For a few times I have mocked God for wanting to look "cool", but just now i realised by mistake. The bible told us about how blaspheme against the Holy Spirit is unforgivable, did i mess it up? Is there still a chance of repentance for me? I am genuinely afraid of the punishment

Hi. I'm really struggling with spiritual warfare. I feel helpless. If you could pray for me, that would mean a lot.

is like saying orange is the same as red and yellow, is neither, is neither, same thing here, intersex isn't a sex, is a biological thingy that makes a person be neither sexes, he or she or whatever pronouns isn't male or female, they can be closer to female or male but they can't actually be male or female, if you are male you have a penis, if you are female you have a vagina, if you have both, you're neither male or female.

sex and gender ain't the same, gender is way different than sex, sex is simply animal anatomy, gender is a social construct.

man is male, woman is female, that is how is been for thousands of years, people suddenly changing the meaning to be the gender doesn't make it to not mean a woman or a man.

is insane how this world can't differentiate between a male and a female because they twist the meaning every frickin day, like bro, choose, male as a sex? male as a gender only, or male as gender and sex?

why do you think we call it the MAN'S/WOMAN'S bathroom and not MALE/FEMALE bathroom?, that's because the words mean the same thing, man is male, woman is female.

TLDR: I'm tired of the world changing the meaning of what man and woman means and I'm tired of the world calling a biological thingy a sex when there can only be 2 sexes and nothing else

I'm curious about it

Hello everyone!

I live in a small village in France and I do not have a church near me ; I read and listen to the ESV Bible as it's the one I prefer.

I try to find a Church online that uploads their sermons so I can listen to them regularly to learn more, but I find it very hard to find churches who uses the ESV. Most of those I come across use the KJV or the modernized KJV.

Will it cause a difficulty if I don't have the same Bible as the pastor I listen to?

Thank you very much.

Im not sure what to think anymore, all I know is I don't feel conviction anymore, I don't feel God's presence, im struggling with sin and letting go of it. I had a spiritual awakening 5 1/2 with a total collaspe of self, I don't feel emotion anymore just worldly sorrow for my dog who I lost 2 months ago, he was my spirit guide, my best friend. Idk just feeling detached and lost

Please back up your response with scripture.

I feel so uneducated and lost about faith and Christianity. When I was a small girl I used to pray and I truly enjoyed listening to my preacher. One day my family made a point to stop going to church and labeled church goers as fake people who are shady.. I look back on my life and realize I needed my faith so badly during my teenage years. I am adult now and of course feel scared of the unknown. With the birth of my son, I felt God in that moment and I still feel like I'm being guided in some way but I have so many doubts. I want my faith back, the faith that I had as a child. I occasionally attend church but have no idea what Bible references mean and try my best to not listen to the doubts in my mind that God isn't real. Like, "someone just made all this up." How do I know this is real. How do I change my mindset after it being altered by my family? It's hard to put into words what I'm feeling.. I need more information.. I want to learn about the Bible and I need help restoring my faith. Are there any podcasts you recommend that are for beginners?

There is a woman in my life that I love, and she loves me, but our relationship got a little rocky at one point, she was still feeling heartbreak about her ex and I was talking about religion too much. We broke up for 3 weeks, then last weekend we met up to see eachother and hang out, we ended up just holding eachother for so long. I told her I love her and she told me she loves me. Then we spent the weekend together, she said we were back together and told other people we were back together, I was really happy about that. Then she went to visit her parents in Ottawa and we've been having good conversations on the phone, we have plans to meet up next weekend. The only thing is, she's pulled back, she's being kind of fickle, doesn't want to say we're together, wants to resort to some kind of label like "seeing eachother" or something.

I just have a really heavy heart this morning, I love her, she said she loves me, but if she really loves me wouldn't she be running to me, not trying to keep me at a safe distance? At the same time I get it, she's guarded because the last guy she dated for 2 and 1/2 years who she thought she was going to marry dumped her to go be promiscuous.

It's just so frustrating.

Please pray for us, we've been together for a half year, we love eachother, but we've got these blocks.

Most importantly she needs Christ, she believes in the creator and prays and wants to get close to God, but feels resistant to Christianity.

We need your prays, for her to embrace Christ and for myself and her to have grace and healing.

