When You Feel Like You’re Losing Your Faith
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
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Has there been a time where it felt like your faith was coming apart? If you're in the middle of it now, what do you need?
I've lived for my faith, even if my actions have sometimes been wrong, my heart is always with Jesus Christ. I mean like, when I was kid, I didn't go outside and play, I talked to God, and Jesus, and mother Mary. When I played video games I would talk to them, or while watching a movie, and lament on them. I kept God very close and still do.
I woke up a few days ago, and I just had this unwarranted fear that when I'm gone, I'm gone. Like all who I am, will disappear, what I've learned people call my "sense of self". I started questioning, is it real, are all the signs I have seen real? All the feelings? Or am I just going to die and it's over in a way my mind cannot fathom, complete non-existence. I always lived with the idea of pleasing Christ, even when I fall short. If I go to work, I try to work hard for Him and if I don't have a good day, I try to have that not so good day still with the presence of Jesus. And when I started questioning God, it really took the worth and the joy out of everything in my life. A sick empty feeling washed over me. Without God, I hurt in ways you can't imagine.
So I prayed and I felt better. And yeah, non believers will say it can be psychological, in your mind, that's a thread you can pull. But then there are things I can't explain. Like pondering if I should go to a church sermon and not being sure what to wear, and then later a complete stranger walks up and starts talking about a church he goes to and then looks right at you and says "oh, and you could wear that, what you have on now would be fine." And I'd never told anyone what I was thinking. Or how I was trying to push the pain out by watching some TV and the first thing I see is an episode of a show I've never watched before and the main theme of the episode is a family member asking the same questions about God I was asking...and it's not a religious show....and then hours later I get an email from my pastor telling me to look for signs from things I do in my day to day.
My point is, I'm still struggling, there is fear, but with Christ there is strength and I just have to keep praying. Sometimes I don't know the words so I just ask Jesus to take the alphabet and arrange them however He wants...He knows my heart, and knows better than me what I need to say.
Thank you for this. I really needed to hear your honesty. I am at a very low point in my life and have been struggling with my faith. I felt so alone and lost. Today I picked up my bible and read it for the first time in years and had a very honest conversation with God. This conversation is just what I needed to hear.
I am on staff at my church as the worship pastor, and over the last year I've gone through a massive deconstruction of my faith, to the point at which I almost left my job and the church because I wasn't sure if I believed any of it any more. Solely by the grace of God, I am now emerging from this "crisis of faith" with a greater understanding of my own relationship with my faith, but more importantly, more trust in God and comfortability with the unknown and the questions. That experience was so incredibly isolating and filled with shame, I pray that this video reaches someone who is in the midst of it today, and that they feel less alone. This video was so healing and cathartic for me....from the statement that "I had a weak view of God, I thought He couldn't defend Himself" to the idea of using logic as a suit of armor, to the beautiful image of the strand of faith being unbreakable and tied around our wrist...this was so good. Thank you guys so much for having this vulnerable conversation!
Thank you so much for sharing that. You’re not alone in the doubts you have been facing, and you’ll find a safe place to wrestle with those doubts at Life.Church. We’re praying that God will give you clarity, day by day. If you’re looking for encouragement from people who’ve navigated doubts of their own, this is a great place to start: finds.life.church/tag/doubt/
- Meli, Team LC
Thank you for sharing your story and these kind words Gretchen.
I'm going through it with the grace of God who Carries me now through the storm of life, praise his name Jesus.amen
Amen!
*Lord Jesus, thank YOU for healing me & my family & my loved ones. Thank YOU for sheltering us during the storms. I can always count on YOU to be there!!!🙌🏽*
Amen!
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Wondering off the path is what reveils that the path existed in the first place, God Is Good.
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Keep going everyone, you are loved and will always be loved
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Okay i never comment on any video, but today I just want to ask the youtube people to please pray for me because lately I have been feeling so distant from the Lord and I feel like I am not doing any effort in finding Him again, almost like I am to lazy to but idk yeah I just feel so overwhelmed with everything going on and all that might have been one of the causes of my current mental health issues. Please just pray for me be happy again, because I have not felt true happiness in so long.
