What is the biggest stronghold that is bruising your faith?
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The only thing that can bruise your faith is you.\nBe strong in the Lord, With God on my side..."WHOM SHALL I FEAR"?????
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His strength is made perfect in our weakness. There is a whole lot of these things that are going to be laid on your heart! Allow Him to cleanse you and continue to seek Him through prayer and the reading of His Word! God Bless You! What an awesome journey you have begun to embark on! There is no way to do it alone. Apart from Him we can do nothing!
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David fighting and beating Goliath\nWhole Book of Job
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Ask God for spiritual protection.  Just rattling of the Lord's prayer won't do anything because you need a prayer of faith, not a go to prayer of tradition.  The Lord's prayer is a model of how to pray, not the only thing you should pray.  also, Jesus never said "say this prayer when you are under spiritual oppression."  when it happens to you next time, pray in the way Jesus did when he drove out demons.  rebuke the demon, tell Him you belong to Jesus and tell him in the name of Christ to leave you.  Ask God for an angel to protect you and guard you.  Also, youre not being attacked because you didnt go to a church service, God isn't punishing you.  Remember, God is greater than the devil, just rely on Him and youll be fine.
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I walk in the faith that the Bible is a load of codswallup. Especially concerning the parlor tricks of the New Testiment. 1Peter 2-24 included.\n\n-SD-
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For you-\nPsalm 31:1-5   \nIn You, O Lord, I put my trust;\nLet me never be ashamed;\nDeliver me in Your righteousness.\nBow down Your ear to me,\nDeliver me speedily;\nBe my rock of refuge,\nA fortress of defense to save me.\n\nFor you are my rock and my fortress;\nTherefore, for Your name's sake,\nLead me and guide me.\nPull me out of the net which they\n        have secretly laid for me,\nFor you are my strength.\nInto Your hand I commit my spirit;\nYou have redeemed me, O Lord God\n        of truth.\n\nMay the Lord bless you!
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OMG, that almost makes me want to become a believer. Yikes!!
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Possibly the Ark of the Covenant (sought by Indiana Jones, Hitler, and just about everyone else).  \n\nI didn't hear of it traveling to Israel, but I've been familiar with their claim for several years.
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The biggest mistake I ever made was getting out of the will of God, and getting out of church. I got with the wrong people. They took me out in sin, father than i wanted to go. I Thank God for bringing me back to Him, and for another chance to serve Him.
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Consider it a blessing. it's easy to have faith and believe in something when no one disagrees with you or makes it uncomfortable to do so. now you can say you have faced adversity and STILL went to church and still upheld your belief. it's not the same as risking being fed to the lions, but hopefully you get the point, sometimes you have to stand up for your beliefs with more than words. have courage.
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Find Jesus.\n\nBelieve me, you will find that bitterness leave you one bit at a time.
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That is where faith comes in....
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None. Israel, which is a holy place for the three major monotheistic faiths, is also one of the most conquered places in the world. Every civilization has proved to be temporary; Babylon fell, Persia fell, Greece collapsed, Rome fell, the Vatican lost its reigns, China and Mongolia have been crushed before, Britain has lost much influence, Soviet Union has fallen. And like my Greek teacher, I believe America is suffering its downfall and it wont reverse itself unto greatness.
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If your faith is too hard to hang on to and you are struggling with it, then you need to find something else to have faith in.  Of course all of the holy rollers here will tell you not to listen to me and all of the crap, but every person has soemthing to learn from another person.  I learned that from the Desiderata.
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Don't worry my dear, very soon I shall be sending something your way that will test your faith, and only the strong of faith and mind will survive. I have great confidence that you will survive, but many of those of whom you speak... I should say no more, I have already said too much. People who are not strong in their own faith will always try to find others to make them stronger. But it does not work that way, as I am sure you know. They would even send Me, the center of their cult, (which, by the way, I am fairly certain I warned against iodizing in My 10 Commandments. In fact, if I am not much mistaken, it was the First, and the most important.) threatening Instant Messages, telling Me to have respect for Myself. They would try to save their own Lord and God.
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A wise man once said " keep your eyes on Jesus and do the next right thing" . Its not easy but every choice does count. In my experience I have grown closer to God by letting him fight for me: pray about it.
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Good question and asked very nicely.\n\nThere are a lot but I think, just to make it easier, the most glaring one to me is the resurrection.  To get the facts right on the Most Important Day, EVER, would be pretty key.  Yet Matthew, Mark, Luke and John conflict on about 30 points.  Among them are:  WHO went to the tomb, WHEN they went, WHY they went, WHO was there (humans or angels), HOW many (1 or 2), WAS the stone rolled away or not. \n\nTo have "gods perfect word" conflict about this most important event is a critical failure.