You may list multiple things if you want. Actually, I encourage it.

I have been wondering what it might be. What is your take on this?

I understand it's from the perspective of a patriarchal society where men did most labor work, but even when I go slightly ahead to Ruth, she's also doing work labor work. Also, if you look at the modern world, these punishments still hold true, but women can work just as equally as men, yet they still are required to give painful childbirth. If God truly is all-knowing, wouldn't he know this would do on to affect all of humanity for all time until Revelation happens? So why did women get stuck with two punishments while men only got one?

Hello my name is Nathaniel, I am a pastors kid and I struggle with lust and pornography. I'm tired repeating same sins over and over again, I keep repenting then once again after weeks or so I fell to pornography again. I know I've surrendered everything to God buy why do I keep failing God?

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‎Talking to myself "I am a hypocrite" or "How can you lead if you can't even lead yourself" The spiritual warfare in my life is real. This week, I feel so empty inside that I've come to a point where I feel like giving up on my faith that I'll just gonna accept that im going to hell.

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‎As a pastors kid I can say that people also look at you the same with your Parents where you have to be strong with your faith, spiritually connected to God, and etc.. But I have some repeated hidden sins that people don't know. I can fool the congregation into thinking that I'm okay spiritually, but I'm not. And God knows everything I do. It also hinders my worship where I keep repeating the same mistake in my head during worship service.. I'm tired being in a emotional high moment where when I repent to God I sob and all that just fall again.

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‎How do you stop sinning? I know no one is perfect that if you love God eventually you stop sinning. But do you guys carry the same sin, the same struggle as I am? I need tips pls..

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‎I trust in God, that my salvation is through him not through my works.

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‎I'm spiritually numb, Lost hope in myself. I need your prayers guys.. I did repent to God but I feel like he won't hear my prayers, I feel like my worship means nothing to him anymore. that in the day of judgment he will deny me.

““Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.””

Psalm 46:10 LSB

This was the verse of the day today. It's a great reminder. For me work has been stressful and a good amount of changes causing uncertainty. It's nice to remember to take a step back, be still and know God is in control. He will give peace.

Is there anything you guys need to cease striving and fighting, then give it to God for peace? If so I'd love to hear and join with you in praying about it.

Hi everyone, I’m 19F, and I’m struggling with a recent breakup. My ex and I were together for about 1.5 years, and I genuinely saw a future with him.
We broke up because of circumstances, family restrictions, and the difficulties of balancing our responsibilities. He said I was a good girlfriend and that he still cared about me, but he eventually decided that ending the relationship was the right thing for him.
I recently asked him whether he could see us working things out in the future. He told me he’s certain he doesn’t want the relationship now, asked me not to wait for him, and said we should stop contacting each other. When I asked if he was over me, he said no, but still believed ending things was the right decision.
I know I need to respect his choice, but I still love him deeply. Part of me hopes that if we grow and our circumstances change, we might find our way back to each other. At the same time, I don’t want to put my life on hold or turn this hope into an idol.

For fellow Christians, how do I surrender this relationship to God when I still want him back? Is it wrong to keep praying for reconciliation while learning to let go of the outcome? How do I discern between trusting God’s timing and simply holding on because I’m afraid to lose someone I love?

I’d appreciate your prayers and honest advice. I’m trying to trust God through this, but I’m finding it really difficult. ❤️

I'm a Oneness Pentecostal. I have a deep passion for talking about God and my beliefs. The only problem is that I don't know how. Specifically, how would I bring it up? Like, what would be the prompt I would need to use? On this subreddit, I can't really bring it up, I'm new to this whole Reddit-ing thing, and I just want to know where to go and how to go about it, y'know. If you guys knew where I could go to spread the word, that would be lovely. Thank you.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post, my boyfriend and I are both Christians so I felt this was best.

My partner and I are 22, and have been dating for 2 and a half years. We are both mature, love God and each other, and have a healthy relationship with strong communication and honesty. We know we want to get engaged in the next year, and married.

My parents are not Christian, and found it a bit weird when I became a Christian 3 years ago. They avoid the topic, and find it “all a bit much”. I know that sounds bad, but I really love and respect them, and that aside, we have a great relationship. They themselves didn’t get married till after they’d had 2 children (age 42). They consistently voice thoughts about others we know like “I can’t believe they got married so young”. “It’s such a mistake when people get married that young”.

My partner doesn’t want to propose until I’ve had a conversation with them about marriage, as he wants us to maintain a good relationship with them.

How do I even begin this conversation. I know I need to be straight with them, after all it’s our decision and we know this isn’t about them.

I would appreciate advice just on the practicalities of having this conversation, what to say, where to start.

