Help! It Feels Like the Holy Spirit Has Left Me

[HouseH]

Hi all,

I posted earlier on the general theology page about what all I am concerned about but maybe this is a better place to post and leave out a lot of details from that post and try to shorten this post (it’s still gonna be long tho) anyway


So will the Holy Spirit leave you cause you didn’t do something he asked I say this cause I felt this happen to me and heard

I will withdraw myself from you until you do this


And what that this was was sell your things which I thought I heard the day before at about the same time

I was sure I heard it from God cause it was different like more than just a thought if that makes any sense


Anyway I went away thinking we’ll I’ll pray about this more and see how this goes next day I thought I heard I will withdrawal myself from you until you do this


and worst part was I felt it very much real like someone standing on my heart and it affected me greatly to say the least since then I have been digging into meanings of scripture and just about every type of Christian debate on the internet


I also started trying to repent of sin before this happened to me

cause of stories of people going to hell and coming back on YouTube it did scare me quite a bit


It’s been almost a year now since I thought the Holy Spirit withdrawed from me


The things He told me to sell wasn’t exactly everything just the things I valued the most I thought, which I had recently purchased after starting my new job


I sold them but I feel a little worse now cause I feel like I didn’t exactly do it right

Cause I bought an expensive gift for a family member after I sold them which was the same type of thing I was told to sell and now I feel just as bad or worse than before


And these things are just things (not gonna get into what all they were because it could start an entirely different debate I don’t won’t to get into, but unless someone really wants to know I will tell them but gonna leave most of them out for now) anyway but I thought I really needed them for example one was a guitar and amp I actually used it at church a few Sundays out of the year

(and I really thought I did need to replace my old one)

But I couldn’t bare the thoughts when I was playing it so it’s gone

The other things I used in everyday life from time to time and relied on them to a certain extent


So basically I’m asking did the Holy Spirit leave simply because I didn’t obey

I thought why would he ask me to do something then leave me?

Also did He leave me cause I’m an idolater

Basically this means I can’t have any hobbies or anything to enjoy ever?


I get mad about this cause some preachers on the internet ( especially YouTube) seem to teach this sorta thing but I don’t think they’ve truly given up all for God

But again I shouldn’t judge I don’t really know them so I apologize for that


See how easy this becomes a theology debate


Anyway I didn’t think my things were in between God and I but maybe I was wrong maybe I was loving them too much

And not following the first commandment which I know I don’t always do

Or loving God with all my heart,soul,mind and strength

and I don’t see how anybody else does both these all the time (again I apologize I’m not trying to judge really but I thought we were all the same low sinners)

So anyway is that what it takes to get to Heaven or have the Holy Spirit

To at least be trying our hardest to follow and do these and follow the 10 commandments and the commandments of Jesus ?

Which I think are the 10 commandments in true form


Also if this is the case what about people with kids or something they might at anytime love more than God?


I don’t know I’m kinda scared to post anything cause I don’t want to confuse a fellow Christian to get confused or stumble

Therefore I have deleted post threads before that I started


Anyway I really feel

I’m an idolater and I’m too scared to really enjoy anything cause I might love it too much

Sorry I know material things mean nothing and we can’t take them with us when we go


I’m just looking for some hope, joy, and peace

I have been praying but I feel like God has left me and is not listening but I kinda know he is

I just don’t know what I should do I’m trying not to love those things I sold but I still do I admit and I’m trying not to buy anything like them again even tho I really want to


Also I have talked with my pastor about this he’s new to our church but he was helpful and I’ve spoke to other people (Christians)but I haven’t said anything recently to anybody cause I get the feeling they think I’m crazy and yes maybe I am


Thanks for reading

 

[Southernscotty]

Hello friend, No and God doesn't speak to us that way now days as we have the bible. Which is God's Holy Word solidified. If you wanna hear God speak, Just read your bible :]
Here is Got Questions answer which I agree with completely
The Holy Spirit is referred to as the “deposit,” “seal,” and “earnest” in the hearts of Christians (2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30). The Holy Spirit is God’s seal on His people, His claim on us as His very own. The Greek word translated “earnest” in these passages is arrhabōn which means “a pledge,” that is, part of the purchase money or property given in advance as security for the rest. The gift of the Spirit to believers is a down payment on our heavenly inheritance, which Christ has promised us and secured for us at the cross. It is because the Spirit has sealed us that we are assured of our salvation. No one can break the seal of God.

