do christians ever just feel ashamed?

Question

ashamed at the fact that we call ourselves servants of God but dont really seem to be acting on it?

it just feels like a bunch of talk.....what can i do to actually FEEL like im serving god

i just dont wanna be a hypocrit you know?
but im definatly a sinner i cuss every day im not gonna act fake but still
i could atleast SERVE God i just dont know how

Answer 1

EASY ! I got kicked out of Catholic school in 7th grade (Bad kid), my mother taught at the school too, ( I know), I don't go to church much, I always felt like I was abandon by my religion, as I looked back as a child, I could still see the nun Expelling me out the door. That doesn't mean I didn't learn anything, or that I'm not a good person, I know that Catholic school and the church are a bit "Jacked up".

If someone is without food, I always feed them, I've taken homeless people w/me into deli's and bought them lunch.

I have gotten out at red lights, and given my coat to someone that was cold in the street and didn't have one.

If someone is hurt or injured that I don't even know, I always try to help.

I saved a boy from drowning last year, ----> my biggest accomplishment EVER ! and I was proud to do it ! Snatched him right from the "Grim Reapers" arm's ....."GOTCHA" ! I clamped down on this kid like a "Hydraulic Vice" and saved him.

Practice random acts of kindness to strangers, I still think I'm a good Christian, even though they closed the doors on me but, I have to say this, I got these traits from my MOTHER'S GOOD UPBRINGING, NOT THE CHURCH'S BELIEF'S !

Answer 2

All people feel ashamed when they do not live up to their own expectation. To serve God you can't live up to your expectation but to His. Jesus gives some wonderful clues as to what the will of God is in the Sermon on the Mount. In the book of Matthew chapters 5, 6 & 7. Give them a read.

Answer 3

I just wanted to let you know that I don't feel God wants to be served. This is a religious fear factor. God only wants you to learn as much as you possibly can on this earth. Learn about yourself. Find within you the ability to establish right from wrong from YOUR perspective. Does this mean it is ok that some people find it right to kill others therefore it is ok because it is from THEIR perspective? No. but I honestly believe everyone writes there own story. No one can right it for them. Learn from your mistakes, take care of those that are helpless and understand you are not perfect, nor is anyone else. Take a deep breath and relax ok.

With all do respect,

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Answer 4

Yes but when I do it means I have something to change in my life. To feel like your serving you have to serve Him. To sit around and be depressed about it does no one any good. Have you tried asking him how He would like you to serve him? A simple prayer to say when you first get out of bed ( or even before ) is; God your will be done today in my life not mine. It's a good door opener.
Larry T

Answer 5

You serve God when you serve others. Volunteer. Get involved. Make a difference in the lives of strangers.

Answer 6

I don't know but I'm Muslim and I have to pray and do simple things to change my old way of life. Now it feels like I'm truly serving god because my daily life style is more to do with religion and is never at the back of my mind waiting to be forgotten.

Answer 7

My friend, it takes a real man (or woman if your not a man) to admit when we fail. My adopted daughter just sent me an e-mail saying she answered a question in a way she felt she should not have done so. She repented and sent the questioner an e-mail asking for forgiveness. I am proud of her for that and I told her that often we learn more from our failures then we do from our successes.

I have had many come to me and tell me they have tired to serve the LORD and they keep failing. My suggestion to each of them was to STOP serving and working for GOD....and simply learn to LOVE HIM. You see, when we love someone, it makes it easy to do the things we know will please them.

Please read the 2nd link below...it may encourage you

Answer 8

You serve God by serving others, feed the needy, give rather than receive, love everyone equally even Ms. Ruler I love her to, pray for others and not just your self, visit the sick, and give shelter to those who have none. There are allot of ways to serve God some are just too lazy to do it.

Answer 9

Like everyone else, I was warned about the blood and violence, and braced for it. But the bit about the English subscripts must have slipped my mind. One unexpected thing I got out of watching “The Passion of the Christ” is its affirmation that Jesus never uttered the word “God”. Instead, he called upon the Creator using a name that is very close to what I and other Muslims often evoke, namely, the word “Allah” (the Aramaic word for God is transliterated as “alaha”).

In a broad sense, “The Passion”, as well as the controversy that stalks it, is an extension of the very long struggle for narrative control over the life and mission of Jesus (P). We, the American public, are given the impression that the discussion about the movie and its main character is a discourse between folks on both sides of a curious hyphen in the Judeo-Christian ambit, with Rabbis and Jewish intelligentsia expressing their fears that the movie will inspire anti-Semitism and with Christians denying that.

The irony here is that Muslims are perfectly poised to offer a view that no one seems to be talking about. What “The Passion” depicted in chilling imagery is but one narrative among several about Christ. In fact, Gibson portrayed one “canonized” narrative of Christ (only 12 hours of it) that received approval some centuries after the Messiah had lived and one that does not enjoy consensus even in Christian quarters and scholarship.

When asked, a Muslim will tell you that Christ was not sent to die, but, like the prophets before him and Prophet Muhammad (P) after him, he was sent to live and teach. In short, a Muslim would say there is no Christ-killer and, therefore, no need to associate anyone with that indictment and no need to cause anyone to fear it. What happened to Jesus at the end of his life was not about violence, but about honor in the face of vehement rejection. God raised His prophet to Himself, thus sparing Jesus of the execution Gibson so graphically detailed and imprinted in the public mind through the very powerful medium of art and culture. This is a view that was also shared among some early Christian sects, like the Basilideans, who believed that Christ himself was never crucified.

Answer 10

I know what you mean, but you must be careful what you do with these feelings, you must not allow them to overtake you because Satan is often the source of them. There is no condemnation in Christ, He has already borne our shame. What we must do is respond in spirit and in truth.

As for serving God, there are as many ways of doing that as there are people, meaning that God's plan for your life is unique for you, but living it is the result of your seeking for Him and His Kingdom and being obedient to Him.