Some advice from some christians out there?

Question

What do you do when you feel like you've done too much wrong, and are not worthy anymore. I'm not talking about the unforgivable sin. I strayed, I just can't bring myself back. I have so much trouble accepting love. Expecally when I've done so much wrong. I know we all sin. But I should know better. It's like what paul said about not wanting to do whats wrong but still doing it. I'm not looking for an easy way out or anything. I guess I don't know where to start again. I know to stop doing wrong, but some things can't be stopped in a split second. And I can't change the past.

I don't know how to thank all of you.
Thank you sooo much.

Answer 1

forgiveness... thats all we can ask for

Answer 2

This step is a very hard one. I can tell you personaly im 16 and dont know too much. But i too had the same problem. I knew it was wrong but still did it. So many time too. I knew that i should try to be better but feel that i will always end up doing it again. I can tell you this though, religion can not save you. Only God can. A preist cant save you but God can. A preist might help you but in the end your savior is Jesus. So anyway try this: one day have a looooong think about the thing you did wrong. Admit that if you wont stop you will go to hell. After a looooong thought promiss to your self never ever to do it again. Every time you have the urge to do it again stop pause think about your promiss. If that isnt enough close your eyes and keep thinking about the proes and cons of what might happen if you do or dont do it. And if somehow you still do it again remember God can still foregive you but be mad at your self for going for your temptations or whatever.

Basically make up your mind to not do it.
By the way im Pentacostal its a type of christianity

Dont know if i helped but if you have a comment or want my advice for some reason my email: [e-mail]

Answer 3

Remember David...a man after God's own heart? Remember Bathsheba and Uriah? Remember Abraham lieing to the king and telling him that Sarah was his sister? Remember Peter denying his Savior three times? These are all people who loved God and fell short of perfection. We all will at some time or another. It is good to have a time of deep sorrow for our sins so that we don't take them too lightly, but then we have to ask forgiveness and put them under the blood and move forward in service to our Lord. Don't put a period, where God has put a comma. I know first hand what you are going through. I have experienced it myself.What you said is true, we cannot change the past. All we can do is put it behind us and remember that God said he casts our sins as far as east is from the west. Thank God, He is a God of second chances, third, fourth and Fifth....or none of us could make it. We will all fall and will just have to get up and keep pressing forward. God bless!!

Answer 4

"What do you do when you feel like you've done too much wrong, and are not worthy anymore."

Personally, I just look back at all the people in the Bible who God used and loved. Moses was a murderer and yet he was chosen to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. David was an adulterer whose mistakes cost hundreds of lives, and yet God called him a man after his own heart. And Paul...who could forget Paul? Before Jesus met him on the road to Damascus he was persecuting Christians! I think God chose these people on purpose to make a point that you're never too far gone and that you don't have to "perform well" or do backflips to get him to notice you. Just have a relationship with him and know that his sacrifice covers all of your sins. There's none too big or too horrible that he can't erase.
God bless. :)

Answer 5

I may not have the answer, but I know how you feel. I know the Bible as a Christian should, but somehow I don't always apply it to my life either. I'm not making excuses for sin. God cannot look upon sin unless we have his son in our heart. All remedies are not as simple as the other answer you have received. Not all people go through depression. Not all people experience the same pain. Not all people live their daily life and go through the same experiences as others. I know that God is real and I know that his son died for my sins. But there is going to come a day and time when I have to trust totally on him and not my sin and addictions. Satan would love
nothing more than to take God's creation to Hell with him. Remember God loves us, even in our sin. But only through Jesus Christ can he accept us. He never said our walk would be easy and I'm witness to that first hand. Some days I wonder if I will ever walk that narrow road again. However, God said he would never leave or forsake us. And that is a truth I can bank on with all the other promises he has given us in the Bible. My daily walk in life is sometime a nightmare to me because of my depression and addictions. I'm not excusing my actions. All I can do is drop to my knees and ask for forgiveness each day and hope that by his strength and hand that I will become a more Godly person. Even when I don't feel like praying because of shame, He knows that because he knows all my thoughts and ways. What more can we ask in this world we live in today? God bless you in your daily walk. I don't know you, but I will pray for this unknow person that I feel deals with the same type things that I may deal with. God wanted us to have a joyful life on this earth. Each day we live and we can't experience that, is a day that You and I live without peace and joy. I'm ready in my thoughts; however, my heart and souls needs to be there too.