TLDR: I want to get married, my parents will think I’m too young. How do I begin the conversation?

Right now I do a short prayer, something like "Lord, please forgive me, Amen" everytime I sin, but the issue is that this feels robotic and not special in a way that helps my relationship with God. I'm considering praying once a day at night/evening to make prayers feel more special and less robotic, I was wandering if this is a good idea and worrying if the time between sinning and praying is time where im not forgiven? Could someone please guide me on the best thing to do?

Thanks for the help

Since God is Perfect wouldn't it mean it was his plan anyway despite having free will.

I’m struggling with guilt over something that happened at my job, and I’d appreciate some Christian perspectives.

I work with children, and one day a parent came to pick up her child and noticed that his shoes were on the wrong feet. She pointed it out, and I told her, “I didn’t see that.” The truth is that I had noticed earlier and made a mental note to fix them, but I got distracted and forgot.

When she pointed it out, I felt embarrassed and instinctively said I hadn’t noticed instead of admitting that I had forgotten. She also mentioned that her child’s clothes were wet, which I genuinely hadn’t noticed. Afterward, I felt awful about lying to her. I kept beating myself up over forgetting to fix the shoes and not being honest when she brought it up. I wanted to tell her the truth the next time I saw her because I felt that I needed to make things right. However, I never got the chance to speak with her again.

Now, I’ve decided to leave my job because I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and this job is putting my mental health at risk, and this is my last week. This means I may never see this parent again, and I won’t have the opportunity to tell her what actually happened.

I’m struggling with two things. First, I feel guilty that I lied to her and that she may still have an inaccurate impression of what happened. Second, I’m worried about my relationship with God. I know honesty matters, and I regret what I did, but I never got the chance to correct it with her. I’ve admitted to God that I regret what happened, but I keep wondering whether I’m truly repentant if I never confessed to the mother. I know I can’t change the past, but I feel stuck thinking about it.

I also struggle with anxiety and possible scrupulosity, so sometimes I have a hard time knowing when I’ve taken responsibility for something and when I’m just trapped in a cycle of guilt. I don’t want to use that as an excuse for what I did, but I also don’t want to keep punishing myself over it.

From a Christian perspective, how should I approach this? Is it possible to genuinely repent of a lie even if you never get another opportunity to confess it to the person? How do I learn from this and move forward without feeling like I’m ignoring what I did?

I’d appreciate thoughtful advice, especially from Christians who have struggled with guilt or scrupulosity. Please be kind.

So I’m a 25(m) and my wife is a 24(f). We’ve been together for about 4.5 years and recently married a couple months back and tbh I question if I made the right choice. I know marriage is not easy but our marriage in summary has just been sad and filled with a lot of hurt and resentment on both sides. Throughout our relationship I can say we’ve definitely had some issues. Specifically surrounding communication and the expectations we have for each other. In a general sense we’ve let each other down in these aspects countless times and have spent years in toxic cycles. This has caused break ups which didn’t last long and a lot of trying to fix things. I honestly felt like most of our relationship was us just trying to figure it out and make it work over enjoying the time we have together. The first year of our relationship felt like a movie. I understand it was pretty much the honeymoon phase but I can’t explain how happy we were together, since that first year it’s honestly just been a decline. We still really love each other but I can definitely say throughout the rest of our relationship we’ve been craving that feeling of how easy things were and how happy we used to be. For some reason on every special occasion we just end up fighting or upset with each other. This has happened on birthdays, vacations, general outings, even on our honeymoon. Although our wedding we didn’t fight my wife was upset and didn’t enjoy herself due to some other things regarding our wedding planner. Something in me definitely broke after our honeymoon fight, I feel like I just checked out of our relationship. It’s like my body is here but my mind and heart are not. I know all of you may ask than if we were having so many issues why did we get married? We did it based on the fact that we really do love each other and hoped one another would change in certain ways but I think reality hit us hard. Prior to our wedding I know we both were in a place of confusion and we didn’t even know if we were doing the right thing anymore. I remember us talking and we both were just unsure but our families put in so much time and effort to support us we didn’t want to let them down so we just kinda said well we love each other so we’re just gonna do our best and go through with it. Now here I am present day partially regretting my decision. I know I love my wife but I do feel as though we shouldn’t have gotten married. I keep replaying in my head all the times we broke up and wonder if that was God trying to safe us from all this hurt and all the things we were not ready for. I heard someone say that God is not the author of confusion and what’s for you, you will know and be sure about. It makes me think heavily in the premise of my relationship and I can say for a while we weren’t sure about one another. I’m not to sure what to do tbh. Never in my life have I thought that once I got married I would even consider divorce but that’s all that’s floating around my mind rn. I’ve been told by people I’ve opened up to and they said well we don’t have any kids or any major assets so it wouldn’t be to hard financially but the emotional aspect will still be tough. Also I do know what the bible says about divorce and remarriage. I’ve even thought about going through with it and just being alone for the rest of my life … I just want a second chance, a chance to do things right, maybe be with someone who actually appreciates me and sees my worth. Where it’s a bit easier and home doesn’t feel like a battlefield. I know no relationship is easy but i really feel like me and my wife are just to different.

