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NASB | 1 Corinthians 1:28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 1:28 God has selected [for His purpose] the insignificant (base) things of the world, and the things that are despised and treated with contempt, [even] the things that are nothing, so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are, |
Bible Question:
I have accepted Jesus as my savoir, I know that he died for my sins and through him I can receive eternal life. I pray and read EVERY day for over an hour. I have friends who are Christians that I talk too. I try to live a good Christian life. The way God wants. My question is this: I am really getting frustrated, tired, and disappointed. I cant seem to see or feel God in my life. I am really trying to know him. I think that God just doesn't want me. I pray every day for him to open my mind, let me feel his love and know he is in my life. But nothing. I keep reading and praying daily but just don't feel his love or even him being in my life. Sometimes I feel like giving up and believing that God just doesn't want me. Not that I am a bad person, but he has so many to choose from. I cant stop thinking that this is the only reason I have not felt him in my life. I know I am not supposed to go by how I feel, but the bible talks about you being at peace, feeling, knowing god is in your life. Trusting, relying on god. Doesn’t god have some part in revealing himself to me or helping me know him better? |
Bible Answer: zeagel: I tool the time to read all your posts, and by the way welcome to the study Bible Forum. Your desire to "feel" or experience God is what we all desire, and if you din'nt I would think something was wrong....you are normal. I personally can say the times I feel closest to Jesus Christ is when I am really involved with reading the Bible. I mean more than a casual basis, but reading for perhaps a half an hour. That is how God speaks to you....by reading His word. The Holy Spirit teaches and reveals things to us that way. Prayer is very important, that's us speaking to God. Reading His Holy Word is allowing God to speak to us, and when we combine these in the proper balance we no longer feel we are missing something. As you grow and experience God in prayer and reading the Bible you will learn as Job did that feelings mean little. For instance some days I feel so close to my bride of almost 46 years, some days even if she in right next to me, I can feel distant. It really is how I am relating, not how things really are. Feelings can depend on how much pain I am in or how good I am feeling. Feelings are undependable. May I suggest you read John first and then 1John, they pretty much go together. Don't expect growth to come easy or fast, it takes time and hours spent in studying the Bible to become mature, I also want to tell you it's work, Satan will do all his tricks to stop you from growing in Christ.....it's his main effort to discourage you so you will give up and fall away. If you are a genuine Follower of Jesus Christ trials and tribulations Satan will do all he can to destroy your faith. I have seen lost of people show an interest in Jesus Christ, but gave up because it was too difficult or too hard to repent and leave the sins they were so attached to. I pray your faith will grow and prove you are a genuine born again follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Blesings. justme |
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