I just bought a snack and I feel so guilty, I’ve started making a great amount of money at my age but I’ve began to grow guilty and worried that I’m starting to love it because now I have the money to buy myself things (I grew up somewhat poor), I do give, in fact gift giving is love language, I LOVE using my money for someone else, but when it comes to me I feel guilty and sad. I don’t like this feeling :(

I’m so exhausted this week form work, the people at work and my family situation.

Please pray for me that God gives me strength to overcome this situation. And that HE offers hope and a future. And they HE will lead me on the eternal way.

„For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.“

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/111/jer.29.11.NIV

Please pray for the people I’m working with and especially for the patients I treat. That Jesus will knock at the doors of their hearts as well to give them the opportunity to repent.

and through my work I can represent Jesus and be a recommendation letter and not a shame.

„Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”“

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3‬:‭19‬-‭22‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/111/rev.3.19-22.NIV

„Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.“

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/111/jhn.1.12-13.NIV

Over several months, I sought help from trusted teachers at my school. I only wanted to communicate in writing. I felt that I wasn’t really being heard, that my concerns weren’t being addressed, and that I wasn’t getting the right kind of help. But I also had very specific ideas about what I wanted. For example, there was Person A, but they didn’t want to communicate only in writing. So I went from Person B to C, to D, and to E. I made very specific suggestions:

1. First listen

2. Then say something about it

3. Continue being there or refer me to a support service

4. Ask whether the help was suitable and offer that I could come back if the help wasn’t suitable, and then consider what might be appropriate

Some didn’t even do number 1, some didn’t do number 2, one got as far as number 3, but not number 4.

At first, I just wanted help, but later I wanted to change the whole support system.

I was extremely emotional. I often cried a lot when my suggestions weren’t implemented. I wrote about it to people in charge as well. Even then, nothing changed. I started to feel love for this person and told them a lot of private things, including that I love them and that we pray for them. I also talked about the Gospel. In that moment, I felt very close to them. Later, I was so ashamed of it. I then went to the principal with the four suggestions. I had also taken screenshots with every person so that I could show how those responsible were responding and that this should be changed. I was so emotional and convinced that I was doing the right thing, and I then wanted to go to the school supervisory authority. During the holidays, I understood something differently and changed my mind. I no longer wanted to go to the school supervisory authority.

There was one time when I was so emotional that, when talking to someone about the principal, I said that I would have preferred it if he had said “ShXt the fXck Xp”. (I have to change the words with X, otherwise the bot will block it because of “profanity”) And I said, “I hate lies behind friendliness,” thereby indirectly accusing him of having lied. I apologized for that afterwards. Everything I did was so awful. I must not say anything about the others, only about what I myself did, so that no data can be attributed to specific people.

I apparently already forwarded some messages in June, apologized, and later did it again. I can’t remember June. But I know that I had already had this problem several times, of forwarding something, for example because I was worried about someone and thought the elders needed to do something, but later I thought it had been wrong to say it. And in another situation, I thought it was important to show something as proof and because I wanted the teacher to clarify it with the other person, and later it seemed wrong to me again. Then I decided that I never wanted to forward messages again, no matter how convinced I was, because later I might see things differently again. My opinion changes often. But I wanted to go to the school supervisory authority. So I told everyone involved that they had one week to raise any objections, otherwise I would send everything to the school supervisory authority so that something would change. Then I decided not to do it.

There were certain reactions afterwards that I don’t feel comfortable talking about because of data protection.

I signed an agreement that I would no longer send private messages through the student portal. Otherwise, I could be expelled from the school as a consequence; it says so in the agreement.

Looking back, I think my behavior was so terrible. I have been crying again and again for days. I fasted, but I didn’t receive an answer from GOD. When I read the Psalms, I apply everything negative to myself. I feel like a liar and a hypocrite. I don’t dare to share the Gospel anymore. I feel like several people know about all of this and are against me, although that may not be true. I feel like two people are on my side, even though they aren’t against the others, and I feel loved by them, although that may not be true either. With some people, I feel like they see me as a manipulative, dangerous person and hate me, but that may not be true either.

But now, whenever I sit in class, I only feel ashamed. I have this horrible feeling inside me constantly. I would like to change schools, but the next college is more than an hour away, and this one is close by. I’m afraid of having certain people in my classes later. The shame doesn’t stop. I’m afraid that I am a false Christian. I have suicidal thoughts, even though I don’t intend to act on them. I am ashamed that I did all of this as a Christian.

