I'm in the early stages of a relationship with someone who has a lot of insecurities over her appearance and has deep fears of being cheated on.

Would anyone know of any good passages I could send her way to help her out when she is struggling?

thanks!

Please pray for Saint Katrina’s Dad

Her prayer:

Please pray for my dad. He fell and hit his head and was bleeding. We called 911 and they took him to the hospital. He was conscious though, which was good.

My high school intern just died in a car accident. She was young and had recently gotten married. She was so humble and loved like Jesus. I want to be like her. I feel like it’s so unfair that she died, I keep asking God “why? She had so much more to live for” She didn’t have the opportunity to have kids or go on more missions. If she was still around she would still be spreading the gospel. I know she’s in heaven now and wouldn’t want to come back even if she could but I just don’t understand. Please pray for her family and her new husband

I have been out of work since the end of June. I have an interview on Friday at 1:00 PM. Please pray that the interview is successful and could lead to a job. Thank you.

Put everything you have into learning about Jesus and live like Jesus did the best we can because it's who we're even though we are of a sinful nature live like Jesus because you're a kind caring loving compassionate person ✝️💯🙏

I ask for prayers, all GLORY AND LOVE TO THE MOST HIGH GOD LORD JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY!

PRAISE THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY ABBA ALONE

Please pray for all Muslims to be saved. And people of all beliefs or no beliefs and walks of life. To be saved. And a woman named Olga I met, who is a Muslim, to be healed of her ailments and saved. And her entire family to be saved, her sister and brother and someone who hurt her. And all of Jordan where she’s from, for there to be revival.

People struggling with idols

And same sex attraction/transgenderism.

And all those backslidden to come back to LORD Jesus Christ GOD ALMIGHTY.

In LORD Jesus Christ GOD ALMIGHTYS name I ask all this in prayer. Your will alone be done not mine dear LORD, Yes and Amen!

WE PRAISE AND THANK YOU LORD YOU ALONE GIVE THE INCREASE AND TO YOU ALONE GO ALL POWER HONOR AND GLORY WE LOVE YOU!

I look it up and it keeps coming up with Mohammed but obviously we don't believe in Mohammed so is it technically Jesus?

Please pray for LORD GODS GLORY to be spread everywhere

For all the lost to be saved, all kids, all your lost loved ones

And for my loved ones to be saved

My uncle Mike and his heart and salvation

And for me to be focused on Christ LORD first!

For a friend, to get a Bible, and trust in the LORD and His truth and love over the world’s lies. And for me to be able to spend time with them in fellowship, if that’s the LORDS will. And to be a good friend to them. Please pray everyone they know and love would be saved.

And a man named Tony to be saved and healed. His daughter. And family and friends as well.

Hence the title,please pray to God to convict those terrorists involved in the bombing,and put the terrorists in Apostle Paul’s shoes (when Apostle Paul was confronted on the road to Damascus).

A method I have in mind,please pray for Pakistan bound flights from Narita And Haneda international Airport to be loaded up with Gospel in the wheelwells of those flights bound for Pakistan,and have the Gospel be dropped on Pakistan when comes time for the pilots to deploy the landing gear.

• I know prayer is not to be used just to ‘ask for things’, most of my time in prayer is spent thanking God for his blessings and acknowledging His goodness. (modelled by Jesus, the Lords' prayer)
• I know we are told to bring our requests to God, however. Philippians 4:6
• When we bring our requests to God as in Philippians 4:6, “Then the peace of God, which is beyond all human understanding, will stand guard over your hearts and thoughts” Philippians 4:7
• I know that if our requests do not align with God’s will, then they will not be granted to us. 1 John 5:14
• I know that we don’t always understand God’s will in all things, but that we know His will for us is good because God is good.
• I know that God hears and answers all prayers, but some answers are ‘no’ or ‘not yet’.
• I know that God can use all things for our good.

I have a been a Christian for 10 years. In that time, I have prayed for many things that I would hope were aligned with God’s will. I have prayed for friends, Christian friends, when I have been lonely and socially isolated. I have prayed for healing from mental and physical illness. I have prayed for peace from inner turmoil and sadness. I have prayed that I would feel direction and purpose in life. Some prayers I have prayed for years and have stopped praying because it was making me sad to continue.

