I prayed last night

[lunarious]

Every time I pray, my life gets worse every damn time. I grow sick of it.

I find Prayer increasingly fun to do.

I would say beginners in Prayer will struggel with it. I'm muslim so my prayer is physical official way to do it.

Edit: I live in a governmental house..

 

[Princess Viola]

I find Prayer increasingly fun to do.

I would say beginners in Prayer will struggel with it.

Yeah, I will be completely honest that I'm finding what I'm doing awkward because it's totally a new thing for me so I'm still not used to it. It's only been a few days.

Relatedly I've been reading the New Testament and, while I haven't gotten far into it (I've only read up to Matthew 13, so I still have a long ways to go), I've found myself really resonating with Matthew 4:4 and Matthew 4:10. They're just really resonating with me in terms of how I feel in regards to my non-religious identification and the strong pull I feel towards Christianity.

If I can be completely honest, I keep praying for some sort of sign or guidance on the path that I should take in regards to my beliefs and I think how I feel about those verses could be the beginnings of what I've been praying for, but I am still not fully certain yet. I will have to read more Scripture before I can definitively say.

 

[lunarious]

I will have to read more Scripture before I can definitively say.

I believe in a calculated hereafter. Which means i'll sacrifice my present and strech myself, if i care about my self.

Anything you put your time or energy in - which is a Thing - wil give you results.

My Way .... is Patience ..

Edit: However Jesus (pbuh) is born from a Virgin

 

[All-Rounder]

The stories we read make us feel things, experience things, and that'll always be true. I like chanting healing spells, they really calm me and put me in a sort of a peaceful yoga sort of state. I feel like everything will be okay, and I gift that feeling to myself. Sometimes I sent some to other people and they were happy about it.

 

[Alexej]

Yeah, I will be completely honest that I'm finding what I'm doing awkward because it's totally a new thing for me so I'm still not used to it. It's only been a few days.

I would not be concerned about that. There are many way to pray,
Some parts of the church used some more than others, but there are so many ways that you can hardly get it wrong.

Find what works for you, at this time.
What is good will change, and that is OK too. Prayer changes for all of us.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Keep praying, ask for encouragement, for clarity, for insight. Ask Jesus to reveal Himself to you, and His will for your life. God is Love.

 

[FayetheAspie]

@Princess Viola I have still been praying for you.

 

[Princess Viola]

So it's been a few days and during these pat few days I've been praying both in the morning and evening, reading Scripture, bookmarking and taking notes from passages that resonate with me, and just reflecting on everything.

Reflecting on what I've been praying for, the feelings I get when I'm reading the Scripture, and just everything else.

Maybe some might argue that it's too soon for this, but when I finished reading the Gospel of Matthew last night, it's like something clicked in me and I finally understood the path God was leading me towards: He wants me to accept Jesus into my heart, for He is the Son of God and was crucified and died on the cross to atone for humanity's sins.

And so, I am just going to say it: I am a Christian.

Spoiler

And I have also decided to, at least temporarily, change my avatar, custom title, and signature to...celebrate this realization and acceptance of my new faith, I suppose is the best way to put it.

 

[Sherlock77]

So it's been a few days and during these pat few days I've been praying both in the morning and evening, reading Scripture, bookmarking and taking notes from passages that resonate with me, and just reflecting on everything.

Reflecting on what I've been praying for, the feelings I get when I'm reading the Scripture, and just everything else.

Maybe some might argue that it's too soon for this, but when I finished reading the Gospel of Matthew last night, it's like something clicked in me and I finally understood the path God was leading me towards: He wants me to accept Jesus into my heart, for He is the Son of God and was crucified and died on the cross to atone for humanity's sins.

And so, I am just going to say it: I am a Christian.

Spoiler

And I have also decided to, at least temporarily, change my avatar, custom title, and signature to...celebrate this realization and acceptance of my new faith, I suppose is the best way to put it.

That's great to hear!

 

[FayetheAspie]

That is wonderful!

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I was of another faith tradition, and didn't even know who Jesus was as a kid. Other than the pop culture stuff about a manager, a star, shepherds, and wise men. I knew there was a cross, but there was a lot of conflicting data, none of which I heard until my late teens, and I did not understand.

I accepted Christ several years ago, but I was very ill through most of them, so I am still a baby Christian. I am still learning.

 

[Tony Ramirez]

I did pray the other day. It was emotional, raw and hard. I told my close friend Patricia. The earth did not swallow me.

 

[Princess Viola]

I was of another faith tradition, and didn't even know who Jesus was as a kid. Other than the pop culture stuff about a manager, a star, shepherds, and wise men. I knew there was a cross, but there was a lot of conflicting data, none of which I heard until my late teens, and I did not understand.

I accepted Christ several years ago, but I was very ill through most of them, so I am still a baby Christian. I am still learning.

Yeah, there really is a difference between just knowing the 'common knowledge' version of the story VS actually reading it for yourself.

 

[Alexej]

I did pray the other day. It was emotional, raw and hard. I told my close friend Patricia. The earth did not swallow me.

to pray and be real about it is hard - but it is good to do.

Keep being real in prayer

 

[All-Rounder]

So it's been a few days and during these pat few days I've been praying both in the morning and evening, reading Scripture, bookmarking and taking notes from passages that resonate with me, and just reflecting on everything.

Reflecting on what I've been praying for, the feelings I get when I'm reading the Scripture, and just everything else.

Maybe some might argue that it's too soon for this, but when I finished reading the Gospel of Matthew last night, it's like something clicked in me and I finally understood the path God was leading me towards: He wants me to accept Jesus into my heart, for He is the Son of God and was crucified and died on the cross to atone for humanity's sins.

And so, I am just going to say it: I am a Christian.

Spoiler

And I have also decided to, at least temporarily, change my avatar, custom title, and signature to...celebrate this realization and acceptance of my new faith, I suppose is the best way to put it.

I think there's a distinction between God acting in reality which there is zero evidence of vs us doing stuff and claiming divinity did it for us, which comes from the belief that some things we did were directly influenced by that which has not actually proven or shown anything but by our own human feelings and judgements which we already had. Where thinking becomes more complex and there are many things to keep in mind, and question.

If i was born in India I'd be influenced to take on a very different and opposite religious belief, that stands for what Christianity says is a sin, multiple deities. That's how religion influences people on a mass scale depending on local success of the story.

Reflection on feelings is good but feelings have deceived humans since the paleolithic era, so if us feeling someone is a good person or someone is telling the truth isn't proof of it, then how do we prove or find out the truth? So that's why we need to keep our mind in sight along.

There's a xtian that's very aware of his faith on the site which was really impressive imo, i suggest you talk to him if you see him around. He used to have a picture with an anime girl angel with blue eyes blond hair small wings.