Can God help my problems when I've done so much wrong?
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You have to take responsibility for your own actions.  Our problems are usually caused by our own bad choices. Or the bad choices of others. If you find yourself in a bad situation it's always good to sit back and reflect on the decisions you have made to get you where you are. This is so you can try to avoid doing the same thing again in the future, and getting stuck in a viscious cycle. This will also help you think of ways to make your current situation better.  Sometimes we are the victim of others bad choices. In this case we can only try to put the pieces of our lives back together again.\nIf you choose to believe that God can help you out of a current situation, then you also need to accept that he is most likely not going to send an army out of the sky, to rescue you. He would expect you to take positive steps on your own to make your situation better. \nUltimately we are responsible for our decisions, and the status of our lives. I have made my share of mistakes, and have learned that only I can change the course of my life through the decisions I make now and in the future.  For instance, if you choose to do good in school and go to college to make a good life for yourself that is a "decision" you made that effects your life. However, on the flip side, if you choose to quit school, do drugs, and not get a job, don't be surprised if you wake up one day and realize that you have NOTHING.  Here's the point though, If you wake up and realize you have nothing.. it's not too late!! NOW is when you decide to make better choices starting today. This applies to any problem that you are having. I just used the above as an example. In this example you would have to start by getting off drugs, get help if you have too, get a job. It doesn't matter if it's fast food, or convenience store. We all have to start somewhere.Go back to school when you can.  These things will enable you to take care of yourself. Self-esteem comes from being able to do that.  This doesn't solve every problem you have but it's a start.  No matter what problem you are having.. start moving in a positive direction whatever the case may be.
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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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Pray to God for His help and you can't go wrong.\nGod will help you in any situation you have.
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God can do a whole lot more than we can if we trust him and let HIM lay out the battle plan. Want to know the best way to get in sync with HIS plan to save the world? Here are some tips:  \nPraise - I tell God all the ways he is so good\nWaiting - I just close my eyes and be silent in his presence\nConfession - Acknowledge before God that you have failed in some areas of your life and ask for help with those areas.\nPetition - I ask him for good things and needs in my life\nThanksgiving - I thank him for all of the good things he has done for me\nAsk - Ask him specific questions you have about your life\nScripture Prayer - Asking for specific things from the Bible\nForgiveness - I think about the people that have affected me negatively and tell Him that I forgive them and ask Him to help them not to do those things again.\nIntercession - I pray for people I know that have needs.\n\nIf you practice these things and keep an obedient willing heart, watch the victory and souls unfold right in front of you!!!!
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one cant, at least THIS one cant.  When something terrible happens and you question gods "wisdom" a religious person will most often come back with god has a plan we just don't know what it is.  Well my point is if there is a god and this god is omnipotent then this god allows all of this terrible stuff to happen.  Now if this god has a plan that lets these things happen FOR WHATEVER REASON then it is not something I would want in my life.  If a person stands idly by and lets pain and suffering befall his fellow man when it is in his/her ability to stop the suffering then they are as much at fault as whatever is causing the suffering.  If a "god" dose the same thing, well its just a perverse sort of thing to put your faith in.
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Just look out side and think of all the things that did not go right and the thing that did go right in your life. No way it is all random. God had a hand in it all!
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I am not the world best.. but... God has forgiven you when you can forgive yourself.. and as long as  you keep doing the same thing over and over... Than you are not truly sorry about doing this thing.. God can only forgive us when we are ready to except his forgiveness.. And that is the day you truly want it and stop what it is you are doing...
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what about going to your church and if they cant help maybe they can lead you in the right direction to get help. I understand the hard times as I have had my share but some how it always worked out.  Good Luck
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A few years ago, I thought everything was going great.  I had just gotten married, and we had recently moved into a new house.  I thought I was right where God wanted me.\n\nThen it happened.  The company that my father and I were working on building together lost its largest client and, with that client, went 40% of its revenue.  Obviously that was a major blow, and it threw our life into a major upheavel.  In order to help supplement our income, my wife stopped working for me and went to work for our church full time, and I started working there part time a few months later.\n\nI began to feel like God was telling me something, but I didn't want to pick up my life, go back to school, and start a new career when I finish school at 36.  Then at a Christmas Eve service, the pastor preached a sermon about how the wise men were late, but it was never too late to do what God is calling you to do.\n\nSo, I prayed and told God that I needed to know for sure that he was calling me to do this, and within a few weeks, I was hit with even more financial difficulty.  The lesson here is:  be careful what you pray for; you just might get it.\n\nSo, I decided that I would do what I felt God calling me to do and started looking at schools.  I ended up at The Divinity School at Wake Forest University, which was not my first or even second choice.\n\nI won't say that everything has been perfect, but everything has worked out to get me where I am now.  The house we bought had appreciated enough in value for us to be able to pay cash for the small condo we live in now, etc.\n\nIn the end it came down to this.  I KNEW that God was calling me into the ministry, I had no doubt about it.  I think the majority of people are sure.  They may argue with God about it, like Moses who basically responded "Here am I, send Aaron."\n\nIf I could sum it up, I guess I would say if you have significant doubts that you are being called into ministry, you probably aren't.
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First, let me remind you about Romans 8:28, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."  In all things God works for the good and He has a special purpose for your life. Keep in prayer to God and ask Him how you are to use the gifts He has given you. He will let you know when and how you are to use them.
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THat is a very good question and it makes me very mad when people blame God for things that go wrong.  It's like people dont ever give God the time of day and then when something goes wrong they suddenly start saying how it is God's fault.  God is all good and everything he does is for reason and our sins bring much pain on us humans.  Job 1:22 says "Do not charge God with wrong doing."
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I just do. God is there for me, and will keep me safe and help me through whatever I am going through. He is having me take pills, to help cope. God, and prayer can help you through it. All people deal with it a dif. way. I pray, take pills, and I go to therepy. You have to believe you are going to get through it, and you will. I hope that you will get better, and that you will believe that God will always be there. He will help you, forever. e-mail me, mowel3point@yahoo.com
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yes God exists for me... in times of need i asked Him lots of favors and He grants it... sometimes He doesn't because it was my fault as well i acknowledge... try... when you are in need pray and just wait for it to be answered... you cand ask him to talk to him directly....
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Thanks Becca, and I'm sorry too. That really meant a lot, stay cool girl! \n\nEmail me if you want and no God will always forgive you if you ask 4 it. I know that I've messed up a lot times, sometimes as christians we represent Jesus in such a terrible way, because we've been hurt so we become bitter and take it out on everyone else, a lot of us need to be healed before we try to start witnessing. Again I apologize too, and hope you can forgive me.
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You cannot predict where you will go. If you are living a bad lifestyle, God can make the decision to let you fix and clean up your life, or he can send you straight to hell. If you read the bible, you would know that God is forgiving. If you confess your sins and be humble, i'm sure God is MORE THAN good enough to give you another chance.
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God helps those who help themselves
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Pray and ask God to help you resist what is happening.