u/Eurasian_Guy97

I know of a community in Uganda that is very sick because of the ebola outbreak. While I live away from there, I'm still praying hard for them.

Could you please join me in prayer for them, that God would heal those with ebola in that community, throughout Uganda, and elsewhere.

And please pray that the epidemic will be contained.

Finally, please pray that medical attention will be available for the communities where ebola is present.

Many thanks for praying!

Some people think He's angry. Some say He's gentle and calm.

I'm just trying to figure out how us Christians should treat others based on the way Jesus did.

I know that He forgave the adulteress, taught sinners, and healed the sick and ultimately died for us all.

But I wonder also if being soft and tactful with people rather than blunt is the way to interact with them.

Examples are overcoming sin and loving Jesus even when I feel bland.

I find that oftentimes I'm not empowered to do things in His strength, so that's why I'm asking this post's question.

I've grown bitter towards Christ to some extent and I feel like I have a lot to lose by forsaking the flesh lifestyle.

But at the same time, I want to keep reconciling with Christ.

I will pray about this between me and God as well.

But my prayer request is that I'll find it easier to repent and reconcile with God on an ongoing basis.

Thank you for praying.

In the past year or more, I've struggled to see full meaning in my discipleship even as I've experienced some meaning in it.

Please pray that God will help me in an ongoing way to see more meaning in my journey with Him.

And please pray that I'll stay faithful to Him even when the journey feels bland, which it does right now.

I want to keep following Jesus despite this bland feeling.

Philippians 1:6 (ESV):

"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."

I struggle to accept Jesus as Lord even as I accept Him as Saviour. I used to accept Him as Lord more easily when I started as a Christian 16 years ago.

What makes me afraid to accept Jesus as my Lord is my loss of freedom as I follow Him and the costs of being a disciple of His.

Luke 14:27-28 (ESV):

"[27] Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. [28] For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?"

I ask because on one hand, the majority of Protestant Christians believe that salvation can't be lost.

But on the other hand, my spiritual fruit in recent years has been lukewarm.

I find that I still believe in Jesus as my Saviour but I'm struggling to accept Him as Lord.

But I have a relationship with Jesus in terms of growing from the scriptures and praying to Him.

But I still cherish sin in some areas of my life while at times repenting of those sins.

Do you see why I'm wondering if salvation can be lost?

I'm confident I was saved at one stage. But whether that's still my salvation status is another question altogether - that is, if salvation can be lost.

I hope to God that receiving answers for this post doesn't cause another mental meltdown in me over the fear of possibly going to hell, should I worry about danger of my salvation.

I want to focus on heavenly things, not earthly things. I want to take up my cross and follow Jesus but it's hard because of earthly pleasures.

Please pray that I'll live by my morals that the Lord put into my heart. And that I'll have the strength to continually say no to porn that is unethical by the Bible's standards.

I've had brief success last week but not today. I will pray to God as well about this.

She's seeing the doctor tomorrow when she can. But could you pray that she'll be okay and that future plans will be discussed between her and the son.

The father of her son passed away in recent years, so he's not there; even then, he needed a lot of caring before his death.

If not for our sake as employees under him, please pray for my manager, as he likely deals with insomnia or something like that.

He always seems tired and usually cranky. But he's done well in keeping his interactions with me professional despite this.

I'm concerned that his tiredness is affecting his lifestyle in general and he probably gets anxious on his days off work as well.

He used to be more cheery in the past.

Please pray that God heals him of insomnia if he has it or at least that God would heal him of this tiredness anxiety he has.

Please also pray that I'll stop being irrationally nervous around him.

Edit: thank you all so much for the prayers! I appreciate them.

Post content:

I have a chemical imbalance in my brain and anxiety due to tiredness, boredom, and work coming up today.

I find it hard to meditate and sleep despite feeling tired. It's day time right now.

When I pray, I feel like my prayers aren't always powerfully answered.

My pastor yesterday referenced Psalm 66:18 in his sermon that says that cherished sin can hinder prayers.

I struggle to repent of those sins in order to be free of them and to receive powerful answers to prayer from God.

I feel like the test of my life is to obey and love God even if He doesn't give me a girlfriend even if I were to eliminate sexual sin from my life.

And this applies to my life generally regarding the other things that might not always go as expected despite God being a loving God.

My prayer request is that I'll pass the test by continuing to love God despite the tests.

I don't ask that God allows me to suffer more to test me, but only that I pass the tests.

Any thoughts?

God gave me mental illness, I suffer from mental illness and I take medication for it.

I can't forgive God for what he has done to me.

If God was good, he would have made me a normal and healthy person, and given me a fair chance at life.

I am well aware I am going to hell and to be honest with you id rather go there... why would I want to worship a God that made me mentally ill and destroyed my life? My quality of life is extremely low.

Heaven sounds horrible. Just praising God and telling him how much he's good for eternity. I think God is not as good as we think he is. If he was perfect, everything would be perfect

I do not feel love for God only pure hatred for him.

With mental illness, i am not even close to me being normal... I wish I was though.

A lot of Christians tell me that God will make it right for me in heaven ( i am 99% sure i will go to hell) but what about this life? Am I supposed to just suffer for no good Reason ? Why can't I be healthy now?

Why do I have to suffer for what Adam and Eve did?

Today I've been praying to God asking Him to continue to develop a new heart and Spirit within me to help me repent more.

My PR today is that you'll please pray that:

I'll be a living testimony as someone who once was caught in sinful habits and neglected God in my behaviour to someone who obeys Christ as a sign of being born again.