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I'm a 31 year old, who back when I was 19 accepted Christ and felt very passionately and driven by my faith for several years. about 6 years later, i just seemed to lose faith, and got to a point where i didn't believe any more. I miss who I was, what i believed, the direction and purpose my life had in those days, but i can't bring myself to even believe, care, or anything anymore. Is it even possible for me to get back to where i was, i mean i know people are gonna say that it is, but like i can't believe at all, but i guess i want to, but it's just not there anymore. does that make sense?
 
resurrection33

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Welcome to CC, Robgraves.

Your question reminds me of Matthew 13. Maybe it would help if you read that.

Jesus told us the first and great commandment is to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, minds, and souls. We must always attend to that.
 
Devoted2JC

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robgraves, Hello welcome to christian chat.
 
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Credo_ut_Intelligam

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I'm a 31 year old, who back when I was 19 accepted Christ and felt very passionately and driven by my faith for several years. about 6 years later, i just seemed to lose faith, and got to a point where i didn't believe any more. I miss who I was, what i believed, the direction and purpose my life had in those days, but i can't bring myself to even believe, care, or anything anymore. Is it even possible for me to get back to where i was, i mean i know people are gonna say that it is, but like i can't believe at all, but i guess i want to, but it's just not there anymore. does that make sense?
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On the one hand, going through "dry spells" or feeling distant from God is a normal part of Christian experience. Take Psalm 88 for example:

"For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep... But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?" (Ps. 88:3-6, 13-14).​

We shouldn't expect the entire Christian experience to be a mountaintop high. Being patient through suffering and these dry seasons can help us grow into Christian maturity.

On the other hand, having a dry spell of six years or coming to a point of a total loss of faith isn't necessarily to be expected. There might be some big problems you need to deal with. You might need to go to a Christian counselor to help discover what those problems are. In this case, you might start by following Timothy Keller's advice in The Reason for God and question your doubts: not just why do you have trouble believing or feeling close to God, but why should you have trouble believing or feeling close to God?
 
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Welcome Rob! Glad you are here!
 
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