Wow! Praise God! This is the best testimony between religion and relationship with our Dear Lord Christ!! Thanks for sharing Richard! I also love your radio ministry!🙏🙏🙏
Not to puff you up because we’re both men. However you are a wonderful preacher and God is glorified. I have shed so many tears to listening to your preaching. God uses it in a way beyond what words I could use. Thank you for your testimony and your openness. It’s helped me in my walk as people hold me up to a high standard with how I hold myself. But inside I’m a little kid who just wants to cry for my Dad. I don’t have it put together and I’m a mess and quiet frankly I’m not sure how God can love me or forgive my slow to learn self. But I trust Him with everything and He saved us all. One day we will all see the full picture and how we’ve all impacted each other. I can’t wait! Love you all!
I've been really struggling lately, stressed/worried/scared, depending on the day, if I truly believe in my heart. I was raised in the church, but whenever I grew up, I guess I just continued following on my own. That's part of what worries me. People say that nobody has always been a Christian, that everyone has that time where they ask Jesus in to their heart and believe fir themselves. I believe that, and yet, I don't recall ever having that POINT. This has always been a worrying thought that occasionally came up, but not much more than a passing thought, but a few months ago, I suddenly had a break down. I was terrified. I couldn't eat, had to force myself to barely sleep, struggled to breathe. It isn't as bad as that anymore, but it still worries me. Everyone keeps reassuring me that I am, but its not good enough. I try to stop talking to people about it, as a way to trust God will give me that assurance... but that doesn't last long. Basically, I've been really worried about that. How do I know if I truly believe? Jesus spoke of several instances where people don't truly believe. How do I know all of my worship and living isn't me subconsciously trying to work my way in to heaven? Which doesn't work. How do I know I'm not like the seeds thrown on stony ground, who believe for a while and fall away in times of temptation? I've just tried so hard to trust, and I don't know what to do. My pastor says that everyone knows in their heart if they trult believe, but I genuinely don't know if I really do or not. I don't want to live how i want like the nonbelievers. I want to be able to say absolutely that i believe, but I genuinely don't know how. I feel like this entire time, I've been Peter who thought he would die for Jesus, but when it came down to it, he denied Him in a crowd- only just now realizing it. How do I know if I genuinely believe in my heart?
Wow! Praise God! This is the best testimony between religion and relationship with our Dear Lord Christ!! Thanks for sharing Richard! I also love your radio ministry!🙏🙏🙏
Richard Ellis is one of my absolute very favorite radio pastor's.
He is in Texas and I am in Nevada.
Me too. Love this guy.
Thank you.
Thank you, Richard, for sharing your story.
Thank you for sharing this. I've been wanting to get to know you better. God bless you.
Not to puff you up because we’re both men.
However you are a wonderful preacher and God is glorified. I have shed so many tears to listening to your preaching. God uses it in a way beyond what words I could use. Thank you for your testimony and your openness. It’s helped me in my walk as people hold me up to a high standard with how I hold myself. But inside I’m a little kid who just wants to cry for my Dad. I don’t have it put together and I’m a mess and quiet frankly I’m not sure how God can love me or forgive my slow to learn self. But I trust Him with everything and He saved us all. One day we will all see the full picture and how we’ve all impacted each other. I can’t wait!
Love you all!
I've been really struggling lately, stressed/worried/scared, depending on the day, if I truly believe in my heart.
I was raised in the church, but whenever I grew up, I guess I just continued following on my own. That's part of what worries me. People say that nobody has always been a Christian, that everyone has that time where they ask Jesus in to their heart and believe fir themselves. I believe that, and yet, I don't recall ever having that POINT. This has always been a worrying thought that occasionally came up, but not much more than a passing thought, but a few months ago, I suddenly had a break down. I was terrified. I couldn't eat, had to force myself to barely sleep, struggled to breathe. It isn't as bad as that anymore, but it still worries me. Everyone keeps reassuring me that I am, but its not good enough. I try to stop talking to people about it, as a way to trust God will give me that assurance... but that doesn't last long.
Basically, I've been really worried about that. How do I know if I truly believe? Jesus spoke of several instances where people don't truly believe. How do I know all of my worship and living isn't me subconsciously trying to work my way in to heaven? Which doesn't work. How do I know I'm not like the seeds thrown on stony ground, who believe for a while and fall away in times of temptation?
I've just tried so hard to trust, and I don't know what to do. My pastor says that everyone knows in their heart if they trult believe, but I genuinely don't know if I really do or not.
I don't want to live how i want like the nonbelievers. I want to be able to say absolutely that i believe, but I genuinely don't know how. I feel like this entire time, I've been Peter who thought he would die for Jesus, but when it came down to it, he denied Him in a crowd- only just now realizing it.
How do I know if I genuinely believe in my heart?
Wow. I wish we could sit n talk. 🙏