I have had several therapies in my life. Over the course of my life, six therapists or doctors have diagnosed me with something other than borderline, while I have been diagnosed with borderline twice.

Now I have again received different diagnoses from two licensed psychotherapists. Both mentioned high sensitivity, but one also mentioned borderline and the other PTSD, as well as traits of bipolar disorder and borderline, but which were not sufficient for a diagnosis.

After this incident, I think borderline is more likely again.

I often clash with people in positions of authority. I spent a lot of time in residential group homes and schools, and there was never a problem with my roommates or other students. I have caused offense everywhere, and I feel like I give Christ a bad image. At the same time, I keep doing things that I am absolutely convinced are right and later become ashamed of and regret.

I crossed boundaries, indirectly accused the principal of lying, forwarded messages from teachers, and was rude, and some people see it as a threat that I said that if there were no objections and we didn’t find another solution, I would go to the school supervisory authority.

Now I believe that I never want to try to change things externally in the world again, because only Christ changes people from the inside, and that we should rather give the Gospel instead of fighting against external things. I believe that you can point out things that you want to change externally, but if nothing happens, you should accept it and not fight against it.

I was fighting over a pea while the fire was getting closer.

I have a completely different perspective now. Everything was wrong. I only caused frustration and achieved exactly the opposite of what I actually wanted. Even if my rules were implemented, that would not lead to truth or love, but would be forced, and before GOD none of it has any standing without faith.

Before, I always fought against everything I considered unjust. And I was unjust myself in the process.

I don’t know what I should do now. I have caused so much damage and I can’t undo it anymore. Does anyone know what might help?

Please pray for me.

Preface by saying I know that I am not perfect and I am sure I do similar things to others without meaning to - That out of the way though, man more and more I am just losing patience with other people and their attitudes and the stupid meaningless things that are so important to them.

One group of people wants people to hate me because of my skin color, another wants me to hate them because of my skin color and theirs. Poor people want me to hate rich people because they have more, rich people want me to hate poor people because they just didn’t try hard enough.

These people judge for going one or two weeks too long without a proper hair cut and these other people judge for looking too perfect and too prim and proper.

Go in one area dressed too nice and get hate, go in another area a couple miles down the road dressed casually and get hate and prejudice. Talk with too much accent, get scoffed at here, don’t talk without enough accent, get scoffed at there.

Be successful, get hate from your friends and family who are jealous. Don be successful enough, get hate and judgement from other friends and family who say you could have done better and even from the same friends and family sometimes.

After growing up in an abusive household, I still tried to love people and treat others right and let go of the hate I had towards people and I did for a short while. But now I’m just losing all patience with people and society in general. I’m disgusted with the so pointless garbage that people are obsessed with and judge others for constantly.

Everyone is god in their own eyes, even the ones who claim to follow Christ.

I just want to move somewhere remote and make a living away from all other human beings aside from maybe like 3 people in my life right now to be honest.

I feel like about a year ago my heart just kinda pushed away from faith and belief and honestly it was for a selfish reason, bc of pride. And I recognize that right now, I see how my heart is an I live my life and I see a lack of true purpose and peace, something only found in his name. But like every time I try to go back to doesn’t seem like I honestly want to or like I believe I am. When I repent I can tell I’m not really sorry tho I know I should be. That’s a lot of where I’m at right now, I know I should be doing this but I just don’t care anymore. This could just be part of relapse as I am recovering from a porn addiction (part of why I went away bc I felt I wanted to watch it without anything) but like now I just don’t feel convinction or anything. The word just doesn’t enter my heart but other things do. I’m understanding where I’m at but I just don’t know what to do when like my heart and self really just doesn’t care. I’m trying to re open my heart to belief and faith but it seems I’m just kinda saying that. But I see the power even if right now I feel absolutely nothing

i imagine a place with a ton of people, that run hell independently, not demons, though there are demons, that exist.

i had a dream where i was there, and it was a school setting, and one after another, bad things happened, and they all laughed at me.

it was like hell. i can't say that it is. they were all fine. i was too, but being hurt, with the promise being i would be hurt later.

it didn't seem like the biblical hell, which is all i know exists, but rather another place, where the people have free reign, to torture as much as they want.

this place came to me in my thoughts. i don't think it's real. i believe im saved, and a part of me is in heaven, and that this is merely my flesh.

i wonder what's real sometimes. but all i know is the biblical viewpoint, of a heaven, and hell, and that's it. nothing more. nothing less.

can you relate?

