I am truly sorry. I think you might be more confused then when 1st posted this. I use to wonder so many years ago how do you witness? You just share what He did for you. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Stay in His word. I first read the book of John so many times before I read anything else. I'm not good with words.. I .. I struggle should I keep talking because .. well which post are you going to run with? I can only share what I know and what I have experienced. The only time I wanted to walk away was I read in the margin of the bible ...if your heart convicts you .. you won't get anything from God.... I got up and told Him "I quit. My heart convicts me 24/7 of sin". I go to read for the door and I was really done. He asked me "what is righteousness?" I turn and answered "its right standing with God". He then asked "how do you get righteousness?" I said by believing in Jesus.
It was like being blind then you can see. For me to be in right standing with God is not based on if I never sin. Its because I believe in Jesus. God sees you through Christ. We all sin we get up dust off keep going. We repent and keep going and we forgive our selfs and we do not look back.. we forget the past.
I am not here to debate anyone. Isa 41:10 just popped in to mind when I saw your post and its not just a random thought. It is for you
"Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"."
Feelings ooh man those can really do a number on you. There are so many "thoughts" that come into our mind that are not ours. The enemy can only lie. The thought about unanswered prayers and the thought all in vain. Just take a step back so to speak and look at what was said. If the enemy is telling you its in vain... that's a lie so flip it. Your unanswered prayers. We do tend to pray for things then look at our watch and .. if its not done when we wanted it .. we tend to think He never heard or Him not answering is the answer.
If we get lost... go back to the start. Read John again.. this time ask Him to take over. Just that...trust me. He left heaven for you.. He did all of this for you as if you were the only one that would believe. He did this for ever one of His children. Christ said or really God through Christ what every you desire.. ask the Father in my name. OT delight your self in the lord He will give you the desires of your heart. We do tend to stop there but it keeps going "commit your way to Him trust him and He will bring it to pass".
Prayer.. what ever I need I look to see what His word says about it. The easy one is fear..I say no.. God has not given me the spirit of fear but of power love and a sound mine. I have the peace of God which passes all understanding.. Christ gave me His peace not as the world gives. So at first.. fear never left .. no peace what so ever and to be honest .. it got allot worse. Yeah the moment we start to stand on His word the enemy comes right away to steal it. So you stand.. you do not go by how you feel. He said.. He never gave me the spirit of fear He said I have the peace of God .. I am strong in the power of His might.
See the word says if I doubt I won't get anything. It says if I know He hears me then I know I have the petitions I asked for. So at the start...,. its doubt well for me at least .. alway doubt and you think.. I won't get anything. Frist part of that is the enemy using Gods words against me. That doubt did pop up.. I have a choice now.. do I take that thought and run with it.. or just say.. no.. I wont listen to that. He promised.. He didn't give me the spirit of fear.. I have His peace. It becomes mine that doubt when I take that thought and run with it understand?
Now asking for prayer things.. if other people are part of it.. He will never go against mans will. He won't make someone like me listen to me.. help me. He will not go against mans will. He does whisper really good. By that I mean my boy was 4y old and at preschool he really realy liked this girl Adena who would never have anything to do with him. So I told him were going to pray but.. God cannot make her like you.. but He really whispers really good. When were children we lsiten but as we get old we don't we listen to self more. So a week or two pass one day I go to pick him up.. Adena gets up and comes over and hugs him.
Know no matter what you hear think or feel. No matter what anyone else says He loves you He is for you.. He is opening all the doors.. windows. Just don't put Him on some time clock. Not how this works. I don't know what your asking for..
Going to really go crazy here.. I can't ask for fame.. I can't ask for a new Porshe, I can't ask for 15,000,000 dollar home or the like in say NY. I can I ask for a car .. if that is what I need. I can ask for new home. New just means anything I don't have now. What we forget is.. faith. We look what we are asking for as if that moment is when He heard us. There is one prayer He answered faster then any other in my 50+ years of walking with Him. I have only told my wife....she was there. I thought i was helping her faith yet it was for me. So I wanted to help her faith so I asked for something impossible to answer with in 10min. I started to ask then stopped. I got this thought I never get when I pray.. .. I said "you already know what I was going to ask. You already set in motion the answer before I even finished the prayer". HAHA I still sit here and.. oh amazed.. Then you remember.. He said that in His word.
My best advice looking back to say to myself would be.. don't be moved by what you see or hear or what others say. Find out what GOD said in that BIBLE and you speak that. You hold on to that. Know that He is for you He is never against you. Talk to Him.. no.. I mean talk to Him.... happy or really mad at Him.. talk to Him.. again trust me.. He can take it. He understands. We have to get the thought He is for us.. He will always help us. He loves to give.. yes I know what some "believers" say. I can hear Him laugh when I remember laying hands on some new car claiming it to be mine. I read what ever I desire. HAHA . Never got the car... you keep walking with HIm and.. you learn.. that anything you desire.. it always comes for Him. And that desire will always be line with His word.
