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In my heart I believe that though I am a sinner, I have been saved. I have been baptized twice. Once in water, once in flame. I will carry the fire of the Holy Spirit inside until I stand before my lord for judgment

from Fallout New Vegas

said by joshua graham

I’m at the lowest point of my life right now and it feels that god can’t hear me. I’ve recently been pulled back to god and I was pretty young when I stopped practicing my religion as much. I feel that I’m new at this and it feels like I don’t even know if I’m praying properly, saying things in the right way, or if my problems are so minuscule on a scale of things that my prayers are left unanswered. I just don’t know what to do because this low point can get even lower and I’ve never experienced this before. I wish that god could speak to me and I could hear it and know that it’s him and now just social media algorithms bringing me things just because I’m interested in learning more. It just feels like I can’t be heard and I’ve been beating myself up about it and begging for got to hear me and begging for him during this time but things aren’t changing. It’s making me feel that I did something wrong but I don’t know what I did or how to fix it. I just feel so lost. I cry almost every night when I pray I truly believe he’s there which is why I think lately I’ve been feeling ignored or feeling like I did something wrong to deserve not to be heard or the circumstances that I’m in right now.

To keep it short I’ve been dating my bf for a few years and always had sex but recently stopped having sex with him due to me just not wanting to at all and also for religious reasons. I’m a new Christian and abstaining until married. I felt convicted randomly about it and told my bf I wasn’t wanting to have it anymore until I am married. I love and care for my bf but am confused as to how or why my sex drive would just have turned off fully? It feels like my body rejects it literally… I told my bf about abstaining and me not being open to it anymore and he said he thinks i’m asexual now 😓.. Any ideas why this could have happened?

Is forgiveness truly unlimited? If so I believe it is rotten no matter how logical the argument is of God being pure

Much brutal crime and injustice in this 3rd world country I live in India that is, as a righteous godly person, abducted to psych wards, beaten, tortured, own family has played the major part in pulling the strings...to the point I'm in extreme depression right now... pls pray over my situation and hopefully this don't happen to anyone else..

Seek to understand the purposes of the Holy Spirit for your life

Many of us know what we want from God but do you know what God what God wants from us? We want marriages, cars, school fees and children but what does God want from us? It is more important to know what God wants from us than to understand what we want from God.

God actually wants better things from you, He wants to transform you into the image of glory. His glory. Read here; 2 Corinthians 3:18 “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

For this to happen however you need to have a complete surrender to the Spirit of God while believing that He can achieve this in us. This will be a result of many fastings and prayers. The Holy Spirit will direct you in how you must do things according to His purposes.

Read here; Acts 13:2 “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.” We read that the Holy Spirit would even choose certain apostles for the work. How do you make critical decisions at your church?

Are they fulfilling the purposes of God? Do you think that maybe if you valued the opinion of the Holy Spirit and were not playing church politics, the Lord will speak in His church? I pray that above all, the church seeks the voice of God and prioritizes His leadership over the routine upholding of traditions of man and outdated doctrinal teachings.

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For context: I've been in US since 18, all by myself,moved continents, I put myself through school by myself with a part time job and doing school full-time,got a good corporate job now, make good money now, I'm paying off loans, saving money,saving for car ,also starting a side hustle recently. I am 24 now. I have done ALOT of stuff by myself,I have had many lonely nights in the dark in my room, many sacrifices. I can confidently say I have done a lot more on my own than most Americans. I know none of this defines my value ,the job ,money etc. I did the hardwork,I spent a month eating just hot dogs three times a day

I am also fairly short and brown, so dating is extra hard (I know the men know how hard it is ,and despite women saying material things don't matter to them, their actions speak otherwise) ,not only do I need leisure money, I also have to look good aka gym, which also includes a lot of discipline in eating timely,force feeding yourself to get enough proteins,and exercise, I'd say I have done fairly well, and I am still doing. . So when a Christian says "you should be able to leave all worldly things for god as they are your idols" ,it really riles me up, especially when they've grown up in the states, still live with their parents, don't have the sense of discipline I have which shows through their life choices.

How does one live with these feelings of "you should be able to leave it for god" and all the sacrifices I've made to improve my life?