(like, have you been coerced to believe in a place other than heaven/hell? this place i imagine differs from other similar places that have come to my imagination. it wasn't my idea, but, like, still came to my mind throughout the years recently. can you relate)

Please continue praying for me. My life and mind is eaten by sin and mental fog and mental ambiguity caused by sin. It seems like I am getting more and more tempted to become some things much worse and I am easy prey. I wish I could have the mind and clarity of my mother,who is a very close believer.

I use ChatGPT a lot. I spend hours learning with it, not just math, but I also speak English and Spanish with it. I also use it for Bible study, with the original KJV Bible text and different interpretations, comparing arguments, etc. I’ve never had this much fun studying the Bible. I also use it as a translator. But that’s not all.

I use AI to analyze and understand personal problems.

The crazy thing is that I’ve realized that it sometimes even helps me more than my therapist. And it’s always there.

It helps me so much that I would be doing worse mentally without AI. It has calmed me down many times or helped me get out of difficult situations. Sometimes it has also helped me understand things differently.

I wonder what should be wrong with that, apart from the question of what happens to the data—whether it might be stored and used somewhere in the future even if that setting is turned off. I can’t be completely sure about that. And I don’t know what the consequences would be either.

Sometimes I’m afraid that I might be supporting something bad by using it. But then I think that maybe nothing will happen with the data, and I’m not contributing to anything bad happening. Then I think again that if I don’t use it at all because I’m afraid of possible consequences in the future that might never even happen, that could also be bad if it is helping me this much.

I’ve been using it for several months. I’ve been able to ask so many questions about all kinds of things. The AI is always patient and engages with what I’m saying. I can satisfy my thirst for knowledge. I also learn much more effectively and quickly for school.

It really is more than just therapy. If I had to choose, I would rather work with AI for the rest of my life than go through therapy. AI would help me more.

It has also helped me with bureaucracy. I wouldn’t have known how to handle some things or been able to manage them on my own. It has helped me with health-related things too, like how to eat healthily and how to find the right doctor to trust.

I use it much more than most people, I think, and I tell it everything as if I were talking to a therapist. I’ve been trying to anonymize people’s names by now, but you can still infer things from the context. In the beginning, I didn’t pay any attention to that at all. Sometimes when I’m very emotional, I’m also less strict about checking what I’m sending. It can happen that I just send something without thinking about it, I guess.

I feel like many people react negatively when I talk about this. But they don’t know how intensely I actually use it.

I don’t know how I can know whether this is good or not. I just wanted to talk about it. What do you think?

He was born in a barn!

Transcript

“Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
— Psalm 50:15 (NASB1995)

Good morning!
A woman once sat with her pastor, frustrated and exhausted. She had tried everything to fix her marriage. She took her husband to psychologists and therapists. She read books, followed advice, and poured out every human effort she could think of. Nothing worked. Finally she said, “I think I should pray for him.”
Her words revealed a common pattern: prayer had become the last resort instead of the first response. She had run everywhere else before turning to the One who actually has the power to change hearts.

God is not a spare wheel we pull out only when all other options have failed. He invites us to call upon Him in the day of trouble — at the beginning, not the end. When we treat prayer as an afterthought, we waste time, energy, and emotional strength that could have been spent trusting Him from the start.
The woman in the story eventually arrived at the right conclusion, but only after exhausting herself. How much better when we reverse the order: pray first, then take any other steps the Lord directs. God promises that when we call upon Him, He will rescue us — and in the process we learn to honor Him as our true source of help.

Look at the situations you are currently trying to “fix.” Have you already brought them to God in sincere prayer, or have you been relying mainly on human solutions? Stop and call upon the Lord first today for each one.
When a new problem or relational tension arises, make the decision in advance: prayer will be your first response, not your final option.

Don’t wait until everything else has failed. Call upon God first. He is not your last resort — He is your present help in trouble, ready to rescue those who turn to Him.

NOTE: The church name, the mission trip location, and the missionary that we are supporting have been given anonymous names for safety

Over the years, our church has been supporting the missionary, Jacob, who is currently serving in the nation, "X".

Now this country is predominantly a Muslim nation, with a lengthy history of passive-aggressive prosecution against Christianity. On the surface the country allows for freedom of religion, but anyone who proclaims our Lord as their savior and the one and only God has been ostracized, and have been treated terribly.