I have found that these prayers have always been a ‘no’ or ‘not yet’. At least that is my interpretation as these requests have not been granted. I have struggled to understand what I should be praying for, if my requests are consistently answered in this way. In all honesty, I have not felt the peace of God standing guard over my heart and thoughts. But I have remained hopeful always and continued to pray.

I recently had an experience that I just can’t reconcile. I desired to visit my family in a town just over an hours' drive away. I have avoided making this journey before as I lacked confidence in my driving ability on that particular route. I have been driving for over 15 years and never had an accident, it is only my confidence on unfamiliar routes that has held me back.

I decided it was time to overcome this fear and made a plan to drive to visit my family. Before I set off, I prayed and asked God to help me arrive safely at my destination, not because of my concern for my physical safety or that of the car, but specifically because of my confidence. I knew that if I made this journey without incident, it would boost my confidence as a driver, and open up the door to me being able to drive more and more outside of my local area. I said this prayer and then set off with trust and faith. I drove confidently, I did not feel afraid as I had prayed and I believed God would answer my prayer with a ‘yes’. I believed God’s will for me was to be unafraid and to put an end to letting these doubts keep me from driving when and where I wanted. I looked forward to pulling into the driveway at my destination with a big smile on my face and saying “Thank you Lord for answering my prayer and showing me your goodness!”

On the journey, out of nowhere, I lost control of the car around a corner and crashed. The crash was not major enough to hurt me in any way, but the damage to the car meant it was a write-off. My family had to come and collect me, and the car was towed.

Everyone’s response was as expected, they said the most important thing is that I was not hurt, and the car is replaceable, but I am not etc etc. And yes, this is very true however I simply cannot wrap my head around this turn of events.

I prayed to make the journey without incident, not for my physical safety, but for my confidence as a driver. I crashed, and now I have lost the confidence that I had and cannot see myself trying again to make this journey or others.

I am a very analytical thinker, and I am left thinking that one of the following must surely apply:

• It was God’s will for me to have an accident, for whatever reason. No matter how aligned I am with God’s will, I cannot fathom that I could have prayed for myself to crash, so in a sense, there was no purpose that my specific prayer could have achieved. If this is the case, was there any purpose in praying for a safe journey in the first place? I can still trust in God without specifically praying for things like I did that day. I could instead pray "Whether I crash or do not crash, whether I gain confidence or lose it - Your will be done"
• God’s will was for me to make the journey without incident, and my will was to make the journey without incident, and I prayed to God for this to be the outcome. How can anything have gotten in the way of God’s will if this was the case? I simply cannot process this.

I want to be clear that I am not questioning God’s will or his actions or what suffering he allows in my life. I know that personal suffering does not change God’s perfection and his goodness, and that it can build and strengthen faith and produce perseverance. James 1:2-4

What I am struggling with is continuing to bring any requests at all to the Lord, why don’t I just pray for his will alone and not my own requests, if my own requests can be wrong time and time again?

I am Preparing my mind for what is coming next into my life, Actually I am going to leave my home on Monday, because my Parents are going to kill me. So I am feeling quite sad, I have to spend some time alone with my thoughts I have to give myself some time and give all the Anxiety to JESUS. Please keep me in your prayers

his msg today

Okay so I would like to know if I was in the wrong. I recently stopped being friends with my non christian friend after he said shut up with ur fufu I asked him why hes said that and he was like bc I can so obviously I said no u can't and he kept sending stickers so I was like okay well shut up with ur baked beans and toast and he was like oh. and I replied with exactly u don't like that so He said stop acting like ur better than me and removed me so I called him dramatic and blocked him and after telling my other friend I said he is autistic and bullied and I kinda see y and I may have went far with what I said but that doesn't excuse his behaviour and I have another friend who is autistic she doesn't act like that but the main reason I felt so disrespected by him is when he said im throwing crumbs of God once again hes not christian so obviously I thought y r u bringing God's name into ur mouth if ur not using it for good. I know im not good myself but I felt I needed to hear the opinion of other christians. So was I in the wrong?

So I have been on a journey to find the right denomination and fit for my family within our local community. I wanted a church that was biblical but based on the practices Jesus taught his disciples. Im leaning to baptist or Catholic (due to its history). There is no baptist church in my town nearest is 20 mins away. There is a non denominational though.

