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jakfr0s:
  My how the Lord works in mysterious ways! I was feeling and thinking just about the same thing as you today. I was just gonna give up, this time for real even. I remembered someone posting something about prayers not being answered and I hope not to offend but I thought to myself wheres the faith? Please forgive me, I can be such a hypocryte. Then when I needed Him the most I fell, hard. I mean I begged and cried then swore and blasphemed at Him. I thought if He wants me to be and do evil, so be it! Im gonna be as evil as I can. But then our great Driver hit the breaks and changed direction on me. So much shame on me now, He never really let me down, i see that now. I started thinking that I too was unworthy and that God never intended for me to be what we all seem to hope for, to be The Elect, The Chosen, The Firstfruits etc.... I thought so what who cares, we are all gonna be saved sooner or later anyway right? Seems the best I could do today was wake up and feed my baby. But when awoke I asked for help and guidence, right then God reminded me of a verse, out of nowhere seemingly, in Scriptures of which I dont know the numbers to, but I had read it here or from my own bible, which was something like "a man who falls down 7 times and gets up again" is all I can remember now. After such a bad day (of which I thanked Him for all day, even if I didnt want to)  I remembered this and so "decided" to not give up. Coming here and reading the posts really helped cause it seemed like God was talking to me and others more or less about the same things. The Scriptures really help, just to let you all know. Not that you didnt know. Keep em coming!

  Forgive my rambling, I just wanted you to know you are not alone in your struggles, me and your struggles are almost the same. Im sure everyone here is struggling with sin, I hope im not being too presumptuous with that statement. It seems that we cannot escape it fully until He decides we have had enough with a particular sin, or until we leave our flesh. Like someone someone said "one sin at a time".

  I too dont feel like ive changed much either, but something has changed. I can feel it, I just dont know how to describe it. Dont get me wrong, there is still alot of doubt in me and I dont know whats gonna happen tomorrow, and it still scares me I might fall and not get up again (shows how much faith I have :-[) So all I can do is trust Him.

  The people here will help you and teach you through the grace of God, He has helped me alot through them.

  George D. 
 

Robin:
If I had a nickle for every time I asked "How" I'd be rich. How can I stop sinning? How can I change? How can I be what God wants me to be? I finally realized it's not "How" and it's not "I", but "Who". Christ in me, the hope of Glory. He must become greater; I must become less.

John 3
 27To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. 28You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.' 29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30He must become greater; I must become less.

Hebrews 12
 1Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
 2fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

 3For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.


Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.


Colossians 1
25Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

 26that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,

 27to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

 28We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.

Roy Monis:

--- Quote from: danaman1 on July 21, 2008, 11:08:46 PM ---well today I fell....and in a way that is common to to humankind.....I sinned.....I am still very carnally minded.....despite 18 years of "churchianity" and rituals lol which will never change me from the inside out. Repentance......I will be repenting for the rest of my life I know for sure.....I was washed and forgiven covered by his Grace at his death and resurrection.....the process of making me into his image is taking place (goldsmith) ....I get frustrated when I knowingly and willfully almost wantonly sin.... masturbation....lust...pornography....on line websites make it so easy for me to fall using pictures, stories, videos to which my flesh craves......even when I had not these things still the sin was in my heart......on my mind.....in my fantasies......I have not the power to master my sin as it crouches at the door eager to devour me.....(cuckoldry, feminizing, sissy, emasculation) types of my sin....mind you I am a virgin about to turn 40 as well......
For this reason I feel though God called me....and I know few are chosen.....I cannot possibly be of his elect.....this is not just a humble statement of me saying I am not worthy.....true repentance comes from within....and not by obeying and or trying to make myself better.....I will admit there have been a lot of changes within me that I cannot take credit for.....I smoked for 10 years from the age of 11-21 and I prayed that God would help me....for I confessed that I did not have the power to stop.....nor did I even want to....for I liked smoking.....but it was an addiction and I craved it from the flesh....but one might say well I crave food too, or sex, or this, or that, or whatever.....some of are benefit while others are for pleasure....but ALL have a purpose.....and a time.......although you would be hard pressed to get me to see the purpose of smoking or drug use.....yet those too are caused or allowed by our creator.....so ultimately his will......the desires of my life are put there by the Father....."some for noble purpose, and some for ignoble"......God created Satan.......Pharaoh......Caesar......Ivan the "terrible".....Hitler.....Osama Bin Laden.....Dana Hayes......L. Ray Smith......Saul......Judas.....and you!
mind you I feel bad when these things I do......but worldly sorrow leads to death while Godly sorrow leads to repentance.....at the very least my conscience is not seared....yet I am carnal.....I know the truth and still don't do what Christ says.....not just in this area....but this one gnaws at me enough to shame me.....and know that I cannot be elect.....hmmm I guess I need to forgive myself.....but how do I stop that which I don't even like yet continue to do of the flesh???

