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Hey all,
Well, I just wanted to ask a quick prayer request for myself. I've got a lot of stuff going on in life right now. So many...indecisive things that keep popping up, and I don't know what God wants or how to deal with them. I'd like to make the right decisions God wants me to. But I tend to have a lot of trouble heaing that "still, small voice" because I'm generally such an active person that I just can't be as "still" to just stop and listen for God. So maybe there is another way I can get some confirmation from Him somehow.
First of all, just things at my church. I've...been going there for about 10 or 11 months or so now. I'm not making friends...it isn't working out very well. It's becoming a dull, repetitive process. I've been stepping out (I attend alone - my family isn't Christian)...and trying to be more involved in things, such as with my Sunday School/singles group that I'm in. I'm generally feeling that I'm not welcome there anymore - and I just don't seem to fit in or relate to anyone. I'm "just working" and most all of the others have a college degree and seem to have had everything handed to them. I'm not connecting with people...and I need fellowship and friendship with people in person, and that's very important for me. I'm also 23 years old and have never dated, period. I'm waiting on the future wife God has for me. It's hard...to see everyone there seemingly connecting, and I haven't come across anyone that I really relate to like that or who is even interested in really knowing me even as a friend. Particularly, a young lady, too.

Secondly, general stuff in my life seems to be changing. I love guitar...but, well...I just can't pay for all of the stuff required. So I'm feeling to sell what I have and just use that time I would spend on that, for something more "important" and beneficial...not to mention financially useful in life for helping myself and others...and not just a hobby. I seem to be feeling that way about a lot of things that I used to enjoy, and still enjoy - yet feel to eliminate from my life and replace with more "important" things. I'm also starting to value things like friendship and such more than a lot of materialistic and otherwise useless things that I've been dwelling on. And focus on helping family and others more. In general, trying to get the focus of things off from "me" and onto helping others and using my life to be a blessing to others. I'm just taking all of this stuff a bit roughly...
I'm starting to look to my future and seeing that I can't continue a lot of things that I enjoy now, and yet have a successful future. Most of that is financially...some of it is just areas that I need to grow in spiritually and emotionally. I need to work on the whole "getting a car" thing in the future, because I've been taking the bus to work for close to over a year or so, I think. And my own place sometime in the future, wouldn't be a bad thing for me to start thinking about more and planning for.
Anyway, thanks...
Jesse
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praying
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praying, dropping things you like sucks and I"m starting to figure that out as well.
-IN Prayer-
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Originally Posted by jmr1068204 Secondly, general stuff in my life seems to be changing. I love guitar...but, well...I just can't pay for all of the stuff required. So I'm feeling to sell what I have and just use that time I would spend on that, for something more "important" and beneficial...not to mention financially useful in life for helping myself and others...and not just a hobby. I seem to be feeling that way about a lot of things that I used to enjoy, and still enjoy - yet feel to eliminate from my life and replace with more "important" things. I'm also starting to value things like friendship and such more than a lot of materialistic and otherwise useless things that I've been dwelling on. And focus on helping family and others more. In general, trying to get the focus of things off from "me" and onto helping others and using my life to be a blessing to others.
Hi Jesse, there's a lot of things in your post, but I want to commend you on the things you're starting to see about materialism and people and 'important things'. You're definitely on the right track in many ways. Most Christians never seem to realise any of this in their whole life, so to me you're doing really well!
I always hate saying this, but if you just can't manage to fit into your current church, you may have to consider changing, trying to find one where people are 'just working' like you, rather than with degrees, etc. Also 'dull repetitiveness' does not sound like a good thing to me. The true preaching of the Word of God should be uplifting, challenging, encouraging - things like that.
I'd want to encourage you to continue thinking, considering, and praying along the lines you've started on. I believe you can make some really good progress, and pray that's exactly what will happen. Keep building your faith in the Lord Jesus also AND your relationship to Him. This takes time and does not come easy to many of us, but the pilgrimage sure is SO worth it!
Bless you heaps!