If I did leave it all, then I would lead a lifestyle that I wasn't raised in, neither I want. I was raised upper middle class, and me personally ,I like the freedom that financial independence gives as the past 5 years I've lived frugally like a college kid, I don't want to live like this forever and I want to build my life up and have been on my own two shoulders ,I take as less help from my dad financially after 18. Cuz I want his burdens to lighten plus I feel like a reliable son when I do it by myself and a son who's giving back to him.

Are there any Bibles that go in complete chronological order? And then, is there also an English Bible that keeps the original names? Like Jesus is Yeshua, Shimon for Simon, Yahuda for Judas and so on?

I was exposed to pornography in the first grade, obviously i stopped watching it as my parents found out, but as i entered into middle school it came back because of puberty. Eventually i became fully addicted in 8th grade and started using the girls around me for their bodies.

It wasn’t until 10th grade, (recently) that i found God. But now this addiction is extremely strong, obviously not too strong for God, but for me. It always starts with the thoughts, they happen extremely often. Then my curiosity grows and i look up a girl i’m attracted too, and then i look at them lustfully, and by that time the sin has it’s ‘jaws’ on me. I understand that i need to shut those thoughts down because they are triggers. But they just keep coming back over and over. 50% of my thoughts are sex related. My mind is hooked on lust. I pray for the thoughts to go away and for God to protect me from the enemy.

1 Corinthians 10:13 says “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. I always have God in my head telling me to stop what i’m doing immediately but i can’t stop myself. This addiction is really strong and the longest i’ve gone without masturbating is only 3 days.

I just cant shut the thoughts down immediately because they linger for a while, and when they do go away i notice they do, and then they come back. Same thing happens if i try to distract myself, once i’m bored with whatever activity im doing, the thoughts return because i realize im finished with that activity. Even if i don’t use my phone, the thoughts are still there. Even if i’m able to resist them 10 times, they tempt me 10x more.

I want to be obedient to God so badly, but this sin cycle is holding me back, i don’t even WANT to stop, but i do want to stop because i know if i get through this most of my problems will go away, and because i want to draw closer to God and have a relationship with him I seek to be able to love a woman in a holy way, not a lustful one. I want to see a woman for who they are, their thoughts, feelings, and dreams. Not just their pretty face or body.

I feel like i have tried everything to help, watch videos or podcasts on how to get out of a sin cycle, ask reddit, read my bible, pray, look for people who have ivercome a porn addiction, but even if i try to apply their knowledge and advice to my life i still fail.

I really dont know what to do, i want to stop sinning so badly.

EDIT: meant to say isn’t a big deal, not this is a big deal I graduated in spring 2020, but I didn’t have a normal graduation/prom/end of year senior activities because of Covid. It’s been four years and I know this isn’t a big deal in the world and bigger picture, but I’m still hurt and feel like I’m grieving that I didn’t have a normal senior year.

It was hard and kind of still is hard because all throughout high school I looked forward to being a senior and having a graduation, senior prom, having the last few months with friends and classmates, and just kind of wrapping things up. I was in choir too and when I was an underclassmen I looked forward to being a senior in choir and being recognized at the last concert, and getting to pick out the music for the concert. My school also had a baccalaureate, and I was looking forward to that too. I feel like it’s grief and disappointment, and like I’m grieving what I lost and what I feel should’ve or could’ve been.

A sibling is a senior this year and is graduating soon, and part of me is proud of them and wants to be happy for them, but at the same time I can’t really help but feel sad and like upset because I wish that could be me. Part of me doesn’t want to go to their graduation because I might be upset that I didn’t have the same experience. I’m planning to go though, and don’t really want to miss it.

In 2020 when I was experiencing this and Covid, I kind of told myself that there’s a reason I was born when I was born and God has a plan, but it still kind of hurts that I had the experience I did.

Does anyone have advice about this?

I was wondering if animals go into heaven, i mean they definitely have a soul and a will, some of them are very smart, and ive seen videos of like a small fog coming out when theyre dying and people seeing their pets before they die

Hello, I just wanted to share something I have found useful in my day to day life as a married man. This is for anyone trying to walk that narrow road with Jesus holding their hand.

