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Lately, I have been feeling very hopeless and down..

My faith in Jesus is very strong but at the same time I am still struggling.

I know I have done a lot of (Bad) in my past but the guilt is still within me

It's hard for me to smile and pretend I am happy, I feel like I push everyone away because they do not understand

This has been the worst year of my life, and I want Jesus to deliver me..

I hope to be a poetry writer one day so I can share my testimonies with others..

Share some advice if any..


Thanks.
 
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Lately, I have been feeling very hopeless and down..

My faith in Jesus is very strong but at the same time I am still struggling.

I know I have done a lot of (Bad) in my past but the guilt is still within me

It's hard for me to smile and pretend I am happy, I feel like I push everyone away because they do not understand

This has been the worst year of my life, and I want Jesus to deliver me..

I hope to be a poetry writer one day so I can share my testimonies with others..

Share some advice if any..


Thanks.
Ecclesiastes 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, ...
 
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Funny thing is people get it more than you give them credit for. Just that some people don't like to admit it. It may seem hard to believe, but your struggle is no unique. You're not going through anything most others haven't already been through. Or are still going through. The worst thing you can do in a struggle is think you're the only one who has been there. The details of your struggle may vary, but the feelings are all the same. And likely even the details are not entirely unique.
Guilt is a tool of satan. Conviction is a tool of God. God convicts us to motivate us to change and not repeat mistakes. Guilt holds us back, brings us down, throws our mistakes in our faces. It prevents growth and change.
God has already forgiven you of your sins, so it's time to stop holding onto things that God has already released you from. Your past is gone. Focus on your future.
Something a friend told me once... 'don't let your past define who you are, or who you will become'.
 

crossnote

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Then Peter came up and asked him, "Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? Seven times?" Jesus told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times! (Mat 18:21-22)

God expects us to forgive this much. How much more will He forgive us?

If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
(1Jn 1:9)
 
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sassylady

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Study the Word about God's love for us. When you get that deep in your spirit you will not doubt His Mercy and Forgiveness as you did before.
 
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He is faithful and just to FORGIVE us of our sins and cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness while placing our sins as far as the East is from the West...... Paul said forget the PAST and move on...put your eye on the goal (Jesus) Hoist the sail and give her beans Captain!
 
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In addition to what others have said about guilt, it's difficult when one's off center, but maybe a few simple things can help.

I like to ask myself this, "How much is any of this going to matter 10,000 years from now?" This world and life, this blip in time we know here, really isn't our home or our life, rather like the birth pangs of the corruptible, we really seeking the incorruptible, in eternity with the Lord, in the Lord's kingdom of heaven: keeping one's focus on the big picture, the prize, our Lord Jesus and eternity, tends to dwarf most everything here. Also, there's a false expectation of happiness in this world that isn't Biblical, that somehow we're to achieve some, as if, "American dream" in the flesh, desiring things that aren't lasting, somehow expecting a sinful world is going to deliver all goodness and light, instead of things which are not even often good, and things not permanent or truly satisfying. False expectations have a lot to do with peoples' unhappiness.

Neither does it ever hurt to venture outside yourself and do something worthwhile, constructive in your own life or, better still, in the lives of others: when you're focused on some worthy pursuit, there's simply not as much time to consider your own problems.

Peace is contentment in the joy of the Lord, thankfulness for all the Lord's tender mercies and salvation, looking towards eternity, looking forward to that truly brilliant life and all the tomorrows in His kingdom, realizing all things in this world and life as we know it pass, both the good and the bad. Counting one's blessings is also appropriate, considering most often that one's fortune is better than many, many others in this world.

Hope this helps you.

2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
 
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Thank you so much! this gives me hope. I just can't see how Jesus can love me after ALL the sin and bad I've done.. I'm filthy in his eyes :(
 

tourist

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Thank you so much! this gives me hope. I just can't see how Jesus can love me after ALL the sin and bad I've done.. I'm filthy in his eyes :(
Once you confess your sins you are as pure as the driven snow in the eyes of God. He will remember your sin no more. Once you have done this you might feel that He was not listening to you at the time and confess the same sins once again. At that point He will scratch His head and wonder what you are talking about.
 

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Lately, I have been feeling very hopeless and down..

My faith in Jesus is very strong but at the same time I am still struggling.

I know I have done a lot of (Bad) in my past but the guilt is still within me

It's hard for me to smile and pretend I am happy, I feel like I push everyone away because they do not understand

This has been the worst year of my life, and I want Jesus to deliver me..

I hope to be a poetry writer one day so I can share my testimonies with others..

Share some advice if any..


Thanks.
This has been the worse year of my life too. With the grace of God it is going to be the best year of my life too. Welcome to the struggle. You are not alone.
 
Oct 23, 2014
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Thank you so much for your uplifting response. I really am grateful.
 
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Keep your eyes on the Lord and you will keep your head above water, take your eyes off Him for a second and you will sink...ask Peter ;)

Tourist is quite right, not only have your sins been forgiven but He doesn't even remember them. To say your sin is unforgivable is to suggest Jesus' sacrifice was insufficient - think about it. You ARE forgiven - forever!