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I HAVE been asking God what He wants me to do. Every thread I've made in the Prophecy Section is about that. As far as those people I mentioned...surprisingly NO...they're NOT "too busy" to the point that their relationship with God has failed. No, they're ON FIRE FOR GOD. I wouldn't have mentioned them if they weren't.

hello keep praying favor over this situation pray for me and my decisions...sin and faith related alike.

There's people at the Church I've gone to...just as an example...who are like ROCKSTARS in the Kingdom of God...so to speak. They're ALWAYS busy and productive and going places and doing stuff. I want that! I'm just not busy enough in my own life and it pisses me off. It makes me miserable. Pray that God helps me with this and I be the RIGHT kind of busy for me and my personality.

i have to be clear on something. when Jesus said that, did He mean that we(I) aren't allowed to do ANYthing that's not exclusively Gospel related? i must admit...i do ALOT of non-spiritual things like watch movies, play videogames, etc.... am i ONLY ALLOWED to watch Biblical movies and listen to Christian music? was that the goal when Jesus said that?

My dad just informed me yesterday that we could lose our house. Apparently my parents are in the biggest financial crisis they've ever been in. My dad isn't getting any income from his Real Estate business and my mom just lost some hours at her job. I was planning to go to Christian School but I don't know if I can do that now. This is happening out of nowhere all of a sudden.

good prayer MamaZ

Me and my dad want both of his rental properties OFF OUR HANDS...especially ME. Now I know I've been VERY disobedient to God and it feels like God doesn't want to relieve us(me) from this burden because of that. It's like being forced to lay under a faucet where a drop falls on your face every 25 seconds but you can only bare so much of it before it starts to feel like torture.

Why yes, yes I do.

Yes, yes you are.

hello i was trying to figure out what to say to you about this the REASON you miss him is because of what you already said: he was Sympathetic toward you and played dominoes with you he made you feel comfortable 13 year olds can develop *attachments* like that sometimes. on top of this, you probably wouldn't be wrong for praying for him. just don't become obsessed...that part of your life is done...have some wisdom.

So WHAT ELSE does God's grace help us with besides sin?

MaMaZ, What if God is KEEPING me from getting a job right now? In order to help me Spiritually? He's doing this as part of His 'Discipline' of me... This is what I've been trying to figure out for the LOONGEST time.

here's what is bothering me: 1.) i don't feel i'm maturing Spiritually 2.) i'm tired, wiped, unmotivated to do anyting in the NATURAL job wise 3.) i'm confused about my potential future girlfriend/spouse and WHO it is and how that will effect/be an influence on everything else i'd do in life. basically NOTHING is happening and it makes me angry.

Alright...after reading all these posts and watching a good sermon by Joseph Prince...I conclude that I've been wrong. God's grace is sufficient to cover sin BUT...that very grace SHOULD be the motivating force for someone to STOP sinning.

What do you mean I have it wrong? God's Discipline is SCRIPTURAL. The verse I already posted, plus: Hebrews 12:4-11 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a] 7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Hello It's good that you share those scriptures But I have to disagree...I'm NOT condemning myself. God is NOT "condemning" either....but CHASTISING me. It still hurts though...like Discipline is supposed to. Proverbs 3:11 "My child, don't reject the LORD's discipline, and don't be upset when he corrects you."

i don't know... i would never underestimate the lengths God might go to to get someone to get rid of their sin. everytime i try to get a job...something goes wrong. everytime i try to maybe date someone....i start feeling uneasy.

yeah...WHY is God chastising me like this? God is chastising me in the form of me: 1.) having NO job/direction/aspirations of a career 2.) having NO social life

Father, I thank you for bringing my future spouse into my life, whoever she is! I thank you that she's one of your Elect. I thank you that I won't even be able to miss her when she shows up, that it will be unmistakable. I thank for such a basic but vital blessing into the realm of me. And I thank you that I don't have to do anything other than stop sinning for this door to open, in Jesus' name, Amen.

i'm NOT worried about being good enough i AM however having the worst time of my life and i want it to STOP! it's been going on for 5 years now. nobody here even bothers to interpret my dreams anymore! it just sucks so bad! i have no job, no girlfriend, and on top this, i have all my dad's bothersome antics! God is involved in this but I need to know SPECIFICALLY why.

Which of these two things is God more likely to chastise someone over: 1. Looking at porn 2. NOT looking for a job?

were you prompted by the Spirit to go to that site? if so, how did you know it was the Spirit and not just your own desire?

well OF COURSE i intend to marry a person who believes in Jesus. but i don't know any girls who do. in fact, i don't know any girls period.

did you locate the camera?

What if you feel Spiritually dead and DON'T have a "prayer language"? There's nothing you can do but focus on non-spiritual things....which is what your heart is leaning toward to anyway when you're Spiritually Dead.