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I feel that I am trapped in sin. Each day I find myself commiting the same sin after saying I will not do it again. It is as if the powers of satan have gotten a hold and is over powering me. I feel that God has had enough and try as I may I can,t find peace. I am afraid to go to confession for fear that soon after I will sin again and anger God even more because I confessed and did it again. Has anyone experiences this
I want to join a Catholic Charismatic prayer group. Are they a good way to get back to God
 
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I feel that I am trapped in sin. Each day I find myself commiting the same sin after saying I will not do it again. It is as if the powers of satan have gotten a hold and is over powering me. I feel that God has had enough and try as I may I can,t find peace. I am afraid to go to confession for fear that soon after I will sin again and anger God even more because I confessed and did it again. Has anyone experiences this
I want to join a Catholic Charismatic prayer group. Are they a good way to get back to God
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Yes they are, first let go of your guilty can confess to the Priest what you have done. God will be if you DON’T go to confession. He knows you keep trying and that is all he wants from you
 
I think you must learn to forgive yourself. When God forgives you, you must forgive too. I do symphatise with your struggles though…it is very hard to change our ways…keep loving+++❤️
 
I heard an apologist on Catholic Radio say that he might as well bring a tape recorder to Confession. Yes, we tend to commit the same sins, even though we try not to. The goal is to continually go and confess your sins. Something Pope Francis said was to to remind us of God’s infinite mercy and to go to Confession. For some of us, it’s one thing, which is not a problem for others, and for others, something else. Pray and be confident that God loves you.

Peace,
Ed
 
You cannot out-sin God’s mercy and forgiveness when you truly repent and confess.
 
Go to confession as often as you need to. God may be using this to bring you closer to Him. (But don’t use that thought as an excuse not to fight temptation.)

Don’t give up. As someone else said, you can not out sin God. He never tires of hearing our confessions and forgiving us. Never.
 
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I feel that I am trapped in sin. Each day I find myself commiting the same sin after saying I will not do it again. It is as if the powers of satan have gotten a hold and is over powering me. I feel that God has had enough and try as I may I can,t find peace. I am afraid to go to confession for fear that soon after I will sin again and anger God even more because I confessed and did it again. Has anyone experiences this
I want to join a Catholic Charismatic prayer group. Are they a good way to get back to God
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Most people commit the same sins over and over. As they grow stronger, they may “out grow” a specific sin, but lo and behold - up pops another sin that they must work to root out. So, you are very normal.

Don’t worry about Satan over powering you. You are human and have a human nature that repeats sin. Let go of that feeling that Satan is over powering you. You have Christ.

Your feeling that God has had enough of your sins… is not real. It may be your real feeling, but it is not God’s love towards you.

While some people grow weary of another person’s habits, God is patiently waiting for you after every sin. He wants you to be back in His Graces. He does not grow weary with you. That is a negative human concept you have applied to Him.

You can find Peace. You can find God’s Peace. First, you must know that God does not grow weary of your sins. Second, you must know that your nature to be human has a nature towards sin… and know Satan does not have power over you. Place yourself under God’s care. God gave us the Sacrament of Confession to help us in our walk as humans who sin, who sin repeatedly.

Your idea that God is an angry God is not true - in that God does not become angry when we sin, repent, confess, and sin, repent, confess once more. You can find Peace when you know God is a God of Love and Mercy - not an angry God.

If you feel drawn to the Charismatic Catholic community and want to be a part of their prayer group - follow that path. Some people find that path a way to grow closer to God. Others find another path. We are all different and have different ways to express our Love to God and to Hear God Calling us.

Remove the negative human nature you have placed upon God. Feel His True Love and Mercy.

May you have God’s Peace in your heart today.
 
papadave said:
I feel that I am trapped in sin. Each day I find myself commiting the same sin after saying I will not do it again. It is as if the powers of satan have gotten a hold and is over powering me. I feel that God has had enough and try as I may I can,t find peace. I am afraid to go to confession for fear that soon after I will sin again and anger God even more because I confessed and did it again. Has anyone experiences this
I want to join a Catholic Charismatic prayer group. Are they a good way to get back to God
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i have seen ministry application in deliverance ministries, and there are books that do help in gettting freed from demon oppression, and other books that are prayers that heal the heart,

God does answers specific prayer
 
I thank you all for your encouragement. God Bless you all.

Forgive me I am new to this. I hope I am posting correctly.
 
Being trapped or as I call it; being in captivity is no laughing matter. We all fall short and all of mankind is considered sinners, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pray diligently for deliverance from the enemy that is holding us captive., trying to obtain purity and cleanse ourselves from the sin that binds us.

If you are repentant and are seeking freedom; then through JESUS CHRIST you will. You have to have faith as the “mustard seed” as JESUS the son of GOD most high told us, and your freedom can only come through him.

**John 14:6

New International Version (NIV)**

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Praise be to GOD the heavenly father and his son lord JESUS CHRIST forever>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
Your idea that God is an angry God is not true - in that God does not become angry when we sin, repent, confess, and sin, repent, confess once more. You can find Peace when you know God is a God of Love and Mercy - not an angry God.
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We must be cautious when we speak of the character of GOD the heavenly father as…

**Romans 9:12-20

King James Version (KJV)**

12 *It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.

18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?*

Instead it is better to give all praises to our creator and heavenly father by all manner. For it is he who has given us life and even more so through his son JESUS; whom according to his will was sacrificed for our sins.

Praise be to GOD the heavenly father and his son lord JESUS CHRIST forever>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
If you feel that sin is overwhelming you, please look to the lives of the saints. St. Peter denied Christ 3 times and yet became Pope. St. Augustine was caught up in a life of sin before he converted. The saints were real humans and they had real sin. God does not call the qualified, but He qualifies the called. Whenever you sin, think of God as the father of the prodigal son, always running to you with open arms. If you knew how much you were loved, you would cry of joy.

I know there is much evil in this world and yes, sin can be overwhelming sometimes. It can be painful. Just because of that though, please never forget that the force of Jesus Resurrected is stronger than any power or force in this world and ya know what it’s not even close!!! Turn to Jesus always.

The sad part of sin is that it makes us turn inward and we focus on our actions and past actions. Christ does not want this. He wants us to focus on Him. Whisper the name of Jesus always and often. He loves you more than you could ever know and He wants you to be free of this sin. Know that in this process, when you are weak you are strong in Christ. Don’t let that justify you to sin (the devil will play tricks with us and lies to us and wants us to sin) yet know that when you are in the struggle, you are relying on Christ more than ever. May God bless you and give you peace. Perhaps start a devotion to St. Joseph, the most chaste spouse?
 
Proverbs 24:16 For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity.

A disciple came to a certain Elder, one day, and said, “Father, I have fallen!”

The Elder answered, “Get up!”

Again and again he came to the Elder and said, “I have fallen!”

And the Elder invariably answered, “Get up!”

“Until when must I continue getting up?” the disciple asked.

And the Elder answered, “Until the day when you give up your soul to God!”

Thus, every time when we feel that we have fallen, the Sacrament of Repentance tells us to get up.
 
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