength. Thus, He is taking us somewhere, somewhere greater than we could ever imagine...."
Now, in your particular case I might not have been so flippant about it, not that I really was - more like just being playful - but I don't want to discourage you at all. Sounds like you have an especially bad case of it.
Let me ask you: What experiences have you had with God so far in your past that brought you a sense of God's peace and presence? Be very specific, and use examples.
Btw, here is that thread I quoted myself from, if you're interested:
Why does God allow us to go through trials and tribulation?
Ben. 