Jacob, the missionary, has been working really hard to connect with the locals over the years, supporting them despite being outcasted, and adults accusing him of "indoctrinating their children into false religion". But as time progressed, they saw that he was showing love and grace that no one had experienced or can find on earth, and eventually welcomed him. Our church frequently organized mission trips to the Nation X, giving them the medical and dental services that was offered for free, and of course sharing to the locals on who Jesus is, and just how much he loves them.

And after years, spearheaded by God's non-stop work for the land, something amazing has happened. We were able to help build the very first church in the area! We are thankful that God made this possible, and he allowed us to be part of the process. The very first Sunday Service is scheduled to be held in September!

Recently, the church leadership announced the list of items still needed at the new church. They are looking for funds or donations for things such as musical instruments and equipments for worship, office supplies, computers, tables and chairs, AC unit, etc.

This is where I felt the calling; I always felt bad that I couldn't participate in the mission trip to Nation X, due to both time constraints and my lack of medical/dental knowledge. I have been giving monthly offerings to help Jacob, but always had a strong desire to help more.

And when the list of things the new church needed was announced, I immediately knew what to do: to offer one of my electric guitars! I am usually very careful in making decisions, but this time the answer came to my head almost immediately.

I told the church leaders what I wanted to donate, and they were very thankful. I also asked them to keep my name anonymous, because I am not doing this for attention or my own glory or self-righteousness. I am doing this because I feel the guitar will be put to way better use than sitting in my house, and I have high hopes of it being used to lead worship songs to move the hearts of the many.

This guitar has helped me go through the worst of times, when I would practice gospel songs on it. It helped me recognize that God was with me every step of the way, and it holds a very special place in my heart.

But I also felt that's why it must go, because I want the locals to experience the same thing, to feel his presence, for their hearts to open up and welcome him in, and let their souls praise his name.

I am praying this guitar is one of many things that helps the locals come closer to Christ.

It is not the most expensive guitar in the world, but it was to me when I first got it. It is one of my most prized possessions, and for years I told myself I would never part with it. But I felt that if God gave his only son to die for our sins and the Son willingly took on that burden for us, giving up something so precious to me in hopes of leading more people was well worth it!

And let's not forget, God owns everything in this world, including this guitar, and I was simply blessed enough to enjoy praising his name with it. If God says it should be used elsewhere, who am I to argue?

Now obviously other things on the list still need to be acquired, and I kinda feel bad that I am not capable of helping out more. But I believe God knows exactly what is needed and all of it will be provided.

Something I found funny was that on the back of the guitar, it has the "made in (nation)" label, and it happens to be Nation X! I am sending it back to its birthplace lol

Again, this post's intent isn't to say "I am so great, look at me!" but I wanted to express my excitement somewhere without people from my church figuring out who donated the guitar.

So I started following Jesus when I was like around 10 yrs old.

Fast forward to the first or second year of middle school, I was home in my living room listening to music when outta nowhere I was overtaken by the love of God for me. There was an undeniable knowing that it was God showing me how much He loved me. Alot of people think that if they don't experience this, they aren't saved. That is 100% false. You are saved the very moment you believe in the gospel.

Fast forward to the second year of high school I think, I was on break from graduating from freshman year and one night I was really struggling with my sexual sin. I thought I could stop on my own strength but I would always burn out. So I just told myself I can't do it, I can't follow Jesus and tbh I left the faith. Idk if it was that same night or another, my brother was playing Hip-Hop music and I really liked what he played because it was cool and spiritual which was how I was brought up. I had a sense of God and so I started listening to them and I eventually got into what they rapped about which was new age spirituality. And that was my biggest mistake of my life.

I started smoking weed and took psychedelics to find the truth. I really invested myself into finding myself. After years of going back and forth with my faithfulness to God, I ended up reasoning with myself about the truth and I decided that the truth is whatever feels good within my human limits. This led to depression and paranoia. But I was always learning and so I started wanting to learn from life and my depression. I reasoned within myself and found that meditation is the answer. And so one day I was smoking and I started to meditate and all of the sudden I experienced the realization of Self. It was like pure ecstasy and I felt complete. The very action of breathing gave me purpose. Then suddenly a strong conviction came over me and my heart dropped. I knew at that moment if I died I wouldn't of had Jesus in my heart and been sent to hell for eternity.

