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I'm sorry to have offended you, shittim and Scribe. I never intended to be a problem to anyone. Unless someone says something to the contrary, I am going to leave the site, since, as it is now, I am not doing either myself or, more importantly, anyone else, any good.

Sorry, shittim, I misunderstood. I have been trying to find His guidance and direction, and failing to find anything pertinent to my present, long-term situation. That is why I joined the site. I am already doing most of what you recommend, but I seem to be unable, in and of myself, to forget...

Usually, my feelings are simultaneous with my thoughts, and not always what you think that they should be.

I agree, but you may want to look up autistic spectrum, before you toss it off as imaginary. Knowing the signs and symptoms will also be useful when dealing with those who have it.

I'm not sure what you mean by trusting feelings, Shittim. My reading of Hebrews 11 is that faith requires both intellectual acknowledgement, and feelings of confidence and assurance. If my understanding is faulty, please tell me, but also tell me where and how. I'm told that I take things too...

I'm sorry, Scribe. I'm afraid that I am talking about oranges, while you are responding about apples. What I mean is that feelings are part and parcel of belief: feelings of confidence and assurance. If I say to myself "God loves me.", or "Christ died for me", I don't feel that confidence and...

Ah! In my understanding, belief without feelings isn't really belief--i.e., belief is a feeling. Honest question: how do I believe without feelings? I really do want to do this.

Thank you again, shittim and Scribe! I'm in a good church. Hard to do much of anything right now with everything shut up tighter than a drum due to the pandemic, though. I'll keep reading the Word, though most of it makes me very depressed. One question. When I read Hebrews, faith is described...

Whew! Thank you, Scribe! It will take me a few days reading and rereading this to gain a full understanding of this, and to figure out how to put it into practice, A few things stand out to me now, though: First, Mike didn't mention specific sins, but left me with the blanket statement that...

To breno785au: I know. It's ridiculous, on the face of it. I actually haven't been sitting on my hands all this time, though. More on what I have been trying in my reply to Scribe, below. In addition, I have been seeing Christion counselors and psychologists, when I could afford it. In...

Oops! Galatians it is! In other errata, I finished by repeating "psychologists", when I intended to write "psychiatrists". Otherwise, I am carefully considering all of your good advice from the previous post. I am less concerned about whether he had the right to grade my performance in...

Thank you, shittim. I think that he was expecting at least some outward expression after 2 years of new life. The fact that he didn't, even though I had, left me doubting my own perceptions, as well as my salvation. Being my "Discipler" in the Navigator fashion gave him considerable spiritual...

In January, 1980, the man who had led me to Christ 2 years before sat down with me and wrote out the fruit of the Spirit, as outlined in the NIV version of Galations 5:22-23. "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and...

Thank you, friends, and special thanks to Oyster67! My issues aren't with the Navigators, but internal issues brought on by what happened back then, and the actions and results following. I do have to work hard at forgiving the Navigators, and recommend that people use caution in dealing with...

I was actually originally baptized in 1965, when I was in 3rd grade--just old enough to take it seriously, but I can't pretend that I really knew what I was getting into. In January of 1978, a member of the Navigators came knocking on my door, and I wound up formally asking Christ into my...