Mirroring Jesus

I am new to christ and more than anything i want to mature as a christian. I do not have spiritual insight nor do I truly know christ for if i did my emotions and thinking would mirror him. I love jesus because he gave me a reason to live but i want to be so much closer to him than I am now. I dont want my faith to be how my soul feels because the soul mirrors who we love and obviously I don't know his love yet or my soul would mirror him. so therefore i cannot trust it, my soul catches fire but it never lasts. my spirit however is a something of permanent things. it along with our minds defines what we believe in our hearts, so if i had the love that jesus had in my heart and spirit my soul would transform more and more like jesus. I have only recently found how to pray to the father because i say everything with my heart. I believe in the power of prayer not as a wish list but it is how we can truly talk to god. I will be blunt in saying i am not going to be a luke warm christian, I no longer seek anything the world has to offer but heavenly gifts. i need someone to pray for me though. I am ready to move on from spiritual milk to the more solid spiritual food. it may not be exact but it has been maybe three months since I accepted christ maybe a little more, I love to go to church but I wish i had a christian mentor. you see because of my brain damage I cannot have a job and college is out of the question and I am not able to drive so I am at home all the time. in this time I am constantly with god as I read and pray but I still do not have the caring love for others that he had. again i want to be an amazing follower of christ but i know that i will need help and i am isolated in my house because of my condition so i would love a little prayer power from someone and any advice too because i love to learn anything to get closer to god

Praying in Jesus's name for all you ask.
Scripture says..
He (Jesus) who has begun a good work in you will bring it to compleation.
Welcome to cc!

God bless
pickles

Praying for you

Find a good bible study...
memorize some good verses.
Ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding.
I will pray too...
God bless, Shekaniah

Ephesians 3:16 - 19
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

thank you, all of you, The lord is truly working in me I can feel myself maturing in my faith and when i pray I see in my minds eye god the father, Jesus the savior and the holy spirit the teacher and all i can call them is friend. I was never able to do these things like pray and truly pray from my heart or see the god head of father spirit and son and call them without a doubt friends and i am falling in love with them over and over and I believe in the power of prayer as i believe your prayers really made a difference. if any of u ever need prayer or encouragement plz let me know.

I have heard of people who have for one reason or another have been unable to leave their homes. It was during this time that they turned to study GODs word and had so much growth in him that other wise the would not of had. Find a bible study that is done on line. Then if you have questions you can e-mail the others in the group and growth in Jesus / Yeshua will follow.

In my distress I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me. Psalm 118:5

Welcome to CC, Blaine

Praying for the Spirit to continue leading and teaching you. Isn't it wonderful to feel that thirst for God? What a blessing. Yes, you would really enjoy fellowship with other Christians....do you not know any mature Christians at church? Sometimes it just takes a while to figure out who they are . Not that they're in hiding but looks can be deceiving. Though don't expect perfection from any Christian .

well i know some ppl at my church but not well I am working on going to a bible college Idk if i can go but i sure hope I can

something strange and amazing is happening to me. There are many time when I cannot feel god and I feel apart from him, I am having what i call the dark times. it is those moments or days where i can no longer feel any emotions for god at all and I know it is probably the devil attacking but the funny thing is it may be happening but I decide to pray anyways as i thought to myself (I will not give in this time!) I usually would just give up and do whatever until the dark days go away but even now when i cannot feel god i do feel stronger inside and i am continuing to praise god and pray to him. I feel as if the devil no longer has control over me because my faith's power isnt based on my emotions anymore and I have everyone who prayed for me to thank you should all feel very happy in knowing that your prayers changed my life, I am going to pray for all of you too it's the least i can do. my life is so awesome as i continue to mature in christ and i was thanking god over and over again because there was no word for how much I was grateful to be growing in him like i am. everything is changing inside me my mind is becoming more sophisticated, and I can feel my faith because it feels like a solid rock instead of it being strong one day and weak the next. And when i think of god, Jesus and the holy spirit I really care for them. That is new to me i knew i loved jesus because he gave me a reason to live but in my heart I never actually cared for them like a friend does for another who doesn't want them to get hurt

Thank you i am glad i have a family here in cc, I am glad I am able to be able to pray and i love how everyone cares for each other here

Mirrors are strange things. It has been said that some Essenes had a seven mirror approach. Mirrors are used in magic and mysticism to conjure spirits. Mirrors are dead objects of glass backed with silver - fragile things. We can sometimes be fooled by a simple reflection, I believe it was Narcissus that was exceptionally proud, in that he disdained those who loved him. Nemesis saw this and attracted Narcissus to a pool where he saw his own reflection in the water and fell in love with it, not realizing it was merely an image. Unable to leave the beauty of his reflection, Narcissus died.

Parrots are similar to mirrors 'reflecting' back just what has been said to them. They only speak what they have heard, no matter what the source.

We instead are called to be a Living Stone, one that grows into a mountain, a living, breathing mountain of Godliness - the Essence of the word H-Oly.

My prayer is that you will study and discuss the word of God, see the truth in it's simple *(but not easy) precepts and begin to assimilate the spirit power of God's word into your life that will later overflow that the word of God will be poured out to many.

Have you read the Bible through? Have you studied it's History and Language and Culture? Do you know or have access to the original languages? Do you know what Hermeneutics and Exegesis are? Have you done a review or study on Comparative Religions (that comes last)? You are taking the right first steps in asking and seeking and knocking. These are the things I would start your journey with, filling your toolbox with understanding so that you can use these to build a strong house, on a good foundation. Best wishes for you on your journey ...