The Holy Spirit is given to believers as a “first installment” to assure us that our full inheritance as children of God will be delivered. The Holy Spirit is given to us to confirm to us that we belong to God who grants to us His Spirit as a gift, just as grace and faith are gifts (Ephesians 2:8-9). Through the gift of the Spirit, God renews and sanctifies us. He produces in our hearts those feelings, hopes, and desires which are evidence that we are accepted by God, that we are regarded as His adopted children, that our hope is genuine, and that our redemption and salvation are sure in the same way that a seal guarantees a will or an agreement. God grants to us His Holy Spirit as the certain pledge that we are His forever and shall be saved in the last day. The proof of the Spirit’s presence is His operations on the heart which produce repentance, the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), conformity to God’s commands and will, a passion for prayer and praise, and love for His people. These things are the evidences that the Holy Spirit has renewed the heart and that the Christian is sealed for the day of redemption.

So it is through the Holy Spirit and His teachings and guiding power that we are sealed and confirmed until the day of redemption, complete and free from the corruption of sin and the grave. Because we have the seal of the Spirit in our hearts, we can live joyfully, confident of our sure place in a future that holds unimaginable glories.

 

[Neostarwcc]

Hi all,

I posted earlier on the general theology page about what all I am concerned about but maybe this is a better place to post and leave out a lot of details from that post and try to shorten this post (it’s still gonna be long tho) anyway


So will the Holy Spirit leave you cause you didn’t do something he asked I say this cause I felt this happen to me and heard

I will withdraw myself from you until you do this


And what that this was was sell your things which I thought I heard the day before at about the same time

I was sure I heard it from God cause it was different like more than just a thought if that makes any sense


Anyway I went away thinking we’ll I’ll pray about this more and see how this goes next day I thought I heard I will withdrawal myself from you until you do this


and worst part was I felt it very much real like someone standing on my heart and it affected me greatly to say the least since then I have been digging into meanings of scripture and just about every type of Christian debate on the internet


I also started trying to repent of sin before this happened to me

cause of stories of people going to hell and coming back on YouTube it did scare me quite a bit


It’s been almost a year now since I thought the Holy Spirit withdrawed from me


The things He told me to sell wasn’t exactly everything just the things I valued the most I thought, which I had recently purchased after starting my new job


I sold them but I feel a little worse now cause I feel like I didn’t exactly do it right

Cause I bought an expensive gift for a family member after I sold them which was the same type of thing I was told to sell and now I feel just as bad or worse than before


And these things are just things (not gonna get into what all they were because it could start an entirely different debate I don’t won’t to get into, but unless someone really wants to know I will tell them but gonna leave most of them out for now) anyway but I thought I really needed them for example one was a guitar and amp I actually used it at church a few Sundays out of the year

(and I really thought I did need to replace my old one)

But I couldn’t bare the thoughts when I was playing it so it’s gone

The other things I used in everyday life from time to time and relied on them to a certain extent


So basically I’m asking did the Holy Spirit leave simply because I didn’t obey

I thought why would he ask me to do something then leave me?

Also did He leave me cause I’m an idolater

Basically this means I can’t have any hobbies or anything to enjoy ever?


I get mad about this cause some preachers on the internet ( especially YouTube) seem to teach this sorta thing but I don’t think they’ve truly given up all for God

But again I shouldn’t judge I don’t really know them so I apologize for that


See how easy this becomes a theology debate


Anyway I didn’t think my things were in between God and I but maybe I was wrong maybe I was loving them too much

And not following the first commandment which I know I don’t always do

Or loving God with all my heart,soul,mind and strength

and I don’t see how anybody else does both these all the time (again I apologize I’m not trying to judge really but I thought we were all the same low sinners)

So anyway is that what it takes to get to Heaven or have the Holy Spirit

To at least be trying our hardest to follow and do these and follow the 10 commandments and the commandments of Jesus ?

Which I think are the 10 commandments in true form


Also if this is the case what about people with kids or something they might at anytime love more than God?