I am 16, from Turkiye and converted to Christianity since 10-12 months ago. My family knows I am a Christian but I don't think they will allow me to go to a church. What do I do?

Prayer as an act of worship, to glorify God and to thank God for who he is and for what he's done makes sense to me. Prayer requests make less sense. I've been told since Sunday School that God isn't a genie in a lamp but everybody's behaviour suggests otherwise.

I also believe in predetermination. So it's not that I see a problem with prayer, I'm just confused why people think it determines their outcome when God has your life already written so it was never in your power?? Nothing ever surprises God.

edit: thanks for the downvotes :) if you feel that its wrong to ask questions about the bible and to grow in your faith you might need to reevaluate your relationship with God

Hello I’m a 14 yr old Male and I’ve struggling with lust for a while and I’m trying to break it. I’ve heard to break lust i need to walk in the spirit and not fulfill the desires of my flesh. How do i do that? I’d really appreciate it if you guys could share your thoughts and advice for me. Thanks!

I just want to make it clear I’m not watching corn or anything . Just need to be more focused on God Than looking at Girls and stuff

I have someone in my life who I love dearly and I’m very confused about what I’m supposed to do with them.I don’t think I’ve ever loved a person more than them.Not in a romantic way but I’ve shown this person the fruits of the spirit all of them over and over again and though it isn’t 100% bad all the time they have hurt me in ways that I’ve never been hurt before.

I am so quick to forgive them because I see some much of myself in them.to be honest it hurts me way more for me to leave them than the things they’ve done to me because the idea of them being alone hurts me deeply than anything I’ve ever been through.ive been having nightmares about them since I met them.They are the most kindest,strongest,darkest,troubled person I have ever met in my life.

Just in the 8 months that we’ve been together they have made more growth than the decades they have been alive.I’ve also never met anyone as patient and understanding with me and their ability to through see me is unmatched.I have no idea what I’m supposed to do because I’m also the most kindest,strongest,darkest person I know.i seem to have planted a seed how deep I don’t know if me leaving will undo everything😥

Needs prayers for our family please

I came across one of her books The Wisdom Jesus, it's been interesting and enjoyable. But I'm kind of afraid it might not be about the real Jesus and is just her version. Have any of you read her material? Thanks.

I just had my daughter on 12/10/24 and ever since then I have been incredibly sick and even had to stay overnight for 2 nights in the emergency room last week because of pneumonia. On top of that my husband (21m) and I had to take in his special needs little brothers in October and moved into a new trailer to have the room. My mother and my 2 little sisters also became homeless at the beginning of this month and have been staying with us up until this point. My mother has to find a place as soon as possible but their are no houses available at all right now. She is now forced to make the decision to leave the area completely with my 3 year old sister and have my 16 year old sister stay with us. My dad is being a monster with everyone right now because he's dealing with insecurities, making this whole situation worse. My husband and I haven't been able to talk to our pastor in a month because he's been having a family emergency . All of our friends have ditched us since I got pregnant and I have been so unbelievably sleep deprived since having my baby and it's not even her fault, I just can't get any relief from this stupid cough. I'm writing this at 3:15am and I'm at my wits end right now.

I have been struggling with my relationship with God right now, I'm angry with him because it just feels like this horrible season is never ending and I can't even enjoy my time with my baby and bond with her because I'm just so miserable right now. I need relief and I keep pleading with God to give me a break and I feel like my prayers are being ignored. I feel so ungrateful but so worn out at the same time.

My husband has been my rock as he goes through this crap with me along with his own crap. His mother is dying of cancer and his Pap is going to die here very soon, he just lost his great grandmother and his Grandma this year, that means every adult that ever raised him is going to die within the next year. He's got a lot of other things too but I'm trying not to write an entire book at the moment. I love him to bits, we both need peace and prayers.

I don’t believe Jesus was a failed apocalyptic prophet because some of the things He’s accused of He(Jesus) will do at the end of the age, like the general resurrection of the dead.

I noticed over at r/AcademicBiblical there are a bunch of skeptical, non-Christian people who take the view that Jesus was a “failed apocalyptic prophet”, which made me cringe.

What are your thoughts on this accusation? Even for apologetic purposes.

There’s songs that are very special, in the sound or in lyrics or both, or maybe it’s the type of relationship with God that the artist themselves have etc…

The typical top Worship songs don’t usually do this for me, it’s usually artists that I find randomly through Spotify’s suggestions.