God bless you,

Answer 6

We had a guest speaker this past Sunday and he talked about living a life of sin and how he recovered from it. During his testimony, he stated that one of the most frequently asked questions he receives is, "Did your sins heal all at once or did it take time?". His answer is, "Yes!"

He used Lazarus as an example. When he was lying dead in the grave, Christ commanded him to rise and come out; at once, he was instantly healed. But, he was still clothed in the bandages and wrappings of death (sin). As he approached Christ, Jesus commanded the bandages be removed as well and, as each bandage was taken away, so were the wrappings of death (sin).

I know it's a little bit of stretch to fit the story to the point. But, the point still stands that on some levels, Christ heals immediately while on other levels, the healing takes more work (and time).

Answer 7

Whenever I feel like this (and I have) I think of people of the Bible.

Moses - killed an Egyptian. Still used by God

King David - committed adultery. Still called "a man after God's own heart."

Paul - killed many many Christians. Still used by God.

Peter - denied Jesus three times. Jesus still loved him.

Don't think of how many things you've done wrong - the people that were used greatly by God also did many things wrong - most likely much worse than anything you've done.

God forgives. Keep asking, keep searching, keep praying, keep growing.

Edit: Listen to "East to West" by Casting Crowns on Youtube. Not only a great song, but you'll realize from listening to it that you're not the only one who goes through this!!

Answer 8

I understand your dilemma. We, as believers, will sometimes stray. That is why we are called "sheep" and Christ the Good Shepherd. When a sheep strays, do they come back on their own? No, the Shepherd must go and rescue them and bring them back to the fold. You say you have trouble accepting love, why do you think that is? Perhaps you have been hurt by someone who claimed to love you, but do not compare human, conditional love, with God's unconditional, perfect love.

Rom 5:8 but God commends His love to us in this, that we being yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1Jn 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.

God decided to love you, not because of anything you did or would do, not based on performance, but because, out of grace, He chose to love you, even when you were dead in sins.
The first thing to do is repent of whatever it is that has this control over you, repent means to turn around, go another direction. Ask God to change your desires, away from pleasing yourself to pleasing Him. Know that He loves you as His child and wants the best for you. That love will not disappear nor dissipate because of what you do. Have that confidence. Know that your sins are cast into the sea of forgetfulness, never to brought up again. Stay close to the shepherd and you will not stray.

Answer 9

The road back is never easy however, we sometimes make it hard on ourselves too! Irrespective of your past, as soon as you confessed it to the Lord, you were forgiven and right back into fellowship with Him. Christians often have difficulty learning to forgive themselves. This shouldn't happen as the Lord says we have no right to remember what He has forgiven and forgotten. Learning to forgive yourself is the real problem for you but it really isn't a problem at all! When Jesus was on the cross, How many of your sins did He die for? and how many of your sins did the Lord place upon Him? Why, all of them of course! The Lord placed the sin of the whole world upon Jesus and the price was paid back then. You may have confidence that the Lord has already forgiven you and that you are back to a clean slate. When we commit any sin, we don't lose our relationship with the Lord, in your case He sees you as His daughter. what really happens is that we sever the fellowship with the Lord but we retain our relationship with Him (daughter) The Bible states that when we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Simply put it all behind you and just keep walking on as the Lord has said that as far as the east is from the west, so shall your sins be removed from Me and be remembered no more. God Bless!

Answer 10

yes I am familiar with the verse "the good that I would I do not " and "the evil I would not do, that I do". God foreknew you before the creation of the earth and loved you. He knew you better than you will ever get to know yourself, and in his own self counsel, drew you to him, and saved you, and continues to save you(sanctification) and will save you at the last day(glorification). God is outside time he sees everything you have done or will ever do, and has already forgiven you. You see the grace and mercy of God working in your life as your heart breaks over your sin. sin is just not fun for children of God :). So armed with this great love God has for you, put on the righteousness of Christ, tell yourself the truth constantly who you are in Christ, the price that he has paid in full, and slowly beginning to walk in small victory after small victory. And when you stumble, do not berate yourself as the accuser of the brethren is wont to do, rather ask forgiveness, you are already sorry, and follow after Christ.
Hope this helps you
yours in Christ

Answer 11

decide you want to change your life and change it, one day at a time. if you write down what you want to change and how to change it, all the better.

Once you start making this change, you will start to love yourself again because you are making yourself a better person. don't forget to pray, pray, pray.

eventually you will be able to forgive yourself and understand that you are also worthy of God's forgiveness. From now on, the past doesn't matter any more. each day is a new day.