Is this a calling from God?

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Tanner

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In my life I have gone through a lot of rejection, pain, suffering, hatred, and having spiritual things happen. I have been living with my mother ever since and she is still the same. She drinks and fights with her boyfriend screaming and swearing that life isn't fair. Complaining that she is a hard worker and that everyone is rich. I tried living with my dad who does drugs and it seems I can't relate to anyone really in my family who would except my beliefs. Like they believe in God and Jesus and so on but like what I believe about God and what we need to do to live a righteous life is beyond anything they could think of. I used to struggle in the past as well with drinking and drugs. In fact, the effects that I had when I explained them to people they thought I was nuts. I would feel pain and like I was being stabbed in my throat and sometimes I would suffer. Its as if I was in a different world and I could feel demons wanting to kill me. One time I overdosed and I could recall seeing this world in Negative <---- an effect used on phones to make videos. I have had many different feelings of being in this world and I constantly think of things in my mind. I have lost so many friends cause of my beliefs and yet I feel as I go to church and meet new people I still don't feel a connection. I see myself living alone as a hermit. Maybe not for ever but just enough so that I can work on my relationship with the Lord. I cant live in my home. I cant live on this internet, online, what ever this junk is. I cant find a job and make money and live in a house and be tempted by television. I'm not saying everything is bad about technology but I am weak when I am exposed to it. My mind is sucked into it. I had enough living in this world! I had enough of how this world and jobs are being done. You need to go on computer to fill out applications, ask questions, everything is made so technical nowadays. Yet people are trying to form robots and thus create humans. Cloning you ever hear of that???? You ever hear these stories about what this future can be like? You ever realize the music videos and words and so on that is starting to be allowed on television? You ever think to realize the lies in politics? You ever think to realize that they are even hiding things from us???? I'm sorry but even If I get a job and make money I am not going to last long in this house or a house by myself. I'm living in the woods, desert, what ever! It states in the bible to leave everything behind and to get rid of anything that might take the Lords place in your heart. Well guess what???? A lot of things do! I'm sick of it! You think were going to be doing these things in heaven? I think not! I'm not about to find a job and make money and live as this world wants me to live. Why should I store up all these treasures when yet the life that lies ahead does not have these things. I'm sorry but half the time I feel like crying cause I honestly believe that God wants me to be taught by him alone and no one else. Every time I go to someone for advice its as if i don't believe everything they say or that I just don't understand what they say or I don't remember. Yet In church people try and say hey were family now! Think of me as a father a spiritual father who can help you. Or hey we can be like your mom even though you may have struggles we can be like your mom! well.... In the bible it states Matthew (23:9) and don't address anyone on earth as father for only God in heaven is your spiritual father. If I'm alone living and praying to God without any distractions I believe I will be taught a lot more. I am sorry but I am weak being exposed to this world and It's not working for me.
 