I don’t know I’m kinda scared to post anything cause I don’t want to confuse a fellow Christian to get confused or stumble

Therefore I have deleted post threads before that I started


Anyway I really feel

I’m an idolater and I’m too scared to really enjoy anything cause I might love it too much

Sorry I know material things mean nothing and we can’t take them with us when we go


I’m just looking for some hope, joy, and peace

I have been praying but I feel like God has left me and is not listening but I kinda know he is

I just don’t know what I should do I’m trying not to love those things I sold but I still do I admit and I’m trying not to buy anything like them again even tho I really want to


Also I have talked with my pastor about this he’s new to our church but he was helpful and I’ve spoke to other people (Christians)but I haven’t said anything recently to anybody cause I get the feeling they think I’m crazy and yes maybe I am


Thanks for reading

No the Holy Spirit doesn't leave you. I strongly encourage you to read John 14:16 in which Jesus makes the promise that the Holy Spirit will live with believers FOR FOREVER. Read it and stick it on your wall if you have to but believers are sealed with the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30). The HS will never leave a new covenant believer no matter what the reason. Okay? So if you do have the Holy Spirit than you have it for an eternity. Period.

 

[HTacianas]

Hi all,

I posted earlier on the general theology page about what all I am concerned about but maybe this is a better place to post and leave out a lot of details from that post and try to shorten this post (it’s still gonna be long tho) anyway


So will the Holy Spirit leave you cause you didn’t do something he asked I say this cause I felt this happen to me and heard

I will withdraw myself from you until you do this


And what that this was was sell your things which I thought I heard the day before at about the same time

I was sure I heard it from God cause it was different like more than just a thought if that makes any sense


Anyway I went away thinking we’ll I’ll pray about this more and see how this goes next day I thought I heard I will withdrawal myself from you until you do this


and worst part was I felt it very much real like someone standing on my heart and it affected me greatly to say the least since then I have been digging into meanings of scripture and just about every type of Christian debate on the internet


I also started trying to repent of sin before this happened to me

cause of stories of people going to hell and coming back on YouTube it did scare me quite a bit


It’s been almost a year now since I thought the Holy Spirit withdrawed from me


The things He told me to sell wasn’t exactly everything just the things I valued the most I thought, which I had recently purchased after starting my new job


I sold them but I feel a little worse now cause I feel like I didn’t exactly do it right

Cause I bought an expensive gift for a family member after I sold them which was the same type of thing I was told to sell and now I feel just as bad or worse than before


And these things are just things (not gonna get into what all they were because it could start an entirely different debate I don’t won’t to get into, but unless someone really wants to know I will tell them but gonna leave most of them out for now) anyway but I thought I really needed them for example one was a guitar and amp I actually used it at church a few Sundays out of the year

(and I really thought I did need to replace my old one)

But I couldn’t bare the thoughts when I was playing it so it’s gone

The other things I used in everyday life from time to time and relied on them to a certain extent


So basically I’m asking did the Holy Spirit leave simply because I didn’t obey

I thought why would he ask me to do something then leave me?

Also did He leave me cause I’m an idolater

Basically this means I can’t have any hobbies or anything to enjoy ever?


I get mad about this cause some preachers on the internet ( especially YouTube) seem to teach this sorta thing but I don’t think they’ve truly given up all for God

But again I shouldn’t judge I don’t really know them so I apologize for that


See how easy this becomes a theology debate


Anyway I didn’t think my things were in between God and I but maybe I was wrong maybe I was loving them too much

And not following the first commandment which I know I don’t always do

Or loving God with all my heart,soul,mind and strength

and I don’t see how anybody else does both these all the time (again I apologize I’m not trying to judge really but I thought we were all the same low sinners)

So anyway is that what it takes to get to Heaven or have the Holy Spirit

To at least be trying our hardest to follow and do these and follow the 10 commandments and the commandments of Jesus ?

Which I think are the 10 commandments in true form


Also if this is the case what about people with kids or something they might at anytime love more than God?


I don’t know I’m kinda scared to post anything cause I don’t want to confuse a fellow Christian to get confused or stumble

Therefore I have deleted post threads before that I started


Anyway I really feel

I’m an idolater and I’m too scared to really enjoy anything cause I might love it too much

Sorry I know material things mean nothing and we can’t take them with us when we go


I’m just looking for some hope, joy, and peace

I have been praying but I feel like God has left me and is not listening but I kinda know he is

I just don’t know what I should do I’m trying not to love those things I sold but I still do I admit and I’m trying not to buy anything like them again even tho I really want to


Also I have talked with my pastor about this he’s new to our church but he was helpful and I’ve spoke to other people (Christians)but I haven’t said anything recently to anybody cause I get the feeling they think I’m crazy and yes maybe I am


Thanks for reading

Here is a brief article that will help answer your question. It is apparently translated from Greek and the English is a bit choppy in places but it will still help.

