Christians on CS!

[The Only]

Hi there! Fancy seeing you! Welcome friend!

[Riah.]

Hey guys, remember me? :P I haven't posted here in a while...soo here I am posting. x)

I do have a prayer request: Lately, I have been very depressed for no reason. I have very low self-esteem and I feel like everyone hates me. I know a lot of people who go through this stage, it seems like every teen goes through this. I feel like God has left me...I know this isn't true...but sometimes it does feel true. :/ I really want to change myself...I always feel negative, and sometimes I feel like I have split personalities, you know what I mean? It's complicated enough...so I won't go any further into detail.

Prayer is appreciated. ^^

[~Raining Fire~]

My dad has lived. In tucon Arizona for almost 4 years now. Yesterday he experienced a snake bite and was rushed to the hospital ....please pray for my dad



Also for all the things above the page : I will pray for all of you and God bless everyone

[Maycat]

I would like to thank all of you who posted here. You see, I was raised a Christian, but about5 or 6 years ago I started to fall away from my faith, and a year or so ago I decided to try and get back to god, but, I ended up even worse off and even more broken than before. Then, a few months ago I decided to try again, I started going to church again, I felt realy good that first Sunday, I promised myself that I would purge myself of my sins and truly live my life with god, I left with a this feeling of renewed faith. But, by the next morning I felt just as bad as ever, and by Wednesday I was back to the same old sins. I tried again and again, week after week, but I got nowhere, I even seemed to be getting worse, some weeks my "new faith" wouldn't even last till Sunday night dinner and I would fall asleep with dark thoughts some times even wishing I could simply dissappear completely. Eventualy I stopped trying all together. About a week and a half ago I found this forum. I decided to read a few pages thinking all it would be is a bunch of people saying how they are "totally Christian" and never posting again. But, as I read I kept seeing names repeating, I saw people who truly loved god, I found bonds forming from nothing but pure faith. I saw people who could tell complete strangers intimate stories of horrible accidents and asking for prayer. When Sunday came around I actualy went to church, I listened to the sermon and, almost as if for the first time, I realy listened to the message, and not just because it was palm Sunday. Then, today while I was singing in church I realized that last weeks message had stayed with me all week, and not like before, not because I forced myself to remember. Before I had believed that I had some how been praying "wrong" or worshiping "wrong" or believing "wrong". But thanks to all of you I think I know where to start, and if I haven't taken too much of your time I would like to share that with you. Most people, like me, think that having a relationship with Jesus means making a deal, saying "if I believe in you you do this for me" expecting him to complete our mission, instead of us devoting to his mission. Today my pastor talked about the diferent ways we worship Jesus, the ways we acknowledge him with different "crowns". He talked about how we worship him with a paper crown, like the people welcoming him into Jerusalem, how we don't truly acnowledge him as the savior, he also talked about how we crown him with a crown of thorns, a painful, mocking crown, and a crown of life, truly recognizing as lord and savior. He also dicussed John 20, the story of Mary finding the empty tomb. He explained how we think of Jesus as a dead savior not the risen son of God. I thank god for bringing all of you into my life in time for me to realize this and truly come back to my faith, you have all been a blessing in my life!
P.S. Praying for all of you

[Nimble Awesomeness]

I got to have the most wonderful experience on Friday.

I sang at a church service with another girl and two older women, and there were about 350 people there (which is about 320 more people than I usually sing in front of at church xD). The last song we sang was In Christ Alone (Owl City does a lovely version of it <3) and it was so amazing. People were hollering out in worship and praising God and singing as loud as they could. It was probably the most powerful thing I've ever experienced, and I'm so grateful that I was able to be part of it.

That's my favorite hymn, though it's closely followed by "Oh, How He Loves Us". <3 I had that today, if you read my story, I posted on the last page. I was sobbing because I was so overcome with love.

[|S|O|U|L|]

Wow Maycat, I loved reading that, i'll be praying that your faith continues and stays strong.

[lind17789]

Going to church today, I realized how much of a mess my life has become. I've always gone to church and last summer I accepted Christ into my heart. I lived a great and revived life until things started going down hill. I got back up the hill but within the past couple months things have started to go down hill again. Going to church today, I felt God talking to me through the message. My best friend also went through the same thing at his church today. We both feel revived in Christ and I would like to ask for your prayers. We both realized how we have gone off track and have tried to do everything ourselves instead of giving it to Him. We have vowed before to help each other through it all but we both went down hill at the same time for the same reasons. I just ask for some prayers for me and my friend.

[|S|O|U|L|]

Praying for you too

[Dumezil]

I went to my usual Catholic Mass this morning but ended up having to walk out. This is the third time I've heard this chaplain give a sermon on the importance of coming to church. Hell, man. It is Easter morning. How about you mix it up and talk about something... Easter-ish? Not about how we're going to hell if we accidentally sleep in? I'm a college student and have a full time job on top of it!

I went to Protestant Chapel instead and it was decent. A little too happy-clappy for my taste but I could twist the words and make them sound more reasonable.

Blargh. I've been having so much trouble with churches lately. The only church that is available for me is a huge tourist attraction place and I usually have to stand in the back while little tourist brats squeal and run up and down the aisles. I dislike the preacher as well.
On top of that, some previous experiences I've been going through make it very, very difficult for me to trust anything I can't see. I'm trying but right now it isn't doing it for me. I'm not one of those typical whiny brats pretending to be angry at God for what he's done to me, either. I had a lot of nonsense pushed at me for the past year involving what others "think". Too much psychology. I hate psychology. I just want facts. And now that is translating into religion and I can't force myself to believe, no matter how badly I want to.

[Steffi.]

Maycat, that was such a nice story to hear. n_n It feels good to know that the Christians here on CS are helping people like that.