If I love Christ, why do I keep on choosing myself over Him? Any enouragement?
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Because you're human.  Read Paul's 1st letter to the Thessalonians, and his other letters.  He offers a lot of encouragement to the people he is writing to about similar issues.\n\nKeep your ultimate goals in mind.  Keep the supreme good goal ever before you.  Try to see the big picture, and maybe you can see that the little desires you have are petty compared to that greater goal.\n\nThis is a lifelong process that we all have to work on.  We will get better if we keep working on it.\n\nGod Bless you in your walk.
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Love him and pray for him. But there are times you will have to leave him and move on and trust the lord to take care of him and place him in his hands.God is able to do all things.We can not depend on our self to get the job done.The Lord cares even more than we do. So I would just sort of speak, cast your care on the Lord. Or he will bring you down also. Love in Christ.
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I am already a christian, and I was free to make that choice when I made it.  So why would I change?
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God has offered forgiveness to everyone.  The decision is now ours as to whether or not we accept this forgiveness.  If we don't accept it, is He supposed to force it on us?  No, He will simply honor our decision to turn that forgiveness down.\nYou brought up a point in your question.  You were making a statement that included "Jesus is the only person worth loving."  He is, of course, but the fact that God loves us even when we don't deserve it is a testament to that love.  Once again, however He won't force it on us.  He waits for us to accept this love and uses Christians to spread that love.
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you need to TRY, to follow his example.  we are only human and it is very hard to follow Christ when we have the temptations of society around us.  but if we are trying, then we are christian
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You are not a homosexual. You are a person who has homosexual tendencies. I am not being picky here. There is much more to being human than any one aspect of ourselves. You ARE a Catholic who has same-sex attractions and your Church is NOT AGAINST YOU.\n\nLike every other human being, you have been blessed with existence—not because you deserve it, but because God in His generosity has given it to you. It is such a basic gift, that most of us ordinarily don’t even think of it as such. But it is. If God wanted to take it back, He would not have to do anything. He would have to STOP doing something. It’s a gift that He keeps giving or we would simply cease to exist. There is no way that we could ever pay Him for this.\n\nSo from the start, we owe Him big time. Now besides this we all have many other gifts as well. Some of us can paint portraits or play the piano. None of us has every gift. Some of the greatest gifts He gives us are the individual crosses that He places in our lives that offer us the opportunity to grow in our love for Him. \n\nSome people carry the cross of not being able to hear or see, while others, the cross of not being able to marry for any number of reasons. One could rant and complain that such is not fair. If God has chosen to create us, then He owes us the basics. At least He owes us a healthy body and psyche! But as we have seen, He doesn’t owe us anything. We owe Him. Further, He has shown us that He really cares about us and loves us with a love that is infinite—it has no limit. This is difficult for us to get our minds around since everything we experience has limits. But on that first Good Friday as He hung on the cross, He gave us a glimpse of what unlimited love is. It is there that we can come to an understanding of the value of our own crosses. They give us the opportunity to respond to such love in a concrete way that is as totally unique as the individual crosses He has given us.\n\nYou have a very special place in the Church. You have been called to have no other partner in life than Him. The world does not understand this. It speaks as if Good Friday never happened. But by the gift of faith that you do have, you know that almighty God chose to favor you with the gift of Himself in a very intimate and unique way. Selfless love is not easy for us, but He is so worth it!\n\nI would suggest that you check out this website: http://couragerc.net/\n\nCheck this website out as well--should this cross of yours be only for a temporary period of time: http://www.narth.com/docs/repair.html\n\nYou are in my prayers.
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No dear friend you are not crazy or confused.\n\nYou just need to slightly readjust your idea of what love is to start to make sense of it.\n\nA long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it. \n\nAfter a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.\n\nJudging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.\n\nI thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.\n\nI realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do. \n\nIf I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.\n\nI still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.\n\nEmail if you think I can be of any assistance.\n\nLove and blessings \n\nYour brother \ndon
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I can't tell if you really want an answer or not.  \n\nIf you really are ready to hear the answer, here it is:\n\nLet's get back to basics.  There is no "her" as a god.  There is only one God, and He has come to us in three ways to have three functions.  God is the Creator, and Jesus is the Savior, and the Holy Spirit is the Comforter.  \n\nWhat is the point of this life on earth?  We are put here to make a choice.  Are we going to choose God or not?  God has a mass amount of love for each one of His creation- even if they are not in love with Him, even if they ignore His creation as a witness that He exists, even if they try to analyze their life away without just admitting they can't make it on thier own.  That is how Satan fell.  Pride.  It is a great barrier.  The meaning of life is to become Christlike.  \n\nGod is not controlled by time because He is not in the physical realm.  He knows what our choice will be.  Think about that- He knows that He is going to have His own Son die just so that a person's sins can be covered, and that person says "no, thanks".  He still goes through with it.  He still creates that person.  It is amazing to ponder.  \n\nOur own choice takes us away from God.  In this life, it means that we will live a life that always has an empty spot in it.  We choose not to turn to God even when we are alone and He is there, with His arms open just wanting to carry us through our trials.  In the life after death, choosing to say "no" to God means an eternity without God- out of His presence.  Nashing of teeth, etc.  Hell doesn't sound very hospitable.  \n\nHowever, God is still there.  No matter how many times we reject Him.  If this is you, you can always start now.  No matter what you have done, God has passion for you.  He is on your side.  I encourage you to call out to Him now.  "God- I've been totally denying your being.  I'm so sorry.  Please reveal yourself and your love to me.  I want to run to you.  Open my heart to see your amazing creation.  Help me to meet people who can guide me to you.  Open my heart and eyes to the price that Jesus paid so that you throw my confessed sins away as far as the east is from the west.  Thank you."  Get a Bible, or check one out from a library.  It doesn't have to be the King James Version (although that is a fine version).  Find a biblical church in your area where you feel like you can ask the pastor all of your questions.  Church is not only for the already saved Christian.  \n\nI've already been praying for you.
