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I am passionately seeking Christ.... Yet I am weak and of little use to Him.
something as small as a user of CC mistreating my younger sister in Christ can lead me to respond with the same hate the user shows.
what does one do? I should lock myself in my room alone with the scripture..
I love Jesus and am unworthy
something as small as a user of CC mistreating my younger sister in Christ can lead me to respond with the same hate the user shows.
what does one do? I should lock myself in my room alone with the scripture..
I love Jesus and am unworthy
K
I perthonally think you underesthimate yourself. I thsuppose when you go in for your......um.......final evaluation, you might gain a better understhanding of your general worthy-ness, but in the meantime, if you elect to lock yourself in your bedroom, please understhand there's theveral of us that will find you and break you out and drag you back into this forum where you belong.
I was once amazingly on fire for God, madly in love with Jesus Christ. I would read His word for hours daily, sing songs to Him, talk with Him, journal all the amazing treasures He would reveal to me.
One day, I was betrayed. Spiritually, I was broken into a million pieces. Jesus showed me later that He had to break me in order to deliver me and heal me. I never want to go through that again. My 29th and 30th years were the hardest I have ever lived, and I was physically abused as a child, so that's saying a lot.
I am now in a place where the fire is being stoked and will blaze to brilliant life again...so long as I keep adding fuel to it by spending time with Christ and reading the word with great expectation and hope. I look forward to the day when I can be free to worship unashamed and unrestrained again, when I can return to my place at Jesus' feet and sit with Him for hours. My soul is hungry, my heart is yearning, my flesh is weak.
Last week I was told that my love for God is what has kept the small flame alive. I have no desire for this world. I don't want to leave Him. So, even in my vapid drifting, I still clung to Him and He to me and so I will rise and live on fire for Him again.
(Sorry to go a bit overboard here with my personal story...just felt like it was time to share it in a small way. I hope I didn't derail the thread too much.)
One day, I was betrayed. Spiritually, I was broken into a million pieces. Jesus showed me later that He had to break me in order to deliver me and heal me. I never want to go through that again. My 29th and 30th years were the hardest I have ever lived, and I was physically abused as a child, so that's saying a lot.
I am now in a place where the fire is being stoked and will blaze to brilliant life again...so long as I keep adding fuel to it by spending time with Christ and reading the word with great expectation and hope. I look forward to the day when I can be free to worship unashamed and unrestrained again, when I can return to my place at Jesus' feet and sit with Him for hours. My soul is hungry, my heart is yearning, my flesh is weak.
Last week I was told that my love for God is what has kept the small flame alive. I have no desire for this world. I don't want to leave Him. So, even in my vapid drifting, I still clung to Him and He to me and so I will rise and live on fire for Him again.
(Sorry to go a bit overboard here with my personal story...just felt like it was time to share it in a small way. I hope I didn't derail the thread too much.)
S
For those who are feeling down spiritually, this song always helps me crawl out of the hole, no matter how deep it is. It's probably an acquired taste for many though...
I will say this though. Hearing "BLESSED BE YOUR NAME" belted out at 100mph downhill with the brakes cut is well... it's special. Like getting hit by a truck, but for Christ.
[video=youtube;odmiC8WrOcU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odmiC8WrOcU[/video]
My God, my God, Heavenly Father!
I feel forsaken.
Disgrace and shame consume me.
Eternal night now reigns.
Daylight engulfed by shadows,
I pray to end this agony.
[Chorus:]
Gone, everything I loved, just a memory.
Stripped of every ounce of self-respect
fall to my knees.
Cover me in ash, curse the day that I was born.
Release me from this living death, welcome oblivion.
My friends they offer only cruel indifference.
You did this to yourself,
now you must pay the consequence.
I can't believe how fast companions turn their back
Another cruel reminder nothing ever lasts...
It's gone...
[Chorus]
You give and take away
Blessed be Your name.
I cannot comprehend all the workings of Your hand
But still I will wait, hold fast to endless faith.
Overwhelmed and torn apart but never abandoned
When it seems that all is gone.
[Chorus]
Hold fast!! With confidence!!
Overcome your doubt with endless... faith.
Conquer. Prevail.
I will say this though. Hearing "BLESSED BE YOUR NAME" belted out at 100mph downhill with the brakes cut is well... it's special. Like getting hit by a truck, but for Christ.
