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  • Birthday 11/17/2000

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    God, reading and writing Christian Fantasy, piano, hiking, Taekwondo, gaming, baking, and growing orchids.

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  1. Sometimes, when God feels distant from us, it is because there is an obstacle keeping us from God. It can be something we are putting before God, a fear, a person, even a dream or hope. For me, it was fear. Fear that I was not good enough, that I was a disappointment to God, and that I could never amount to anything of worth. It is best to go before God and ask if there is anything you are holding back. He will put it before you and when you give it to Him it will break down the wall. I also struggled with going back and forth, and learned from a message at a worship conference, that it was because I was only giving half my heart to God. I was not fully the world's or fully God's, I was torn between serving the flesh and serving the spirit. I learned that God did not want half of me, He wanted all of me. He could not transform me if I only gave Him half of what I had. I had to die to myself before I could live for Him. He says in Jeremiah 29:13, "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." A video that has helped me is on Youtube by Pastor William Chung if you search "The meeting place increase your longing for God". God bless you, my sister in Christ.
  2. The Pharisees could have been said to be "overly-religious". I have always learned that Christianity is a relationship, not a religion. The Pharisees were religious legalists who were devoted to the laws and traditions, instead of being devoted to God Himself. There are people like them nowadays too. They worry and debate over whether the Sabbath is on Sunday or Saturday, and whether you can eat shellfish because they're supposed to be "unclean". I think of Jesus' words when He said, "What is that to thee? Follow thou me." (John 21:22)
  3. Thank you for your first post, Gandalf. I've often caught myself between the being mad or feeling guilty. You've shown it to me in a new light. LadyKay this is something I struggle with too and my first thoughts are always, "I need to do more, I'm being selfish if I don't." But recently a friend told me something that turned it all around: "You cannot pour from an empty cup." We are to take care of ourselves so that we can better care for others. I know that having time to renew myself better prepares me to serve others. As for clothes, our bodies are the temple of God, and I think having decent clothing is important. Pray to God to provide for your needs and expect and trust Him to. He loves giving gifts to His children if they would only take the time to ask in faith. Praying for you, PledgedToGod
  4. I am wondering if you all have different definitions for the term "Awakening" and if that is partly responsible for all this confusion and debate. To me, an awakening is a returning of the presence of God and an outpouring of His Spirit on the people brought on by the humbling of ourselves before Him along with prayer and repentance. It is my opinion that there will be both a falling away and an awakening at the end, though I prefer the term "purifying" to awakening. In the last days, we will be unable to straddle the fence. We will confess and surrender to Christ or deny him. Don't get me wrong, it's always been this way we've just blurred the lines. There will be the two extremes and many will choose the "easier" path, thus the falling away. At the same time, those that choose to stand with Christ in the fire will have to rely on Him so completely that they will walk powerfully in the Spirit and in faith. The Church will be "purified".
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