And what have you tried to do to overcome it?
One of my struggles is selfishness. Overall, thats what it boils down to. That I’d rather be on the computer (aka now) than be reading my bible, or go to sleep right away instead of praying or that I don’t give enough of myself, but expect more from God. All of this is selfish and reasonless.
Atheism.
That one pretty much seals it for my part…
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guilt. I do good for a few weeks, then it comes back and messes me up again.
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What holds me back is my impatience and anger, and He is still working with me on that one.
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That he doesn’t exist is the big problem for me
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Probably selfishness.
It is my problem – not God’s
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id have to agree with u. Its the same for me if it all came down to it. Selfishness would be my main thing holding me back
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My relationship with Buddha. Love Triangles never work out.
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Atheism.
That one pretty much seals it for my part…
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*Drinks*.
I sometimes swear at stupid drivers when I’m in my car. I don’t honk or shake my fist or anything, but I come up with a few good curses. I’m working on it, I think I have to be more tolerant.
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temper
impatience
stuff
I always go back to Him, ALWAYS.
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Maybe the fact that you can’t have more than a one sided relationship with an imaginary character, and that wouldn’t even be a relationship would it.
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I have a hard time giving my problems to God. I have a bad control issue. I have to feel like I’m taking care of it. I don’t know why I have this problem. I really screwed it up before! lol It’s just human nature I guess. I will get better with it in time! God Bless!
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God knows that we have faults. We as Christians have to strive even harder because the devil will find our weaknesses IF we let him. I am at fault also for being on the computer instead of reading His word.
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my struggle has been with myself and ego thinking i can bring change myself but in reality only he can bring change and with my help we can help others
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Desires of the flesh`
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the inexistence of the other guy.
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for me, its the fact that i have an enlarged guilt gland. i know that most if not all the things that ive done, ive repented fully for and christ has forgiven me for them, but i can’t forgive myself. i haven’t done much to try and over come it, but friends and family have tried to show me how little my sins are
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elephant box,
you have a great start (acknowledging your weakness)
I pray Jesus puts a yearning to seek and know Him.
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meee too. i am as guilty. and have been for a long time. i am sorry god.
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I think the answer for everyone shouldn’t be some kind of sin, but "lack of faith." The reason we don’t pray is that we don’t really believe that he will give us the desires of our heart (Psalm 37). You have not because you ask not, the Bible says. If you really believe that "whatever you ask in my name, I will do it." (John 14:14), you will pray and ask a lot more.
Sister, I believe you have to move away from a "what can I do for God?" mindset to a "What can God do for me?" mindset. "Be it done unto you even as your faith demands," Jesus said to someone who wanted to be healed. (Matthew 9:29). This will supercharge your faith. "All things are possible with God."
When you start looking into the Bible as a treasure chest of God’s promises, instead of something you ought to be reading, you will want to read it more. If you found diamonds while gardening in your backyard, wouldn’t you do more gardening?
It’s really not that selfish to talk to others about their faith. It’s an important part of your relationship with Christ too. His people are his expression of himself on Earth.
The cure for selfishness is to receive more than you can personally use yourself. When God fills you to overflowing, you just gotta share it.
The thing that holds me back, the thing I struggle to overcome, though less today than in years past, is lack of faith.
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Legalism,
instead of accepting my salvation as a gift and of grace, I fall into I’m so grateful you have saved me. now let me prove to you that you made a good choice by my performance….and making sure I follow man made rules of do this and do that…(read my bible for this amount of time, by controlling my thoughts and emotions to prove that there is no wickedness in me, or that I’d better be good if I want GOD to answer my prayers and so he won’t be mad at me.)
so I’m taking a class, and I’ve been told GOD loves me-
that santification is a life long process not an over night process. that he wants to have a relationship with us…. that people place all these rules on us…that GOD’s greatest commandment was to love him and other people.
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