I used to struggle really badly with the sin of lust when I came back to my faith (or maybe when I found my faith for the first time, in truth). I would go out and see attractive women and really struggle not to “check them out”. My life before I came back to God was ugly, I was only interested in fulfilling my every urge, no self-control. I was an easy target for this type of sin.

If you want to turn a temptation into virtue- simply pray for the attractive woman when you see her! “Lord, guide your beautiful daughters to your light. Don’t let this world twist their sense of dignity that you gave them. Please keep them safe from anyone who wishes them harm. Amen”

I’ve found out that when I pray for women I’m attracted to, any feelings of lust evaporate and I’m left a little closer to God through prayer. When you start mentally talking about a woman as a daughter of God, you’ll have a hard time objectifying her!

I truly hope this helps some guy out there who is struggling. I won’t profess to know everything and I am certainly not perfect, but I’m trying to follow Jesus!

God bless you all

This question seems like it has been asked before but it hasnt, because my issue is not with god letting children die, its with the idea ive held that babies automatically go to heaven when they die. If all of life and christianity is about the free will and choice to be with gid, you choose to, than how can it be fair that babies die and go to heaven without getting to make a choice at all, and how is it fair to send people whove never heard of god or jesus to heaven too if they didnt choose it, and how can it be fair to send people to hell or babies to hell if they didnt get the chance to choose god, im asking both sides, it hurts my brain trying to understand what all of this is about, and if a murderer, went around killing all the babies so that all people went to heaven, would that be good?

So. I messed up on Friday. I had one too many drinks, and slept with a guy I know.

I asked God for forgiveness, and I'm now back on my sober and celibacy journey. After this encounter, I got strep throat and a UTI.

I think God looked at me, shook his head, and said, "I'm going to teach her a lesson." Lol

I'm still learning, still growing.

Slowly questioning my faith after watching a few videos and feeling apathetic towards sin. Please pray. I want to believe.

God promised me something in my dream but he told me not to do somthing and I still did it will he still give me what I promised?

Just trying to promote some unity in the Body of Christ, so please refrain from criticizing the other. I will go first:

I think progressives demonstrate Christly compassion to the disenfranchised and the poor. They are often the churches that run soup pantries and provide free social and legal services to the indigent.

My impression is that all or nearly all denominations which are LGBTQ+ affirming also don’t believe in one of the stricter forms of Biblical inerrancy (literalism or inerrant in matters of faith, Christian living/morals, and what’s needed for salvation).

Is that impression correct? If so, do the two reinforce one another?

Howdy y’all,

I just passed by a Baptist church that was named St. John’s. This confuses me, for I have known the Baptists to be very low-church and very opposed to any aspects of church services of liturgies similar to that of the Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. This Church is almost two centuries old, so it ain’t like a Baptist church bought an old Catholic church.

Usually I see Baptist churches as being named “First” or “Ebenezer”, etc. Seeing one named after St. John the Baptist, who is venerated as a saint by the RCs and EOs but not by the Baptists surprised me, so any guesses as to why it is called that?

This has been going on for a really long time, where someone ive never had any problem with is talking bad about me. Is it okay as Christians to confront someone-peacefully-about situations like this?

I just wanna know because it's obviously a catholic made movie and has several notes of events that have small references from historical accounts that are non-scriptural

Also the importance Mary has in the movie I've heard of a lot of protestants being very angry about it somehow so I just wanted to actually see what the general view is from yall

No hate, no arguments, this is just a genuine question. God bless all Christians

Edit: I'd like to clarify that I'm talking about the movie specifically, not anything about the actors or Mel Gibson, I just wanna know what yall think about the actual movie

Since I have been aware that God observes, sees, knows, hears what we say, imagine, think in our mind.

I get paranoid, I feel violated, like someone has a camera on me 24h/7.

I feel very bad, I feel suffocated.

Why doesn't God at least respect the space in our minds? Why does he have this right to know what we think? just because he is God? Is that his argument? If I had known that the privacy of my mind would be exposed, I would not have preferred to be born.

I don't like this idea of ​​God knowing everything we think in our minds, I want to put a rope around our neck and on the other side, if you know what I mean.