In Christ's love,
D. Patric Hayes

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Hello! Patric

Temptation is a monster that's very difficult to be rid of in an instant, it takes time, patience, resolve, faith and love, which means total reliance in God who is LOVE.

For a start there is a thing on every television known as a switch. ON for what, if anything, is edifying and OFF for everything else. The same applies to your computer which is no different to mine, they all have the same facilities. For unsolicited pornography there is a convenient receptacle known as a "Thrash Bin" with a lid that extends an open welcome to filth, use it. The newsagents should keep filth out of sight of children, if they don't report them to the authorities. Avoid live entertainment that portrays filth, you'll save money for better use.

Now I give an example from my own experience. This testimony has been posted elsewhere so I won't go into the full story again. Suffice it to say that I was a very heavy smoker and my lungs were in such bad condition that I was given 6 months to live some 40 to 50 years ago and I'm 87 now. So how did this happen? Was it imagined will power? Was it a miracle? I will never know. All I know is that after I had my last passing out do, yes, I forgot to mention it, I had such a bad cough that on occasion I used to pass out with not being able to inhale a fresh breath of air.

When I finally came round all I can remember is saying "Lord Jesus Please Help Me"[/u]. That was it, but it was a commitment in HIS NAME at the same time for that help. Now every temptation is followed with that cry to God for help, because I cannot handle it myself. Satan is much too powerful. From the darkness within he must be brought into the light, as quite a number of posters, I have noticed, are presently doing.

There is no stronger weapon than prayer, trust and the Love of God. Keep the faith and waver not. "What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself." (Jas.2:14-17)

The works required of you are the use the use of the provided switches and good use of the Thrash Bin. That's all, you can leave the rest to the Lord as I have done these past long years to my advantage. My prayers for you accompany this posting and will continue. Amen!

God bless you brother in our joint walk in Christ. 

Love in Christ Jesus.

Roy UK     



       

indianabob:
Men and Ladies,

It takes some kind of spiritual pressure on our hearts to confess willingly and it takes courage.

We all have hidden lives we are ashamed of, but God already knows ALL about it.
What He wants is for us to look into the mirror and examine ourselves carefully
and then go to Him for a good scrubbing.  However the scrubbing may last only until the next day.

So we need to examine ourselves once again to see if perhaps God removed some of the dirt
for us and to encourage us to keep on keeping on.

In the final analysis, we need to beg forgiveness every day and have the assurance that it IS granted.

God gave us the desire to seek HIM.  God gave us the desire to be in His family.
What we can do then is trust that we will be there, we will be the elect of God.
What we don't know is how hard the scrubbing will be and how many times we will have to repent and continue along the path set before us.

Is God sovereign?  Can God drag us toward Himself even when we lose interest?  Certainly.

If God has begun a good work in us, God will complete it.

Bob

winner08:
danaman 1 As I was reading your post all I could think about was Job. How bad Job had it. How sad it was to loose everything he owned or loved. I wonder if he felt like ending it all. I doubt it, His faith in the Lord saw to that. I guess that is what faith is all about. The lord does not put us through these things unless it is to learn. to teach. to give us wisdom. Even though we can not see it just yet we will one day when He is ready for us to see. Just remember this one thing This too shall pass. Evertime I get upset or feeling down I think of this phrase. It can be really hard at times but it will Pass. After it passes you will be stronger. God is building character,which takes a life time. As someone said keep on keeping on.


                                     Darren

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