I have been feeling so down lately. I am driving myself crazy focusing on my sins. I pray everyday( multiplie times a day) for the Lord to forgive me of my sins and failures. I promise to do better and be a bolder Christian, but then I go and sin again. Like for instance, today on my lunch break I went outside to work on my Bible study and pray. When I got outside one of the girls I work with was out there too. So I sat down and at first I was just gonna wait and say my prayers after she left, but I thought that seems like I am being ashamed to pray so I prayed anyway. However, when I began to pray I felt like she was watching me and I became afraid and cut my prayer short. I felt so bad afterward. I felt like I denied God. After I asked God to forgive me of that. I still felt uneasy, but tried to go on. Then later on Into my work day. I had an a man's change come to $6.66. Well of course that made me uneasy and at first I wasn't gonna say anything, but I ended up saying "I don't like your change." It gives me a funny look. I said it's $6.66. To which he never responded. I felt guilty because there was so much more I wanted to say as to why I didn't like his change. It just seems like everyday I count all the times I mess up and come short of the glory of God. I'm loosing my Joy. I feel like I'm letting him down so much because of my lack of boldness. Also sometimes being afraid or even ashamed to speak up about Jesus because of fear of being made fun of. I don't know how he can keep forgiving me of will fully sinning. I can't give up, but I feel so down.
just feeling so down lately
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Acr96, I just want to bring you some encouragement in the Lord. Sometimes as Christians, we can be hard on ourselves by feeling inadequate or that we are not fully measuring up to the Lords standards. Well the Good News is that the Lord's mercies are new every morning! Jesus, see's the heart & He understands our weaknesses. He is never watching & waiting for your to mess up during your day. His amazing Grace covers you completely, and His Grace never runs dry, as we have an abundance of the Lord's unending Love, Grace & Mercy with us all the days of our lives. He is faithful to make your strong & grow in wisdom all of your days. Jesus Loves You!
Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. Amazing Grace... Song for You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbe7OruLk8I
Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. Amazing Grace... Song for You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbe7OruLk8I
Your being too hard on yourself, try not to condemn yourself for not being perfect.. "Judge not, that ye be not judged" includes judging yourself.. Sometimes we can be our harshest critic, and we become unable to forgive ourselves. Give yourself a break, God is not your accuser, nor is He looking for you to be ashamed for every little mistake. If your feeling down, that's likely the work of the adversary, nothing makes his day more than a self-condemning Christian who loses heart. Yes, we all screw-up every single day, but onward Christian soldier 
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Of course your loosing Joy your to self focused. Your focused on your sin and focused on what you did and what you didn't do, anyone that does that will surely start to lose their minds. It's not about us and the focus isn't supposed to be on us it's supposed to be on Jesus. You need to focus on his goodness and his perfectness. Jesus died for your sin so those are all covered God sees you sinless and blameless so the only one condemning you is YOU. The devil comes to us about us because he can no longer go to our Father. Often times he will tell us were not doing enough or we did this and we should have done this blah blah blah.....on and on it goes. Don't focus on yourself because were not perfect but fortunately Jesus is and we are now righteous in God the Father's eyes because of what Jesus did on the Cross. Thank you JESUS!!