I prayed for you and your family and friends for your hearts to soften and find rest and peace to find God and Jesus with your relationships strengthen. :) godbless
God, would You please be with Mia? Help them to feel Your presence. Give them the motivation they need to pursue you, day after day. Calm their feelings of overwhelm, and calm their mental health struggles. Bring them to a place where they can rest fully in you. In Jesus' name, amen.
- LK, Team LC
Yes, we are all Bad Christian's, only God is good.
All the time!
*When GOD is first your life,everything will be alright!*
Yes! 🙌
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Thank you guys for sharing all these because I'm going through this phase in my faith and it's been hard. I have carried I have prayed and doubted and all that, but God is still holding on to me. I know that now because in all these I have not been able to walk away.
I feel so much better now, I'm not the worst Christian after all.🤗🤗🤗
We're so glad this message encouraged you, Stephanie!
-- LK, Team LC
Oh Wow!! Thank you God for putting this video on my youtube timeline! I really needed this, I've been having all sorts of trouble and doubts creeping into my heart. Especially as we just came from Passover, all the stories of Jesus' crucifixion and dying on the cross, I kinda got worried bcoz I didn't cry during those torturing scenes like I used to, asking myself was I becoming insensitive to what happened to Him. I've been ready to let go So many times, yet I still cling. And yeah I've had some hot and heavy Yelling sessions at God, I scorned Him, blamed Him, swore at Him...Yet He still protects me and would not let go. So yes I am in full agreement that it is Us who stray off...but He would always leave the 99 to come and get Me! I'm sitting here full of frustrations because of His promises and I feel like my Waiting season has been ages...yet Nothing!! Still I cling, Forgive me my weakness Father, I try. 😔😔😥😥
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Point taken "Keep our eyes on Jesus" & there will be "so many smiles after tears".
Doubt could be one of many things that Paul and the followers of Jesus struggles with. For us now, specially that we have unlimited access to information/facts that may contradict our beliefs. Hence the sage words on the last minute 24:13 says "Christian faith is a discipline of doubt". Amen to that and keep our eyes on Jesus.
So good, just what I needed!
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Can you please doooo more of this ❤️ God bless
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I connected to the part where you mentioned how God didn’t let you go. Powerful!
You guys awesome thank you for the great message for each and everyone of us that listening and watching it's a great message about doubting or you know sometime we try to walk away kind of thing we know what we doing but we don't just leave it to God he will take care of it thank you
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Thank you, for all your testimonies. In sharing your moments of almost letting go...I almost scrolled past this, but I'm guessing the holy spirit told me I needed to hear it. Wow, did I need to. You're absolutely right, a lot of our path is fighting with doubt, controlling it and choosing Abba through it all not just because we feel we have to but because on a level I don't understand we need to and we want to. I've been wrestling with multiple versions of doubt and shame from that doubt yet still holding on to Abba and knowing He wouldn't let me go as He's told me many times. I struggled with feeling worthy after those moments because I felt like I had wronged Him and He shouldn't talk to me... Hearing this, the echoing of similar experiences I've dealt with.. Truly made me appreciate those times that I doubted and see that Abba has been true to His word as He always will be. "I will protect you. I will not let you stumble. I will always look out for you. Stop letting the world intimidate you. What I will for you can never be stopped" I actually have these words saved as my keyboard to remind me but then I started to doubt it was truly Him. Thank you, thank you so much for being moved to speak out. May Abba bless you all and anyone else who has struggles as this.
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Trusting and obeying God
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Thank you for this message
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Thank you x
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Psalm 73 😭
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I would love to hear about you salvation, and that means to you. You know the good news
You find out more about salvation here! www.life.church/who-we-are/our-beliefs/. Let us know if you have any questions. We would love to talk with you further about it!
- Meli, Team LC
yeah Im scared man I just want some sort of grain of proof that heaven exists just so I can carry on I feel really bad doubting God but I'm just terrified
Continue to surround yourself with the word of God and testimonies of those that have seen heaven and been there. It's a faith builder!
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:7
God Bless you!
Myriam - LC Social Media Team
Will this happen to me, too?🧅🧅🛀🛀