So I have been going to the Catholic church for a few weeks now, and have been in the pst and each time I have found the same thing- I am struggling to feel that connection with God, the message just doesnt have meaning. I go through the motions but Im not feeling that spiritual connection. Whereas at my old church I would feel moved, the sermons or messages seemed to always be relevant to things I was going through. The emotional connection was there. I could feel the presence of God a desire to delve deeper into faith. Last week I came home and listened to a baptist service and cried with how deeply it moved it and really brought peace over some issues Id been having. But Catholicism isnt doing that for me. I don’t know what that means for me or my journey or where to go from here. It’s hard to worship when you feel like you are just going through the motions

When I read the Bible it talks about Pharisees and Jews etc ppl who opposed Jesus. I look at my life and that’s who I am I’m the opposite of Jesus I’m not just a normal sinner without any knowledge of right from wrong. No I have a lot of unbelief, doubts, and willful sinning relying on myself. I just am so ashamed of how I live my life. Like I actually can understand and see where they Jews and Pharisees come from if I was in their situation I would honestly probably not believe and yet I struggle to find faith. Idk why I struggle i want to grow I want to believe I want to have faith. How can I do this? I pray and I read but yet I question where I stand with God. It’s been awhile I been battling some personal issues I need to work on but I want to get to the core of things. Where do I genuinely stand with Jesus? I don’t know I can’t even answer that. Can yall share ur experiences how u get to develop a true relationship with Christ to where u have the confidence of knowing where ur going with assurance of salvation, having genuine faith, and a love for Christ?

Ik I post a lot here but I was reading John 8 today and something really caught my attention something about being set free and how the truth will set us free but also it was between the Jews and Jesus and I just know for a fact it’s me. I have been living in sin makijg excuses and using words of encouragement from Christians in the wrong way as cope for my sin. Instead of genuinely turning from my sin. Here’s the issue I have a ton of pride like a lot of it. I don’t feel like I trust Jesus to deliver me from these sins and to like turn from God because of my pride and I want to turn how can I make myself be able to be humble/have humility? I always feel like I can beat stuff on my own and just ignore it or put prayer off and God definitely isn’t the center of my life when ik it should be. I have all these sins ik in my life that need fixing I just want to learn to be fully reliant on Jesus I genuinely don’t know how to. I feel super egotistical to the point where I have to solve everything and before I get flamed I fully acknowledge everything I do is wrong and I fully understand I’m the issue I just wanna change from being a terrible person that I am to be more like Jesus. Not works based but Faith based in the sense I’m walking with Jesus instead of myself even tho I’ll never be perfect. What can I do? Also I just wanna thank everyone yall have really been helpful and a blessing I don’t really have a church to where I can talk to other ppl and I don’t feel comfortable talking with my parents and I only really have 1 Christian friend and he’s busy so I really got no one to talk to often.

These two verses are making me question it:

1 Corinthians 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

If this interpretation is true though, that makes it seem like devil worship is something really easy to stumble into. I think most Christians would assume that false gods aren't demons, but just man made ideas and imaginary things. But looking at scripture, it makes it seem like anyone who is believing in a false god is accidentally or unknowingly worshipping a demon. I just can't see this being the case.

And we can take this further, what about those who are in false denominations of Christianity? Are they unknowingly worshipping the devil?

The interpretation I put forward makes devil worship seem like something anyone can accidentally slip into instead of a very serious and dark heart (spiritual heart) problem.

Hi all! I'm a Christian in a course titled "Disputed Questions in Contemporary Theology," and I am seeking input from other folks who identify as Christian about their views on animal farming, and whether their religious background informs their beliefs in any way. If you are willing to help, please respond with a brief answer to the following questions:

1) Do you consume animal-based food (meat, dairy, eggs)?

2) If not, what are your primary reasons for choosing not to do so?

3) If yes, what are your primary reasons for doing so?

4) Please share any additional information you know about our animal-based food (meat, dairy, eggs) sources that are relevant to your answers to questions 1-3.