The Grace of the Holy Spirit

 

[Dave G.]

I can't speak for other peoples experiences, except to say that experiential evidence is perhaps not the most reliable ( voices, seeing signs and wonders, though they seem right even). At least as to how we conduct our personal affairs. The Holy Spirit will always point to Jesus and His Word. His word says that He will never leave us nor forsake us. At the same time we hear a lot from usually fairly new members here how they heard from God telling them to do something and or they have lost the HS. A lot of people come here saying they lost Him or they lost their salvation and while that may feel very real it's more likely The Spirit is just quiet. I often mention Moses, 40 years of quiet lol !! But when He spoke oh man.

The HS in your life when He doesn't like something is more likely to give you a bad taste for that something, so you just don't want to go there/ do that. He is likely to point to scripture too as has been mentioned. We all can give accounts of the Spirit working. I have many many stories. But we are ok to, the bible says we should in fact, test the spirits we hear from to make sure it's really from God. Did you hear that ? Make Sure It's Really From God. Don't assume, especially in these times we are in.

 

[FutureAndAHope]

Hi all,

I posted earlier on the general theology page about what all I am concerned about but maybe this is a better place to post and leave out a lot of details from that post and try to shorten this post (it’s still gonna be long tho) anyway


So will the Holy Spirit leave you cause you didn’t do something he asked I say this cause I felt this happen to me and heard

I will withdraw myself from you until you do this


And what that this was was sell your things which I thought I heard the day before at about the same time

I was sure I heard it from God cause it was different like more than just a thought if that makes any sense


Anyway I went away thinking we’ll I’ll pray about this more and see how this goes next day I thought I heard I will withdrawal myself from you until you do this


and worst part was I felt it very much real like someone standing on my heart and it affected me greatly to say the least since then I have been digging into meanings of scripture and just about every type of Christian debate on the internet


I also started trying to repent of sin before this happened to me

cause of stories of people going to hell and coming back on YouTube it did scare me quite a bit


It’s been almost a year now since I thought the Holy Spirit withdrawed from me


The things He told me to sell wasn’t exactly everything just the things I valued the most I thought, which I had recently purchased after starting my new job


I sold them but I feel a little worse now cause I feel like I didn’t exactly do it right

Cause I bought an expensive gift for a family member after I sold them which was the same type of thing I was told to sell and now I feel just as bad or worse than before


And these things are just things (not gonna get into what all they were because it could start an entirely different debate I don’t won’t to get into, but unless someone really wants to know I will tell them but gonna leave most of them out for now) anyway but I thought I really needed them for example one was a guitar and amp I actually used it at church a few Sundays out of the year

(and I really thought I did need to replace my old one)

But I couldn’t bare the thoughts when I was playing it so it’s gone

The other things I used in everyday life from time to time and relied on them to a certain extent


So basically I’m asking did the Holy Spirit leave simply because I didn’t obey

I thought why would he ask me to do something then leave me?

Also did He leave me cause I’m an idolater

Basically this means I can’t have any hobbies or anything to enjoy ever?


I get mad about this cause some preachers on the internet ( especially YouTube) seem to teach this sorta thing but I don’t think they’ve truly given up all for God

But again I shouldn’t judge I don’t really know them so I apologize for that


See how easy this becomes a theology debate


Anyway I didn’t think my things were in between God and I but maybe I was wrong maybe I was loving them too much

And not following the first commandment which I know I don’t always do

Or loving God with all my heart,soul,mind and strength

and I don’t see how anybody else does both these all the time (again I apologize I’m not trying to judge really but I thought we were all the same low sinners)

So anyway is that what it takes to get to Heaven or have the Holy Spirit

To at least be trying our hardest to follow and do these and follow the 10 commandments and the commandments of Jesus ?

Which I think are the 10 commandments in true form


Also if this is the case what about people with kids or something they might at anytime love more than God?


I don’t know I’m kinda scared to post anything cause I don’t want to confuse a fellow Christian to get confused or stumble

Therefore I have deleted post threads before that I started


Anyway I really feel

I’m an idolater and I’m too scared to really enjoy anything cause I might love it too much

Sorry I know material things mean nothing and we can’t take them with us when we go


I’m just looking for some hope, joy, and peace

I have been praying but I feel like God has left me and is not listening but I kinda know he is

I just don’t know what I should do I’m trying not to love those things I sold but I still do I admit and I’m trying not to buy anything like them again even tho I really want to


Also I have talked with my pastor about this he’s new to our church but he was helpful and I’ve spoke to other people (Christians)but I haven’t said anything recently to anybody cause I get the feeling they think I’m crazy and yes maybe I am


Thanks for reading

I can not say yes or no about did God ask you to give up something special. However as for did the holy Spirit leave you. The bible tells us that when ever we return to God he returns to us. The cross of Christ covers a whole life time of sins as the bible says "it is appointed for man to die once, in like manner Christ died once for sins". All of the sins you can commit over your life time are covered by the blood of Jesus. All that is needed is a heart of repentance.