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this is a very hard one and i av 2 be careful what i recommend. but in the final anlyses the decision rests with you.do u really really love him enough to risk jeorpardising your new life? is it not because you compare everyone unfairly with him that is why you av not found someone else? has he really changed or YOU really want him to have changed? If he has not changed do you forsee a future with him?make the choice, nobody can or will for you
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Love is the natural choice. It requires an honest appraisal of our purposes and whether we are doing God's will.\n\nHate may be easier for some, though everyone was created to long for love.
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Because you're human. We all feel that way sometimes. But, if you're a Christian you have His promise. He said He would never leave us or forsake. Walk by faith in His promise not by your feelings which are unreliable.
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It is important to remember that love is not an emotion, but a commitment. Let's look at Jesus for a moment: When He died on the cross, His motivation was not based on His emotional connection to us. No, He made a commitment, which He intended to stick with until the bitter end, no matter how much it might cost Him. The emotions may have played a part, but it was not the driving force behind His decision. So, even though you may feel distant from Christ, the fact that you are still interested in Him is a good sign. Don't let this go! Make sure to read the Word everyday! This is very important, as without it, you will likely become bitter and resentful towards your friends, your family, and even God. The Word is food for your Spirit Man: without it, you will soon feel the consequences. Also: pray, pray, PRAY! Be completely honest with God. Tell Him how you are feeling. Tell Him that you feel distant. God loves it when we get personal with Him. If you do, I'm sure that your passion will begin to reignite, because it is a sign that you are drawing near to Him. You are making a conscious effort to get to know Him better, and He recognizes this. He will reward you for it. Also, I encourage you to get involved in church events. Communication with other Christians is crucial to your spiritual health, they will encourage and support you in your walk with Jesus (and if they do not, I suggest you find another church). You may wish to get an accountability partner. This person will phone or communicate with you on a regular basis to check on how you are doing in terms of your relationship with God. Pick someone within your church or (Christian!) group of friends that you know you can trust. I'm sure that every Christian has felt this way at some point in their walk with God, I know that I have. Know that you are not alone. Make sure not to base your relationship with God solely on the love you feel for Him. Make sure to serve Him no matter how you feel, and I can pretty much guarantee that you will feel that passion once again. If there is anything I can do to help, feel free to contact me! God bless, and remember, Jesus loves you no matter what!\n\nSomething that I am sure will reignite your passion is the movie called "The Passion of The Christ." It is very accurate in it's portrayal of Jesus and the suffering He went through; all for you!(you may wish to have a kleenex box close at hand, this movie is a real tear jerker).
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This life is no game...not to God and it sure shouldn't be to us.\nYou have it wrong...God gave you a choice because he loves you. He could of created a vass number of robots...made to serve Him, but that's not what he wanted. He wanted you to love and serve Him by choice.
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Jesus Christ said Himself that if we LOVE Him, we WILL DO as He commands. If you don't want to go to church and be baptized, then you have to ask yourself, "do I really love Him?" \n He did not only command us to be baptized, but He got baptized Himself. So there: walk in His footsteps. How else can you live for Him than by obeying Him??
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Your relationship with God are between you and the higher power you believe in. Converting to please another "human being" wouldn't be putting the spirtual relationship as a priority but the earthly one. No One can make you convert. In the end you will not stick with it. Do what makes you happy and what your conscience can deal with.
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Why do you want to die? You are God's perfect creation. He loves you. That's why He designed you the way you are. You are obsessed with hating yourself. Suicide is not an option. Do you know Jesus as your personal Savior? He loves all He created.  Do me a favor, hon, call 1-888-NEED-HIM. They can help you. I love you as Christ loves you. You are the apple of His eye. Death is forever and without Christ your doomed to hell without ever accepting Christ in your heart. I've been through some pretty bad things in my life and He's taken me through all of them. I have thin hair and I am so embarrassed sometimes that I don't have enough. But you know? As long as God loves me then nothing matters. Your other half is out there for you. Don't give up. Let's be friends. Email me sometime. K?
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God in human form also God's only son...He was sent here as a sacrafice for all of our past present and future sins.  Since the begining of time we have all sinned and fell short of the glory of God because God loves us so much Jesus died for our sins (and then rose again so now he is alive.).. once and for all so now no matter how bad of a person you think that you are and whatever you've done...It's all forgiven and once you ask Jesus into your heart that's where he resides and you know that He is there by way of the Holy Spirit.  The holy spirit you can't see but can definately feel.  the best way to get closer to him is to ask him into your heart.  just talk to him and ask Him to help you read the Bible which He will do all you have to do is  just ask. (if you have accepted him as your savior and you tell him that you want him in your life)  Don't be intimadated He loves you just the way you are.  no matter what and forever\n\nit can get very confusing cuz Satan will try to confuse you just continue to ask God to bind Satan from being able to mess with your mind.