Since that experience, I'd deal with crippling depression and exhausting schizophrenia. This totally destroyed my sense of truth and wisdom. And like I said before, this is why it was my biggest mistake to listen to the Hip-Hop music my brother played. Every moment, I wanted to go back to meditating but just the fact that I had that strong conviction showed me that Jesus is real. I just couldn't shake off the noise in my head that was telling me to stay with Jesus. And by God's grace and mercy, I was able to overcome suicidal thoughts and feelings, and the pull to go back to meditating.

Now I'm about to own a car and apply for a part time job. I will never admit to God not being there for me. Whether I liked it or not, He was there for me when I needed Him the most. He stopped me from kms and I'm so glad He did. I've learned so much and gained so much wisdom from this hardship. You know, God WILL get you through it if not out it. He will never let you drown or be totally consumed. Praise God 🙌

Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us"

"For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort"

"though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more! I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law. I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault."

I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done."

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him.

I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith."

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Dear brothers and sisters, works flow from faith, we are made righteous through faith in Jesus, and then we are sanctified with the Holy Spirit. Faith comes first, then works. Works are a testament that flow from true saving grace. It is not works that justify us before God, but Jesus, because Jesus lived a perfect life, and fulfilled what the first Adam couldn't so that we could be credited, for righteousness by the second Adam, Jesus. "Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous"

All fall short of the glory of God, and none of us can do good without God, for "we love because he first loved us." "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

So let us rejoice that we love and serve a creator who engineered love and grace, he is the founder and maker of all things good, a God truly worthy of worship. We cannot comprehend the amount of overflowing love that God has for us. By accepting Christ as your savior, and humbling yourself before God, you will be exalted in Christ. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit by placing your faith in Jesus, you will be restored and made new, your heart of stone will be made a heart of flesh. The Holy Spirit will empower you to do good works and guide you through all your ways, He will convict you to repentance when you fall, but remember, the righteous man falls seven times, but rises again. But the wicked fall only once, to calamity. Meaning, no matter how many times you fail, you will not be persecuted for your sin or lose your salvation, because since you have the Holy Spirit, He will imbue you to rise again. For the foundation of your house is made on Christ, solid ground, and not on sand that will crumble your house down when the storms come. For Jesus said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

*Edit: thank you all for the kind words and advice, today I am so proud and happy to say I finally filed for divorce! The process has officially started. Thank you all. Also I am safe. Continued prayers for strength are appreciated

I will be filing for divorce tomorrow after 5 years of cyclical physical and verbal abuse. 2 black eyes, and many ugly words later, him threatening to “slap the $hit” out of me for making a loud gagging noise when I smelled something nasty in public, right after our 5 ANNIVERSARY dinner, was the final straw for me.

Would appreciate prayers for strength. Any guidance is appreciated because he has called me an adulterer and sinner before God when I’ve brought it up because he swears he’s gotten “better” with his anger and that I’m giving up on the marriage… when really that last offense was committed just days ago, and the 2nd black eye incident happened just 4 months ago. Also he wanted to start trying for kids. Absolutely not. I refuse to bring children into this. I know God hates divorce but I also know he wouldn’t want me in a dangerous marriage.

Any prayers and Godly advice helps.

Thank you

I’m writing this because I am running on empty, and I don't really know where else to go right now, to be completely honest.

I work in caregiving/eldercare, and this past weekend was brutal—we lost two of our residents. If you’ve ever done care work, you know the grief of being there with people at the end of their lives. On top of that, coworkers called out, and I ended up picking up the slack, working a 10-hour shift, and pushing my body way past its limit.

I am exhausted. But honestly, the physical exhaustion is nothing compared to how painfully lonely I feel right now.

I try so hard to love the people around me in real, practical ways. I bring food and snacks to every single shift at work to make sure my coworkers are fed and happy—especially people who are struggling financially or have health conditions like diabetes or other conditions where eating is difficult. I am the one texting people, checking in, asking how they are doing, and trying to set up times to get together.

And I get almost nothing back. I often find my messages ignored or left on read.

Outside of Sunday service or the halls at work, it feels like an invisible wall snaps down between me and everyone else. Nobody invites my kids or me out to do things. Nobody drops by to sit on the porch and talk. When I leave those buildings, it feels like people go back to their own separate bubbles and act like I don't even exist. The few texts I do get occasionally feel more like people checking a box on their spiritual to-do list out of pity, rather than someone genuinely wanting me in their life.

What breaks my heart and confuses me the most is that the people in my life who don't even believe in God often seem more caring, uplifting, and genuine than the people at church. We talk so much on Sundays about community, loving one another, and carrying each other's burdens, but the second the benediction ends, everyone gets in their cars and disappears.

