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BeN1985

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Ok,i am a christian/child of God,but i know the way im living my life is not in the spirit.. I am ashamed to admit that i give in to my fleshly desires on a daily basis,but i really badly want to live a holy life. I speak to Jesus every day thanking Him mostly,and asking Him to forgive me of my sins that i commit every day! I would just like someone with more 'experience' in how to pray,how to improve my relationship with our living God. Cause im praying and praying,but... I know God has His Own time and His time is perfect. Just some help.. Please
 
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Jadeline

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Hi, Welcome to CC. I hope the following verses will help you :Godbless1
2 Corinthians 5:17-Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Isaiah 43:18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
Ezekiel 36: 26- I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
 
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Welcome to CC, BeN1985.

There are different degrees of sin. I don’t know if you are committing little sins or big ones. If youR sins are little, then I’d say keep trying to be perfect and keep trying to get to know the Lord better through constant prayer. If your sins are big, then you might have a major problem. You need to resist temptation.
 
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Adrianv125

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My friend Ben. First we must recognize who God really is. He is the all powerful creator of the universe who is also all knowing, so He knows everything you think and do and feel. THAT alone should make us tremble with fear!! We cannot fool God and He won't be mocked. Then we must also recognize what sin is. In romans 6:23 that the wages of sin is death. And Jesus took that wage and what a price He paid. It was only through His suffering and torture that we are forgiven. How can we go on sinning while knowing that the Son of God came and humiliated Himself and was tortured for our sin??

1 John 3:9 (New King James Version)

9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

This means that he who truly is born of God recognizes what sin is, IT IS SPIRITUAL DEATH AND GOD HATES SIN!!!. Therefore, you must be born of God my friend.

Matthew 16:24 (New King James Version)

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Deny those things that bring you pleasure, because of those things the wrath of God is coming upon the children of disobedience. Recognize the price that it took for Christ to forgive you of your sins and die to your sins. And if you truly love Him...Jesus Promises Another Helper

John 14:15
15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

You cannot keep His commandments unless you are born of God. You can try on your own power but it will be too hard and almost impossible. The only way you can do this is if you are filled with the Holy Spirit. You must ask for Him to take over your life and your will and every desire you have. And this doesn't only happen once, you must remain in communion with God always in thanksgiving and reading and putting His word in your heart that you may not sin against Him!

God bless you
 
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GOD BLESS YOU BEN. SPEAK TO YOUR SAVIOUR JESUS AND LORD FROM YOUR HEART AS YOU ARE TO US , AND ASK HIM TO SANTIFY YOU BY HIS SPIRIT. LIKE ADRIAN SAID WE CANT LIVE THE LAW,ONLY JESUS CAN. SO IF WE ARE BORN AGAIN ,WE RECIEVE HIS SPIRIT BECOMING 1 WITH HIM . THATS WHEN WE REST FROM OUR OWN WORKS. HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE DIED FOR YOU WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS
 
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Hi BeN1985 welcome to christian chat.
 
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Forgiven66

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Hello and welcoome to CC, Ben.
 
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BeN1985

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Adrianv125 said:
My friend Ben. First we must recognize who God really is. He is the all powerful creator of the universe who is also all knowing, so He knows everything you think and do and feel. THAT alone should make us tremble with fear!! We cannot fool God and He won't be mocked. Then we must also recognize what sin is. In romans 6:23 that the wages of sin is death. And Jesus took that wage and what a price He paid. It was only through His suffering and torture that we are forgiven. How can we go on sinning while knowing that the Son of God came and humiliated Himself and was tortured for our sin??

1 John 3:9 (New King James Version)

9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

This means that he who truly is born of God recognizes what sin is, IT IS SPIRITUAL DEATH AND GOD HATES SIN!!!. Therefore, you must be born of God my friend.

