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I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?
 
I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?

Greetings and blessings in Christ.

Here is my advice. If you want to hear from Him, He speaks to us primarily through His word. He has far more to teach you than simply what should and has been done about your sin. He wants you to get to know Him personally through His word.

Do you have a Bible, ElytBlank?
 
I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?
Crev.info
answersingenesis.org
carm.org
creation.com
Christiananswers.net
winteryknight.com
evidentcreation.com

Read up on these and stock up on argument ammo to defend and attack.
And in debates, use certain Bible verses. The Bible accurately predicts human behavior every time it makes a statement about human behvaior. Every time.

Like Romans 1:20-24 for example.
 
Why is God done with me?
The reason you are concerned indicates God is not done with you.
May I suggest that you talk with your parents or with your youth minister about your concerns.

They will likely talk about the poem ' Footsreps in the Sand. '
 
I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?
What are your takes on evolution, deep time, big bang? And do you believe God's Word is our final Authority?
 
I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?
God is not done with you. He is calling you to greater faith. Already you have some knowledge and some logical conclusions you have made about God. "In the beginning was the Word (logos, or logic)." So logic is truth when it has the right information. You just need to grow in your knowledge of God's word.

Many Christians get hung up on brain dopamines. If they "feel" as if God is with them, they believe it; but if they "feel" as if God is not with them, they believe that. This is nothing other than believing what your fleshly chemistry is saying. But faith transcends feelings; in other words, faith is faithful to believe God and His word in spite of feeling wrong. When faith grows stronger, it stabilizes emotions because the belief system is anchored in God's promises, not circumstances.
 
What are your takes on evolution, deep time, big bang? And do you believe God's Word is our final Authority?
The big bang is considerable evolution leaves to many questions though
 
God is not done with you. He is calling you to greater faith. Already you have some knowledge and some logical conclusions you have made about God. "In the beginning was the Word (logos, or logic)." So logic is truth when it has the right information. You just need to grow in your knowledge of God's word.

Many Christians get hung up on brain dopamines. If they "feel" as if God is with them, they believe it; but if they "feel" as if God is not with them, they believe that. This is nothing other than believing what your fleshly chemistry is saying. But faith transcends feelings; in other words, faith is faithful to believe God and His word in spite of feeling wrong. When faith grows stronger, it stabilizes emotions because the belief system is anchored in God's promises, not circumstances.
How do I strengthen my faith then
 
How do I strengthen my faith then
1. Read scripture
2. Study scripture for the principles of life
3. Memorize scripture, such as Prov. 3:3-6
4. Trust that God will do as He says to you, so know His promises such as Heb. 8:10, Ezek. 36:25, 1 John 2:25, etc.
5. Thank God every day for His mercy and for the atoning blood of Jesus, and for your future resurrection.
6. Fellowship with other Christians and pray with them.

It takes time, but Paul wrote "in due season you shall reap, if you faint not."
 
Crev.info
answersingenesis.org
carm.org
creation.com
Christiananswers.net
winteryknight.com
evidentcreation.com

Read up on these and stock up on argument ammo to defend and attack.
And in debates, use certain Bible verses. The Bible accurately predicts human behavior every time it makes a statement about human behvaior. Every time.

Like Romans 1:20-24 for example.


(bump)
CMB is evidence of God creating all light wavelengths on day 1.
And God could have easily made the universe to expand. Or mabye it began expanding post-Fall.
Or mabye it is not expanding, and that is just assumed based on arbitrary things happening.

But either way, the expansion of universe, whether it is or not, is in no case great evidence for big bang. Expanding or not, it is evidence for God.

Genesis 1:14-19
 
I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?

God isn't done with you. Not at all. But God is God. He says how things will go between you; He dictates how you may know and enjoy Him; He's the Leader, you're the follower. When you act contrary to this dynamic, when you step away from God's control and set your own course, doing what you want even when it is clearly against what God has commanded, well, He will let you but the consequence of your rebellion is, in part, what you're now experiencing.

