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i am so afraid this means i’m going to hell. i invited my friend over because i thought i would be strong enough to withstand it and just hang out but i wasn’t. we both fell into temptation and i feel absolutely disgusting and shameful. i know this is a sin and i don’t know what to do now. how do i say sorry to God after saying sorry so many times before this?

i feel like an absolute abomination, and i know God thinks it is. i feel he’s upset with me and if i were to die i would go to hell.

i don’t know what to do

hi so i’m a younger player (14) who plays on my schools jv team and ive been experiencing knee pain. today when i spiked the ball and landed it was like this sharp pain in my left knee and i had to sit out it just hurt. ive been having this pain for a while, using my knee brace everyday. today i iced it. i’m not sure how to describe the pain it just feels tight.

has anyone had a similar experience? what did you do?

hello i am a christian!! but my step dad isn’t and he will always send me videos on youtube like about why islam is right and christianity is wrong.

i would like to know why you guys don’t believe in islam!! because honestly i have never thought about other religions. however, i feel Jesus is the truth! and i know what i believe in.

according to islam us christian’s will go to hell. muslims believe jesus was not the son of God and just a prophet. a lot of the arguments i’ve heard is like “if jesus is God then how come he doesn’t know the day of the hour?” or “why did jesus pray to himself?” stuff like that. or also whenever he says “he who sent me” or in the book of john he is going to heaven and says “i am going to my God and your God”

another big one is that jesus never himself claimed to be God, however I really disagree with this one. one main piece of evidence that he is God, is that in revelation he is the person who receives the most worship. the 10 commands states you shall not have any other Gods before me. so if jesus wasn’t God, the angels would have been breaking the 10 commandments. they also say jesus himself never said “worship me,” and they use the time when jesus said “why do you call me good? no one is good except God.”

my biggest issue with islam is that i feel like they rely on their works rather than have faith. in my head, i don’t think God would ever make us pray 7 times a day (i think) and wear head coverings and not eat pork to earn our salvation. we are saved by Gods grace. jesus said his yoke is easy and his burden is light.

so my main question here: why do you personally believe in Jesus rather than islam?

okay so basically i’m an incoming freshman who is aiming to become valedictorian and go to a selective college.

i have played the trumpet for 3 years, i started in 6th grade and was in advanced band both years of middle school. i was sure that marching band was something i wanted to do until i tried out for volleyball a few days after the last day of school and made the junior varsity team.

marching band, however, had rehearsals throughout the summer from 3-6pm whenever i had practice. and i really wanted to do both. but at this point i was missing rehearsals and going to practice instead. i talked to my coach about it and she basically said that it’s not fair if i miss practice to go to band camp and get playing time while people who are there every day don’t. (essentially she told me im either committed to volleyball or marching band)

now i discussed this with my band teacher and eventually the athletics director came and talked to me and said doing both was possible. but the issue is that band camp was two weeks from 9-6 and volleyball is from 11-2. so i was going to try to go to band came from 9-11 then go to volleyball and then after come back and stay at camp until 6.

i went to one rehearsal and then tried to do both band camp and volleyball and i just got home from my first day and like bawled my eyes out because i just had a bad first day. like lunch is from 1-2 so i missed lunch and was very hungry and i was tired and even more tried from doing volleyball. i had a horrible first day because i had none of the music really (since i missed all the rehearsals) and was playing so badly. i felt discouraged and like if i stayed i wouldn’t even really be much help. and i knew i couldn’t try and to do it every day because i feel like i would’ve been biting off more than i could chew.

i also feel like doing both would be unrealistic for me. because i would have practice/rehearsal (depending on if i go to volleyball or band) until 8 every single day (plus saturday rehearsals) and have to manage 3 honors classes plus spanish plus early college and more extracurriculars i would want to do.

also i go to my dads on the weekends and the idea of having to spend my Saturday mostly at rehearsal instead of going spending it with him kind of makes me feel sad almost. like yes i want high school to be full of experience but i don’t know if that’s worth sacrificing time with my family.

so i texted my band teacher after the first day explaining all of this to him and he never responded. i saw him in person and he seemed upset. and i have a friend in band camp that said he announced to everyone i quit and that they need more trumpets.

so i feel like he’s upset with me now, and probably everyone else in band. and i dont know i guess i feel like i did something wrong for quitting, like i let a lot of people down.

