Some thoughts

We should know how to please God."but his delight is in the law of the Lord,and on his law he meditates day and night."(Psalms 1:2)

Let me take a stab at this. Here is what I have observed about new Christians. First there is a honeymoon period where everything is easy. After this comes a stronger conviction about personal sin. An awareness that where you are doesn't measure up to the scriptures. I gather you are at that place.First off, we are always a "work in progress." None of us ever arrives at perfection this side of heaven. Instead of getting overwhelmed by all your flaws (which you are now aware of), focus on figuring out what God wants you to tackle first. Okay, how? Get into a habit of reading the Bible everyday. Start with the New Testament. Then go back & read the Old Testament. Whenever you encounter a scripture where you are personally lacking. Say "Lord, help me to become like this. Change me into what you would have me be." And trust that God is at work in you. Because scripture says we are His workmanship.Second, develop a habit of praying. And specifically of listening. Tune your spiritual ears into hearing what God want to impress upon you.Third, you are only one person. God doesn't expect you to fix all the problems of the world. Or tackle everything at once. Instead strive to be obedient on a day by day basis, in the everyday situations of your life. If God wants you elsewhere, He will lead you.

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I am so tired...!!!!I am so messed up and tired about this salvation thingy magingy, it's making me half mad and about to go completely nuts!Ok, then, if just believing in Lord Jesus Christ would do it, then i guess i'd have to try to cope with it and try to ignore all the other bible verses that warns us zillion times about many believers not making it to heaven because they did not do what Christ commanded them to do.Please pray for me, thanks!
Follow the Ten commandments they arent hard and they are Gods Laws thats where you start. If you are following his laws and repenting in his name when you fall short you are doing the most important part then take your time with the rest.

Actualy The Bible warns in a "Brutal," way, because You either have a Personal relationship with Christ or You Do not. There is no Grey area at all!!!!However I can see nothing "Kinder," than brutal words to drive the point home, becuase those words are intended for those who "Fake It," and thus are under a heavy "Conviction," of the "Holy Spirit," to truly decide to be saved or not!!!!!!!!!!!!! while the lost world is given over to their own lusts and blindness, so they can be kept in controlled categories more so than You now understand -so their punishment and suffering for their choices, becomes a controlled "compliment," to the conviction of the Holy Spirit to their "Inner Man," which the Bible also tells us actualy knows the truth, but is unwilling to accept it. And thereofre so many of the "Harsh," words are for those who say "They Are The Christ," and who say at judgment, because they loved they gnostic kabbalistic and other new age and all other satanic lies of how they and we are all god and christ and such, and desperately fall back on a plea "But did we not cast out Demons for You," to which Christ answers back "I never Knew You." There is no ambiguity there. And in addition I have been saved a long time, and have allways known, once saved that the Bible makes little or no sense, Unless one is saved, and even says so of itself -that it has to be spiritualy discerned, because it seems to contradict itself a lot, but these are only aparant contradictions, which resolve into no conflict at all if Your faith is strong. If You are saved Pray to God for strength of Faith and knowledge, and if not saved then Pray for salvation, and let the details fall in place when You are ready to recieve them. I probably should not say so, because People allways take things wrong but when I was saved "A Spiritual Thorn" was actualy put in My side. I saw it, and knew it to be real. And I thought My mission was to help and challenge the satanic things going on in popular culture, and Rock N Roll specificaly, and had no idea about the gnostic and other dangers in the world, and even within Christianity, because of these Lying and Pretending Spirits We are more than to watch out for, but are rather to witness to -because what greater gift than when the Demons come to You ( because I suppose they can run pretty fast when they want -very little Humor ) And I lost a few battles to My thorn, due to My own failures and weakness, but was also given great rewards such as The Holy Spirit Overshadowing My Heart like a Cloud to teach Me somethings directly from Scripture. And it was wonderfull. However since I also lost some battles to My own failures, I have been strugling with suffering this Thorn has caused Me. And when You are saved You know deep inside that God is Your parent, and so I have been so depressed and hurt, that I actualy Picked a few Big Fights with God, demanding healing or release from My burden to want to continue, because their is something about the Love of God, which burns deep inside You, and makes You want to serve. But let Me tell You ( and I hate to admidtt I picked a fight with God, even though He is now My Father, becasue Self Righteous Types, will Lie and say they are better than Me, becuase they would never pick a fight with God ), But let Me tell You, when You finaly calm down, there is nothing scarier than picking a fight with God, when You know He is real. I was waiting for an asteroid or lightning or something. But God did nothing bad To Me. And I still knew My Dad ( God ) still Loved Me, and I still Loved God. God allways Loves Me, even when I scream at Him, to strike Me dead, which is pretty stupid, because death would release Me from My sufferings ( even though they were My fault anyway ), and there are things far worse then death!!!!!!!! But My Dad ( God ), did is not mean, and we make up, And God allways loves Me, and I allways Love God. And I am sure God was just up in Heaven looking down at Me, when I would shout at Him, and Laugh, and Say Youv'e Got to be kidding Me??? ( Or at least that's what I imagine He would say ). I could not even undue My relationship with God, if I wanted to, because He knows He's now My dad, and I can't undue that!!!!!!!! So even when I am there shouting at Him, He's listening to My needs. And I know My thorn counterbalances things I am supposed to achieve for God, because I am willing and not special, and there's nothing like a thorn to remind You of that, but right now I feel as if I have failed completely, and am reduced to being a raving idiot. At least that is how it feels to Me right Now, because I have work things out, and deal with things, unless My time is up, and I achieved what I was supposed to achieve. But with the exception of a few posts, like My response to "Is God an Alien," I do right here and now feel like a raving idiot, but even if it's due to My own stubborness and failure, I know I am still saved.God Bless.Mike.