need some advice from a strong Christian?

Question

I am a believer, and have been saved for seven years. However, the past couple of years have been really difficult for me, death of a close family member, bad relationship, preparing to leave home, etc. While I still have my faith and love the Lord, my daily devotions have pretty much stopped. I have gotten out of the habit of prayer. My spiritual growth is stunted, and I haven't been able to get back on track. I feel alone, like I'm spinnin my wheels and falling behind. Can someone help me get back to where I need to be spiritually?

Answer 1

Start praying again....YOUR NOT ALONE you are never alone. We all will go through difficult times....I know I have....but I keep my faith through it all there is a prayer that I loved footprints
One night I had a dream. I was walking along the beach with the Lord, and across the skies flashed scenes from my life. In each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One was mine, and one was the Lord's. When the last scene of my life appeared before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand, and, to my surprise, I noticed that many times along the path of my life there was only one set of footprints. And I noticed that it was at the lowest and saddest times in my life. I asked the Lord about it: "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you would walk with me all the way. But I notice that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why you left my side when I needed you most." The Lord said: "My precious child, I never left you during your time of trial. Where you see only one set of footprints, I was carrying you."

"God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land."

I know God will never LEAVE ME!!!!
He will never leave you so don't feel alone and give God your troubles and thank him for the others things in your life...your life!!

"Fear not: for I have redeemed the I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel..." --Isaiah 43: 2-3a

The Lord tells us to give our burrdens to him. Thats what you need to try and do.

You will be in my prayers :-)

Answer 2

Cry out to the Lord! READ his Word Daily! Twice a day! Try reading chapter-by-chapter, in the New Testament in the morning and in the Old Testament in the evening. Talk to the Lord where ever you are at. It's not just asking of the Lord, but just talking to Him and be still before Him.

Answer 3

Hello,
I don't claim to be a professional, and I am not a super Christian. Let me just say I have had my share of ins and outs with my walk with The Lord. I am thankful that he never leaves us or forsakes us, just because we contimplate leaving him over the course of our lives, I am thankful that He has brought me through some things and out of other things, He is He was and He is to come. Do you think He doesn't know how you are feeling? Do you think just because you don't feel like it anymore, to read his word, to go to church, to meditate and pray, etc... that God somehow is far away. God cannot lie, His Word- that is what he gave us along with the Holy Spirit, until He comes back for us, He left those for us to keep going. I don't know all that you have been through, I have been through losses and near death. Walking with the Lord is the only way to get through things and over them. Please believe HIM not me, he suffered and died a horrible death for YOU!! If you walk away from Him, that does not change His love for you it only increases it. He has been calling you many times, just be still and know that HE is GOD.
I hope you will get back to Him, you are His child and He loves you no matter what. Your Pal Pen

Answer 4

Which Jesus do you follow? the Jesus of the Bible or the Jesus people remanufactured.
When I was following the Jesus, friends and family members talked about, I did not have peace inside of me. So, when dearth knocked at my door more than seven times, I was a mess. I picked the Bible up for myself and truly began to seek and knock at the door Christ, talks about, and I began to walk on that narrow road. The road that, the Good Book talks about.
Do I have peace? I will say it is a lot better than it was.
There is a Jesus many follow that confronts no one and requires no commitment. People seldom mind if you worship a Jesus that demands nothing of you. then there is another Jesus, Whom, if you follow, there is often strife and division in your household. As Jesus said, SUPPOSE YE THAT I AM COME TO GIVE PEACE ON EARTH? I TELL YOU, NAY; BUT RATHER DIVISION; FOR FROM HENCEFORTH THERE SHALL BE FIVE IN ONE HOUSE DIVIDED, THREE AGAINST TWO. AND TWO AGAINST THREE. THE FATHER SHALL BE DIVIDED AGAINST THE SON AND THE SON AGAINST THE FATHER read Luke 12: 51-53
"Bad relationship.' Was the word of God in any of those relationship? which Jesus did you follow? Is it the Jesus of compromise? or the Jesus of obedience?
Pray and Read and ask God for understanding. Im sure if you give it your best. You will see Gods best, if you are looking.
God works through People Places and Things.
My prayer for you is: That the Creator of the heaven and earth
guide you to understanding as you seek for His spiritual comfort.

Answer 5

The lord is faithful even if you think you are behind you are where you are supposed tobe. Pray and you will see eventhough we try to go away he is faithful he never leaves and when we feel bad about something we can be sure he's the one saying you know better than that and he wants us back no matter what. The thoughts are always against what the Lord really wants from us and you know he always wants obedience.

Answer 6

I've been through something like this myself recently and like you, I still had my faith, but felt the strength of my faith had weakened somewhat, even though I love The Lord with all my heart. I just ask the Lord daily to strengthen me, and to give me grace, sufficient to the day. Just try to remember that prayer is just a conversation with God instead of a physical person. Just be yourself when you pray. Don't think you have to pray for hours on end. Sometimes, just a 'thank you' is enough. We continually need saving, so just renew your prayer for salvation daily. This also keeps you in the habit of prayer. Just try to remember, God knows your needs before you do and is just waiting for you to give them to him. I 'll keep you in my prayers that you continue to grow in Christ my friend. May God bless you and keep you and yours safe.

Answer 7

We've all been through something one time or the other as Christians.
We all need each other for support when things are down.
But I am always directed to the Bood of Job for encouragement. How down could a person have gotten than Job that he dared to debate with God.. But never once he gave up and always believed that there was a reason God was allowing him to go through what he did. At the end Job came out even better.
And all these things are being allowed from God to strengthen you my friend. What a testimony when its over you will have. I will keep you in prayer asking God not to take these things away from you but to walk with you through it. And when Its my turn again, will you keep me in your prayers?

God Bless You.

Answer 8

read Matthew 5:3 " happy are those conscious of their spititual need" you should be proud of yourself for reconizing you need to take care of your spirituality.Although you have been faced with trials. It is essential that you feed your spirituality and never overlook that need, it is a matter of life or death. Remember no human can destroy us rather we should have godly fear for he is the one who can bless us with everlasting life in the future (romans 6:23 and phillipians 4:7) Remember jesus often turned to god in prayer and he deliberatley set aside time to pray (matthew 14:23) Prayer will strenghthen our relationship with god and he certaintly will answer our prayers only if we apply and practice what the bible teaches us. He can see through our heart and knows it better than ourselves. take care.

Answer 9

Maybe what would help is to find a good solid christian friend. one that you can REALLY feed off of, that doesn't need much back. Now, in an Ideal world, you could just find that anywhere. but thats hard.

Basically, even when you HATE it, you need to push foreward. That is the Sacrifice of Praise. God will bless you SOO MUCH MORE for that.

Soo many times have i been in the SAME place you are. Very honestly even to the littlest description. and the ONLY thing that got me through it was My friends, and music. Music was AMAZING! Maybe its just me, but music affects me a lot.

Listening to uplifting and positive music can help set your overall mood. just playing it softly while you sleep instills these positive thoughts, even while you are unconscious, and when you are awake, you feel much better than you would have.

I dont know if this would help, but hopefully you get SOMEthing out of it.

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Answer 10

I think you should check out the website below. A lot of things on there ring true to me. Basically life is supposed to be kind of hard for everyone but we have all the help we need from God and our angels to make it. The bible says somewhere that we must all have our share of sorrows and Jesus said offenses must come.