I've not had the best start to the year as I would have hoped, I'm going through a difficult time at the moment, and I'm even finding it difficult to pick up my bible. I need the strength back in my life as I constantly feel like I'm failing, not just in my relationships and home now, but with God. How can I find the strength to keep myself going and keep God in my life. Has anyone else had a difficult time and felt like the worst person the fear of abandoning Him too
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Hi Lizzie. You say you need the strength back in your life. My question is what was the source of your strength and where did it go ? I'm assuming you are referring to spiritual strength. Let's think of spiritual weakness.......it's major cause is lack of faith, and it's major contributor is temptation. Any time I find myself getting spiritually weak,( and there have been more than a few), I take some personal (private) time to be with God. To focus on all He has done for me....to thank Him....to praise Him and just to talk "things" over. Renewing that personal bond with Him allows me to regenerate my faith, and thus, renew my spiritual strength. Earnest prayer and "feasting" on His Holy Word is truly "nourishment" to the spirit. Lord, we ask that you bless Lizzie with renewed spiritual strength. That she may be able to succeed in her efforts to improve personal relationships and renew her happiness in all things. We ask Your blessing in Jesus' Holy name...........AMEN.
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Have you read my user name yet? lol
Yes, obviously I've felt depleted.
No, God does not abandon me when I get furious with him. He still loves me. He promised, and hasn't lied... ever.
Sooner or later I have to get over my temper tantrum or my pity party, because the longer I wait, the more hardened I become.
Weird part is he always has open arms when I return, so for the life of me, I have never figured out why I had the temper tantrum or pity party. I could have been in his arms the whole time.
But something you aren't getting yet. You keep thinking you have to do it. You have to be strong. You have to stop feeling like a failure. You have to do so much. Not it!
How many years did you walk without the Lord? And how well did you do without him? Not so good, right?
So you already have proof you aren't strong. You're already sure you're a failure. You aren't strong! So accept HIS strength! You are a failure. He doesn't pick the wise, the knowledgeable, and the wonderfully successful. He picks the weak, the wounded. The fools. The failures! And what does he do with us? Changes us toward being like him. (All to confound the wise too. lol)
We're the beggars. We're dust. We're nothing, and yet the King and Creator of the Universe has adopted us to be his children. What we were isn't who we are. Certainly not who we will becoming. But HE does that! He does that!
He. does. that!
Not us. All we do is love and trust him. (Oh, he gives us that too.)
I was depleted. I am depleting. I'm depleting to give him room to complete me. I'm a failure who became a princess. I'm the weak who has strength through Jesus Christ. I am his.
Become his! He's the focus. He is what we ain't... yet!
And he promised he'd make us up to his snuff. Take him at his word.
(And have a good snuggle in his arms. He really is very comforting.)
Have you read my user name yet? lol
Yes, obviously I've felt depleted.
No, God does not abandon me when I get furious with him. He still loves me. He promised, and hasn't lied... ever.
Sooner or later I have to get over my temper tantrum or my pity party, because the longer I wait, the more hardened I become.
Weird part is he always has open arms when I return, so for the life of me, I have never figured out why I had the temper tantrum or pity party. I could have been in his arms the whole time.
But something you aren't getting yet. You keep thinking you have to do it. You have to be strong. You have to stop feeling like a failure. You have to do so much. Not it!
How many years did you walk without the Lord? And how well did you do without him? Not so good, right?
So you already have proof you aren't strong. You're already sure you're a failure. You aren't strong! So accept HIS strength! You are a failure. He doesn't pick the wise, the knowledgeable, and the wonderfully successful. He picks the weak, the wounded. The fools. The failures! And what does he do with us? Changes us toward being like him. (All to confound the wise too. lol)
We're the beggars. We're dust. We're nothing, and yet the King and Creator of the Universe has adopted us to be his children. What we were isn't who we are. Certainly not who we will becoming. But HE does that! He does that!
He. does. that!
Not us. All we do is love and trust him. (Oh, he gives us that too.)
I was depleted. I am depleting. I'm depleting to give him room to complete me. I'm a failure who became a princess. I'm the weak who has strength through Jesus Christ. I am his.
Become his! He's the focus. He is what we ain't... yet!
And he promised he'd make us up to his snuff. Take him at his word.
(And have a good snuggle in his arms. He really is very comforting.)