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I struggle with that at times too. If it helps, John Bunyan went through a time when he couldn’t seem to feel anything. He couldn't seem to feel guilt or sorrow over sin. He just felt bland and feelingless, neither up nor down. He felt bad when he realised he couldn’t feel sorrow over sin like...

This gave me encouragement. Hopefully, it will reassure and comfort someone else reading this post. I found this YouTube video : Trust God even when you have no feelings. Here is the full sermon.

One thing I remembered reading, is that John Bunyan went through a time when he said he would have given all he had just to feel something. He later said he realised that God was teaching him not to rely on how he felt. I think these things take time to learn. It’s a bit like separation anxiety...

I’m a member of the free Church of Scotland. We sing mostly Psalms and one hymn accompanied by a piano. The atmosphere is very friendly and traditional. The fellowship is great and feels like family. Years ago, I used to really have to force myself to go to church, but now it’s a joy. Last...

At the end of Oct. Or beginning of Nov 22,I repented and believed in Jesus death and resurrection for my sins. I was aware that my desires had changed towards my sins and I really felt that I had faith. It faded but I thought Jesus doesn’t change so he’ll be back/is still with me. A few months...

Hi, I recognised the first trigger you listed. I spent most of my childhood being triggered by people laughing nearby. I always assumed they were laughing at me. All that stemmed from the daily bullyingI was subjected to from the age of 4 years and 9 months and all throughout my childhood...

Thank you. That’s my wee boy Max in my avatar pic.

I started school at 4 years 9months old. The usual age was at least 5years old. I was bullied right from the start because my older brother had mild learning difficulties. There was one boy in particular in my class, who did most of the bullying right throughout my school years to 15 years old...

Our cat ‘Max’ whom I used to call ‘my boy’, because he was our first boy cat, died and I was starting to sink into depression a month later. As I was sitting on my garden bench, dreading the onset of depression, a beautiful female cat came from under next door’s hedge. She is a mackerel tabby...

I think observing the law and loving the law are not quite the same. A legalistic person may observe the law as much as they can, thinking it pleases God. Loving the law will make it easier to observe and obey the law the way God intends us to. Psalm 119 is filled with statements about loving...

John Newton, John Bunyan, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Martin Luther and more recent well known Christians like Martun Lloyd Jones, are a few of what I am sure would be a long list of mature faithful Christians who knew, and had experienced the fact that satan does indeed attack the minds of...

I know this is a very old thread, but I just saw it. For anyone else reading this thread who is a new Christian or is experiencing this for the first time, these thoughts are from satan. He wants you to think it’s from you. I started to get them when I was very young. I was going to the Sunday...

God is the one who validates. God chooses, not the world. If he can choose me, he can choose anyone! 1 Corinthians 1: 26-31 26Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble...

I’m free but aware of its lurking, watching me from a distance. I feel completely free, but I’m not completely complacent. The thing about porn is, it promises much pleasure but it delivers nothing good, only eventual death.

The trial that involves evil thoughts are from Satan. I suffered just over 2 years of it. The evil thoughts always against God, actually started in the mid 1960s but they were only one or two once in a while. I remember reading a magazine which contained classified ads, a book about “evil...