God wants a love-relationship with you (Matthew 22:36-38; 1 John 4:16-19), which requires that you be free to choose to submit to His will and way - or not. And so, when you start steering your own course, following your own desires and will, God allows you to do so. Instead of forcing you to do as He wants, He waits for you to return to a place of submission before Him by your own free choice. Only once you've done so, will interaction resume.

Anyway, I don't know what you mean by "I was very religious." It seems, from what you go on to write, that you mean you believed in God for reasons beyond logic. Is this right?

You mention a "spiritual relationship" with God. What do you mean by this? Do you know what the Bible says this relationship looks like? I ask because, in the thirty years I've been discipling guys, when I ask them this question for the first time, they don't know how to answer. Usually, they start talking about what they're doing for God, not what God is doing in, and to, and through them.

When the Bible talks about knowing and experiencing God in the variety of ways it describes, it is actually talking about the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of Christ (Romans 8:9; Philippians 1:19), the Spirit of God (Matthew 3:16; Acts 2:17; Romans 8:9). The Holy Spirit connects us to God, living within a person and working to make them more and more like Jesus Christ, revealing the character and power of God to the person of whom he's made his "temple" (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19-20). Without the Holy Spirit living inside of you, there is no salvation, no being "born again," as Jesus described in John 3:3-7, no being made a "new creature in Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:17).

Romans 8:9-11
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

1 John 4:13
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

Titus 3:4-5
4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,


So, then, when Christians speak of "walking with God," of "fellowship" with Him, what they are speaking of, whether they understand it or not, is life in the Spirit. You and I experience God in the Person of the Holy Spirit who does a variety of things in and through us - if we'll walk in loving, holy, faithful submission to him, throughout each day.

Romans 11:36 - Romans 12:1
36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Romans 6:13-14
13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.


James 4:6-10
6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.


Being consciously and consistently under God's control, under the Spirit's control, is essential to "walking with God."

Having strayed from God's control into sin, how do you return to a right relationship with Him? There are three essential steps to restoring fellowship with God and experiencing the life and work of the Holy Spirit in you again:

1. Repent. (Acts 8:21-22; James 4:8-10; Revelation 2:5)

Change your mind about your sin. See the lies that have brought you into sin and reject them for God's truth, instead.

2. Confess. (1 John 1:9)

Admit to God that your sin and the lies you've told yourself that have brought you into sin are what they are: lies and sin. Agree with God that your sin is the evil rebellion that He says it is.

3. Submit. (Romans 6:13; Romans 12:1; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:6)

Consciously, explicitly yield yourself to God's authority and control.

Some time ago, I had a chat with a guy in his early twenties who wanted a deeper walk with God. I talked to him about some of the things I've written to you above, urging him, in particular, to live in constant submission to his Maker. He agreed to do so over the following week and then meet with me again to discuss his experience. When I saw him a week later, he reported that "it didn't work"; submission to God hadn't produced the effect he was hoping for.

Whenever I get this response from fellows learning to live in daily submission to God, I ask some probing questions:

"What were your expectations of God's response to your submission to Him? Are those expectations biblical? What has God said in His word He will do in response to our submission to Him?"

I pointed out to the young guy that whether he got the response from God he wanted, or not, submission to God is a non-negotiable of Christian living. There is no walking with God apart from constant, conscious submission to Him. Submission is "ground zero" for Christian living.

I also asked the young man the following:

"With whom are you relating, exactly? Describe Him. What does who God is mean to how you interact with Him?"

We talked, the young man and I, about God's omniscience, power and holiness and what these things meant to how the young man approached God. As we did, the young man realized how casually he was regarding God, and how careless of God's "protocols of approach" he was being. He would, for instance, pray to God from a life full of spiritual and moral compromise. He had also not thought carefully about what it meant to his interactions with God that the deepest recesses of his heart were fully exposed to God. He had not considered well what it meant for him to interact with a Being in whom there is no darkness at all. And so, when he embarked on the attempt to live in submission to God, all of his careless thinking about God colored his doing so which, of course, fouled the effect of his attempts to submit to God (which was, as we talked, not really submission at all).

