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Your experience is common. I had the same thing. God will kind of kick start us on our walk with Him. Then He asks us to walk by faith. Also, we have an enemy who wants to keep us in confusion and rob us of our joy. The Joy of the Lord is our strength. Satan cannot undo our salvation, but he can keep us ineffective if we listen to him.
God wants us to realise our helplessness without Him. The Christian life is something we've never experienced before. It is a life of trust and obedience. We have to rely on something outside of ourselves, maybe for the first time ever. Take God at His word. He will never lie, never let you down, never abandon you and always love you. You can trust Him with every aspect of your life. The more you let hism lead you and guide you, the better for you.
The Christian life is a battle. Satan opposes us and we have the self of the soul that wants to be independent of God. We need to resist both. The victory is ours. We have to learn how to live it out day by day. Hard? Yes. Impossible? If we try by ourselves, also yes. But we can trust God to bring us through triumphant in whatever we face. His grace is sufficient all the time in every situation.
God wants us to realise our helplessness without Him. The Christian life is something we've never experienced before. It is a life of trust and obedience. We have to rely on something outside of ourselves, maybe for the first time ever. Take God at His word. He will never lie, never let you down, never abandon you and always love you. You can trust Him with every aspect of your life. The more you let hism lead you and guide you, the better for you.
The Christian life is a battle. Satan opposes us and we have the self of the soul that wants to be independent of God. We need to resist both. The victory is ours. We have to learn how to live it out day by day. Hard? Yes. Impossible? If we try by ourselves, also yes. But we can trust God to bring us through triumphant in whatever we face. His grace is sufficient all the time in every situation.
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Hi. I am new here as well. Feel free to contact me direct and we can help each other.
Joey. [email protected]
Ive had a year of it as well.
Joey. [email protected]
Ive had a year of it as well.
Welcome brother. Be careful who you chat with or listen to. There are few false brethren on this forum, both new members and well known members. And there are some good shepherds here. Practice spiritual discernment.
2 Peter chapter 2: 1-3.
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you. Who will secretly bring in destructive Heresies, even denying the Lord who brought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. Don't listen to traditions of men and fairy tales. If you want God's blessings and protection, do thing's God's way. God doesn't listen to the prayer of the wicked. But the righteous. And practice spiritual discernment. To tell difference between sound doctrine and false doctrine.
Ezekiel chapter 13:9
My hand is against the prophets/false teachers who see false visions, and utter lying divination. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know I Am the Sovereign Lord. False brethren have ticket to Hell. There council is of Satan. They lie, and deceive. Don't be complicate in listening to false shepherd's. Seek the council of God. False teachers will distort God's word.
1 John chapter 4:1
Dear friends, do not believe every Spirit, but test the Spirit's to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Again, practice spiritual discernment. Is it good fruit or bad fruit. Take care.
2 Peter chapter 2: 1-3.
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you. Who will secretly bring in destructive Heresies, even denying the Lord who brought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. Don't listen to traditions of men and fairy tales. If you want God's blessings and protection, do thing's God's way. God doesn't listen to the prayer of the wicked. But the righteous. And practice spiritual discernment. To tell difference between sound doctrine and false doctrine.
Ezekiel chapter 13:9
My hand is against the prophets/false teachers who see false visions, and utter lying divination. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know I Am the Sovereign Lord. False brethren have ticket to Hell. There council is of Satan. They lie, and deceive. Don't be complicate in listening to false shepherd's. Seek the council of God. False teachers will distort God's word.
1 John chapter 4:1
Dear friends, do not believe every Spirit, but test the Spirit's to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Again, practice spiritual discernment. Is it good fruit or bad fruit. Take care.