Champions Of Christ Church Community Group
This is a church, but online! Most people view a church as the building you go to for worship. NOT TRUE. In the beginning, it was a community that shared things. This is a church. A web-based community who can share with others. Feel free to ask questions. There are no "dumb" questions. How will you know unless you ask. I only ask that you have JOY. (Respect of Jesus,...
I know I have a long road to travel to redeem myself. What happens when you fall down. I get up but I feel like I’m starting all over. I feel like maybe I’m not supposed to make it to the end. Is there even an end. Not death end but end of the journey end. Like how do I know God is satisfied. Am I praying for the right thing. Is it selfish to pray for yourself. Sometimes I feel selfish praying for help with my depression, but I also think it’s ok to be a little selfish when dealing with this. I mean I’m no good to anyone around me while I’m messed up. That’s possibly my biggest problem, thinking about every path and what if I go this way or that way and what’s after that. I can get up 4-5 times a night either cause I’m thirsty or need the bathroom or my back hurts and no sooner do I sit up that my mind starts running at full speed. I just don’t know.
(KJV) Ephesians 1:6-7 "To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us ACCEPTED in the beloved. (7) In whom also we have REDEMPTION through HIS blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.
Is it selfish to pray for yourself? James 5:14-15 tells us "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: (15) And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."
You are supposed to make it to the end, you don't need to question that. Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the thoughts I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."
Many people are sick here, including myself. It's not true that you are no good to anyone around you. I understand feeling that way, and I have felt that way myself, but you have value no matter what state you are in with your health.
30 ..m he said,“It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Here is one thought on "end of the journey end".
Jesus said "It is finished" after suffering for us on the cross. And, please notice, I examed many translations in biblegateway.com (a on app I use to quickly go from translation to translation) and each of them said He (being Jesus) GAVE up the ghost, his spirit. It was Not taken from him...HE GAVE IT UP...after declaring "IT IS FINISHED". (another phrase that seems to be stated the same in many translations.).
So, the idea of "self redemption" ... I just don't find it anywhere in scripture.
There is no self redemption!!!
"Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow"...(An old hymnal)
But, I also find no references that say it is wrong to pray for yourself.
As a matter of fact, I found this:
Matthew 7:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
These seem, to me, to be very clear instructions, from Jesus Himself, to ask, seek, knock. And, how do we do this? Through prayer... conversation with God.
And, remember this, please:
Hebrews 12:1-2 New Living Translation (NLT)
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.[a] Because of the joy[b] awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
Yes, there are many people who watch us ... daily. But, because of this, we should (even more) look to Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of our faith.