I don’t feel close to God right now. Nothing has really changed. I’m still in The Word. I’m still in prayer. I still believe, but feelings lie. When feelings contradict Truth, don’t believe them. You won’t always feel God, but faith’s foundation was never feelings to begin with.
There’s a lot of pain, a lot of hurt, and a lot of sin in this world. Jesus knew this, yet He came to be mocked, beaten, and crucified in our place. He knows our suffering, and though we caused His suffering, He’s still here to comfort us even now. That’s how good our God is!
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27
The testing of faith never turns a Christian into an Atheist. The testing of faith proves whether we had any faith to begin with. Genuine faith never fails. Faith is proved genuine when God tests us. If God tests our faith, and our faith fails, God didn’t fail the test, we did.
There is freedom from guilt and shame. You don’t have to be a slave to sin. You. Do. Not. Have. To. Be. A. Slave. To. Sin. Don’t just hear it, believe it. Jesus came to redeem us from sin. You can be a son or daughter of The Father. The gospel is for you. Repent and believe.
too many people molding the Word of God to fit their lives & too little people molding their lives to fit the Word of God.
you cannot change the Word of God to make you more comfortable.
it’s inerrant. infallible.
it doesn’t change as the world does.
remember this.
the world: love yourself
the Word: deny yourself
the world: satisfy your flesh
the Word: crucify your flesh
the world: put yourself first
the Word: put Jesus first
which are you listening to?
“the christian life isn’t a playground; it’s a battleground.”
too many people want the title “christian” for the feel good aspects, not realizing that being a true, Spirit-led christian actually means a whole lot of longsuffering, trial, & warfare.
christianity isn’t pretty.
i’ve attempted suicide.
i was abused my entire childhood.
i’ve lost my brother & my dad.
i suffer from a chronic illness.
but i can still stand before Jesus & sing “You are good.” wanna know why?
because His goodness isn’t based on my circumstance.
it’s based on who He is.
something that i’ve been really learning lately is if someone wants to believe lies about you, let them.
you have absolutely no one that you need to prove yourself to.
remember, you cannot control other people’s thoughts & actions—you can only control your response to them.
hey christian twitter (including myself): your feel good tweets & encouragements towards the body are nice & all, but let’s not forget our one purpose while on this earth: bringing lost souls to Christ.
so are you reaching those who don’t know Christ, or solely the ones who do?
The creation is not equal to The Creator. The Creator is far greater than His creation. His creation is made in His image, but we are not equal to The Creator. Humble yourself. Submit to The Lord. Lean not on your own understanding because He is omniscient and we are not.