tigger398 Posted March 28, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 562 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2,074 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 648 Days Won: 2 Joined: 11/01/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1966 Share Posted March 28, 2014 When I was working at my other job for 20yrs I was being abused there. It got so bad that I was driven out and had to quit. For a while I had no job, I feel bad cause I should have trusted God and didn't and he fixed things. I got another job and money is starting to come back. Worst of all I haven't been well and we got into a bad accident. I told God that if he healed me and help Charlie. I told God something about smoking. I think I said I would stop. I haven't. I lied to God. I want to stop. I just don't know how. I don't know what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted March 28, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.80 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 28, 2014 Ask God for forgivness.And then don't do it again.We are not supposed to bargain with God.You will not go to hell for smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark thompson Posted March 28, 2014 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 154 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 31 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/13/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/12/1986 Share Posted March 28, 2014 There are many methods to quit smoking today, try one or all if you need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwikphilly Posted March 29, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 96 Topic Count: 307 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 18,136 Content Per Day: 4.63 Reputation: 27,817 Days Won: 327 Joined: 08/03/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted March 29, 2014 Blessings tigger! You lost me on the "help Charlie" but Praise the Lord,He knows w hat you are talking about......Just remember that God forgives us when we repent & ask His forgiveness,for future -remember the Word of God tells us not to make promises or swear by Him(let our yes be yes & our no be no)whether we are making pa promise to ourselves ,someone else or God....it's all the same really,we usually can't keep them Cigarette smoking like any addiction is bondage that the Lord will happily deliver us from,but we have to truly want to be delivered without any reservations........pray to God that He removes the taste from your mouth & the desire from your mind awnd that by the Power of the Holy Spirit you do not fall into temptation but resist the devil & he will flee................ I struggled with this terribly as I did not have the desire to quit ,I was blocking my own Blessings!I was delivered once,twice & the last time I prayed deliverance from the Lord I got a "no,I Blessed you twice ...now you must resist on your own!!!!" Whew,the Lord showed me & then He helped me by giving me strength were I was so weak,,,,,,,,my lesson learned was not to take His Blessings for granted..................Praise & Glory to God!And may God Bless you! With love-in Christ,Kwik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted March 30, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted March 30, 2014 When I was working at my other job for 20yrs I was being abused there. It got so bad that I was driven out and had to quit. For a while I had no job, I feel bad cause I should have trusted God and didn't and he fixed things. I got another job and money is starting to come back. Worst of all I haven't been well and we got into a bad accident. I told God that if he healed me and help Charlie. I told God something about smoking. I think I said I would stop. I haven't. I lied to God. I want to stop. I just don't know how. I don't know what to do. I think I said I would stop Did you or didn't you? Yes or No? You need to take ownership of things you say, especially to God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlidingWings Posted April 28, 2014 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 169 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 345 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 107 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/24/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2014 I think studies had shown that cigarettes are about as addictive as heroine. Many people try to quit and do not succeed. Others have quit in a heart beat after all these years. Keep trying though and don't give up. Our first and second attempts does not have to mean we have to give up trying. There is plenty of things I have done and did not do on my first or second attempt.. watching adult movies was one of them. Yeah and I made false promises to God also. I bet most of us has told God we would stop something and did not at first. .but your are not going to be rejected by God because of this. He knows you meant well but also you are in a weak state. Rather now say God please keep helping me to try. If you have tried to quit cold turkey one day or two maybe that does not work best for you. I would use the gradual quit method. The reason in saying this is because once I was on Ativan. Doctors told me my system was addicted. The best way to get of Ativan is to gradually decrease the dosage so that the body does not go in shock. . For cigarettes it can be just the same. However not to be tempted to smoke anymore than the number you have been smoking. Figure out how much you smoke now. If you smoke a pack a day in two weeks smoke nineteen instead. In two more weeks eighteen in two more seventeen. Your body will start to adjust having less nicotine. Try getting some sugar free bubble gum. When you have the extra urge start chewing some gum instead. You don't want to go back up again. In forty weeks you can quit smoking if you're using a method like this. I don't know what else is out there. Maybe there is something better to use. But this is the method I would use if it was very difficult to quit at once. Lots of people say once they stop smoking for good they can smell and breathe the clean air. There's things they did not use to smell before they are able to now. . If there is a method that can work fast then this then go for it. Never make up any reason to have that extra cigarette. Stay on that number and keep improving. Work your way to becoming smoke free. And yes God still cares about you just as much as before you had promised him. Pray to God. Be in his presence in spirit. Your friend GW was. I have been around a lot of people before who smoked. I was a second hand smoker breathing this. I have the total feel of cigarettes and its battles. . Keep saying Lord help me. Nothing by you is impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Medicine Posted April 28, 2014 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 69 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/03/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2014 When I was working at my other job for 20yrs I was being abused there. It got so bad that I was driven out and had to quit. For a while I had no job, I feel bad cause I should have trusted God and didn't and he fixed things. I got another job and money is starting to come back. Worst of all I haven't been well and we got into a bad accident. I told God that if he healed me and help Charlie. I told God something about smoking. I think I said I would stop. I haven't. I lied to God. I want to stop. I just don't know how. I don't know what to do. I think I said I would stopDid you or didn't you? Yes or No? You need to take ownership of things you say, especially to God. Do you realise how harsh you sound ? God is loving .She did not lie to God,she meant it at the time,and will give her more chances,even if you would'nt . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Medicine Posted April 28, 2014 Group: Junior Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 69 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/03/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2014 When I was working at my other job for 20yrs I was being abused there. It got so bad that I was driven out and had to quit. For a while I had no job, I feel bad cause I should have trusted God and didn't and he fixed things. I got another job and money is starting to come back. Worst of all I haven't been well and we got into a bad accident. I told God that if he healed me and help Charlie. I told God something about smoking. I think I said I would stop. I haven't. I lied to God. I want to stop. I just don't know how. I don't know what to do. Simply speak to Jesus and say that you need to begin again,and will He help you to really do it this timeHowever try to make it a time when you might be able to really do it .What you are saying is a very minor 'sin' so do not worry too much . You have not been cruel to others,or lied about others . Jesus said were to keep forgiving others,and to love one another,not to be judging them . You do not need to listen to people here,because what you have done is only between you and a loving God no matter what they say who would chastise you . I have an American friend who is a graduate from bible college in the US and she said she is still recovering from the twisted hateful image of Jesus that was forced on her and other students by so called christians. This is a much greater sin to make people afraid to approach God for help,too afraid to have a real Relationship with Him where you can ask for and will get all the help you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atwood Posted April 28, 2014 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 285 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 61 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/30/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2014 Well Tigger, if you promised the Lord something and did not follow through on your vow, that is not lying; that is not keeping a vow -- unless when you made the promise you intended not to keep it. Trust in the Lord, O troubled soul Rest in the arms of His care; Whatever thy lot, It mattereth not, For nothing can trouble thee there. Trust in the Lord, O troubled soul; He is the one who doth care. (sing it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall7 Posted April 30, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,385 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 491 Days Won: 5 Joined: 04/25/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted April 30, 2014 I have a feeling God already knew you weren't going to quit right away, but when you do your blessings will probably double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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