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Malcyboy

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Lately..i have been so low and weak in my faith, I have been so complacent and depressed for a couple of weeks now because of circumstances and I have been having a lot of panic attacks due to these afore mentioned circumstances...

one of them, which is a major issue and i dunno what to do...All my "christian friends" don't support or encourage me at all, in fact they tear me down and at times make me feel so unloved and unvalued (now i know many may be thinking our value and love is from God not man, but hey God also made man for fellowship with one another) and I dunno what to do, I sometimes feel very alone even in church services, i feel so disconnected and detatched now that I even question if i am at the right church...and at any mention of our chuches faults, or what I feel is lacking, my mother had to remind me "thats the church you got saved in, you're not above it"

I am so confused and unrested...please any advice or prayer would be great
 
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Spokenpassage

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Be comforted because I too am at a state like similar to this. I will be praying for you brother. :)
 
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kennethcadwell

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Don't feel bad, not all people who call themselves Christian act like they are suppose to. A lot of it has to deal with traditions that have been pumped into their heads. If I understood you right, you question your church you belong to if they say something that is not a lined with scripture? You are doing the right thing if so, but remember God with the Holy Spirit guiding your way will help you through this. Just pray and ask for it and it shall be given. I on the other hand have left all the main stream churches do to not one have I seen follow the full truth, and have started my own little group.

This however is not for everybody to do, and there is nothing wrong with any of the churches as long as you go there for the worship of God. Also by knowing the scriptures you know what to follow by, and what not. We must also know that the true church is not the building or denomination we belong to, which some have been mislead to believe.

Like the scriptures say we are baptized in Jesus name. Not Paul, or Apollos, or as now day would say; Baptist, Catholic, Evangelist, Jehovah witness, or so on......
 

levi85

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Lord be a friend to him and let him enjoy your fellowship. for a day with you is better than many days with others


Amen
 

PopClick

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Church should not be a place for you to feel unrested. I'm thinking that you should try out a different church and see if you feel more at peace there. If you're going to a church for fellowship, but instead you feel like you're getting torn down... something is not right.

God, please be with Malcy, comfort him and give him peace. Please show him what church he ought to go to, and give him strength to overcome whatever negative comments people are throwing at him where he is now. Please take away the panic attacks and lead him where you'd like him to go. In Jesus' name, amen. :)
 

KBond

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Lord, I pray you would send friends to this church where Malcyboy currently attends. I pray that if You call him to a different church in the future that You would clearly guide him. In the mean time, I pray that he would be an example to his friends what it means to value and encourage one another in Christ's love. Amen.
 

crossnote

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Have you gone to the pastor and shared all these concerns being straightforward with him?
 

pickles

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Remember, Jesus took the cross for all of us, because we all fall short.
Let the joy of salvation be your streangth. :)
Ill keep you in my daily prayers in Jesus, for all that you need. :)

God bless
pickles
 

blue_ladybug

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Lately..i have been so low and weak in my faith, I have been so complacent and depressed for a couple of weeks now because of circumstances and I have been having a lot of panic attacks due to these afore mentioned circumstances...

one of them, which is a major issue and i dunno what to do...All my "christian friends" don't support or encourage me at all, in fact they tear me down and at times make me feel so unloved and unvalued (now i know many may be thinking our value and love is from God not man, but hey God also made man for fellowship with one another) and I dunno what to do, I sometimes feel very alone even in church services, i feel so disconnected and detatched now that I even question if i am at the right church...and at any mention of our chuches faults, or what I feel is lacking, my mother had to remind me "thats the church you got saved in, you're not above it"

I am so confused and unrested...please any advice or prayer would be great
Malcyboy, if your so-called "christian" friends are "not supporting or encouraging you at all", then obviously they are not true christians who truly believe in God and Jesus. If they did, they would be your loudest cheerleaders. What they think of you should not matter--it is what God thinks of you that should matter the most. God values and loves you beyond all measure of the imagination. If you feel your not at the right church, maybe you could go to a few different ones and see how you like them. Keep reminding yourself that your friends may have their own "faith issues" right now, and maybe that's why their trying to discourage yours. Either way, they should be building each other up, not tearing each other down. Pray and ask God to help you find the right church for you to be at. Dont let your mother discourage you either--she doesnt have control over where YOU choose to worship.

Lord, please give malcyboy the courage to stand up for his faith against his friends, who are being used by the enemy to try to destroy his. Encourage him to try out a few churches and help him find the perfect one for him to go to so he can reconnect with you once again. Put your angels around him and keep him safe. Touch his friends' hearts so they may renew their own faith and find you again also. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
 

pickles

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Malcyboy, know that it is when we are weakest, that God's power is glorified in us.
It took some time for me to see the truth in what Paul said, " if I were to boast, it would be of my weaknesses,
for it is when I am weak, that I am strong, for God's power is made perfect in my weakness."
What Paul is simply saying, that when we are weak, this is when we submit to God, so that all that is made perfect,
will be done in us.
For it is not about our power , but Gods power and works done in us. :)
Trust all in Jesus to God Our Father, and rejoice in your weakness, for this will bring God's glory into your life.
Ill keep praying in Jesus for you, as you come to know the peace and power that is made in you by God. :)
For all is trully His glory and praise!

Keep holding on in faith. :)
God bless
pickles