Each major Wordhip Artist out there might have 1 or 2 songs like this…

I’m currently searching on Spotify “emotional worship” & “worship cry” & clicking the playlist filter, skimming through all that playlists. (Not that I’m aiming for an emotion) but I’m thinking maybe this is an easy way to find songs others have found already with that component I’m looking for.

There’s certain songs I used to play & listen to, and I have no idea what it is, but it just gets very real, real quick & I’m suddenly teary eyed with my heart & mind all on God, like super edifying songs.

Please point me to some songs like that or playlists.

Thank you!

I severely messed up with my woman. I completely broke her trust on two different occasions by telling her father things about her that he didn't know. Primarily things about her being pressured into stuff by him and other people. I only wanted to help her through telling him this, I didn't know it would screw up her trust in me. When she told me she was upset that I did that, I felt bad but I didn't realize how upset she was about it. Now I come to find that she's considering leaving me altogether. We have had a few long talks about this over messages the past couple days. Her soul is very hurt from all this, and mine as well. I've explained how humans are bound to mess things up, and that will only cease when we are with God.

We were extremely close, very compatible, had incredible love for each other, and wanted to be together forever, have kids, all that.

We both wish that my mishap never happened. But what is done is done. I have said to her that I would absolutely be willing to rebuild our relationship, even if she can't tell me certain things as easily anymore. But I just don't seem to be getting through to her. She admits that her life got a lot better once I became a part of it. I strongly feel that if we split up, we will both have little to no direction in life anymore.

I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior, and I repent of my sins to Him. I do not know if she fully does that as well. And I feel that she may fall farther from the true God if she splits from me.

She has said that she forgives me, but she doesn't think she can go back to us being together how we were. I've explained to her that whole thing has left a mark on me to where I'm never going to be able to tell new things to people as easily ever again, let alone things that are about other people, and that I'll never want to hurt anyone's soul like that again, and that I know better now. She has said that she wants to believe me, but can't.

Is my relationship with her completely screwed?

If not, what can I do to fix it?

If it is, would finding a new woman be a sin? (context for that: me and my current woman are virgins and are not legally married, but we have done sexual acts together. nothing where we are touching each other though (so also no penetration))

Yesterday morning I believe Jesus showed me His eyes. I have been walking with Christ for a while now, but this year I was very far and astray from Him. I have His Holy Spirit and when I received Him my life has always been different. He always rescues me without me even asking, almost like He lets me walk away but He never lets me get too far if that makes sense.

Anyway, I’ve been seeking Him incredibly recently and reading His word all the time, for Jesus Christ is the Word. But I asked him if it is His will for me to see just His eyes and that’s it for my faith had been lacking. After closing my eyes praying for a couple of minutes, as soon as I asked according to His will, I saw His eyes and eyebrows. They were a light but dark flaming yellow with sharp eyebrows that were thick. I felt His presence for He is God. I felt an extremely heavy weight in my chest, I just felt His holiness. My heart felt like l had been sprinting for hours nonstop in just a few seconds. I was filled with almost fear but peace at the same time mixed with excitement. It’s like I wanted to look away but I couldn’t. My eyes where stuck on my savior, my creator. Everyone talks about how they feel love when I just felt His power and holiness. This only lasted for about 10 seconds. Almost 24 hours later I still feel His love now, I feel so full for He is life. Something has changed in me and that is Him. But for some reason my mind, which is so limited, still struggles to accept that it was Him! I have never in my life experienced that feeling or seen that clear image of His eyes.

Sorry for long text but has anyone else experienced Christ? I feel so guilty having trouble to comprehend or accept this, but He is so great and powerful I understand a little.

I’ve have been $u***al for almost 5 years, and the thought of me (you know what) myself on New Year’s Eve has been quite strong. I’m doing everything I can to better myself and keep my eyes on Christ, but I still find myself never amounting to anything. I have No friends, No family (outside of a disabled mother), and I have a hard time believing that I meant to be here. These are things I routinely talk to the Lord about and ask for strength….only for me to crumble. For about 2 months, I have tried applying to volunteer at a church I enjoy going to (in person and online) only for me to not receive any follow up in return even after reminding them. I am still constantly trying to find Christian Groups for young adults. Being depressed and wanting to (you know what) feels like being sent to hell as a punishment and you wonder if that’s where you are going to rot. Any way to combat this without questioning your existence? If this gets taken down then I give up on asking for advice….Anyways happy new year to you

Ight, last post on here i guess. I'll quit cuz yall are tired of me.

