My Objections to the faith

[Itzomi]

I'm here for ya.

God says that where two or more are gathered together in His name, He is in the midst of them.

God is right here with us now.

Talk to him.

He will listen to you if you speak to Him from your heart.

Thanks. I will have to do some praying tonight. Not like to "accept Jesus" but to ask God to reveal Himself to me somehow.

[Giaour]

I don't interprete dreams normally but a couple things do stand out to me.

"I dreamed I was walking down the street, decided to run, then suddenly took off flying."

Wandering through life without Jesus. Ran when you found Jesus, flew when you embraced Jesus.

Embracing Jesus is good, peaceful and pure. You feel free and alive.

You trust in Jesus to sustain you.

You feel like you are invincible and living in the spirit is scarey. Sometimes you dooubt and need something to hang onto. That's where your church family comes in.

They support you and help you to keep the faith.

Grab onto that steeple.

There might be a conflict within yourself.

Where you want to be free and believe and trust in God but doubt keeps pulling you back to earth.

Find a church who will support you and help you find your way into the freedom you desire, which is in Christ Jesus.

[Giaour]

I have to get up for work in 5 hours, but I will stay if you want to talk.

I'll rest when Jesus comes.

[Itzomi]

I'm thinking it means God might be offering me a safe place to land... Like, "If things get rough, you know where you can find safety." That is, if the dreaming is any sort of message. It was probably just a regular ol' dream. Still, it was very interesting. I rarely remember dreams and this one was pretty vivid, so it was pretty cool.

[Itzomi]

I have to get up for work in 5 hours, but I will stay if you want to talk.

I'll rest when Jesus comes.

No, no, go to sleep! Thanks so much for offering to stay up. Get some rest!

[Giaour]

My prayers are with you.

Seek and ye shall find.

Message me anytime.

[Itzomi]

My prayers are with you.

Seek and ye shall find.

Message me anytime.

Thanks! Sleep well!

[BlindSeeker]

Greetings Itzomi,

I just read through your thread here and found it very interesting . . . and moving.

To start, I would like to say that I think you have been true to your own heart to question as you do. That is not a sin. It is when we grow weary in waiting on God for an answer that we give place to the adversary to trick us into sin. Also, I think you have been given many very good pieces of information by many in this thread.

I would also like to state that I personally didn

[SpiritLedEd]

Saints,

Just a word of moderation. We are not here to argue anyone into a relationship with Jesus. All we can do is share with people what God has revealed to us. It is God's job to do the romancing. Please keep your tone loving and gentle. We are not on the attack here. We are expressing God's loving heart to people

And the Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

2 Timothy 2:24-26 NASB

Note: I am not accussing anyone of being held captive by Satan. I am quoting this verse more to speak to the attitude mature followers of Jesus should have when responding to those who disagree with them

I agree with you, Eric. Thanks for this post. We need to think carefully about what we are going to say before we click "submit" A hasty response occurs when the responder feels pressured to say something and what is submitted usually turns out to be a biting comment that only does harm, it does not edify. Until a couple of years ago, I was a quick responder whose speedboat mouth would run ahead of his rowboat brain. Only after I was deservingly humiliated a few times did I see the wisdom of having compassion for the people I was dealing with.

SLE

[Itzomi]

Greetings Itzomi,

I just read through your thread here and found it very interesting . . . and moving.

To start, I would like to say that I think you have been true to your own heart to question as you do. That is not a sin. It is when we grow weary in waiting on God for an answer that we give place to the adversary to trick us into sin. Also, I think you have been given many very good pieces of information by many in this thread.

[etc.]

Thank you for your detailed post, BlindSeeker. It pretty much went over my head, plus I am getting sleepy so that might not help matters any, but I appreciate the time and thought put into it.

Yeeeah, must say it didn't answer my question, but at this point I don't really need it answered anymore. I still have the question, but I'm pooped out on it. I need something else to gnaw on. LOL.

Have a good evening!