any input would be appreciated. i think that matching band is really cool! and even next year they’re going to london. but i also have to think about me and my mental health. and i’m not sure i would be mentally happy if i did both because i think it would put a lot of stress on me. i already struggle a lot with anxiety and this whole situation has made me feel anxious in a way i haven’t felt in years because (like i said earlier) i feel like im letting my band teacher down and that perhaps i should have just pushed through so that everyone would be happy

i always was under the assumption that the attraction itself isn’t a sin but acting on it is, then i saw some different viewpoints that said the desire itself is sinful and im panicking

i dont really feel the attraction anymore and i have a boyfriend (im a girl) so i haven’t really been thinking about it all. slowly but surely God takes my desire away but sometimes it’ll still come up out of nowhere and i just feel gross at my own flesh. and i repent but im just afraid i will go to hell because the bible says homosexuals won’t inherit the kingdom of God but i’m not acting on my attraction and i don’t identify as being gay or anything.

i love my boyfriend and i definitely feel attracted to him so i know im not gay, and also im not going to ever label myself as that because first and foremost i am a child of God and that is my identity. im just afraid this attraction will send me to hell and i don’t want that. i just want to be with God for all of eternity.

is there anything i should do as a californian to prepare for “the big one?”

what do i do when im doubting God?

I talk myself through this all the time: our world and earth was so perfectly made that it points to a divine creator, i know he exists, i know God exists.

i know that God sent jesus to die on the cross for our sins, there is historical evidence of this! not only to mention so many peoples testimony’s and experiences or even times where they hear Gods audible voice!

i have seen the holy spirit work through me and change me to help me produce fruits of the spirit.

i can’t ever hear God, even when i calm my mind and get quiet and try to listen.

and all of a sudden these doubts come in my head that terrify me and leave me feeling sick. i feel as if these doubts mean i DONT BELIEVE. and that that means im going to hell.

what should i do about these doubts??

i read the word, i pray and am completely honest with God, and i spend time resting in his presence. i do my best to seek God and to love him with all my heart.

but sometimes he can feel far, and i can feel empty.

i struggle with ssa and have made multiple posts about acting on my desire. since then i have truly repented and stopped, but i still feel such shame and guilt for it whenever i speak to the lord.

and i love God i do and i will always choose him. my ssa, well the person i acted on it with, we both agreed it was a sin and have since stopped. now we’re friends but don’t interact as often. is it bad or weird that sometimes i find myself missing her? it makes me feel sick and ashamed. i don’t love her, or anyone else, more than God. nothing in this world will ever satisfy me or make me complete my except for God. so me still missing her makes me feel so confused and angry at myself.

and God can feel far sometimes. sometimes i feel really close to him, other times im questioning my salvation or even his love for me after doing this sin.

any help would be great. i just have been feeling a bit sad recently and i just want to feel happy and okay again.

okay so i have accepted jesus into my heart, i know our salvation is reliant on our faith in HIM and what HE did for us.

But i find myself thinking “what if” a lot

like what if i actually go to hell and stay there for all of eternity?? like nothing on this life matters if when i die i go to hell and am separated from my lord and savior.

i speak to Jesus all the time. i tell him my worries about this. i am in my word and he’s my best friend.

i am honest with God, I love God and i want my heart to be close to his always.

i just have like this big fear of going to hell. like i’ve spent so much time with the Lord, i have seen myself change, produce fruits of the spirit like kindness, be more empathetic. so if jesus were to say “depart from me i never knew you” i would be so so hurt and absolutely mortified. because i’ve spoke to him so much it’s like lord i know you.

even despite being changed, i still have issues with annoyance, like being annoyed at other people. it’s something that happens a lot at volleyball practice but i always pray when it does, i feel conviction.

the enemy also places doubts in my head about Gods existence that leave me feeling so sick. “God isn’t real” and because of those thoughts i think “you’re going to hell”

those two thoughts literally contradict each other!! but my doubts make me feel so afraid. i know faith is a gift from God, and blessed is the one who believes after not seeing. this doubts are new i don’t even know where they come from. like i know in my heart God is real.

these doubts, worry me, make me feel like i’m on my way to hell.

so any advice would be so so helpful. i want to live my life truly at peace. but i can’t do that if im not sure where ill spend eternity. i just want to spend it with my lord and savior.

i fell back into the same sin. i was doing so good. this is my third time i feel so stupid and fake asking God for forgiveness again. my soul feels heavy.

