Please pray for me

[bigsleepj]

My spiritual life (and religious philosophy) recently received something of a great shock so I'm currently doubting pretty much a lot about the nature of my beliefs. Its been months since I've been afflicted so bad spiritually. Please pray for me that I can get through this problem. I'm really depressed about this.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I'll be praying for you dude

[kazekami]

I understand that. Last year I had the samething happen where i questioned everything I believed. I will pray for you.

[Alice]

Okay. ^___^ Don't worry; it WILL get better. ^^

[Ryupower]

I'll just give you some Scripture (then pray) :
JESUS said:

Matthew 17:20-21

20 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed , you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
NKJV

Luke 17:6-7

6 So the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed , you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
NKJV

[snow_Rock]

will pray too

[Mave]

I'll pray for you, buddy! May God help you reclaim your peace of mind and use this time to strengthen your faith!

[yukinon]

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.-Romans 8:37-39

Those verses are always a help to me. If you want to discuss any doctrinal (or other) issues, feel free to PM me. I obviously won't have all the answers, but I love discussion and would be happy to help in any way I can. Even if it's just to be a sounding board.

Keeping you in prayer.

[bigsleepj]

Thanks for praying, everyone.

[dragonshimmer]

You are in my prayers as well.

[agasfas]

I too will pray for you. I hope you find what you are looking for. I'm sure things will work out for.

Sometimes I think it helps us to grow stronger in faith if we find the truth for ourselves by looking in the world, searching the Word, praying etc... Anyone can say things, but it's what in your heart that matters. Continue seeking and I'm sure you'll find the truth.

John 20:29
Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

I'm praying-stay strong bro.

[holysoldier5000]

My friend you should have told me! I will be praying for you. If you ever need to talk you know how to reach me! And maybe this might help...

"Having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace." (Ephesians 6:14-17) Shoes are absolutely essential to fighting. Imagine a soldier clad in armor from head to foot but with no shoes on, a barefoot soldier. Imagine how quickly the rough ground would tear his feet and bruise them. Soon, despite the fact that he had all the equipment he needed otherwise, he would be out of combat. His feet would render him unfit to fight. But with a stout pair of shoes he would be ready and equipped, able to fight. That is what this phrase means. Equipment here is really the word "readiness" in Greek: "Your feet shod with the readiness produced by the good news of peace." It is peace in the heart that makes you able to fight.

What does this mean? Well, again it is Christ, but Christ our peace this time -- our source of calm, euphoria, i.e., a sense of well-being. Notice the relation of one piece to another and the importance of the order that I stressed earlier. The first piece tells us that Christ is the truth, the ultimate secret of reality. We have come home, we have touched the key to life of Jesus Christ. That is something for the mind to understand and grasp and believe. And then what? Well, we know him then. We stand on his merits. We put on the breastplate of his righteousness. We come on the basis of what he has done and not what we do. And what is the result of that? Our hearts are at peace! Paul says, "Being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ," (Romans 5:1). Calmness, courage! To use a modern term, and, I think, the most accurate, we have good "morale." Our morale is high. We are ready for anything. No ground can be too rough for Christ -- and we have Christ. Therefore we have good morale.

In the the dark days in England when they were going through the blitz, and bombs were raining down all the time. The situation was really desperate. Then Winston Churchill would come on the radio and speak to the English people when their hearts were filled with defeat and discouragement. At times they would be almost ready to quit. But that one man's voice would ring out and the nation would take heart again, and their morale would be strong. That is what Christ does. He is able to speak peace to our hearts.

A lady once said, "Oh, if I could convey something of the inner healing, the peace which has come into my heart through a recent experience. Oh, the joy of this thing -- even though it was a time of agony and anguish!"

This is the place to start. It is not a battle against people at all, is it? It is an inner fight, a battle in the realm of the thought life, in the realm of our attitudes. It is a battle in the realm of your outlook upon the situation in which you find yourself. This is the place to start. Gird up your loins with truth. Remember that in Jesus Christ you have a demonstration which no man can equal anywhere in the world. Here is the key to life, the One who is worth listening to. Believe him, Christian people, believe him! If you are Christians at all, if you have accepted Christ as the One who has the explanation for life, then believe what he says. Act on it. That is the girdle of truth.

The breastplate of righteousness protects the emotions. You do not need to be discouraged. Of course you have failed -- I fail, we all fail -- but that is what we are here to learn to overcome. The One who has come understands all this. He knows we are going to fail, and he knows we are going to struggle. He knows it will be an up-and-down experience, and a time of battles -- and we will lose some of them. But he says, "I have taken care of all that. You do not have to stand on your merits. You stand on mine. Do not be discouraged, do not be defeated, we will win through. I know what I am doing, I know how to lead you, I know what circumstances to bring you into and I will bring you through."

The third requisite is to have the feet shod with the preparation, the readiness, of a sense of peace. The place to start is to remember who you are, what you are, and above all else, whom you have. Be strong in his strength and for his sake. Remember you belong to Christ's family. The Scripture says he is not ashamed to call us brothers. God is not ashamed to be called our God. Be strong for his sake. Let us get away from this subjectiveness all the time -- "What is going to happen to me, and how do I feel?" -- remembering that God has vested his honor in us. Learn to talk to yourself and answer back to what you say. Thus you will discover that if you put on these three things, the battle is almost won right there. You will have little difficulty overcoming evil if you start right there.

God Bless
HS5K

[freerock1]

Thanks for your honesty. May the peace of God rule in your heart, that you might be reassured of the love He has for you and who you are in Christ.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

I have experienced something similar when I debated with other people about Christian related things and other people had strong arguements (theologyweb and others) and it really made me doubt. Sometimes its best to avoid situations like that.

Bigsleep J,

I'll be praying for you mate! That God equips you with the Holy Spirit so you have help to fight temptations etc. Also that God strengthens you in your faith because of this.

God Bless you Bro,

Christian

[Doubleshadow]

I'll pray for you.