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I wasn't going for mean. In this thread, you have lamented your loss of faith. And God has met you here. If you want your faith to resume growing, you will have to turn away from your own ways in favor of His. “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or...

Ya think...?

"Doing good" in this context means repenting. You said, And Who are you going to believe more, yourself or God? "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV

“Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.” Genesis 4:6-7 NKJV

That is the Fear of God that accompanies unrepentant sin in His presence. After Ananias & Sapphira fell dead just by lying in His Presence (not greed), "...great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things." Acts of the Apostles 5:11 NKJV

"What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...?" Romans 6:1-2 NKJV

He does not allow unrepentant murderers into Heaven nor any other unrepentant sinners.

Unrepentant homosexuality will certainly stifle your spiritual growth, too (just like unrepentant hetero-adultery will).

In August, the generator tech made some changes to our system. I repeated the furnace test last night and it did not fail after running for 60 mins.

I missed that post. Will your father threaten your continued stay if you go to church? It sounds like spiritual extortion: shut up about Jesus or be thrown into the street... If that is the case, it sounds like you need to make better living arrangements if you want to walk/live out your faith.

You never explained why you had to come up with an excuse to go to church... What do you think you need to do to break out of this funk...? Isolating yourself and living by your own wisdom is not going to do it.

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Go to Church. Read your Bible. Pray that you would "get it."

That is all of us apart from Jesus.

That is the kind of worldly thinking that comes from isolating yourself; that is, not growing in a helpful Church. If that works for you, keep doing that... Jesus prefers, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Matthew 5:16...

Why would you have to excuse yourself?

What does that mean? Most churches that I have been a part of do not require a formal membership. Just go. I highly recommend these churches in the USA, Vineyard, Assembly of God, Foursquare Church (Links above are locators.)

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Would those be scarlet letter(s)...?