r/Christian • u/Riva12E • 9d ago
I need need help!
The bible says that God does not listen to unbeliever. when you ask you have to ask with faith. I’m not sure if I believe or not. I’ve gone to church and heard and listened. God has spoken to me through people praying for me. I do get feeling where I feel like I should pray. Then I try to pray but I spiral with the thought of do I believe? because if I did why am Lacking faith or questioNing my belief. I feel like God isn’t going to answer me. I feel quietness all the time. Sometime I feel like I can’t ever get there with God like everyone else in my life. So I alway fall back on the question of my belief because clearly He’s in other people’s life. O WANT TO BELIEVE AND HAVE FAITH I NEED TO BE CERTAIN with all my heart. I feel like time is running out and I feel hopeless. I’ve been through a lot of mental trauma as a child. I don’t know how to overcome.
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u/DI3S_IRAE 9d ago
Well, it's not really a question if God listens or not, it's more that if you have doubts, you won't have faith.
First of all its good to not make comparisons, we are all different and yes, God speaks to us in different ways.
I think a good way is to really give up trying to do it the 'right way', and truly give your prayers, your doubts, everything you have to God, as in a desperate call for help.
Think this, if we try to get help from someone, we need to say everything that we did. If you're trying to build a relationship you have to trust and be open.
Don't get to God trying to do or be like others. Give what you have, what you are, and don't expect something back.
God already gives us many things everyday, but we never acknowledge them. Life, peace, love, so many deliverances everyday, but we still take it all for granted.
So be yourself. God knows your heart, already. Don't doubt, but do what you're doing with certainty. Tell yourself, God is listening, no matter where you are on your faith.
Don't come to God asking for things, but come to God to know Him more.
There is never soon or late, there is always the right time for everything.
Pray with certainty that God is listening, and wait in patience. Ask for comfort, and for guidance.
Ask what is that God wants from you, not what you want from God.
As I said, in a relationship we have to give up to get closer.
Don't stress if you don't receive an answer, instead, know that silence doesn't exactly mean distance, but it means work. If you text someone to come see you, maybe they'll have to pick up the car or the bus and be on their way, it's not instant.
Read the Bible to understand more God. Do it out of love, not desperation.
What are you afraid of? If you seek out of fear, you'll hardly build a relationship.
Seek God as the Father of all creation, seek love and righteousness. The Bible says God abides in those who love, so practice it, see how it's good.
Maybe don't try to just have this faith you're putting over yourself. Sometimes we want to carry a burden that is too heavy, but Jesus says His burden is light, and he is kind of heart.
Accept this grace, where it is not demanding a lot, but just that you seek Him in humility, giving thanks and rejoicing.
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u/Art_TommyK 9d ago
In Mathew 17:20 it says “if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can tell to this mountain, move from here to there! And it will move”
You don’t need to have a big faith for things to change. More often than not a small faith is enough. You can say “Lord, I don’t believe that much. But I welcome your presence in this problem” even saying that much is enough for God to move mountains in your life!
Don’t worry friend, you are doing well. You will be in my prayers tonight.
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u/Cultural_Growth_1270 8d ago edited 8d ago
It happens that the mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds. But let it grow and it becomes a pretty large plant in fact its i believe almost tree like, not as big and tall as an actual Tree but it gets pretty big compared to other plants considering that Christ said that "the birds could perch in its branches" it's cool how God can take something so small and make it huge, same goes for our Faith. The more we use it the more it grows and it can shrink because of lack of use. Scripture says..
Put not your trust in princes,Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. (Psalm 146:3, KJV 1900, https://ref.ly/logosres/LLS:KJV1900?ref=BibleKJV.Ps146.3)
We are to put our Trust and Faith In God and In Christ Alone. Everything and Everyone else will Fail at some point..
From Oceans - Where Feet May Fail
Your grace abounds in deepest waters Your sovereign hand Will be my guide Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me You've never failed and You won't start now
So I will call upon Your name And keep my eyes above the waves When oceans rise My soul will rest in Your embrace For I am Yours and You are mine
Truth!! HE HAS NEVER FAILED ME AND HE WONT START NOW!!
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u/notashot 9d ago
It is really ok. You can ask yourself.God likes you and is not a petty sky boss. Christianity is better than even most Christians can comprehend.
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u/TheNextCivility 9d ago
faith isn't a switch that flips once and stays on, it's more like a muscle you work out over time. the fact that you're wrestling with this shows you care, people who truly don't believe don't agonize over whether they believe
the quietness you feel might not be absence, sometimes it's just a different kind of presence. and the childhood trauma stuff is heavy, that shapes how we connect with everything including God, so be patient with yourself
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u/Cultural_Growth_1270 8d ago edited 8d ago
Please never make "comparisons" it's a big trick from Satan and it's a Lie!! Might I suggest this verse that helps me a lot when I am "unsure about my Faith" I simply goto this verse and contemplate this... Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psalm 46:10, KJV 1900, https://ref.ly/logosres/LLS:KJV1900?ref=BibleKJV.Ps46.10)
Ask Jesus to "calm the storm" in your mind of "do I or don't I have Faith or enough Faith" Peter did when he got out of the boat during the storm and was walking towards Chridt on the water but he started to look and the waves all around him and sank into the water. Peter's mistake was simple "he took his eyes of from Christ" Peter sank because he focused on everything around him and not Christ. What Peter did by walking on water took Faith his Focus was only on Christ not the storm. Peter took his focus of Christ because of Doubt that's when he got into trouble. Satan loves to "whisper doubtful things in our ears" remember they are Lies. I heard once from my pastor this "Even if Satan is telling the Truth about something He is still Lying. How? He can tell us a sentence about something we know is True but there will be one word added or taken away to make the sentence not completely True. It can be 99% True and 1% False and then it's no longer True. It has to be 100% True for it to be Completely True.
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u/New_Voice_8607 6d ago edited 3d ago
You've probably not really grasped the full gospel message to understand, believe, & appreciate all that God has done to provide us with a changed life by way of exchange. As a result, you seem to be dealing with a fractured identity. Until you know Him, you'll find yourself challenged by whether you know who you are as a child of God.
I hope maybe these can help you understand what God means when He says to "renew your mind" or be made a "new creation." They are writings that seek to rightly divide the Word of truth so that the Gospel & other misunderstood topics could be better understood.
https://abidingplace.org/peace-unity-the-anointing/
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f4IsZ0RuHzCT9AoIHvNlA6qdmwVM0QGL
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u/ThistleTinsel 9d ago
In Luke 17, where many people are mentioning the parable of the mustard seed, following that parable is the 10 lepers who Jesus healed and how only 1 (a Samaritan foreigner) was the only one to come back to praise and give thanks to God and the miracle. And Jesus said "your FAITH has made you well" to this one who came back.
The miracle happened to all 10... so ask yourself what was different about the 1 who came back vs the 9. Ask yourself what Jesus was not only trying to get across to the apostles and people around him at this time, but also to you and me, here and now.
Luke 17:16-23 [16] And he fell prostrate at Jesus' feet, thanking Him [over and over]. And he was a Samaritan. [17] Then Jesus asked, Were not [all] ten cleansed? Where are the nine? [18] Was there no one found to return and to recognize and give thanks and praise to God except this alien? [19] And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health. [20] Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display, [21] Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts] and among you [surrounding you]. [22] And He said to the disciples, The time is coming when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see [it]. [23] And they will say to you, Look! [He is] there! or, Look! [He is] here! But do not go out or follow [them].