I am scared to become lukewarm. It is so hard for me to share to the gospel. I feel that I always fail the Lord and am inconsistent. I feel like I have no purpose and I don’t know what my life is. I need Jesus. I am in a season where I just don’t know what to do next.
Hey Lydia Saw your comment and just thought i could offer some help. I just want you to know that I've recently experienced some of these same feelings in my walk with God as well. The first thing i want you to know is the fact that your concerned about being lukewarm is already a good sign, and it sounds like your pursuing the Lord which you wouldn't be doing if you were lukewarm. You said that its hard for you to share the gospel and i can agree but you got to rember the truth that when we share the gospel its not us doing it its the Lord working through us with the Holy Spirit, you may worry about saying the wrong the or messing it up but remember that the Lord is doing the work and you need to trust in that, Remember Luke 11:12 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.” This can also be applied to sharing the gospel. When it comes to feeling like you always fail the lord watch the ask pastor johns on "is God angry at me when i sin?", "I know God loves me but does he like me?", and "Does God regret making me" I found them helpful in that I can identify with the feeling of not knowing what to do next, especially in the season of Covid and lockdowns but remember Ephesians 2:10 "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." God already has them all he wants for you in this walk set out for you, you just need to walk with him, lastly remember Matthew 11:28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Idk if you know what a yoke is, but pretty much it was a piece off wood used by oxen to pull heavy loads. If your walking with Jesus the "yoke is easy and the burden is light" Because Jesus is doing and has done the heavy work for us and we need to just lean into Him. (also just remembered Proverbs 3:5-6 it also applies to this) Hope this was of some help! :)
Praying you keep on seeking the Lord with all your heart. Watch and listen to many of Pastor John’s sermons and podcasts, keep on asking God to transform you, renewing you in Him. When you earnestly seek Him believe me He will answer. Don’t give up sister, God knows exactly where you are, keep trusting. In the Holy and precious name of Christ Jesus I pray 🙏🏻
Thank you guys for the help! I’m a student, and I have such a fear of sharing the Gospel at school. One of the hardest things for me is fearing men. Which I know is sin, because we are to fear God not man, also we are NOT be seeking the approval of man, but of God. And it’s brought great conviction to me, to the point where I’m doubting my salvation because it seems like the sin is dominating me.
Pastor John made a really good point on the last part of the video. A true Holy Spirit filled born again Christian has an undying love for Jesus(Ephesians 6:24)and His Spirit helps us endure until the end(Philippians 1:6). Lukewarm Christians were never really born again to begin with.
I'm scared about being lukewarm. i try to pray a lot and read the word and I'm asking God for zeal and passion for His desires and His ways but I don't feel it very much. I want to change, and I know I must trust God but I'm scared. I don't want to be spit out of His mouth.
There is no fear in love but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. 1 John 4:18 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 1 John 2:5 Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? 1 Samuel 15:22
Hey pal, I recently went through what seems to be a similar situation as you and i just want you to know that if your putting your trust in Jesus as your salvation you need not fear. You can look at yourself all day long and see all the way you fall short, but your salvation is not based on what you do but on what Christ has done. Here are some verses that i hope can give you some assurance, Philipians 1:6 "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." John6:37 "All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away." Along with this I'm glad that your acknowledging your need to trust God, its something I'm struggling with too, but we need to trust in Him and His promises, he is our Rock. You say your asking God for zeal and passion for his desires, it sounds like your really after Fruit of the Spirit and that's awesome! Remember that the branch cannot produce fruit on its own but must abide with the vine, Jesus is the vine and we are the branches, he produces the fruit and we bear it (don't get that mixed up) also read John 15 for more. Also patience is a fruit of the spirit and God might be helping you out with that right now, so take heart even if it seems like its taking God to work, his time is perfect. Lastly it sounds like you are overburdened friend, remember what Jesus says in Matthew 11:28-30 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” or how about 1 Peter 5:7 "cast all your anxieties on him because he cares for you" Or here's a promise I think you need Psalms 9:10 "Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have NEVER forsaken those who seek you" and Psalm 55:22 "cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken." and finally the verse i think is an absolute gut wrencher Isaiah 49:15-16 "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." recommend
sorry it cut off the last bit but i also recommend listening to the sermon they talk about at the end, it should encourage you more than anything here's the link www.desiringgod.org/messages/how-to-buy-gold-when-youre-broke
@@andrewd2114 thank you, youre right about everything. I just struggle so much to trust Jesus and stop worrying, but I'm gonna try to make the choice to leave it in His hands
One of my biggest fears is becoming too complacent/comfortable and ending up as a lukewarm Christian. I want to continue to be on fire for the Lord & keep fanning the flame as Paul mentions 🙏🏼 🔥💛 God bless you Pastor John. Thank you for this message, it has blessed me greatly. ❤️
You’ll know if you are lukewarm. You just need to be true to yourself and confess it to Christ and ask him to change you and mold you into what pleases him.
