Whirlwind

Some days I believe so much that I can feel the ligh bursting forth from every pore of my being. I'm radiant, and I know without a doubt that I was born to love and to worship our Father in Heaven. No question, no doubt. No feeling that this will ever end in my heart.

...and then other days, I feel blah. Like today. I got up at 4:30 to spend 45-minutes on the recumbent bike (I'm in cutting mode now). My fingers feel too heavy to type. I have to make myself believe. Make myself want to believe. I look at my bible and think, "I'm too tired right now, I'm not in good heart."

Share with me, brothers and sisters...how do you increase your faith and maintain it on the days that you might feel "blah"?

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Boanerges

The days you do not feel it but you walk in complete trust anyway are the days your faith is growing the most- selah.

An anointed book and/or worship bring my heart to the place where it is ready to receive and partake of my Father's goodness.

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Brother Lawrence

Whirlwind

Beautiful, guys!

Just beautiful!!!

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Fluffy

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dermasse

I pour my heart out about why I'm not feeling so chipper. If I have something against someone, I talk it over with God. If I'm angry at Him for some reason, I tell Him so. I yell in my heart at God, at others, and at myself. I'll rant and rave for a while until ultimately He brings me around to the point where I'm able to see Him, others, and myself in the light of His pure love and realize and acknowledge the truth of the matter, which usually turns out to be some sin of my own doing. It looks something like Robert Duvall's performance in The Apostle when he's arguing with God in his mother's house late at night.

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el Pollo

I have those issues all the time. I just have to remember that my emotions don't dictate my salvation. In other words, when I feel like I am about to go super nova in my love for my Heavenly Father I am no more or less saved than when I feel like I am a cold burned out peice of coal. But what do I use? Times when I cannot bear to read the Bible, I usually throw in a CD or tune to KLOVE and feed off of the excitement of whoever is singing. That usually builds me back up. Music is a powerful tool of worship.

A funny thing happened to me once, though. I was feeling all washed up and faithless one morning. Nothing I could do would help me out of this short-lived depression. I spoke up and told God that I'll worship him with what little faith I had. I astually got a somewhat verbal response. He said, "I know." What I am trying to say is when we feel less of God's presense, it usually means he's closer than we think. Casting Crowns' East is from the West was playing that morning. That song still cuts to my heart.

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Boanerges

I have inexperienced some great moves of God when I felt my most helpless and at my lowest. All glory to Him.

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“Neither skill nor knowledge is needed to go to God, all that is necessary is a heart dedicated entirely and solely to Him out of love for Him above all others.”
Brother Lawrence

Sandusky

Whirlwind-
If you persevere during these dry times, you will be blessed with an even stronger faith. Remember that you can't manufacture faith-- it is a gift from God.

I second the recommendation about music, also. If you'd like, send me a PM and I'll direct you to some beautiful music that I can guarantee will lift your soul.

Whirlwind

It's strange...just the other week I was talking about how I was driving down the road singing at the top of my lungs about Christ with a song on the radio...when I just burst out in hot, hot tears! They burned, these tears did. The holy spirit touched me and it was so soft and warm, like melting wax, that I trembled inside and cried tears in joy. My friend asked me if I was okay - because I was shivering and crying and singing out for God's glory all at the same time.

Then the dry spell. Where was He? I prayed. I gave. I helped. I sang. I hiked. I spent quiet time.

Now I'm sick with something (doctors don't know what, I had a CAT scan yesterday). And oh!...there He is again!

He was right there all along!

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Chapter-by-Chapter, verse-by-verse.
Jesus is the Living Word.