The young man was actually trying to submit to a God that didn't exist, you see. The real God was obscure and contorted in the mind of the young man into a sort of cartoon with which the young man was attempting to interact. As you'd expect, the cartoon, not being real, made no response to the young man's attempt to submit. So, be careful that you aren't trying to do the same.

There's more to be said on all of what I've shared with you, but if you want to know more, I'll wait on your saying so before I continue. Be assured, though, that God isn't done with you. Perhaps, though, you have yet to actually meet Him.
 
I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?
God's never "done" with you as long as you're not done with Him. He's faithful, his love endures forever.
 
There is no age limit when it comes to seeking Jesus and getting to know what the relationship with Him is all about as He is waiting for you to come to Him. Get involved with a Christian youth fellowship that has a good youth leader that you can talk to that will help teach you the word of God. I would suggest you start out by praying first before you read your Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding. The book of John in the Bible will teach you about who Jesus is and what our personal relationship with Him is all about. Then I would suggest you start reading the book of Acts as this will teach you about our relationship with the Holy Spirit is all about.

There is also a Question & Answer forum that you can ask us anything and we will help you the best we can. It's all about taking that first step, which you already have and just put one foot in front of the other as you start your walk with Jesus getting to know Him and the greatest love you will ever know.

In my prayers :) :readbible
 
How do I strengthen my faith then

God loves you more than you can imagine.

Start by setting aside a time in the morning maybe 30 minutes, to dedicate yourself to Him; your relationship with Him.

Start by asking your Heavenly Father to help you to cultivate a relationship with Him everyday.

Talk to Him and tell Him what’s in your heart.

Tell Him you want to know Him.

Ask Him in Jesus name to give you the Holy Spirit to guide in this relationship.

Be consistent. Faithfulness is HUGE with your Heavenly Father.

By this you will show Him you are serious about your relationship with Him.

Jesus loves you and is jealous for you. He has feelings.

He wants you to know Him and take your relationship serious.

Then maybe read from proverbs each day. There are 31 chapters, one for each day. Also the Psalms are good.

Your mind needs something to constantly “chew” on so feed it God’s word.

Don’t go by feelings, just know the truth that His Spirit is jealous for you and loves you deeply.


Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? James 4:4-5


Remember the world is not your friend, and wants to seduce you away from God.


Peace to you.




JLB
 
Humbly speaking. Jesus looks at our spiritual condition. If Christian back slides from sound doctrine, and into traditions of men. God won't listen to there prayers. Jesus evaluating everyone spiritual condition.

Ephesians 5:15. Look carefully then how you walk, not unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Christian people repent and study sound doctrine. We won't compromise our values and beliefs. Staying aways from traditions of men and idols. World's wisdom and values can't mix with true worship of God. No one would pour polluted water into pure water. It becomes contaminated.

2 Corinthians chapter 13:5. Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourself. Is it false religion or genuine faith. Are you walking in the Spirit or walking in the flesh. Are we walking in the light or walking in darkness. We need to evaluate our selves from tine to time. Flirting with false teachers or studying with pastors who teach sound doctrine ?

Why doesn't Jesus listen to my prayers. Could be lack of faith. Or listening to false shepherd's. Or refusing to repent. Our faith must be 100 percent obedience to God. Jeremiah chapter 2:35. Yet thou says, because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee , because thou says, I have not sinned.
God isn't happy with those who chase after false shepherd's and listen to traditions of men and false doctrine. Calling themselves Christian people, and are complicate in the false religion. If they repent, and turn back to God, and study sound doctrine. If we are honest with ourselves, and do serious evaluation with ourselves. God is merciful and fair. A spiritual disaster can happen, if they refuse to repent and get back in good relations with Jesus. The consequences are variable.
I hope this helps. Peace.
 