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Tanner said:
In my life I have gone through a lot of rejection, pain, suffering, hatred, and having spiritual things happen. I have been living with my mother ever since and she is still the same. She drinks and fights with her boyfriend screaming and swearing that life isn't fair. Complaining that she is a hard worker and that everyone is rich. I tried living with my dad who does drugs and it seems I can't relate to anyone really in my family who would except my beliefs. Like they believe in God and Jesus and so on but like what I believe about God and what we need to do to live a righteous life is beyond anything they could think of. I used to struggle in the past as well with drinking and drugs. In fact, the effects that I had when I explained them to people they thought I was nuts. I would feel pain and like I was being stabbed in my throat and sometimes I would suffer. Its as if I was in a different world and I could feel demons wanting to kill me. One time I overdosed and I could recall seeing this world in Negative <---- an effect used on phones to make videos. I have had many different feelings of being in this world and I constantly think of things in my mind. I have lost so many friends cause of my beliefs and yet I feel as I go to church and meet new people I still don't feel a connection. I see myself living alone as a hermit. Maybe not for ever but just enough so that I can work on my relationship with the Lord. I cant live in my home. I cant live on this internet, online, what ever this junk is. I cant find a job and make money and live in a house and be tempted by television. I'm not saying everything is bad about technology but I am weak when I am exposed to it. My mind is sucked into it. I had enough living in this world! I had enough of how this world and jobs are being done. You need to go on computer to fill out applications, ask questions, everything is made so technical nowadays. Yet people are trying to form robots and thus create humans. Cloning you ever hear of that???? You ever hear these stories about what this future can be like? You ever realize the music videos and words and so on that is starting to be allowed on television? You ever think to realize the lies in politics? You ever think to realize that they are even hiding things from us???? I'm sorry but even If I get a job and make money I am not going to last long in this house or a house by myself. I'm living in the woods, desert, what ever! It states in the bible to leave everything behind and to get rid of anything that might take the Lords place in your heart. Well guess what???? A lot of things do! I'm sick of it! You think were going to be doing these things in heaven? I think not! I'm not about to find a job and make money and live as this world wants me to live. Why should I store up all these treasures when yet the life that lies ahead does not have these things. I'm sorry but half the time I feel like crying cause I honestly believe that God wants me to be taught by him alone and no one else. Every time I go to someone for advice its as if i don't believe everything they say or that I just don't understand what they say or I don't remember. Yet In church people try and say hey were family now! Think of me as a father a spiritual father who can help you. Or hey we can be like your mom even though you may have struggles we can be like your mom! well.... In the bible it states Matthew (23:9) and don't address anyone on earth as father for only God in heaven is your spiritual father. If I'm alone living and praying to God without any distractions I believe I will be taught a lot more. I am sorry but I am weak being exposed to this world and It's not working for me.
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Worrying and stressing over things only changes the person,..for the worse. All the things they
worry and stress over continue right along. I live in the same world you do. Don't worry about it.
The more faith and trust in the Lord, the less things of the world will bother you. You wont develop
strong faith and trust by running away. It only comes by going through hard times. Its never
easy and no one can know how it truly affects you, except others who have gone through the same.
And everybody goes through something. Just study Psalms 23. We all go through the valley
of the shadow of death, but the Lord is there with us.
 
joshhuntnm

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But as for me, I never felt &#8220;the call.&#8221; I sure tried to feel it. But for whatever reason, it just never happened for me.
So one afternoon as my dad and I were driving somewhere, I asked him, &#8220;Dad, does a person have to be &#8216;called&#8217; into ministry, or can he just volunteer?&#8221; He thought for a minute. &#8220;I guess it&#8217;s okay to just volunteer.&#8221;


Stanley, A. (2012). Deep and wide: Creating churches unchurched people love to attend. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
 
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kenisyes

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There is nothing beats solitude when you and Jesus need to talk. I lived like you are talking about for a couple years after I got saved. I had a ministry a few hours a day, but mostly I walked, I prayed, I read. I liked living alone, and I liked being married, and now I like doing CC. You need to find your balance.

Now, here's the rule: As soon as you are of age (which you are I think. It's 18 in most places), all you need is the money so you won't starve or end up homeless. If God wants you alone and not "working", He will provide the money (He did for me, miraculously sometimes, for several years).

What you are feeling is very normal at your age, and an important part of being eventually where God wants you. If the new generation does not correct something their parents did wrong in their own lives, we are not growing as a Body.

But one caution: If you still have temptations for drink, drugs, or whatever, make certain you do not get a lifestyle where you can fall into those things. They will mess up your conversations with God big time.
 
karen0123

karen0123

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I would say its a calling.:)
 
karen0123

karen0123

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You are a very special person, The first thing you need todo to resolve the problem is leave that house, why don’t you look for a room torent in a shared house, that wouldn’t cost you much money.
Can you get housing benefit to pay for your rent if you're unemployed;?Are there charities that can help you pay your rent find out? Or try and raise the money to buy acaravan you can live in that, go and as a farmer if you can put it on his landand tell him you will do work for him in return.
Another thing I can show you how to make money online anincome, you don’t need any money to start up, and you would make money to payyour rent food etc.
Add me as a friend I will show you how to make money,
 
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