nothing in this earth will ever make me feel complete except for God and his love. but right now i feel empty and apart from Him.

the wages of sin is death. sin tears people away from God. i feel the weight of my sin. it hurts so much knowing i sinned against God.

i feel like im on my way to hell and that i’m abusing Gods grace. i don’t even know what to do i just feel so far and empty from him.

im a teenager by the way if that helps in any way. i just i don’t know the idea of God still loving me and not forsaking me even though ive fallen time and time again feels so unfair. like i am a sinner. i deserve to go to hell. only Gods grace and mercy and believing in jesus can get me to heaven.

i know this. i believe jesus died for me on the cross. is this habitual sin a sign that im not saved and that the holy spirit isn’t working through me?

i can’t believe myself. i put myself in a situation where i knew i would be tempted. i kept telling myself i wouldn’t fall. i feel so dumb.

okay so i know that a lot of you guys on this sub think that the rapture is post tribulation. i’ll be honest i think it’s pre tribulation.

i think this because there’s been so many people in the word who have had dreams and such and revelations about the rapture and how it is soon.

and why do people always say jesus is coming back if the rapture was post tribulation. and why does the bible say no one knows the day or the hour if jesus was coming back after the tribulation? then we’d all know WHEN he’s coming back.

anyway i have a such a bad fear of being left behind. and i keep praying to God and he hasn’t been answering me which is okay it’s all on his timing but i guess i just feel so alone with this fear.

it eats me up all the time and i don’t know how to make it go away. i want to be confident in my salvation. i know jesus died on the cross for me. but this anxiety has plagued me and has led to be feeling empty and like nothing in life matters because we’re getting raptured soon. and when people talk about future events i just think “only if the rapture doesn’t happen before then.”

i’ve prayed to God to help remove this anxiety and if there’s a reason i should be scared to let me know (for example if im doing something that will send me to hell)

truth be told i’m afraid. im afraid of the rapture because i feel like i wont go. and i just want to feel Gods love and be with him for all of eternity.

i dont know what to do about this anxiety.

i’m a teenager that struggles with same sex attraction. i have sinned by acting on this attraction with someone and i have felt so guilty over it. since then me and that girl have both agreed it is a sin and are not going to act on it anymore.

but ive been crying a lot lately. i think its because i want to be with this girl, at least my flesh does.

but i know in my heart this is a sin. it’s like my spirit wants God but my flesh wants this girl. all i know is how much it hurt when i sinned against God knowingly and i never want to hurt him again.

i am not going to be in a commuted relationship with her, or with any girl. i don’t want to feel this way anymore i hate this thing about myself.

and my tears and sadness over this matter makes me feel far from God. i feel horrible for wanting to be with her. it’s like i do love her but i love God more.

and when im crying i think it’s also because of the guilt i feel for even wanting this in the first place. i just don’t know what to do. i feel like a shell of myself because i feel far from God over this.

i pray for deliverance every day. i pray for God to change me. and like most people think being gay is okay. like even my school will host pride events and my teacher have pride flags in their room. and like everything in the world is telling me it’s okay to be this way and i know it’s not!!
i know this way leads to death.

i feel horrible. there’s been nights where i pray to God and i tell him how i wish this wasn’t a sin. but it is. and i keep saying to myself these are growing pains. my spirit is saying no, to not act on these desires. i know it is wrong.

i just feel like my existence is an abomination because of these thoughts. i know God doesn’t want me to be sad. i want to feel Gods peace and joy. but my heart hurts.

i’m just not sure what to do and i keep thinking in my head i will be sent to hell for this. that maybe God will deny me because of this desire.

i’m 14 years old and a lot of the stuff i see on social media says how jesus is coming back soon! i know he is and i honestly believe it will be in my lifetime. the world is crazy right now and i don’t see it getting any better, but a lot of the stuff going on are prophecies in the bible and signs of the end times.

the end times used to scare me a lot but i just reallt want to know how i could be ready for jesus when he comes back. i have accepted him as my lord and savior and i spend time with him everyday!! it’s my favorite part of life.

i do struggle with sins like ssa (ive posted other stuff about it) but i have felt like it’s gradually going away day by day.

i doubt my salvation a lot especially when i struggle with sins and sometimes fall into temptation. i just want to be ready to meet my lord and savior face to face.

