A lot of you (especially the guys) know how hard it is to come out with something. We all live a lie of secrets and sins that we have. Lately, my sins have been coming more and more apparent to me. Things I know I shouldn't be doing and things I need to outright stop doing. These things have been eatting at me for the past few months and are at a point now that I need to make the decision to stop before something bad happens that will effect others.

The lot of you know that I usually don't ask prayer for myself (stupid pride) and it's usually for others (like my doggy who is doing much better now, thank you. :) ), but I felt that these tihings I am struggling with I really need prayer that I can return fully to my 1st love so I don't do something really stupid, and that the things I have done come with no consequences, that I can be forgiven and move forward and forget the sins I've committed in a whole.

Thx guys,
CJ

CJ, knowing exactly what you are going through, i will be praying that God give you the strength to overcome, but also that you will have the resolve to finally give up your pride in this situation & let God have control. it's key, believe me. :) anyways, Godspeed with this newly achieved resolve. :D

I will be praying for you! Do not lose heart!

praying

i personaly am shocked to see you setting your pride aside ,but it also makes me happy because your taking a major step in the right direction,you probably already know the bible says confess your faults one to another. wich you have done and you also need to repent .some ppl use that word differently but im using it in the since of sorrow which is another word for repentence. if you become truely sorry for your sin and just have a deep sorrow ever time you sin you will began to abhor and hate that sin that cause's the sorrow and as you probably know what you abhor and hate you began to move away from.it takes alot of humility to do what you did something we all should do because were not jesus jr. hope that helps :-*

ive been experiencing some of the same, ill be praying

one thing you can be thankful for, is that God is showing you the sins you are stuggling with. that way, you know what is blocking you from your Father. and with His strength, you can remove it from your life...and have an even deeper relationship with our Lord.

Man o man can we all relate with what you are going through but I did read some good things in your post.
You said that these things are eating at you and you have to make a decision and like Tracy said in her post..that is a good thing!! The Holy Spirit is working with you on this....if you wasnt feeling bad for the things you have been doing then there would be a problem.

I know this is not popular but I believe you can live a sin free life....Jesus tought us to be perfect in spirit and with the Holy Spirits help we can have that perfect spirit.Remember the woman caught in the act of adultery?...Jesus told her to "go and sin no more"..not "go and sin less" or" go and do your best"..so it can be done but only through the Holy Spirit. We can never do it on our own.

I have two pieces of advice...First if you havnt done so already get alone with God...somewhere away from tv..cds..computers etc and talk to him...ask the Holy Spirit to help you and he will...he was sent to be our Comforter in times like these.

Second..this is something that helped me a while back....Ask the Holy Spirit to take away your iniquity...which is something we dont hear much about. One way iniquity is defined is "the tendency to do that which is wrong"...He (the Holy Spirit) can take away these desires that led us to sin.

I think i shared this story once before on the old PH.org but i will tell it again....I am avid bow hunter and i really like archery. About ten years ago i started going to archery 3-D competions...and i got pretty good even winning some.Anyways most of them were held on Sundays and soon I found myself more comsumed with that more then being in church with my family and to make matter worse the guys i was shooting with were not Christians and they were starting to influenece me and not for the better...anyways to make a long story short like you I really felt the Holy Spirit telling me that i had to come to a decision....either God or archery...well i knew that God had to come first...it was hard at first but i knew what i had to do. Shortly after i stopped going to them the guys i used to shoot with started going to strip bars after the shoots and some of them wound up with serious famliy problems.....Would that had happened to me if I hadnt heeded to the Holy Spirit??? It could have..but praise God it didnt.

Now there is nothing wrong with archery and i still shoot once in a while but like you said in your post it caused me to lose sight of my first love and thats a dangerous thing.

I am sorry for rambling on.....I guess i said all of this to say this...I will be praying for you and may God give you all his richest blessings.

Your friend in Christ

John

good advice John.

praying.

Wow man, that is a really brave thing for you to come on here and confess your struggles. I will definitely be praying for you. Just know that Jesus is always there ready to forgive us of all sin, no matter how 'bad' it is, we just have to seek his forgiveness. Then after that just keep that desire to be close to the Father and dig into His Word. Philipians is a really great book to read, one of my favorites. Anyway, i will be praying for you, thanks for your openness and willingness to share! In Him Angelo


A lot of you (especially the guys) know how hard it is to come out with something. We all live a lie of secrets and sins that we have. Lately, my sins have been coming more and more apparent to me. Things I know I shouldn't be doing and things I need to outright stop doing. These things have been eatting at me for the past few months and are at a point now that I need to make the decision to stop before something bad happens that will effect others.

The lot of you know that I usually don't ask prayer for myself (stupid pride) and it's usually for others (like my doggy who is doing much better now, thank you. :) ), but I felt that these tihings I am struggling with I really need prayer that I can return fully to my 1st love so I don't do something really stupid, and that the things I have done come with no consequences, that I can be forgiven and move forward and forget the sins I've committed in a whole.

Thx guys,
CJ
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