what happens if u keep failing God?

[Honey]

I have failed God today again with the same thing = going out. I am agrophobic and I want to trust in God and have faith with WORKS but I keep on letting him down so obviously I dont trust him. I wonder how many chances u get?

[AmyR]

Ahh Honey Dear. God is always forgiving. The important thing is that you recognize your weakness and/or struggle and are trying to overcome it. We are inherently sinners, that is why Jesus died on the cross- The Forgiveness of our Sins!!

Now this doesn't mean that we have free reign to do whatever we want. It means that we need to make a direct effort to over come the Devils hand in our lives. You are obviously making that effort in overcoming your struggles. Keep digging into the word sister and God will give you strength!!

God Bless You,

Amy

p.s. The could be some sort of ministry that you could start from home, whether it be a pen pal or something else. Look to God and your local church for some guidance.

[ayin jade]

We are all human, and prone to falling down. God will always forgive you for your sins. He knows you are trying. Talk with God in prayer, tell Him how you feel about all of this. Let Him take the burden from you. Trusting in God is hard for most of us. He knows that too. Keep trying, and know the Lord loves you still. He will never leave you, nor forsake you.

[nebula]

Honey - don't be so hard on yourself!

Fear is not something easy to overcome. I'm not sure what is behind phobias, unless a demonic stronghold? or a subconscious defense to some trauma?

Fear is a feeling. It takes work to act against your feelings.

I don't know if this is a phobia, but I somehow developed a fear of making phone calls. I hate calling people! It's only after I feel comfortable with someone that I feel OK calling them. The best I can figure is that it stems from my insecurity (what if I call the person at a bad time?), my problems with speaking (I stumble over words so bad when talking), what if I call the wrong number? (fear of embarrassment), etc.

It's pretty bad taking 10 minutes to work myself up to making a simple phone call!

I don't know what's going on with you, but I've heard the best way to overcome phobias is to tackle the problem a little at a time. Is agrophobia the fear of going out? Well, step one could be to open your front door and leaving it open. After being comfortable with that, stand in the doorway for a little while. After feeling comfortable with that, take one step outside and stand there a while. Do this as many times as necessary until you feel OK with being one step out the door. Then slowly increase the number of steps you take out the door. Graduate from there by actually closing the front door when you step out (and if you need to stand by the door when you do this, it's OK - because that's a big step to stand outside with the door closed!) Just keep at it with small steps like this.

And of course, there's also Scripture. Just repeat to yourself outloud those Scriptures about trust and not fearing. Read Psalm 91 - or even as you take these steps, have your Bible open to Psalm 91 and reading it as you are standing outside the door, or whatever.

Does this sound doable?

[FaithfulFollower]

Honey,

I know exactly where you are coming from, for I too am experiencing much of the same thing, but try not to get too discouraged. As someone very dear to me told me this morning... "Remember the price Jesus paid. Even when all the ones he came to save spat upon him and cursed him, the most he ever did was say 'Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.'"

Honey, we can fail God many times, but as we both need to learn...God truly does love us very much no matter what crimes we may have commited. The Lord knows our hearts. He knows our very souls.

Fear is something every person must face, including us Christians. Think of Daniel when he was cast into the lion's den upon his continious praying to the Lord even after his king passed a law against it. Surely if any of us had been within the den we would have been afraid, I doubt he was not. Still even within that frightening moment, he had faith and the Lord protected him. Surely you will be able to find such faith in your heart as well. Perhaps also you will come to forgive yourself of whatever crimes you feel you are committing against God and find yourself as special as he does.

We have a very loving Heavenly Father looking down upon us. Indeed we truly are blessed that he would send his one and only son to die for us as well in order to forgive us all our sins. Keep your chin up Honey, and keep the faith.

With Love In Christ,

Danielle