Need advice/encouragement

[Iamnikki]

Hi, how can I have a deeper relationship with God? I've been a christian for 6 years now, and lately things just got messy.. I don't have a clear view of things, so I worry a lot and I don't have everything figured out.. my mind's just not in peace. I feel hopeless. Sometimes, i have a tendency of making a big deal or problem out of things.. I try to read Bible.. anyways, I'm having a hard time typing this

Pls encourage me.. i just need that

Edited April 6, 2018 by Iamnikki

[wingnut-]

Welcome to worthy 

 

Psalm 23  

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2     He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3     He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
    for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

[wingnut-]

24 minutes ago, Iamnikki said:

Hi, how can I have a deeper relationship with God? I've been a christian for 6 years now, and lately things just got messy.. I don't have a clear view of things, so I worry a lot and I don't have everything figured out.. my mind's just not in peace. I feel hopeless. Sometimes, i have a tendency of making a big deal or problem out of things.. I try to read Bible.. anyways, I'm having a hard time typing this

Pls encourage me.. i just need that

 

If you make a few more posts, perhaps a hello thread in the welcome forum, more of the forum opens up to you as well as the chat room.  If you had anything specific you wanted to ask, feel free to do so. 

God bless

[Debp]

1 hour ago, Iamnikki said:

Hi, how can I have a deeper relationship with God? I've been a christian for 6 years now, and lately things just got messy.. I don't have a clear view of things, so I worry a lot and I don't have everything figured out.. my mind's just not in peace. I feel hopeless. Sometimes, i have a tendency of making a big deal or problem out of things.. I try to read Bible.. anyways, I'm having a hard time typing this

Pls encourage me.. i just need that

For me, I think it's best to keep things simple in our Christian life and walk.   In the 1970s I read a classic book put out by Moody Press called The Threefold Secret of the Holy Spirit.   That book helped me to keep things simple.  The author's main points were:

1. Have faith with repentance.

2. Have faith with being surrendered or yielded to the Lord (that is, seek to walk with Jesus in our daily lives).

3. Have faith with Christian love.

I hope the above might be of help to you, too.

[Justin Adams]

Maybe it helps you to know your are not alone in this. We all experience this in a greater or lesser way.

The advice is all good, yet I know if you are close to despair, there is little that helps sometimes.

Being alone and downcast is a opportunity for the devil to whisper untruth to us. Just remember that he is defeated and that we are on the winning side even if we do not feel that way. 

Think of the Lord in Gethsemane. I can just not imagine how bad he must have felt, so He is quite aware of our failures and shortcomings and trials.

Perhaps the act of helping or coming alongside somebody else will assist you in focusing elsewhere. If we spend too much time thinking about ourselves we might find that that is a dead end street and goes nowhere; and that makes us feel even worse.

Set yourself a wholesome task - small and easy to accomplish. Does not matter what it is so long as it benefits somebody else. Then another, and another. Then see what happens.

[Blue Lulu]

Hi,  I want you to know that we have all been where you are.  Don’t feel hopeless, you are on the winning team. One of my favorite verses when I am feeling uncertain is Isaiah 41:10 “Do not be afraid for I am with you, do not be dismayed for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”  Really dig into His word, it will bring you peace.  Praying for you.

[GandalfTheWise]

6 hours ago, Iamnikki said:

Hi, how can I have a deeper relationship with God? I've been a christian for 6 years now, and lately things just got messy.. I don't have a clear view of things, so I worry a lot and I don't have everything figured out.. my mind's just not in peace. I feel hopeless. Sometimes, i have a tendency of making a big deal or problem out of things.. I try to read Bible.. anyways, I'm having a hard time typing this

Pls encourage me.. i just need that

We're each a unique creation of God that He meant to reflect His glory in a way unique to us.  One part of this is that your walk with God will be different to some extent than mine or anyone else's.   Different people need different types of prayer times in different places.  For some, prayer is best done in the morning, for others in the evening, for others, throughout the day.  For some, it's best done in a quiet room alone, for others while walking outside, for others, while they are driving to work.   Bible reading and study are the same way.  What works well for one Christian might not for another.  Being with other Christians (whether church, a prayer group, bible study group, or Christian friends) is something that can be different for each of us.   If you try to do things exactly the same way as someone else, it can become draining and tiring rather than empowering, encouraging, and natural.  You need to learn who God created you to be and walk with Him as that unique person.

Ultimately, a deep relationship with God is something that comes with practice and time.  One thing that many Christians miss is that walking with God is more about *being* than *doing*.  It is about becoming who God intends us to be.  It is not about checking items off of a giant to-do list that God has made for each of us.   Such things as fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, self-control, gentleness, etc.) are things that will naturally grow in our lives as we walk with God more and more.

Sins, bondages, wounds, and all those things that encumber us are things that God will deal with in different ways.  Some sins in our lives are due to spiritual immaturity; they'll slowly vanish as we grow spiritually.  Other sins, addictions, or compulsive behaviors in our lives may be symptoms of bondages, spiritual and emotional wounds, and lies that are present in our hearts.  In His timing, God will bring healing, liberation, and truth to deal with those things to free us from them.

Hang in there.  God has started a good work in your life to transform you into the special work of art and treasure that He intends for you to become.  Figure out when and how spiritual disciplines such as prayer, bible reading, meditation and reflection, being with other Christians, ministry, etc. are best done in *your* life.   You are meant to be a special person that reflects God's glory to the world in a way that only you can.  He wants you to walk with Him on a great adventure that is the path of your life.

[BK1110]

Pray daily and stay in the Word. That's where communication with God happens. Make sure to make an effort to have that relationship be a daily thing.

[Melissa7]

Hi Nikki...Welcome 

You can be encouraged and secure in the knowledge that Jesus knows you, loves you, and will not forsake you. 

Psalm 139 has always encouraged me. It talks about just how well God knows us, which is comforting! He knows how you are feeling right now, and is simply waiting for you to turn to Him. A partial rendering of the Psalm:

1 You have searched me, Lord,
    and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.

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13 For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!

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23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.

The Lord knows you intimately. He created only one you! Be secure in this knowledge and that He knows exactly how you feel and what you need. Jesus warned us that we would have many troubles in this world. There is nothing you could go through that other believers haven't gone through before you. My all-time favorite bible verse:

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”I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” JOHN 16:33 ESV

So then, Take Heart. Pray. Read the Word. Don't Worry...and...Come back and visit us so that we may encourage you also. We care. Jesus cares. You will be okay! 

[Iamnikki]

On 06/04/2018 at 2:36 PM, wingnut- said:

Welcome to worthy 

 

Psalm 23  

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2     He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3     He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
    for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

Thank you, this really helped me that day!