Questioning My Faith! :**(

[Lauren]

I have been a christian since the end of 2005. I believe in the Lord with all my heart and soul. I have stumbled many of times and back slided, but always got back on my feet where i should be with God. But this last time, it never happened to me before, i started to question my faith. My whole life i grew up and was told by many people there was no God it's all man made and i grew strong and shared the good news of the Lord praying they would change and turn to him too, i don't know why i am so weak now. I hate it. It scares me, i want to feel God's love again and BELIEVE it with all my heart but i have all these doubts now. It seems like everyone i talk to about this tells me the same thing but it doesn't help the way I want it to, and I'm scared i lost my salvation. And then that goes into the whole battle with Once Saved Always Saved...It's so confusing sometimes and tough what to believe and what not to believe...sorry this is a little random at times i just have so much on my mind and need help...I want to truly believe in the Lord with all my heart and soul and not have all these questions and doubts and thinking God does mean things and just truly love him.

thanks!

[Carla]

Hi Lauren,

We all go through times when we doubt our faith. When you turn to Christ in prayer...He will reassure you and comfort you...and fellowship will also lift you up. Even our faith comes from God---nothing of yourself--it is all Him. He remains faithful even when we are faithless.

The enemy will attack. put on your full armor my dear. Ephesians 6:10-18--daily.

Cry your heart out to the Lord and He will rescue you.

He wants us to be with Him. He created us and Loves us...So he sent Jesus to die for us...just so that we could be reconciled to Him. The bible is the story of His Love for us, and how He has made a way for that reconcilation to happen.

Do you know what Jesus's name means?
It means The Lord Saves. Matthew 1:21 (check your footnote in your bible--maybe marked with an '*' beside Jesus's name.

We all need a Saviour, and God wants us to know just how much we all need Him, so that we continue to come to Him for everything, and rely on Him for everything. continue to do that, and He really will move mountains in your life--he sure has in mine.

There is a blog on my page (2 parts) regarding God's armor. check it out.

Love and Blessings in Christ, Carla

[christopher lingk]

Hey lauren,
Wow.....I can relate to what you are going through, and most christians probably can too. So many times in my life, I'd find myself wandering from God's path and living like the rest of the "world". I'd spend more time just living my life and caught up in daily things than finding some "quiet" time alone with God and the bible. It seems that these are the times when we begin to doubt our walk with Christ. I would always come back to the question......"Maybe I'm not really saved, and God doesn't want me?". I'd always question how someone who is "saved" could fall-away all the time. And, I learned something interesting through all those times.........It's US who change.......not God !! We are creatures of emotion and most of us swing back and forth between intense feelings of love and dedication, to feelings of hopelessness. Heck, even some mature christians still battle with those feelings on occassion.
The point I'm making is that it's natural for christians to put stock in our "emotions". But, we must not forget that "emotions" are sometimes misleading and they will never change God's truth !! God's Word never has changed, and never will !! God loves you more than anything lauren, and like a good father, he will sometimes let you go through tribulations and trials so that you can learn to grow and learn lessons. He's always there watching you and loving you though. He's really just like a loving father here on earth !! I'm a father of 3 kids, so I can relate. My kids sometimes do things which upset me and they actually THINK that I don't love them anymore !! But of course they mean more than anything to me. And I have to hug them and let them know that I will always love them no matter what. And God of course loves us more than THAT !! Though it would be nice if we could actually have God here to give us a big hug and tell us that He loves us, He has given us His Word, (the bible) and His Holy Spirit to comfort us. And He has told us that He will never leave or forsake us !! NEVER !! Believe what God has told us lauren, and don't put too much trust in your "feelings". Feelings will change from time to time and may leave you feeling unworthy or unwanted. Just trust in what God tells you through His Word, (the bible). Try and find some "quiet" time alone each day to just read the bible. Put on some nice christian music if you like. And just make it your personal time with you and God. I think this will help you alot. We see examples of Jesus doing just this ALL the time in the bible. Seperating himself from others and going off to pray. If Jesus realized the importance of quiet time alone with God, then there is something we should learn from that.
I can see that you love God alot lauren and are concerned for your walk with God. Don't worry my sister, God will never let you go. Take care, God bless, and hope to hear back from you often.

[Carla]

Christopher.. what a beautiful response... thank you!

This is a reminder we all need! Many blessings and Love in Christ, Carla

[Lauren]

thank you so much!!!for taking the time to write me... I am better now then i was...sorry i didn't see your reply until now!!!

[Lauren]

True...but there was a time when i was question if he was really there, and really listening to me? or was i just talking in my head??....but it is getting better..sorry it took awhile to write back i didn't see this post till today.but thanks again for taking the time to write me.

