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  1. Thank you everyone for all your replies. Especially you Abby-Joy and also Willa, but I have found all replies helpful. I will hold fast and not give up and see where God takes me
  2. Hello Two years ago I came to god in the most amazing way, I was depressed and suicidal then one day I had a vision of Jesus so powerful I gave my life to him on the spot and had an amazing experience that I now know is being filled with the holy spirit. Ever since I have been a changed person, I think differently and feel differently and have nothing but love for all people. Becoming a Christian was great and everyone in my life was very supportive, and I loved expanding my knowledge of God reading the bible etc. However a few months in to this bliss things changed, God led me away from what I was doing and down another path which I'd rather not go into detail on. People would try to convince me it wasn't God and eventually I ended up having mental health workers visiting me etc, and right every aspect of my life is in shambles and I'm just as depressed as I was before I even met God. Throughout this whole time I have loved God and done everything I can in every moment to do what I felt he wanted me to do, to follow him and be obedient. My question is, how can I continue to believe and follow when nothing I believe he has told me is coming to pass and everything in my life is worse than ever, and it's been progressively getting worse over the past two years that I've done nothing but try to be who God wants me to be and do what he wants me to do. My faith has shrunken to nearly nothing and I simply still believe Jesus is real and is there with me, but it's like he doesn't want me and is pushing me away to unbelief. Why would he want me and my family to suffer so much and for so long, and do nothing to help. It just doesn't make sense and doesn't seem like the God I thought I knew. Guess I'm just after some kind of encouragement to keep my faith alive
  3. I think to really invite him in means that because you truly believe there is an omnipotent and loving God, you will live every moment from this belief and always desire to follow his will. So in practical terms that would mean being nothing but loving to all people, e.g. being forgiving and merciful and not getting unrighteously angry etc. And also, as I mentioned, following God in every moment in your life, meaning for every decision you make each day doing it for God the best you know how, and if you ever are unsure then pray about it and do your best to do what you think God wants. Of course none of us can do this perfectly, we all have sin in us which causes us to be cruel to people at times even as simply as snapping at a loved one in anger etc. But we don't need to worry about these things provided we try our best because obviously the sacrifice of Christ has paid for these sins. And if you ever find you feel you are moving away from God - pushing him outside the door - then it's on us to reestablish our faith. That is why daily prayer is so important, to keep our relationship with God strong always
  4. I enjoyed your post but I don't think it makes sense for what the bible says - it says 666 is the number of a man, and also says about the mark of the beast being the number of his name. Your theory doesn't really make sense of that?
  5. Nice post. The only way to get to that point is to in every moment do what you feel is right by the Lord. And eventually through much suffering and hardship you will get to a place of peace and acceptance, where joy will finally come to you I think the biggest barrier to getting to this point is with newer or less knowledgeable christians, who might think that following God means having less hardship, and that less trouble will come to you in this life. When in reality it is quite the opposite, but God gives us a way through every trial and hardship that comes to us, we just need to keep looking to him daily. Just look at the stories of any biblical character and see the crap that they went through haha
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