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Kat:
Hi shoani,

This period of failing and feeling guilty, is not something which is overcome overnight.
That is not the way the process of grace works.
As we grow to see the truth of God's Word, we are finally brought to see our own disobedience,
and the need for chastening, from the Father, which is actually a good thing.

It is all of Christ, doing the bidding of the Father.

Eph 1:11  "In Christ we were also chosen when we were predestined according to the purpose of the one who does everything according to the intention of his will."

It is not just your faith that pleases God,
so much as it is the trying of that faith, through trials.

1Pe 1:7  Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these trials will prove that your faith is worth much more than gold that can be destroyed. They will show that you will be given praise and honor and glory when Jesus Christ returns.

It is through the experiences we have, that God is teaching us right from wrong. 

Joh 16:33  I have spoken these things to you that you may have peace in Me. You have distress in the world; but be encouraged, I have overcome the world.

mercy, peace,and love
Kat

 

ned:

--- Quote from: shoani on September 04, 2006, 07:27:27 AM ---often I hate myself, doin something and after that regret it,and ask where was God? i admit that he moves us to do things like praying but what abt wrong things? what does he do if we do wrong? i really am battling when it comes to doing the right things all the times...
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Hi Shoani,

Rom 7:18  For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh)  dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not : but the evil which I would not, that I do.

You are not alone Shoani. We are created as.. (I like Ray's term) "sinning machines". The fact that you admit you are sinning is part of your spiritual growth. (Many sin and don't even realize it). All is of God, and so there is a purpose in us sinning against our will. How will we appreciate God's love and perfection if we don't experience the opposite, sin?

Are you feeling chastened and scourged?  "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons,; for what son is he whom the father chastenth not?" Heb12:6-7

The advice from Jesus is awesome: "Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation, the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matt26:41).

God is working in you, and He is faithful to the end!  Be of good cheer, we are in Jesus (and He is us), and He has overcome the world!

God will never leave or forsake us. We are extremely blessed to know God!
Love in Him,
Marie

chuckusa:
Shoani,

Kat is right. This period of trying, and failing over and over is necessary. It doesn't make sense to us at the time, but when I look back at things in my life that were overcome through the grace of God, I realize that sometimes my "failures", as seen through my eyes, were often victories for someone else...I just couldn't see the big picture. We never know how he will use us, but we can be assured that he will.

Perhaps your brothers guilt concerning that matter is greater than yours, who knows. In time, it will be revealed and will work itself out according to Gods will.

Love,
Chuck

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