i need hope again

[wiz64]

hello i feel as if i hae lot my way from the lord i am confused and i am not even shure if im still on the lords path i need new hope and renewed faith i feel as though i have done something that has made the lord give up on me and leave me behind i just dont know what to do any more at one time i thought i was a strong christian but now i just dont know can someone out there help me with this i want to be with my father once more 

[wolflet7]

Well, I'm not trying to force anything out of you, but could you specify as to why you walked away from the Lord?  Why did you post this in the Singles Forum?  Is it masturbation that has led you away from your Father?  Please explain further and then I can help.

[dougk1971]

Man, I've been there (feeling like I've lost the Father).  Sometimes I still go there.  But you can't lose the Father, and He will not abandon nor forsake you.  I started to highlight verses in the bible that explained that God, despite our wanderings and failures, pursues us for good.

First, your Heavenly Father sought you out before you did anything to deserve it.  

"God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners."  Romans 5:8

The Gospel is not just a salvation tool.  The Gospel is embraced by believers and fallen sinners alike, lost and wandering, etc...  The Gospel is Jesus Christ himself, in body form, indwelt of the triune deity of God.  So we can, as believers always consider the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for us.  And, for us, not against us.

So it goes on,

"And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation.  For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son."

So God's purpose from the beginning, and while we were sinners, was to reconcile us, so it is for the believer who steps into sin.  God will take care of conviction, leading to repentance, and will bring confession which leads to cleansing and forgiveness, restoration and hope.  We shall "certainly be saved through the life of his Son".


One thing I'd like for you to read is Psalm 107.  It's a great display of God's pity and mercy on His own, even thru rebellion and wandering.

Take good courage, because you're being convicted by God's Holy Spirit to seek His face again.  It's an encouragement to me, because I know that's what I must do too.  Prayer is a most useful means to find God, coupled with His Word.  Cry to Him, and as 1 Peter 5: 6-7 says,

" Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you."



Doug

[wiz64]

thank u for ur help i found my faith again and now i know that i will never lose my faith i guess it just took a little thinking and some help from my brothers and sisters of crist thank you bith  ::amen!::praise god for he is my father and he has saved me from darkness