We just don't truly know what makes us happy. So He does answer people don't think He does but He does and so many times if we just relax He will give you the desire of your heart. Just know He loves you is for you and .. I truly am so so sorry. I don't want to add to confusion. Its hard to really walk away.. its not that easy. Meaning.. He knows whats going on around you.. the people.. . so many other things.. and we blame Him.. He is not like man. He will never leave you... there will be a moment in your life.. when.. He lets you know.. ..you don't feel it.. but.. someone has been with you since the start.. so much closer then any one. OOH if we could just feel that ever day..
It was like being blind then you can see. For me to be in right standing with God is not based on if I never sin. Its because I believe in Jesus. God sees you through Christ. We all sin we get up dust off keep going. We repent and keep going and we forgive our selfs and we do not look back.. we forget the past.
I am not here to debate anyone. Isa 41:10 just popped in to mind when I saw your post and its not just a random thought. It is for you
"Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand"."
Feelings ooh man those can really do a number on you. There are so many "thoughts" that come into our mind that are not ours. The enemy can only lie. The thought about unanswered prayers and the thought all in vain. Just take a step back so to speak and look at what was said. If the enemy is telling you its in vain... that's a lie so flip it. Your unanswered prayers. We do tend to pray for things then look at our watch and .. if its not done when we wanted it .. we tend to think He never heard or Him not answering is the answer.
If we get lost... go back to the start. Read John again.. this time ask Him to take over. Just that...trust me. He left heaven for you.. He did all of this for you as if you were the only one that would believe. He did this for ever one of His children. Christ said or really God through Christ what every you desire.. ask the Father in my name. OT delight your self in the lord He will give you the desires of your heart. We do tend to stop there but it keeps going "commit your way to Him trust him and He will bring it to pass".
Prayer.. what ever I need I look to see what His word says about it. The easy one is fear..I say no.. God has not given me the spirit of fear but of power love and a sound mine. I have the peace of God which passes all understanding.. Christ gave me His peace not as the world gives. So at first.. fear never left .. no peace what so ever and to be honest .. it got allot worse. Yeah the moment we start to stand on His word the enemy comes right away to steal it. So you stand.. you do not go by how you feel. He said.. He never gave me the spirit of fear He said I have the peace of God .. I am strong in the power of His might.
See the word says if I doubt I won't get anything. It says if I know He hears me then I know I have the petitions I asked for. So at the start...,. its doubt well for me at least .. alway doubt and you think.. I won't get anything. Frist part of that is the enemy using Gods words against me. That doubt did pop up.. I have a choice now.. do I take that thought and run with it.. or just say.. no.. I wont listen to that. He promised.. He didn't give me the spirit of fear.. I have His peace. It becomes mine that doubt when I take that thought and run with it understand?
Now asking for prayer things.. if other people are part of it.. He will never go against mans will. He won't make someone like me listen to me.. help me. He will not go against mans will. He does whisper really good. By that I mean my boy was 4y old and at preschool he really realy liked this girl Adena who would never have anything to do with him. So I told him were going to pray but.. God cannot make her like you.. but He really whispers really good. When were children we lsiten but as we get old we don't we listen to self more. So a week or two pass one day I go to pick him up.. Adena gets up and comes over and hugs him.
Know no matter what you hear think or feel. No matter what anyone else says He loves you He is for you.. He is opening all the doors.. windows. Just don't put Him on some time clock. Not how this works. I don't know what your asking for..
Going to really go crazy here.. I can't ask for fame.. I can't ask for a new Porshe, I can't ask for 15,000,000 dollar home or the like in say NY. I can I ask for a car .. if that is what I need. I can ask for new home. New just means anything I don't have now. What we forget is.. faith. We look what we are asking for as if that moment is when He heard us. There is one prayer He answered faster then any other in my 50+ years of walking with Him. I have only told my wife....she was there. I thought i was helping her faith yet it was for me. So I wanted to help her faith so I asked for something impossible to answer with in 10min. I started to ask then stopped. I got this thought I never get when I pray.. .. I said "you already know what I was going to ask. You already set in motion the answer before I even finished the prayer". HAHA I still sit here and.. oh amazed.. Then you remember.. He said that in His word.
My best advice looking back to say to myself would be.. don't be moved by what you see or hear or what others say. Find out what GOD said in that BIBLE and you speak that. You hold on to that. Know that He is for you He is never against you. Talk to Him.. no.. I mean talk to Him.... happy or really mad at Him.. talk to Him.. again trust me.. He can take it. He understands. We have to get the thought He is for us.. He will always help us. He loves to give.. yes I know what some "believers" say. I can hear Him laugh when I remember laying hands on some new car claiming it to be mine. I read what ever I desire. HAHA . Never got the car... you keep walking with HIm and.. you learn.. that anything you desire.. it always comes for Him. And that desire will always be line with His word.
We just don't truly know what makes us happy. So He does answer people don't think He does but He does and so many times if we just relax He will give you the desire of your heart. Just know He loves you is for you and .. I truly am so so sorry. I don't want to add to confusion. Its hard to really walk away.. its not that easy. Meaning.. He knows whats going on around you.. the people.. . so many other things.. and we blame Him.. He is not like man. He will never leave you... there will be a moment in your life.. when.. He lets you know.. ..you don't feel it.. but.. someone has been with you since the start.. so much closer then any one. OOH if we could just feel that ever day..