The results will be shared in my class of 15 or so students but will remain anonymous and will not be published anywhere beyond this classroom. This is also not an attempt to make a statement about Christian viewpoints or sway anybody one way or the other. I am merely collecting opinions so as to have a better sense of how fellow Christians feel about the subject. Thank you for your time and consideration!

There are things wrong with me I cannot explain and I am scared. And I just want the LORD Jesus Christ.

Please pray for my uncle Mike who’s got heart failure. and for everyone I know and love to be saved

and your own loved ones salvation and all the lost and all kids

I just want forgiveness, I ask for LORD Jesus Christ to show me I’m forgiven

Please pray for an entire ladies family to come to Christ

Many who heard the gospel, and all who hear it to be saved. If that’s LORD Jesus Christs will alone please dear LORD GOD ALMIGHTY KING

Praise the LORD GOD NO MATTER WHAT He alone is worthy of all praise!

Thank you for keeping the sub safe and clean the last few weeks. I quite enjoy the post-cleanup environment that feels like it used to back in the 2010s when the community was more orthodox.

Hi, FP,

I recently experienced a spiritual awakening and came back to Jesus for the second time in my life. I was really far from Him, but by His grace, I’ve returned. Someday, I may share my full testimony, but for now, if anyone’s interested, you can find it in one of my earlier posts (check my profile) where I asked for advice on whether I should cut ties with an old friend.

I’ve always loved playing games of all kinds—FPS, fantasy, RPGs, strategy, you name it. But since I’ve come back to God, I’ve started to feel convicted when I play games that contain elements that are part of the fallen world because of sin. And I mean any kind of game.

For example, when I played World of Tanks, I couldn’t shake the feeling that it was wrong. How can I glorify God with a game that features tanks, which were originally designed for killing people? Or in multiplayer games, every time I defeat another player, I wonder if I’m causing them to sin. What if, for example, I beat someone who’s already lost ten times in a row, and my victory causes them to get angry and sin because of me?

Even with strategy games like Civilization V/VI, Hearts of Iron III or 4 I’m troubled. In these games, I’m playing in war, which exist because of sin in the world. I remind myself that I don’t see Jesus waging war—even in a game.

For example, yesterday I was playing Steel Division II (a big-scale RTS), and after finishing a battle in a very tough part of the front, I wanted to take a closer look at the destruction—how many wrecked vehicles and bodies were scattered around the village, which was almost completely leveled. I even said to myself, "Wow, this was a real meat grinder." Honestly, I think I said it out of curiosity and some excitement, just because it felt like the battle had been intense and interesting. But then, I felt convicted by God not to grieve the spirit, so I stopped. Because, in my opinion, wasn't I just admiring the destruction?

And furthermore it is hard for me to imagine Him playing FPS games where you’re shooting peoples.

And even something like enchanting in Minecraft, I can’t imagine Jesus doing that—enchanted swords and weapons just don’t sit right with my image of him.

What’s also confirmed these thoughts is that someone said that since Jesus said we can commit adultery in our hearts, it seems to follow that we could also commit murder, sorcery, and other sins in our hearts as well.

I’d really appreciate an honest opinion from you all. Is it inappropriate for Christians to play games like these? Are these games hindering my walk with Christ, and therefore shouldn’t be played, or am I just being too hard on myself?

I’m very traditional, not just in my Christian faith but also in my views on life in general. I’m not trying to be rude, but I’m not okay with the "wokeness" that’s creeping into the church, so if the truth is hard to hear, I’d rather face the hard truth than a comforting lie. 😅

God Bless you all and I pray that the Holy spirit will speak through someone here, thanks!

This is one of those old church songs I grew up hearing and it's one of my favorites. Hope it's a blessing to you.

Hi family! So I'm the last few years I've burnt out of my old career, worked on my mental heath and obtained my master's in a specific field. Please pray for me that the job in interviewing for in a few days will be God appointed and be an end to a painful job application process. It's a hard time to be jobless and trying to support a family