[jhun]

How do I talk with my Father in heaven? It is a wonderful privilege that we can talk with the Lord of all heaven and earth at any time of the day or night. And we can discuss any subject with Him. We don't need to use formal written prayers -- although if these are more comfortable for us, that's all right. One day Jesus' disciples asked Him a key question: "Can You teach us how to pray?" They had observed how much time Jesus spent quietly talking with His heavenly Father.

[Desree]

faith is the key today sweety , put all your faith in the lord Jesus christ. and watch the beautiful outcomes!!! amen
love sister Desree v. 2009

Do You got Faith?
I have received several emails about a message I sent out a couple of years ago and I wanted to share this with you again.
I do not remember who told me this story but it is story I like tell over and over again. Have you ever been to a circus and watched the performers on the tight rope? Well, here is where I need your help. I want you to play the part of a reporter. You are doing a story on a tightrope walker who is doing a major performance. You see this tightrope walker is not going to be walking on a tightrope in the circus. He is not performing in a carnival or at an amusement park. This tightrope walker is going to be be walking across Niagara falls!! That?s right, he strung a tightrope across the Niagara Falls and he was going to walk across and you are going to watch and cover the story. Are you ready? You have to picture this now, picture that pounding sound of those magnificent water falls. Picture the mist coming up and thinking to yourself that the rope must be slippery with all that mist.

Now I am sure you have seen a tightrope walker and how they use those long poles to keep their balance. Well this man who was about to risk his life by walking across the Niagara Falls was not going to use one of those poles. Instead he was going to use a wheelbarrow! But this was not just an empty wheelbarrow it was full with bricks, rocks and dirt. Now I am not sure if you have ever had the opportunity to push a wheelbarrow that is filled full and the weight is not evenly distributed, but it is not the easiest thing to do. I have had several occasions when I spilled a full wheelbarrow before.

OK lets get back to the falls and our tightrope walker. It is time to begin and you are on the other side of the Niagara Falls watching intently as this man picked up the handles of the wheelbarrow and was heading toward the tightrope that heads over the Niagara Falls. You watch intently as the man starts out on this treacherous journey. You see the mist blowing up into the sky and covering the tightrope. You watch and the man takes one step at a time, carefully holding onto the wheelbarrow filled with rocks and bricks. The man continues over and you start to think that he is going to make it. He is almost to the end and you watch with amazement as the man continues to walk and makes it all the way to the other side. You immediately run down to speak with him and conduct your interview.

You run up to the tightrope walker and say ?You must be a really positive thinker to be able to do something like that?? He looks at you and says ?Do you believe that I can walk back across these falls with this wheelbarrow?? You think for a minute and realize that he made pretty easily so you answer. ?Yes I think you can walk back across the falls with that full wheelbarrow.? The man looks at you again and he says ?That?s not what I asked, I said do you believe that I can walk back across the falls?? You think to yourself, this guy is a little picky but you answer, ?Yes, I believe that you can walk back across the falls with that wheelbarrow.? So the tightrope walker looks at you and then takes the wheelbarrow, dumps it out and says to you, ?OK then Get in!? Well did you get in? Or did you just ?Think? he can make it back over.

You see it is one thing to talk about faith but it is quite another to act on your faith. Do you have faith in God? When you pray do you ?Believe? that your prayers will be answered. It is time that we get into God?s wheelbarrow and believe that He can walk back across the falls.

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Have a Blessed day,

Pastor Bob

PS

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[Desree]

God bless you sister .lauren.

[maggie hancox]

doubt and fear, satans favourite tools!

He likes to use our logic alot to try and use our lack of knowledge to cause us to stumble.
But God has written on your heart his true nature.
Read your bible, esspecially the writings of Paul, like Galations! is an excellent one to read when going through all of this.
And get some new praise and worship music that rocks your soul, blast it and praise and sing glory to God, you just watch what that can do!!!

This is what happened to me and then God blessed me with joy!

I had thoughts like yours..what if god is not real and all of this is just made up...and then i said back very sarcasticallly...well then if god isnt real...then neither are you!!! because i knew who it was comming from..he tried it twice.
dont indulge in those thoughts, remember it is your heart and relationship with him, not your logic ...after all would you logically give your son up to die for a thankless world?
there is a story i just read..it goes like this...

My son and his freind and I were out on the boat fishing when it suddenly got over turned by a wave, I was faced with the possition that no one should ever have to go through, I knew my son was a christian so as i looked at him i yelled i love you son and threw the rope to my sons freind, moments later my son went below the waves and was never seen again.
I knew my son was a christian and would be going home to christ, but i couldnt bare to see his freind who did not know jesus to die without him.
As i stood in church telling this story a boy shouted , that is rediculous why would someone loose his son to save someone that wasn't even a christian...i relayed to him that i was that boys father and the boy whom was not saved is now the pastor of this church.
I think this gives a good message as to what jesus did for us and why our father in heaven let him.
yOu do know in your heart he exists, don't let satan steal this from you, the bible is gods love letter to you, read it and praise God anyway! through him you will overcome.