For those Losing Faith

[VIR2010]

Whenever I seem to be losing my faith, and trust me it happens quite often, I always remember the verse in Hebrews 13:5 “I will never leave you nor forsake you”. We may forsake God at times and leave his presence but God never leaves us. He is always there for you. Think about how good God is? You can be so far away from him but he is always watching and “rooting” for you. Whenever I lose faith I also think of the Saints who are in heaven who are looking down on us in Heaven and know exactly what we are going through. Think of this you are NEVER too far to come back to God or come to God. I look at some of of the most adored Saints in the Bible and smile. Look at Peter, A saint who denied Jesus and “cursed and swore” when Jesus needed him most at His death. But Peter rebounded. It could have been so easy for Peter to say to himself “I have fallen too far away to ever come back”. But now look at Peter today, He is the one holding the Keys of Heaven! His Faith is the very Faith that Christ’s Holy Church was built upon! His example has caused for many lives to be changed! His Failure has given so many souls hope! I Then look at Saint Paul. A persecutor of the Church! The very man who was there and supported the death of Saint Stephen! But God came to him! Look at the legacy of St. Paul! Look at the millions of lives he changed and brought to the everlasting love of Christ through his ministry here on earth. Then Look at the Twelve Disciples of Jesus Christ. When Judas betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane did they follow Jesus to the death? No, they scattered, fled. How awful is that? But God forgave them and used them in ways we can not even imagine! If you are losing your faith in God just remember God wants to have fellowship with you. He wants to use your life in ways you can not even imagine. Are you telling yourself “I have fallen to far away!” Look at the examples God has given you of ones who seem to have fallen too far away but instead used there failures in there pursuit of Serving God and changing the World. I hope this helps you in your Journey of serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

 

[timotheos]

Whenever I seem to be losing my faith, and trust me it happens quite often, I always remember the verse in Hebrews 13:5 “I will never leave you nor forsake you”. We may forsake God at times and leave his presence but God never leaves us. He is always there for you. Think about how good God is? You can be so far away from him but he is always watching and “rooting” for you. Whenever I lose faith I also think of the Saints who are in heaven who are looking down on us in Heaven and know exactly what we are going through. Think of this you are NEVER too far to come back to God or come to God. I look at some of of the most adored Saints in the Bible and smile. Look at Peter, A saint who denied Jesus and “cursed and swore” when Jesus needed him most at His death. But Peter rebounded. It could have been so easy for Peter to say to himself “I have fallen too far away to ever come back”. But now look at Peter today, He is the one holding the Keys of Heaven! His Faith is the very Faith that Christ’s Holy Church was built upon! His example has caused for many lives to be changed! His Failure has given so many souls hope! I Then look at Saint Paul. A persecutor of the Church! The very man who was there and supported the death of Saint Stephen! But God came to him! Look at the legacy of St. Paul! Look at the millions of lives he changed and brought to the everlasting love of Christ through his ministry here on earth. Then Look at the Twelve Disciples of Jesus Christ. When Judas betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane did they follow Jesus to the death? No, they scattered, fled. How awful is that? But God forgave them and used them in ways we can not even imagine! If you are losing your faith in God just remember God wants to have fellowship with you. He wants to use your life in ways you can not even imagine. Are you telling yourself “I have fallen to far away!” Look at the examples God has given you of ones who seem to have fallen too far away but instead used there failures in there pursuit of Serving God and changing the World. I hope this helps you in your Journey of serving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Thank you VIR2010. I have some pretty bad times myself. I can’t help but think that God has cursed me for some pretty bad things done in previous generations in my family -

Ex 20:5 - For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishment for their fathers’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation…

And while I feel punished, I manage to still obey God’s commandments. But as a wonderful surprise and relief to me, I can see the blossoming faith and happiness in my 16 year old daughter -

Ex 20:6 - … but bestowing mercy down to the thousandth generation, on the children of those who love me and keep my commandments.

So maybe I continue to keep faith, not for* my *sake due to the punishment God has promised to me, but for hers.

 

[Trishie]

O Silent God

Our God, we pray to You for others and ourselves, and sometimes it seems, if only for a time, a time of awful pain and loneliness, that no one is listening, that You are not there.

