Christianity Oasis Forum

[loveiskind]

This one is really tough. There are so many negative things I believed, that I might forget some of them.
I was stupid. I was ugly. I felt worthless. Because of my handicaps, no man would ever want to marry me. If someone did something nice for me for no reason, I owed that person, but if I did something nice for someone for no reason, I was stupid. I should not ask others to do things for me, like take me somewhere. If I dressed nicely for no reason, I was trying to impress someone. If I talked to a guy, then said he was nice, I was boy-crazy. If someone said something nice to me, for example, that I was pretty, that person was just being nice. Oh yeah, and I had to keep quiet about some abuse that had been done to me for almost 10 years, in order not to hurt the abuser's wife.
Things were so bad, I honestly had trouble believing what the Bible says about me, and this was after I was saved.

I know there are more things, but right now, I can't think of them.

[dubya]

The world can be sooo negitive and tear down sooo much, with just a few words. One verse that is comforting to me is :

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

I am so Thankful that we serve a loving and understanding God, that knows just the right things to say when we are down.

Thank You My Loving God

[mlg]

Hey loveiskind, glad to see you still working on the days sis. You know I read what all you typed, and it made me think of Job, and all the trials he went through and all the negative things his friends and family were saying around him, but you know he never let his faith falter. You my dear have been through lots of negative words too, but I see you know shining past those and finding a lighter step walking side by side with Jesus.

luv ya

[splash]

Dear Love is Kind,

Psalm 13:2
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Those word curses that get spoken over us as children can be the hardest things to overcome in our lives even after we understand that they aren't true we've just sorta allowed them to shape our thoughts. I have the same problem I thought i was listening to my own mind for a minute there

We know that God cares about our thoughts, and that He loves us. What has helped me so very much is to surrender my thoughts, my mind and imagination daily to the Lord in prayer. For me, that's what it means to take up that Shield of Faith and extinguish the flaming darts of the evil one. Jesus is my shield... I ask him to block those arrows (ungodly thoughts) BEFORE they get into my mind.

I suggest you do a word study of the Bible on the word thought and read all the scriptures.

It's truly been great getting to know you in chat.

God bless ya real good,

splashi

[loveiskind]

Thank you all for your very kind replies. They mean the world to me. Splash, believe it or not, the majority of those things were said to me from about 1997 (when I started attending church regularly) on, until my mom died in 2003. That's why it was so hard for me to believe the Bible--for me, it was easier to believe a parent. I'm just so glad my counselor has helped me see the error of my ways, or should I say thoughts.

Love you all too.

[Dora]

So glad you are here love. It's a great place to make friends and find fellowship and prayer. I pray you can find healing. It's a path so many of us are on.
God bless you and keep you my sister-in-christ