Please pray for me. I had a breakup almost 3 months but i can't move on. I am always in astray and forget to pray sometimes. Doubting my faith to God. I don't want to become like this. I want to walk with God. Please pray for me.
hey Jane, praying for you. Lean on Him for strength and healing; in Him we find rest and wholeness. it might be an idea to set out praying times so first thing when you wake up, pray and talk to Him. when you feel as if you are struggling, just talk to Him and keep focusing your mind and gaze on Him. Try and start Bible plans maybe and if you have the Bible app, try to read and listen to the Word, that is so helpful for me. my instagram is @ebisowhyte if you ever want to talk!
Yo I prayed for you, and I can relate. Just dont get mad at God. Because after mine I assumed God forgot about me and I started trash talking about him. Every since I still gets doubts if im saved.
Repent and believe in Jesus!!! Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life(John 14:6) and you must be born again to enter the kingdom of God(John 3:3). Your sins is what separates you between you and God. If you confess and repent from your sins, He is faithful and just to cleanse you from all unrighteousness(1John 1:9). God bless🙏
Lukewarm is neither cold like a non-believer, or hot like a believer who is baptized with the Holy Ghost and with fire (Luke 3:16); through sanctification of the Spirit (1Pet 1:2) and tried with fire (1Pet 1:7). Be zealous and repent. (Rev 3:19) ** They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. (Jer 2:13)
@@Charles.Wright thank you bro, im really struggling to understand if I truly love God. My heart wants to cling onto things of this earth so bad, please pray for me.
As someone who's only recently been reborn I can put myself in this category of Lukewarm and and also trying to Love God more than myself, I've lived a selfish wicked life with God in the background, it's hard turning that around but it's important to admit those thoughts to God and ask him to open up your heart so that you can love him more, tell him you want to get to know him. Reading the bible daily is a great way since it's God's word, you talk to him in prayer and he talks to you in the bible, it's a great way to strengthen that relationship. Think about it, this is how it works with people too, by talking and also listening. Fasting for a full day can also make you feel closer to God and more appreciative for simple blessing like food and such. Hope this helps :)
@@StallionFernando thanks, ive been doing way better recently. I do believe I love God, I still got some ways to go to getting closer. But I like your recommendations 🤟 Also nice profile naruto is my favorite show.
When you care for your neighbor, you love your neighbor, and when you love your neighbor, you love God... If you don't love your neighbor, in whom you see, how can you love God, in whom you don't see? 1 corinthians 13, if you don't have love, you don't have nothing... All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, love your neighbor galatians 5:14... For Love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:10... The sheep are going to inherit the kingdom of God... Because, Jesus said: when I was thirsty you gave me drink.. when I was hungry you gave me meat.. when I was naked you clothed me.. when I was sick or in jail you visited me.. when I was a stranger you took me in... Matthew 25:31-46 The goats are going to go into everlasting punishment in the lake of fire... Because, Jesus said: when I was thirsty you gave me no drink.. when I was hungry you gave me no meat.. when I was naked you clothed me not.. when I was sick or in jail you visited me not.. when I was a stranger you took me not in... Matthew 25:31-46 The commandments Of God: LOVE GOD LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR LOVE ONE ANOTHER IN JESUS NAME
I don’t love God (I’m always mad at Him actually ☹️) And I don’t love my neighbor (it used to just be frustration/aggravation but now I can truly say I have no love.. no desire to help or even be around my neighbor (or anyone really) What do I do??? Fake it? 🤷🏼♀️☹️please anyone help
@@yossephgetnet367 the list is too long. In a nutshell, nothing has to be as it is in our life, not the good (for which we are thankful for) but not the bad either. He controls everything. He could *FIX* everything. Especially for the believer. But He doesn’t. He is passive, just watching awful things happen to us and those we love. All the years of peoples unanswered prayers, begging, crying out, the hardships...yet He still *commands* _”Love me.”_ It’s literally madness. And for the Christian, there’s nothing you can do about it. Just keep on “lovin’ and praising’ the Lord” 😒