Matthew 16:24 (New King James Version)

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Deny those things that bring you pleasure, because of those things the wrath of God is coming upon the children of disobedience. Recognize the price that it took for Christ to forgive you of your sins and die to your sins. And if you truly love Him...Jesus Promises Another Helper

John 14:15
15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

You cannot keep His commandments unless you are born of God. You can try on your own power but it will be too hard and almost impossible. The only way you can do this is if you are filled with the Holy Spirit. You must ask for Him to take over your life and your will and every desire you have. And this doesn't only happen once, you must remain in communion with God always in thanksgiving and reading and putting His word in your heart that you may not sin against Him!

God bless you
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BeN1985

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stone said:
GOD BLESS YOU BEN. SPEAK TO YOUR SAVIOUR JESUS AND LORD FROM YOUR HEART AS YOU ARE TO US , AND ASK HIM TO SANTIFY YOU BY HIS SPIRIT. LIKE ADRIAN SAID WE CANT LIVE THE LAW,ONLY JESUS CAN. SO IF WE ARE BORN AGAIN ,WE RECIEVE HIS SPIRIT BECOMING 1 WITH HIM . THATS WHEN WE REST FROM OUR OWN WORKS. HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH HE DIED FOR YOU WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS
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Thanks for the blessing. How does one know if your prayers are going through...? like asking for strengh too push me through the day,and not dwell on that 'urge' to keep doing 'that'...? How can we hear the Lord speaking to us?
 
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EndlessGrace

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Through reading the Bible & Prayer! He delivered me from marijuana :)
 
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Jadeline

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BeN1985 said:
Thanks for the blessing. How does one know if your prayers are going through...? like asking for strengh too push me through the day,and not dwell on that 'urge' to keep doing 'that'...? How can we hear the Lord speaking to us?
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Hi..Pls meditate on this artcle:
The Lord hears the prayer of the righteous
(Proverbs 15:29)
It is reassuring that God hears our prayers. "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much" (James 5:16).

God listens to the righteous.

The Psalmist wrote: "Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul. I cried to Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear. But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me!" (Psalm 66:16-20).

We read of many answered prayers in Scripture. God heard the cry of Ishmael when he and his mother were without water in the desert (Genesis 21:17). God heard Rachel's prayer for a child, and Joseph and Benjamin were born (Genesis 30:22-24). God heard the cries of the Israelites in Egyptian slavery (Exodus 2:23,24) and sent Moses to set them free. He heard when they were hungry and gave them manna (Exodus 16:12). God gave water to the thirsty, children to the childless, freedom to slaves and food to the hungry.

David's prayer for deliverance was heard: "I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. ... In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry entered His ears" (2 Samuel 22:4,7).

God heard the prayer of King Hezekiah and extended his life: "In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, 'Thus says the Lord: "Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live." ' Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying, 'Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.' And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 'Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, "Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: 'I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David' " ' " (2 Kings 20:1-6).

Notice that God was influenced by Hezekiah's prayer. First He said he would not recover. But because of his fervent prayer, God changed His mind. Some people think: 'Why should I pray? God will do what He wants anyway.' This is a big mistake. We should pray fervently because God is influenced by our prayers.

God heard the prayer of King Josiah and postponed Judah's punishment until after his reign: "Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes. Then the king commanded ... , 'Go, inquire of the Lord for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.' So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her. Then she said to them, 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel, "Tell the man who sent you to Me, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants -- all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read -- because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched." ' " But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'Concerning the words which you have heard -- because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,' says the Lord. Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place.' " ' So they brought back word to the king" (2 Kings 22:11-20).

Many answered prayers were fervent prayers.

God listens to those who fear Him, who stand in awe of His greatness, goodness and power. "Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who meditate on His name. 'They shall be Mine,' says the LORD of hosts, 'on the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him' " (Malachi 3:16,17).