[video=youtube;odmiC8WrOcU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odmiC8WrOcU[/video]
My God, my God, Heavenly Father!
I feel forsaken.
Disgrace and shame consume me.
Eternal night now reigns.
Daylight engulfed by shadows,
I pray to end this agony.
[Chorus:]
Gone, everything I loved, just a memory.
Stripped of every ounce of self-respect
fall to my knees.
Cover me in ash, curse the day that I was born.
Release me from this living death, welcome oblivion.
My friends they offer only cruel indifference.
You did this to yourself,
now you must pay the consequence.
I can't believe how fast companions turn their back
Another cruel reminder nothing ever lasts...
It's gone...
[Chorus]
You give and take away
Blessed be Your name.
I cannot comprehend all the workings of Your hand
But still I will wait, hold fast to endless faith.
Overwhelmed and torn apart but never abandoned
When it seems that all is gone.
[Chorus]
Hold fast!! With confidence!!
Overcome your doubt with endless... faith.
Conquer. Prevail.
I was once amazingly on fire for God, madly in love with Jesus Christ. I would read His word for hours daily, sing songs to Him, talk with Him, journal all the amazing treasures He would reveal to me.
One day, I was betrayed. Spiritually, I was broken into a million pieces. Jesus showed me later that He had to break me in order to deliver me and heal me. I never want to go through that again. My 29th and 30th years were the hardest I have ever lived, and I was physically abused as a child, so that's saying a lot.
I am now in a place where the fire is being stoked and will blaze to brilliant life again...so long as I keep adding fuel to it by spending time with Christ and reading the word with great expectation and hope. I look forward to the day when I can be free to worship unashamed and unrestrained again, when I can return to my place at Jesus' feet and sit with Him for hours. My soul is hungry, my heart is yearning, my flesh is weak.
Last week I was told that my love for God is what has kept the small flame alive. I have no desire for this world. I don't want to leave Him. So, even in my vapid drifting, I still clung to Him and He to me and so I will rise and live on fire for Him again.
(Sorry to go a bit overboard here with my personal story...just felt like it was time to share it in a small way. I hope I didn't derail the thread too much.)
One day, I was betrayed. Spiritually, I was broken into a million pieces. Jesus showed me later that He had to break me in order to deliver me and heal me. I never want to go through that again. My 29th and 30th years were the hardest I have ever lived, and I was physically abused as a child, so that's saying a lot.
I am now in a place where the fire is being stoked and will blaze to brilliant life again...so long as I keep adding fuel to it by spending time with Christ and reading the word with great expectation and hope. I look forward to the day when I can be free to worship unashamed and unrestrained again, when I can return to my place at Jesus' feet and sit with Him for hours. My soul is hungry, my heart is yearning, my flesh is weak.
Last week I was told that my love for God is what has kept the small flame alive. I have no desire for this world. I don't want to leave Him. So, even in my vapid drifting, I still clung to Him and He to me and so I will rise and live on fire for Him again.
(Sorry to go a bit overboard here with my personal story...just felt like it was time to share it in a small way. I hope I didn't derail the thread too much.)
) Your posts are such an encouragement to read. Keep clinging to Him!
J
Whenever I feel my passion for the things of God growing cold, this always wakes me up:
Rev 2:2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. [SUP]2 [/SUP]I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. [SUP]3 [/SUP]You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
[SUP]4[/SUP]Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. [SUP]5 [/SUP]Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
AND THIS:
[video=youtube;39fXNDO6IJY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39fXNDO6IJY[/video]
Rev 2:2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. [SUP]2 [/SUP]I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. [SUP]3 [/SUP]You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
[SUP]4[/SUP]Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. [SUP]5 [/SUP]Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
AND THIS:
[video=youtube;39fXNDO6IJY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39fXNDO6IJY[/video]
T
That is not a bad thing.
The Lord's words, revealed to three victim souls of the 20 century:
"Weakness and worthlessness are of small account; what I want is their trust. These are the souls who draw down on the world mercy and peace."
"You honor me more by the confidence you show me than by all that you could give."
"Your value does not lie in your personal capabilities, however brilliant they may be, but in your capacity to receive your creator and to allow him to live and shine through you."
"You honor me more by the confidence you show me than by all that you could give."
"Your value does not lie in your personal capabilities, however brilliant they may be, but in your capacity to receive your creator and to allow him to live and shine through you."