Why doesn't Jesus listen to my prayers. Could be lack of faith. Or listening to false shepherd's. Or refusing to repent. Our faith must be 100 percent obedience to God. Jeremiah chapter 2:35. Yet thou says, because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee , because thou says, I have not sinned.
God isn't happy with those who chase after false shepherd's and listen to traditions of men and false doctrine. Calling themselves Christian people, and are complicate in the false religion. If they repent, and turn back to God, and study sound doctrine. If we are honest with ourselves, and do serious evaluation with ourselves. God is merciful and fair. A spiritual disaster can happen, if they refuse to repent and get back in good relations with Jesus. The consequences are variable.
I hope this helps. Peace.
Well think about the Lord's prayer, what's the contents of that? Exaltation of God, supply of essential needs, resistence of temptation, forgiveness of trespasses. That's what you should pray for, and that's what may be listened. At least that's a fair assessment of ourselves and acknowledgement of our sins, instead of denial, avoidance, coverup and self-justification, as what we'd naturally do as a psychological defense mechanism.
 
I am only 14
Which means both physically mentally and spiritually I'm sure I have a lot of growing to do

But I'm truly at a loss religiously
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer

Silence

I feel pulled back to that spiritual relationship though which is why I still try to call out even after 3 years of doing everything I can think to communicate with God

So, what's the purpose wise guys? Why is God done with me?
I will suggest, that God will talk to you, exactly when He is ready to talk to you, not before. You are communicating with God. He is choosing to use His agents around you, to communicate in response, rather than the direct communication that you are desiring. The sooner He teaches you to "deny yourself, take up your cross [your burdens that the Father has given], and follow Him", the sooner you will receive that which you desire. So ask Him to teach you to do these things. Don't stop asking, to whatever extent you find yourself able to not stop, night and day and all days. Do look for His input in all of the ways He may choose to give it.
 
Elytblank---- I didn't get a chance to read all of the posts above so perhaps someone has already shared this--or something similar to it. The Lord sometimes pulls back from us (The Puritans called this "Spiritual Desertion" and many writers address it) to test us. Everything goes quiet---we do not feel the Lord's presence at all. It feels like He has abandoned us. We literally "walk in a wilderness" or desert. We cry out for rain!! We long for the Lord to return to us an comfort us. And He will---once we have learned to rely totally upon Him in faith. Please read the following verse:

"Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the voice of his servant?
Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God". (Isaiah 50: 10)

The fact you are crying out and also realize that the Lord is being so quiet shows you are a true child of God---longing for his presence. But, the Lord is just teaching you to walk by faith ("for we walk by faith, not by sight". 2 Cor. 5:7). It's part of the Lord's chastening of us so we learn. Hang in there!! The Lord loves you!
 
A couple years ago I was very religious
Now I only believe in God because of logic
About 3 years ago I started struggling with sin and God went quiet I have since cried and prayed every prayer
Welcome to the Forums. I hope that you are still reading these comments even if you do not sign in.

First off, GOD IS NOT done with you. Keep telling yourself that.

2nd - we must come to God on the basis of faith, not logic. (even though He is VERY logical) How do we get faith? Read the bible and prayerfully LISTEN to hear His voice.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word [gr: rhema - a spoken word] of God. Romans 10:17

As to sin, that does not force God to be quiet or us to stop our ears. BUT our enemy the devil (he is a real thing btw) will try to convince you to move away from God thru a trick he uses called condemnation. It is meant to convince you that God no longer wants anything to do with you, that you are past being redeemed. Give up.

But God offers forgiveness and restoration if you will just come to HIM and ask Him to cleanse you from your unrighteousness.
 
How do I strengthen my faith then

How do you strengthen your faith in anything? If you have faith, say, in your bike's ability to carry you about as you sit on it and pedal, it's because you've experienced this ability personally. You've actually got on your bike and ridden it around. As you did, you experienced the bike's "ride" and are now confident that whenever you get on your bike, it will function just as a bike is supposed to function. Having successfully ridden your bike many times, you have much faith in it to support you and transport you.