But maybe you are thinking: 'I prayed to God and He did not do what I asked. Does this mean He has rejected me?' No, not at all. Although God listens to our prayers and is influenced by our prayers, we must understand that a prayer is a request subject to His sovereign will. A good father always listens to his children, but a good father does not do everything his children ask.

Some people view prayer as a kind of remote control of God. He must do everything they say when they push the buttons.

God is sovereign. He has all wisdom and all knowledge. He knows the future. Although He allows Himself to be influenced by our prayers, He must do what is best for the whole world and for all time. You may be praying for sunshine while a farmer is praying for rain. We must be humble when we pray. Our prayers are imperfect. "For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God" (Romans 8:26,27).

Our prayer makes a real difference. Yet by nature a prayer is always a request to our sovereign Lord in whose will we acquiesce.

The prayer of Jesus in the garden demonstrates this: "Father, if it is Your will, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done'' (Luke 22:42). An angel came to strengthen Him but He had to drink the cup. His prayer was heard, however. In Psalm 22, which begins "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" (verse 1), the triumphant close is introduced in verse 21 with "You have answered Me." The Father heard the prayer of His Son, "who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear" (Hebrews 5:7). God's answer was not prevention of death but resurrection from the grave, victory over death not only for Jesus but for all who believe.

Although Paul healed many by the power of God (Acts 19:11,12), his own request was denied: "And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).

Let us pray fervently knowing that God hears the prayer of the righteous (Proverbs 15:29). "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much" (James 5:16). Let us also understand that prayer is a humble request, a recognition of God's sovereign power. With Christ we must pray "nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:6,7). "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Romans 8:28).
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You need believe is that God forgiving you and leave your life of sin.
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And without faith it is impossible to
please God, because anyone who
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exists and that he rewards those who
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Reading your bible is very important. That's how you get strength from God. One thing that is important is to forgive your self. Don't live in quilt. Remember that God loves you and he isn't mad at you. Most people don't change in an instant. When your doing something you think needs to be changed do your best to stop it as your asking God to help you. Trust God to help you. Don't always be down on your self. Oh I tried today but it didn't work I'm such a terrible person. God didn't create you to condemn you. He loves you. The fact that your here asking for help is a wonderful thing. You need to love remember. Your very important to God and to all of us. Never forget that. To fight off the flesh you need the help of God. You will get better. Give your self a break. Go look in the mirror and say I love me and God loves me with a big smile. OK. Google up the love of God and study it for the rest of your life. God bless you!
 
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loveschild said:
Reading your bible is very important. That's how you get strength from God. One thing that is important is to forgive your self. Don't live in quilt. Remember that God loves you and he isn't mad at you. Most people don't change in an instant. When your doing something you think needs to be changed do your best to stop it as your asking God to help you. Trust God to help you. Don't always be down on your self. Oh I tried today but it didn't work I'm such a terrible person. God didn't create you to condemn you. He loves you. The fact that your here asking for help is a wonderful thing. You need to love remember. Your very important to God and to all of us. Never forget that. To fight off the flesh you need the help of God. You will get better. Give your self a break. Go look in the mirror and say I love me and God loves me with a big smile. OK. Google up the love of God and study it for the rest of your life. God bless you!
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Do you remember what our Lord has said?
All that the Father gives me will come
to me, and whoever comes to me I will
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Hello,

Looking forward to meet great christian firends...
 
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AnandaHya

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I read the Bible daily and pray that God changes my hearts and desires to be more in line to His so that daily I may glorify His love He has given me and placed in my life. Make no room for sin, fill yourself with God's words and love and charity for others that you forget about yourself and your flesh (though it helps to remember to eat occasionally).

But remember it is through God's grace any sinner is saved and it is through Faith that we run the race set before us. Trust and abide in God's words and promise. For those who fear and truly repent then God is faithful and quick to forgive. We are not to be slaves of sin but slaves to the Righteousness found in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Stephen

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The Bible is the word of God and allows us to not only know how He wants us to live but studying it allows us to know Him.
 
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