to become closer to God.I pray every morning, sometimes throughout the day,but I still can be not a very nice, tolerant,loving person towards.How can I bring Gods Will into my life better?
2006-06-07 01:20:39 · 18 answers · asked by littleman 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Being spiritual doesn't make you a good person. Most spiritual people become soooooo legalistic putting themselves in another bondage. I'm not saying you stop those spiritual things you have been doing BUT I suggest that along with these spiritual activities, you also nurture your love for God and always being surrendered to His will daily.
Only when you have a loving relationship with God will help you become a better person.
ALL THE BEST.
2006-06-07 01:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
What they said but also I would try...
When you pray...stop talking and listen. Sometimes the voice in your head is God trying to talk to you. He maybe waiting for to stop and listen so He tell you something. One thing that you can do is write a journal. Write down your prayers and thoughts. When you write down your prayers. Start writing down what is coming to your mind. Don't think about until your are done writing. When you are done read it again. If you are not sure if what you wrote down is from God, then check it against His Word. If it doesn't line up with the scriptures then I would ignore it. Unless it seems to be a prophetic word. Also spend time in worship. You can really receive a lot that way to. This is all from personal experience. Good luck, I pray that God speaks to you in a mighty way.
2006-06-07 08:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by psychomouse2112 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God asks us simply to love Him. When someone we love asks us to do something we jump to it and do it with gladness (usually) because it's a way of saying we love them.
Think that everything you do you are doing for your friend, God. He is not something far away and stern and scarey, He is (or wants to be) in your heart and life as a friend and helper.
One of my favorite books is 'The Practice of the Presence of God' by Brother Lawrence. There is a copy of it that you can print for yourself here: http://www.practicegodspresence.com/
As for not being a nice, tolerant, loving person, I am sure you are more than you think you are! If you can get out of the habit of dwelling on the times you missed your step or stumbled you will feel better about yourself. You just need to say "Oops! I'm sorry, Lord (or Father or whatever you call Him)!" and move on. He does seem to have a knack of taking the things that we think we did less than perfectly and turning them round so that the end result is not as bad as we thought!
2006-06-07 08:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey good question...
:)
You look for every where for god sit whole day and pray yet u feel there is nothing much happening as u think ur not tolerant and u r not loving person...
how many times u think why is this happening with me ?
Gods will in to u r life ?
hey check the question again
gods is already in u...so what u need to do is smile sit back n relax....
Love your self and then u shall love the world ....treat ur self with respect...u shall treat the next person with respect....dont talk negative ....think positive...even for a small thing be a realistic person....im sure one thought will spark a change...it is good to be spiritual but spiritality comes first by love your self the god in you then others ....
2006-06-07 08:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by krishna919885028008 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it seems like you really are growing in the Lord. My advice is not to be such a perfectionist. Don't be so hard on yourself because that is how the enemy can steal your joy. If you feel like sometimes you can be mean (not nice) to people, it's probably because you have forgotten to love other like you love yourself. And remember that you don't have to fight your battles, God will. Continue to pray and read the Word. And relax. One of the holiest things you can do is put a smile on your face and enjoy life!!
2006-06-07 08:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by danielle_la_flor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know how you feel. I went through the same thing. I got closer to God by bringing my flesh under control of the holy spirit. This involved some hard decisions. I quit watching any television that was not God oriented. The same thing with music. I made myself get up one hour earlier every day to put God first. I started tithing. The first thing I did on payday was tithe 10 % of my gross so God got my first fruits. I made myself go to church every time the doors were open. That was about 7 years ago.
I discovered that over time with so much of my energy focused on God. He became the most important thing in my life. I learned how to bring my mind, will and emotions under his control (most of the time). Now I can listen to certain secular music, and I watch selected television. (CSI in particular).
God's blessings on you effort to get closer to him. Know that I will be praying for you.
2006-06-07 08:45:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are expecting to be the perfect person someday, you are dreaming! lol
But to become closer, try putting some of what you are reading (you ARE reading the Bible, right?) into practice. Try reading Proverbs, not just reading, but memorizing it. Don't worry about how long it takes you to get the verse down pat, if it takes you a month per verse, then so be it! Just get it inside you, and when you need it, the verses will come to you, telling you how to act. Then act that way; put that knowledge into practice, literally.
2006-06-07 08:25:54 · answer #7 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can pray God to give you wisdom. But remember that you will never be as perfect as you want here, in this life...Although God saved you and since then you are another person - a better person - you will not be perfect!
But you must aspire to perfection and try to be the way God wants you to be!
2006-06-07 08:34:19 · answer #8 · answered by bono_morten 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just completely turn your life over to God. It's really hard to not plan every day, and just let things happen, but they will.
Everyone sins. No matter how close to God you are, you are still going to struggle with daily sins.
Pray for help with the things that you see in yourself as spiritual weaknesses. He will help you.
2006-06-07 08:23:52 · answer #9 · answered by paj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about how you and your best friend became so close. I am sure the two of spent a lot of time with each other and shared a lot of things such as what went on in your day. God wants to be actively involved in your life and he wants you to share your joys and struggles with him.
Also knowing what God wants is important. If your priorities and his do not match, it will be hard to be close to him. One of God's desires is for others to know him. It is hard to draw close to God if our desires are about how we can have more money or have a better job versus how we can share the love of Jesus to someone else or share the God News to people.
Thirdly if God wants you to do something such as showing love to someone who is hard to love and you choose not to, then it is hard to draw closer to God because you are not obeying him. God wants us to trust him and do what is right.
2006-06-07 13:31:08 · answer #10 · answered by potatochip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