@@mellyperez1522 well it's not only you my friend who struggles with this, the world can be a nice or a cruel place. To the He controls everything and he could fix everything, it's a matter of us being able to have free will and also being able to love. If God controlled everything where whenever something bad is gonna happen like when some1 pushed another person to make the victim slip and break his arm, fir example making the ground soft at that moment, then no one actually has free will cause no1 can exercise it in any way. The reason Evil is possible at all is because if it wasnt no one would be able to love at all(except God who exists in a relationship with himself). You see God creates the possibility for some1 to perform Evil, wether we decide to do it or not is our free will. If God did not allow that we wouldnt be able to Express emotions for example, in that world where God doesnt allow evil to happen is the world where we wouldnt be able to understand love, kindness, friendship and so on. (If you dont understand I can try explaining again) basically for a lack of a better term robots. Programmed to act the way we were programmed. Now this is the question you ask basically. Why does God allow evil to exist/happen if he truly is God of love? Well pastor voddie(I dont know if this is the correct spelling) answers this question with another question. I do evil,you do evil, we all do evil. So you should ask me why does God allow me to sleep at night in peace or why does he allow me to have a great day if he is a God os love? You see same question kind of rephrased answers itself because God is God of love he allows us evil beings to exist, that shows you his willingness to wait for you to come back to him. And many fail to understand the fact that mankind chose to refuse God's way and wanted his own way, you see where it lead us? And many also seem to forget that God flowed the greatest Evil to happen that's the murder of Jesus. Literally that 1 innocent person of all sin who came to call everyone to Gods kingdom was killed. But that evil act caused the world to have a chance of Eternal life. At this point I dont rmmbr most of what I wrote so it kind of is a mess. Sorry. The part about he still commands to 'love me' is actually a good thing. God wants the best thing for you, the best thing that exists is God himself so he tell you to love him for your benefit. If you insult God he wont be less of a God, if you glorify him he wont increase in his power, if you remain neutral and forget him God will be God no matter what, you see he doesnt need us to be God but we need him to be human. People committing horrible crimes are being less human. God orders you to worship and love him because it helps you not him. Now this was long so let me just tell you this one thing. Go read last chapters of revelation. You will see that that is the begening not the end of our lives. This whole history of man kind is just the process to get us there. You see we had to know and experience what it's like to have evil inorder for us not to choose it. Satan fell because he had no experience of what it's like to be without God and to be on your own, we fell because of same reason including satan lying to get us away from God. Now we experienced what a horrible place it is without God and we now ling for him, once we get to heaven after this experience we wont be robots with no free will who cant choose evil or good we will be fully human and embrace good and deny evil because we know how that turned out. God is not like am here and dont care wether you come or not I command you to do so if u dont go to hell. It's like this we are heading to hell and God is telling us to trust in the saviour and live him that way you can escape hell. It's like if you were hanging from a cliff with gold tucked in your pants and God tells you to grab bis hand but inorder to do that u have to let go of the gold. When u let go of sin and grab his hand u are saved. Read the story of the prodigal son in the bible and also the story of the shepherd and the 99 sheep, ull find them in the same area, You will see how God really wants you to come back to him after that. Hope this helped.
I know I am , I gave up a long time, so it doesn't matter to me I know I'm going to hell and I know I'm going to be rejected because I never knew him, listen we are in the end days it's to late for me.
Its never too late friend, idk way you "gave up" but i want you to know that you can turn back at any time like the prodigal son and be received not with a lecture and a wagging of the finger but with joy and love from God, like the father literally threw a party for the son (Luke 15:11-32 if you want to read it). Know that the Lord will embrace you with open hands upon your return friend, and I hope you will return to Him. If God can change the heart of Paul and bring him to the Lord he can do the same to you! Paul later wrote in 1 Timothy 1:15 "The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost." I'm not sure why you fell away but id pray that you'd come back to the Lord. No matter where you are, no matter what you've done, Gods ready to meet you where you are at, He doesn't require you to come to Him righteous and clean (because nobody can do that ) He's the one who cleans us and makes us worthy, not us. Lastly remember what Jesus said Luke 5:32 "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." and John 3:17 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." Come back friend, I hope this was encouraging to you, at least give this some thought.
The problem is not that it's too late for you, the problem is that you won't let your idols go. It can be hard but there are NO SHORTCUTS But there is a promise in Mark 10:29, and the question is do you believe God? Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields-along with persecutions-and in the age to come eternal life.