how could i be ready for his return?

i am a teenager who has struggled with anxiety for as long as i remember. i started a true relationship with Jesus and all of the anxieties went away. most of them come from war and getting bombed etc. that was until i had a bad dream so essentially it was the rapture and Jesus had split the sky, he ended up leaving me behind though. i yelled and asked him why are you leaving me? and he said my children don’t do x, y, and z. just basically listening my sins.

so one of my past struggles was my ED. i am free from that now and healed with Jesus but sometimes thoughts still come up and i still body check. anyway so one of those sins he listed was body checking and that like freaked me out because ive never seen my disorder as a sin it’s nothing i really could control.

so it was hard coming back from that i just got into this state where i kept thinking that dream was from God and doubting my salvation and everything and just feeling so far and like when i die im going to hell.

so i’ve felt better since then but then i fell into temptation (ssa, ive made other posts on it) and that like made me feel so dirty and bad and just honestly hate myself.

and now with this hantavirus and the whole alien talk, i know we’re in the end times. i talk to Jesus everyday, i’ve asked for forgiveness, but i still feel like when i die im going to hell. and this hantavirus makes me so anxious i constantly check for news updates and i just don’t even know what to do.

i trust Jesus and i know this is biblical prophecy coming true. and i know if im truly saved when i die ill go to a better place. but im scared to die that way. i’m just scared of what’s to come and working on things for my future feels pointless since i feel like jesus is coming back any minute and i have no point of doing anything.

i know earth is not my home. i just feel anxiousness. i know God does not give us the spirit of fear. but i am afraid he’ll deny me and i’m going to go to hell.

i don’t know if you guys remember my other post on this but essentially i fell into acting on it and i’ve done it twice again since then.

i don’t know what’s wrong with me. the girl im doing it with it’s like she’s really just amazing but i don’t love her more than i do God, God is always number 1.

im a teenage girl. and this hurts, not acting on it, but it hurts even more to hurt God with my sinning. i’ve felt so far from him and been doubting my salvation so much because of my stupid actions.

i feel so dirty and dumb and just angry because i know God is disappointed in me. I spoke to the girl and we agreed we weren’t ever going to do anything again, she’s catholic and she says she probably thinks it’s a sin too. because it is, the bible says it is. she makes me happy and it’s so hard to resist temptation because i guess i want to be with her. but this is all part of denying myself daily. just because my heart wants it doesn’t mean i want it.

also im not going to identity as gay, that’s not who i am, that’s not the label i choose to identify myself with. i am a child of God. that’s the only thing.

last night at church i went up to the altar with everyone else and i just started crying, and the pastor was saying how nothing you’ve done makes you too far away from God and he’s waiting for you to come home. i just want to come home. so ive been praying and you don’t know how many nights i’ve stayed up sobbing over my guilt and shame. and i’ve just told God i’m sorry over and over again. it feels like he doesn’t want me anymore. it was one thing to fall once but instead i did it three times?

i just want to feel close to him again. i don’t know what to do. any advice would help.

I am a teenage girl who often doubts my salvation. My faith is extremely important to me. I started reading the bible a month or two ago and started in the gospels and now i am in the book of Luke.

My church just did a sermon on Matthew 7:21-23, which for context is apart of Jesus’ sermon on the mount where he talks about how not everyone that says Lord Lord will be welcomed into the kingdom of heaven.

““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭21‬-‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬

So the whole message was essentially that we must live in full surrender to the Lord, and do what He tells us to do. Like to completely trust Him with our lives.

But how would that look like for me? A girl who’s still in school? Like how do I 100% surrender to God. This is a really big deal to me because i don’t want to be the person Jesus talks about in those verses. I don’t want to be away from my Lord and Savior for all of eternity. So please help me. What does surrendering my WHOLE life look like?

i feel so disgusting, i am a teenage girl and there’s this other girl, my friend, who i have dated before a long time ago before i was saved.

and i’ve been completely transforming my life after being saved and now me and her are just friends but today i fell into doing it like i kissed her and it felt so wrong and i feel so disgusting

and it’s like it feels like im doomed and im going to hell now and i don’t know what to do i feel so gross and ashamed at myself

and ive resisted temptation for years and tried so hard to change this thing about myself, crying myself to sleep begging God to change me, to make me pure.

and i feel like i don’t have time, like Jesus is coming back any minute.

i feel so bad