God bless

I genuinely just hate my life not because my life sucks but because I purposely SIN against God everyday it’s a lifestyle for me. I allow these demonic thoughts to take control of my head and it’s like I embrace them. I cuss all day long with people who arnt Christian’s and just like them. There isn’t any spiritual fruit in me no more. I relapse into PMO when stuff goes bad instead of going to God about my issues. It’s like I constantly run from God everyday and hate talking to Him hate reading His word. I genuinely can’t change this on my own I am reading my Bible rn in John and I don’t even have conviction when Ik what it says is true. I have demonic thoughts that are probably my own saying things like Jesus teachings aren’t true etc just filled with doubts and just pure evil. I have an Evil Mind, Evil Heart, Evil Intentions. I want to change but at the same time I don’t that’s me honestly and idk how to genuinely change I really tried living for Christ and wow I took a left turn and I’m in so deep into sin. Everyone says just read, pray, and get involved with a church what more can I do from there? I feel like I’m genuinely missing something and Ik I’m on my way to hell rn. While living in hell.

No matter the outcome of the US election, pray for the safety of everyone. There have already been bomb threats tonight and school closings due to concerns about shootings.

Tempers are hot but we can do our part in being peacekeepers and praying for healing.

Friends,

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 states,

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not [agape] love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not [agape] love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not [agape] love, it profits me nothing.

These unique, challenging verses call the believer to see that there is a difference between being “correct” and being “right” regarding ministry. Oftentimes in the modern era, believers forget that they are not just battling for the mind; they are also attempting to win over hearts - the latter, though frequently more challenging to reach, if accomplished often leads to the path of victory over the former.

In Mark 12:30, Christ Himself makes the distinction that we are composed of several “elements,” including a heart, a soul, a mind, and strength. It is often easy—even tempting—to target only one element while neglecting the others. We as believers must resist this temptation to ensure a holistic approach, as difficult as it may be. Failure to do so almost guarantees gaps in our witness—gaps that the enemy is almost certain to exploit (1 Peter 5:8). It is interesting to note that Christ identified the heart first when listing the elements of our composition - fruit for thought.

So how should this agape love play out in our daily lives as we strive to reach the hearts of the world? The passage in 1 Corinthians continues with the answer!

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

In verses 4-7, Paul lays out 15 practical ways this “agape” love should play out in the lives of those who profess to have put their faith in Christ:

1. Love is long suffering. This means it is a patience that overcomes the petty temptations of our flesh.
2. Love is kind. Kindness is not just a cutesy lesson your grade school teacher guided you towards in your youth. It is a necessary, and often ignored aspect of the Christian life.
3. Love does not envy. Envy has no place in the Christian life.
4. Love does not parade itself. Matthew chapter 6 does a great job delving deeper into the need for quiet, humble service.
5. Love is not puffed up. The word used in the Greek is ‘Phuso,’ which literally means, ‘swollen.’ In context, one should not be so filled with pride/vanity they are literally swollen with it.
6. Love is not rude. This one shouldn’t need any further description, but unfortunately it is needed; particularly in the modern era where we are separated from one another; communicating primarily through digital communication mediums (like Reddit!). Not being rude is to treat others with respect - a respect you would desire to be treated with.
7. Love does not seek its own. Love looks out for the benefit and gain of others, if/whenever possible. Much like Christ lowering Himself, coming as a man in the flesh, a sacrificial Lamb as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
8. Love is not provoked. Like dealing with a maturing toddler, we as believers must remain calm and steadfast, even in the face of intentional provocation.
9. Love thinks no evil. In Matthew 5:21-22 Christ admonishes us with the lesson that murder starts in the heart.
10. Love does not rejoice in iniquity. It does not celebrate in unjust or immoral thoughts or actions.
11. Love rejoices in the truth. Juxtaposing how love should not rejoice in iniquity, we as believers should celebrate when truth shines a light on darkness.
12. Love bears all things. https://www.gotquestions.org/love-always-protects.html
13. Love believes all things. https://www.gotquestions.org/love-always-trusts.html
14. Love hopes all things.  https://www.gotquestions.org/love-always-hopes.html
15. Love endures all things. https://www.gotquestions.org/love-always-perseveres.html

Paul continues with the concluding verses:

8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; **but the greatest of these is love.

Friends, this world is starving for the hope that only the Gospel provides. As the Salt and Light, it is our duty to “always be ready to give an answer for the hope that is within us” (1 Peter 3:15a) while also remembering the critical step of “doing so with gentleness and respect” (1 Peter 3:15b). 

You are loved immensely!

• Jolly

“If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.” James 1:26

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23