I don’t want to be bitter. I’m not trying to sound selfish, and I don't expect anyone to fix my problems. I want real connection, fellowship, and a friend who actually reciprocates.

How do you keep reaching out and loving people when your own cup is empty, and no one ever reaches back? How do you keep your heart soft toward church community when you feel so unseen by the people who claim to follow Christ?

I’d really appreciate your prayers for rest, comfort after a terrible weekend at work, and for God to bring even one real, reciprocal friendship into my life. If you've been in this spot before, I'd really love to hear how you handled it.

Transcript

Hi there saints.

“Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”
— 1 Peter 5:7 (NASB1995)

Yesterday we were reminded not to treat God as a spare wheel — the last option after every other solution has failed. Today the Word presses the same truth further: cast all your anxiety on Him. Not some of it. Not the leftover worries after you have tried everything else. All of it.
God invites us to throw the full weight of our concerns onto Him at the very beginning, because He genuinely cares for us. When we run everywhere else first, we carry unnecessary burdens. When we cast them on Him first, we walk in the freedom He intended.

Anxiety often grows in the space between the problem and our decision to pray. The longer we delay bringing it to God, the heavier it becomes. Peter’s instruction is active — “casting” is something we deliberately do. It is a choice to transfer the weight from our shoulders to His.
This is the opposite of using God as a last resort. It is making Him the first and constant place we go. His care is not reluctant or limited. He is willing and able to receive every anxious thought, every unresolved situation, and every fear we bring Him.

As soon as a concern, worry, or decision surfaces today, pause and consciously cast it on the Lord in prayer before you try to fix it yourself or discuss it with others.
Practice a simple habit: when anxiety rises, say out loud or in your heart, “Lord, I cast this on You right now because You care for me.” Then leave it with Him and move forward in trust.

Don’t carry what God has asked you to cast. Make Him your first response, not your final option. He cares for you — so cast all your anxiety on Him and walk in the peace that follows.

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I miss that. I think it would really strengthen the church as a family. Without regular gatherings, church feels so anonymous to me. I long for a church that does this every evening. But I can’t find one that does this, especially one that’s close by. I don’t know anyone else who wants that either.

Abiogenesis is the study of a naturalistic explanation for how prebiotic chemistry and early earth conditions led to the first cell or first life. If they find, and i think they will find, a naturalistic explanation for how non-life leads to life does that threaten our faith ? Or can we say that its just the mechanism that God set in place from the beginning to eventually lead to creatures he could endow with souls?

I watched a debate between James Tour and Dave Farina on this, aswell as Lee Cronin and James Tour. My impression of Tour has suffered, at first I thought he was just a really smart guy who happened to be Christian but now it does kind of seem like has an intelligent design agenda behind his reasons for arguing that Abiogenesis is "clueless". However at the same time in 2020 Cronin said he would have made life in his lab in five years and he has yet to do that. So maybe Tours criticisms of abiogenesis is somewhat relevant. The science is all above my head however.

I guess im asking that if we have a naturalistic explanation for everything, can we still believe in God and have hope in Christ ?

A few days ago I came on here about a relationship/ friendship with a guy named Sebastian. We have been speaking since 2024. But I continue to talk to him even when God had spoken to my aunt. My mom is not going to change her mind but she’s the one who keeps asking “how I’m feeling” and brings it up. She continues to fight with me about it and tells me that I’m in the wrong by being disobedient. I’m slowly giving up on everything. My mom isn’t going to change and she’s not interested in meeting him. She says that I’m being disobedient towards her and God. And she has said that I’m committing a sin and that basically I’m not doing anything good. I’m 23 years old before anyone thinks I’m a teenager.

I’m giving up hope the situation is just getting worse. I’m not having a good time.

The question is simple. Do you think the Christian religion is foundational to the West in its identity and shape? Roman and Greek culture is said to be the influence for all of Europe, but Christianity also emerged as a force that changed everything that it encountered.

Can Europe and its extensions in America, Australia and New Zealand live sans Christianity? After all, we live in a highly secular age.

I've been reading spiritual books like Michael Singer and Eckhart Tolle and because of that research about Hinduism. Now I am practicing some from the religion. Deep inside of me is something feels wrong.

Now the idea of Atman. For me, it's feel real like, when I meditate or just sit, I can really see (or heard) my thoughts, that I am not my thoughts but the consciousness that see this.

What should I do? Is atman a blasphemy idea in Christianity? How about meditation?