This is, essentially, how you grow strong in your faith in God. Only when you actually experience Him in the way He promises to His children that they can, will your faith in Him be as your faith is in your bike (if you actually have one that you ride). As God says again and again in His word, the Bible, we can have a direct, concrete and personal experience of Him. Paul the apostle put it this way:

Romans 8:16
16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,


What does this mean? Well, the Holy Spirit is the Person in whom we experience God. When we become children of God through trusting in Christ as our Savior and yielding ourselves to him as our Lord (Romans 10:9-10), it is because the Spirit has come to live within us.

Romans 8:9
9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.


1 John 4:13
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.


Titus 3:5-6
5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,


When Christians talk about "walking with God," what they mean (or ought to mean) is actually "life in the Spirit" - their daily personal encounter with God, the Holy Spirit who has made of them his "temple":

1 Corinthians 3:16
16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?


1 Corinthians 6:19-20
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.


What does all this have to do with growing your faith in God? Well, the way you become confident in Him, the way your trust, your faith, in Him develops, is as you daily experience Him in the Person of the Holy Spirit.

Many Christians have merely an academic knowledge of God, you see. They treat God like they do a bike they never ride. They possess the "bike" and they often admire it; they think about how it works and ponder its parts, talking with other bike owners about the bike; they have read a great deal about their bike and are well-informed as to various theories of bike-riding, bike maintenance, and bike styles but they never actually ride the bike! Instead, they speak of their academic bike-knowledge, of their study of the bike, of their owning and housing the bike, as the way they "experience" the "bike."

As you can imagine, because they've never had a direct, personal experience of "riding the bike," because they don't know what it is for "the Spirit to bear witness with their spirit," their faith in God is very...tepid, very weak. Their "Christian experience" is entirely what they are doing for God, not the other way 'round. Is this how you've been "walking with God"? I hope not. Because it isn't actually walking with Him at all and so, can never properly deepen and strengthen your faith in Him.

God intends that your faith should grow as He does the following in your life:

- convict you (John 16:6; Revelation 2-3).
- teach you (John 14:26; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
- strengthen you (Romans 8:13; Philippians 2:13; Ephesians 3:16; 6:10, etc.)
- comfort you (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)
- change you (2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 5:22-23; Romans 8:29)

The problem here, though, is that Christians usually try to do these things for God, by their own self-effort that is not controlled by God, the Spirit, they set about to achieve godliness in their life for God rather than by His life and work in them. But this is to "walk in the flesh" which always results in the "fruit" of the flesh, which God hates. See Galatians 5:19-21; Galatians 6:7-8; Romans 8:5-8, etc.

Unfortunately, this sort of fleshly living doesn't foster faith in God, either. It just teaches the Christian man about himself, about his ability to be a "godly" person. And what he must always learn is that he doesn't have what it takes to be a godly person. Self-directed, by self-effort, he can NEVER truly be the man God has commanded him to be. By this fleshly effort, the man who is trying to be godly for God becomes frustrated, doubt-filled, and living a life crowded with secret sin. Such a man has a very limp, frail faith in God, you can be sure.

Another problem that crops up when people want to really "walk in the Spirit" is that they don't know how to tell the difference between their attempts to be godly and the life and work of the Spirit in them. They have no idea what marks out Spirit-conviction from mere pang of conscience; they don't know how to distinguish Spirit-illumination of God's Truth from mere academic study of God's word; they don't how to tell when they're being strengthened by the Spirit and when they're just working from fleshly self-effort, and so on. Usually, because this is so, they end up trying their hardest to be godly, never actually experiencing the supernatural life and work of the Spirit. As you can imagine, the faith of such believers remains stunted and tottering, often finally collapsing under the pressure of life's trials and troubles, and demonic erosion of their confidence in God.

So, be careful to be actually "walking in the Spirit." It's only as you do that the faith God intends you should have will be yours. He wants you to live in, not just know about, the Truth you read in the pages of your Bible. He wants you to discover Himself, the Author of Scripture, not just remain only ever occupied with Scripture itself. He wants you to enjoy Himself, the Source of All Truth, not remain content to just accumulate more and more truth-facts about Him. He wants you to get on the "bike" and ride it! This is how your faith will grow deep and sure, as He intends it should.

Psalm 34:4-8
4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him And saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
 
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