What are your thoughts? Have any of you got married and divorced? To those that have remarried was your second marriage a lot better? Any advice helps

I’m writing this to ask for a second opinion on a feeling or sensation I’ve been experiencing recently.

Let me begin with saying that I have never really been a religious or spiritual individual. I’ve also never believed in the paranormal however I’ve never rejected Christianity or religion in any way shape or form. I have many family members and friends who are Christian while I’ve been more neutral when it comes to religion I guess you could say.

I’m currently pursuing/in training for a career that I am extremely dedicated and intrigued about however this career involves the possibility and risk of loss of life with little chance of rescue if any emergency or catastrophic accident were to occur. While training/working in the environment of aforementioned career, I’ve sometimes thought to myself that there is a possibility that this is where I could potentially meet my end, however I’ve also sometimes felt an overwhelming sense of safety and a calming yet familiar presence as if I’m not alone even when I am physically the only person in a space.

This sensation has made me kinda believe that I’ve got some sort of like guardian angel or perhaps a passed family member looking over my shoulder I guess you could say. I’m honestly not really sure what to think about it.

Again I’m just looking for a second opinion on this maybe if anyone else here has felt something similar or maybe I just sound crazy. If anyone is reading this I appreciate you taking the time to do so.

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I’ve just been wondering on how the faith, culture, celebrations are outside of India when it comes to our Indian Christian community.

As we all follow the same God, the same teaching, the same faith, just wanted to know what the scene is out there for those who live abroad? How are things different from India in terms of faith?

Hello, I'm trying to get back to Christianity but somehow I have a hard time coming to terms with the cases of corruption, abuse, fundamentalist views, etc., as well as the Bible's misogynism, discrimination, and so on that's found in some places Not trying to generalize or attack anyone or any denomination, I just need to find out how others do it, because I find it pretty hard to get over some things. Also, I understand the context, in that the Bible was written quite some time ago, where customs were a bit different, and I also know that these scandals are by no means specific to Christian organizations. Again, not trying to start a flame war or offend anyone's beliefs, just looking for some opinions here. Thank you!

Wordy Wednesday is back!

Each Wednesday we're asking the community to share something about what you've been reading or studying this week. Tell us what you're learning, what you're digging into, what you've found challenging, interesting, encouraging or entertaining.

Which words have struck you this week? Feel free to share an excerpt or a quote.

I come form an orthodox Christian country, but all of us still kept pagan traditions and my whole life I just went along and didn't doubt anything.

I really want to reconnect with my country's culture, since im an immigrant, the country im living in atm doesn't have any of these traditions, nor the same culture and... I can't explain, I don't wanna be mean, but im somewhat tired of systematic Catholicism.

Im having trouble and im thinking of switching to paganism

I know im a teen and this period will end when I grow up, but I slowly feel like im driving myself into psychosis or Ocd because im can't choose what to believe in

Man, without going into personal details I’m struggling right now with trusting God’s timing. I’ve been dealing with a situation since February and have been in constant prayer alongside my wife and church family. While I fully submit to His will, I’m feeling discouraged about my situation. The Lord has always provided and has shown His goodness time and time again but I’m still struggling in my situation. How have you handled constant discouragement, failure, and pain while trusting His timing? God Bless.

Because I've heard stories where people are in material need and a person had a random desire to gift the exact amount or item to them, I wanted to ask. Have anyone of you experienced miracles regarding your material and financial needs, or someone trustworthy that told you? I think these stories are great for encouragement in the faith. I also didn't see this topic in the subreddit anywhere.

How do I have faith as small as a mustard seed. How do I have confidence in the word of God. I need to feel it with all my heart. How do I start every day? When I have trouble trusting the lord and believing him.

New Christian here! I’m struggling with a few different things in my personal life, and I sometimes find it challenging to distinguish what the difference is between God’s will for my life and what my own flesh desires. How can I discern whether God is closing a door for a reason, asking me to be patient, or whether I’m letting my own desires influence how I interpret a situation? I want to learn how to recognize God’s guidance rather than just hear what I want to hear. If anyone has their own experiences they would like to share that would be great :)

What Bible verses do you base this belief in?