I've been going through the toughest time of my life and it's only getting worse and worse. I see no end to this pain. This fear. This paralyzing fear. Doubt has been creeping up for the longest time and now i feel like it's attacking me full force.

I doubt my salvation. I don't really believe I'm saved anymore, and doubt i can be. For 2 years I thought I was saved. 2 years i prayed every day, multiple times a day. 2 years I've read my bible every day. 2 years i thought i had the Holy Spirit within me. 2 years i thought i was able to hear God's voice. 2 years i was lied to. 2 years was an illusion. Have i ever known God?

I keep hearing all these crazy supernatural testimonies about people giving their lives to Christ. Not all are crazy stuff but it's people seeing lights and hearing His voice. Even the more "mild" testimonies are crazier than anything I've ever experienced. Like Chandler Hallow's testimony is probably the mildest thing I've heard (He just heard God's voice verbally. Once. One sentence. That's all.) yet his story is so much crazier than mine.

My story? I got a lil scared at some end times rapture tiktok videos and decided to get serious about Christ. That's all. No voice, no supernatural encounter. No dreams or visions. Nothing. In fact, I've never had anything like that at all. But that's not even the worst of it.

I look around at all these pastors and ministers and all these people who ACTUALLY know God, and they're constantly talking about how God just "speaks to them" or "the Holy Spirit put ___ on my heart" or "God revealed to me ___" and I'm sitting over here like... w- wha... why not me? Why doesn't He speak to ME like that? On top of that, people are always saying stuff like "these are the signs the Holy Spirit is in you" and "this is how the Holy Spirit works" and "well you have the Spirit if you have this." So uh.... Guess I've never been truly saved then cuz... i don't get none of that.

For example: Peace. I. Do. Not. Have. Peace. OF ANY KIND! I am disturbed and stressed from the moment i open my eyes to the moment i go to sleep. I'm constantly under anxiety and stress like the weight of a 4 story house on my back. People say that if you have the Spirit then you will have peace. Trusted teachers say it, random dudes on tiktok say it. The Bible says it's one of the fruits of the spirit. (none of those are fruits i have in my life btw)

Yet... Im sitting here nearly every single day bawling my eyes out to God asking Him to forgive me and to give me His Spirit. Asking Him to accept me and not ignore me like i feel He has been all my life. It's like God just... doesn't know i exist. It's like He refuses to even acknowledge me. My prayers feel like they're bouncing off the ceiling (if they even get that high) and my cries are going unheard.

Oh, trust me though, i still feel convicted when i sin. In fact, i can't escape my sin. Constantly I'm falling short left and right and i just want to tear my skin off every time i screw up. (which is constantly.) And i know I can't escape my sin without the help of God's Spirit... who i keep asking for? yet never seem to receive? I don't know what to do anymore.

I feel hopeless and defeated and like God couldn't care less. I just want Him though. I don't even care about anything else at this point. I've made Him the center of my life. I've cut out nearly everything i used to do and replaced it with prayer and the Bible. I bawl my eyes out almost every day asking for nothing but HIM. I dont want fame or riches and honestly i don't even want eternal life if i can't spend every moment of that eternity with HIM. I JUST WANT GOD... but He feels like the one thing I can't have.

What should i do? What CAN i do? What's going on? I don't want to say God has forsaken me, (Joshua 1:5) but honestly if He has it's because i had forsaken Him first with all my foolish sin. But I can't stop sinning without HIM. What am I to do? Fearfully await my eternity in hell? Keep crying out to Him in vain?

I recently attended an interest meeting for church membership with a friend. He has attended this church as a visitor but is interested in membership; his main reservation is that they would require him to undergo a baptism by immersion. He was baptized via pouring as a child in his parents’ Methodist church, but the church requires any of its members who have not previously been baptized as an adult by immersion to do so.

My initial advice was to consider discussing his concerns with the pastor, but I don’t think he will do so. In lieu of that, I think he will likely just find a different church.