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If God can heal, He can forgive and restore your virginity, and I mean physically. I had a close friend years ago who had lived a life of going from bed to bed until she was saved, and wanted to be a virgin for the right man God had for her. She felt the Lord told her He would restore her virginity, and one day in a healing service the person who was about to pray for her said you know what you have asked God for and He has already done it.
I take it your close friend would she would say that she's never had sexual intercourse, then, and has(or had, in the case she's now married) no recollection of all the "bed to bed" activity you are somehow aware of?
Once a person has sex, s/he's no longer a virgin. A person can be forgiven and feel renewed/revitalized in her/his intention to stay abstinent until marriage, but it's not the same as being a virgin.
If that person who prayed over your close friend suggested otherwise, it would appear to me that s/he needs to be healed of delusional ideas.
Honestly, let's encourage people who have made mistakes to strive for excellence & abstinence. Let's let them know God forgives and doesn't dwell on the failures that He's forgiven us of. Let's also be sure not to spend all our time pointing fingers at other people's flaws/failures and forget to reflect/evaluate our own lives to see our own flaws.
Once a person has sex, s/he's no longer a virgin. A person can be forgiven and feel renewed/revitalized in her/his intention to stay abstinent until marriage, but it's not the same as being a virgin.
If that person who prayed over your close friend suggested otherwise, it would appear to me that s/he needs to be healed of delusional ideas.
Honestly, let's encourage people who have made mistakes to strive for excellence & abstinence. Let's let them know God forgives and doesn't dwell on the failures that He's forgiven us of. Let's also be sure not to spend all our time pointing fingers at other people's flaws/failures and forget to reflect/evaluate our own lives to see our own flaws.
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Hi casie.... Welcome to CC.... You know, we all do things in life that in one way or another we later regret.... Unfortunately we can't change the past... But luckily, God can forgive us of our past and that's a wonderful thing. His mercies are new every morning... You already have the right idea about wanting to wait and that's great... I'm proud of you for feeling that way... When we ask for forgiveness God is wonderful in that when he forgives, you know through Jesus and the cross, He never remembers it again.. It's as far as the east is from the west.. Cast into the sea... The past is a closed door and you don't live there anymore because God is gonna open another door..... Stay in your prayers... Stay in your bible... Talk to Jesus every chance you get... He will always listen... Just don't get shocked when he answers.. Lol... God bless darlin
People who give you a response like this (and you will most likely run across more) have most likely either cheapened sex to the point it doesn't mean much or made experience their god and forgotten that there are plenty of experiences that no one wants to have.
Stick to your guns, take time to properly get over your breakup and not just run after the next guy to show you a bit of kindness (it can be tempting, very tempting), but also, contrary to the "popular Christian image" (at least the one of my day) extramarital sex is not the unforgivable sin and it doesn't automatically ruin the rest of your life or disqualify you from God's best. And I'll let you in on a secret, most of the people in church are guilty of having committed that particular sin sometime in the past, so you aren't alone by any means.
Stick to your guns, take time to properly get over your breakup and not just run after the next guy to show you a bit of kindness (it can be tempting, very tempting), but also, contrary to the "popular Christian image" (at least the one of my day) extramarital sex is not the unforgivable sin and it doesn't automatically ruin the rest of your life or disqualify you from God's best. And I'll let you in on a secret, most of the people in church are guilty of having committed that particular sin sometime in the past, so you aren't alone by any means.
You can't get your virginity back, you need to own up to that and take responsibility for that choice. On the other hand, what you can change is the future and waiting for the man God has for you. You can't hit the reset button on your sex life, but you can prevent it from getting worse and asking for forgiveness.
Also, don't go around telling your future boyfriends God has given you your virginity back, because ultimately your lieing to them. You can tell them you messed up with 1 guy but are on track to staying pure, because thats the truth. Lieing about it will only make your situation worse later down the line when they find out the truth.. plus lieing isn't a great way to start out a future relationship with someone.. because the guy will think.. "if she lied about this, what else is she lieing about?" and your whole conduct of Christianity will come into question and consideration by him.
So don't put your future husband through that, be honest from the get go. Guys are more willing and accepting than you think.. as long as you haven't slept around with 20 dudes.
Also, don't go around telling your future boyfriends God has given you your virginity back, because ultimately your lieing to them. You can tell them you messed up with 1 guy but are on track to staying pure, because thats the truth. Lieing about it will only make your situation worse later down the line when they find out the truth.. plus lieing isn't a great way to start out a future relationship with someone.. because the guy will think.. "if she lied about this, what else is she lieing about?" and your whole conduct of Christianity will come into question and consideration by him.
So don't put your future husband through that, be honest from the get go. Guys are more willing and accepting than you think.. as long as you haven't slept around with 20 dudes.
I don't know anything about regaining your purity. But, I do know how unique each of our life experiences are.
All I can say is that I hope you learn from your current hardship and that I want to encourage you to be you no matter what anyone else says.
Continue to grow. Continue to fight. Stay strong no matter how life feels.
All I can say is that I hope you learn from your current hardship and that I want to encourage you to be you no matter what anyone else says.
Continue to grow. Continue to fight. Stay strong no matter how life feels.
Perhaps you need to mind your own business. Others tell newbies that something they post may be more suitable for a different forum. So I'm not the only one "moderating" threads.
Talk about sexual purity, masturbation, etc does NOT belong in an introductory thread such as new members forum. Anyone with half a brain knows that. :/
Perhaps you need to mind your own business. Others tell newbies that something they post may be more suitable for a different forum. So I'm not the only one "moderating" threads. Talk about sexual purity, masturbation, etc does NOT belong in an introductory thread such as new members forum. Anyone with half a brain knows that. :/
Talk about sexual purity, masturbation, etc does NOT belong in an introductory thread such as new members forum. Anyone with half a brain knows that. :/
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I think you are overemphasizing it, honestly. David, a man after God's own heart, saw a married woman in a hot tub, seduced her, impregnated her, and had her husband killed. He spent the rest of his life in this relationship that the Bible calls an adulterous relationship. Nobody is sexually pure without the blood of Christ.