Do you ever feel "Religiously Dead"?

[His Ambassador]

Stop concentrating on you feelings and concentrate on Jesus.  Feelings are unimportant when it comes to our relationship with God.  Our feelings go up and down depending on many factors:  what we eat, what we've encountered, what we're doing, our health and more.  But this does not change our relationship with God UNLESS we allow it to.  Is that what you want? 

[Guest]

Remember your salvation is a FACT. 

 

Don't confuse it with romantic love. 

 

My connection with God is in the way He speaks to me and my obedience to him. 

 

There is no romantic feeling about it. 

 

Don't fret over the fact that you don't feel anything. 

 

His effect on us is different with each person.

 

 

OK Beloved

 

And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

 

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:29-30

 

No Fretting

 

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalms 42:1

 

Here

 

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

 

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.

 

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

 

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:35-40

 

See?

 

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

 

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psalms 73:25-26

 

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Be Blessed Beloved Of The KING

 

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

 

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. Numbers 6:24-27

 

Love, Your Brother Joe

[missmuffet]

No, I do not feel religiously dead.In fact I could not feel more alive in Christ. 

[His Ambassador]

I really don't want to feel "religiously" anything.  I just want to feel close to Jesus.  Religion does nothing for anyone.

[Proof]

I recently we through this. (this last weekend)  I first had to make sure I wasn't letting my feelings rule me. Then I did a lot of praying and took a mental vacation. In a couple of days I was back in the saddle. He is a faithful God. He'll bring ya back around.

[Cturtle]

In the past year or so, I've been catching myself in and out of my relationship with God. I know he's my savior and the true God, but every time I go to a service or just have one on one worship with him, I can never get that "flame" of passion for him. I get so distracted during worship and I can never stay focused on God. I have no idea why, but I feel no connection with him. Every Sunday and Wednesday when I would worship him, I would fall on my knees crying, but now I'm lucky if I can even raise my hands.. Do any of you get like this?

So many great suggestions and encouragements! I just would like to add to them, if i may. One thing that i do when i am struggling is to get alone and renew my mind with the Word (like in Romans 12:2), i take communion, and i listen to the Word on mp3. Sometimes i seem to not be able to sit still to read, but if i can hear the Word preached, then i am in good shape.

May the Lord richly bless you with peace and joy!

[jezikiah]

sometimes the walk of life pulls us down and that feeling can go, or be drained away. Sometimes we just need to pray for his anointing to fill us again. Often I think of this song as that time and sing it. 

 

Come Holy Spirit
Fall afresh on me
Fill me with your power
Satisfy my need

Only you can make me whole
Give me strength to make me grow
Come Holy Spirit
Fall afresh on me

Pour it out Lord
Pour it out Lord
Pour it out
Your Spirit on me

 

(Planetshakers) 

[bubbles baloo]

I get like that too but I know now its when I don't take my bi polar medication I get depressed and satan tries to swoop in and destroy me. I just pray till the depression goes away and trhen one day I wake up and it has cleared. I can hear those birds chirping and I have that terrific smile on my face and my heart is melodic , its a scrumpcious feeling of the lords love and joy that has enterd.