Many have turned away, disappointed and bitter, that You have not answered their urgent prayer, their painful need for self and for others. There is no satisfactory human answer to their challenge, whatever one might say of Your ways, Your time, because their anguish or their anger is the reality they experience.

Dear God, You need no reminder, but my humanness leads me to remind You that we are human in our minds and hearts and bodies. We have little or no actual sense or knowledge of ourselves as spirit. If You seem not to touch us as human beings living in a physical world that we acutely experience, then some of us falter in faith and hope. I pray for them with all my heart and life.

O silent God let us hear Your voice in the words of others, and let us be Your love spoken to them. Yet may I ask that You also speak directly to their hearts and minds with unmistakeable Love even where we cannot detect the action of Your Spirit in ourselves or in others. Speak to them in their last moments, if not before.

Please be mindful of our needs, and nurture us as we pray and seek Your healing and care. Embrace all who have losing their hope in God and prayer.

 

[timotheos]

Dear God, You need no reminder, but my humanness leads me to remind You that we are human in our minds and hearts and bodies. We have little or no actual sense or knowledge of ourselves as spirit. If You seem not to touch us as human beings living in a physical world that we acutely experience, then some of us falter in faith and hope. I pray for them with all my heart and life.

Trishie, VIR2010, I think you are both saints. Your words are a cool drink of water on a blistering hot day.

 

[VIR2010]

Trishie, VIR2010, I think you are both saints. Your words are a cool drink of water on a blistering hot day.

Thanks for your compliment, but I assure you I am no Saint, only a dirty sinner in search for the mercy of our Lord and a servant in the never ending struggle to be closer to Him.

 

[Trishie]

Our God, we pray to You for others and ourselves, and sometimes it seems, if only for a time, a time of awful pain and loneliness, that no one is listening, that You are not there.

Many have turned away, disappointed and bitter, that You have not answered their urgent prayer, their painful need for self and for others. There is no satisfactory human answer to their challenge, whatever one might say of Your ways, Your time, because their anguish or their anger is the reality they experience.

Dear God, You need no reminder, but my humanness leads me to remind You that we are human in our minds and hearts and bodies. We have little or no actual sense or knowledge of ourselves as spirit. If You seem not to touch us as human beings living in a physical world that we acutely experience, then some of us falter in faith and hope. I pray for them with all my heart and life.

O silent God let us hear Your voice in the words of others, and let us be Your love spoken to them. Yet may I ask that You also speak directly to their hearts and minds with unmistakeable Love even where we cannot detect the action of Your Spirit in ourselves or in others. Speak to them in their last moments, if not before.

Please be mindful of our needs, and nurture us as we pray and seek Your healing and care. Embrace all who have losing their hope in God and prayer.

 

[Trishie]

Trishie, VIR2010, I think you are both saints. Your words are a cool drink of water on a blistering hot day.

I just saw your post. If you think that, what you are showing is your own beautiful soul, timotheos,a reflection of what is inside you, I can’t speak for VIR2010, but me, I just keep trying, is all. God bless you.

 

[Trishie]

Our God, we pray to You for others and ourselves, and sometimes it seems, if only for a time, a time of awful pain and loneliness, that no one is listening, that You are not there.

Many have turned away, disappointed and bitter, that You have not answered their urgent prayer, their painful need for self and for others. There is no satisfactory human answer to their challenge, whatever one might say of Your ways, Your time, because their anguish or their anger is the reality they experience.

Dear God, You need no reminder, but my humanness leads me to remind You that we are human in our minds and hearts and bodies. We have little or no actual sense or knowledge of ourselves as spirit. If You seem not to touch us as human beings living in a physical world that we acutely experience, then some of us falter in faith and hope. I pray for them with all my heart and life.

Our God let us hear Your voice in the words of others, and let us be Your love spoken to them. Yet may I ask that You also speak directly to their hearts and minds with unmistakable Love even where we cannot detect the action of Your Spirit in ourselves or in others. Speak to them in their last moments, if not before.

Please be mindful of our needs, and nurture us as we pray and seek Your healing and care. Embrace all who have losing their hope in God and prayer.