 

[Kenny'sID]

I'm not a believer in OSAS or all sins are forgiven automatically. I think it's an ongoing thing that we strive for everyday. but not going to argue that here.

So that in mind, I suppose the HS could leave one if they gave up their salvation to go back into the world, but you didn't do anything even close to that.

So, no, I don't believe that has happened to you, nothing even close. One way to look at what is going on with you, is you don't seem sure one way or another, and God is not a God of confusion, so if he wanted you to do that (something I seriously doubt he would ask of you because he wants us making our own decisions) you would know it for sure.

So relax, get the things you need if you think you really need them, and don't if you don't...God wants you to manage your own affairs, and if by slim chance he does want you to do something, once again, you would be certain of it.

If I may be so bold, i think that was you just taking to yourself, something we have probably all done at one time or another and it wasn't God after all.

 

[Tharseo]

It’s been almost a year now since I thought the Holy Spirit withdrawed from me

Why do you think so?

A brother I know was revived after a few years of not experiencing the Spirit. Turns out that the Spirit never leaves him. I do not mean that it is something happens to many people, but is not unheard of.

And these things are just things (not gonna get into what all they were because it could start an entirely different debate I don’t won’t to get into, but unless someone really wants to know I will tell them but gonna leave most of them out for now) anyway but I thought I really needed them for example one was a guitar and amp I actually used it at church a few Sundays out of the year

(and I really thought I did need to replace my old one)

But I couldn’t bare the thoughts when I was playing it so it’s gone

Have a clean conscience, is of great importance in spiritual life. If you think that you can no longer hear from the Spirit, hear from your conscience. Work hard to make your conscience blameless, act according to it and you will find a way out.

A few passage to quote, in case someone challenge me that when there is the Holy Spirit there is no need of conscience.

Acts 23:1: "Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day.""

Acts 24:16: "In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men."

1 Timothy 1:5: "But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith."

See how easy this becomes a theology debate

Don't, and never get into it. It is not a matter of knowledge, it is a practical problem.

God is merciful and faithful. Meditate on the following passage might help you to understand the love of God.

Romans 5:7-8: "For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

May the truth prevails over any uncertainties in you.

 

[Porpoise]

I recently read this in the Diary of St. Faustina:

"+Once, on Christmas Day [ 1928], I felt the omnipotence and the presence of God surrounding me. And once more I fled from this interior meeting with the Lord. I asked Mother Superior for permission to go to Jozefinek [28] to visit the sisters there. The Superior gave us permission, and we started to get ready right after lunch. The other sisters were already waiting for me at the door of the convent while I ran to my cell to get my cloak. On my way back, as I was passing close to the little chapel, I saw Jesus standing in the doorway. He said to me, Go ahead, but I am taking your heart. Suddenly I felt that I had no heart in my chest. But the sisters were scolding me for lingering behind, saying that it was already getting late, so I quickly went along with them. But a sense of uneasiness troubled me, and a strange longing invaded my soul, though no one knew what was happening except God.

After we had been at Jozefinek for only a few minutes, I said to the sisters, "Let's go back home." The sisters asked for at least a moment's rest, but my spirit could find no peace. I explained that we must return before dark; and in as much as we had quite a distance to go, we immediately returned home. When Mother Superior met us in the hallway she asked me, "Haven't the sisters gone yet, or have they already returned?" I said that we had already returned because I did not want to be returning in the evening. I took off my cloak and immediately went to the little chapel. As soon as I entered Jesus said to me, Go to Mother Superior and tell her that you came back, not in order to reach home before dark, but because I had taken your heart. Even though this was very difficult for me, I went to the Superior, and I told her frankly the real reason why I had come back so soon, and I asked pardon of the Lord for everything that had displeased Him. And then Jesus filled me with great joy. I understood that apart from God there is no contentment anywhere."​

 

[Reganne]

Hi all,

I posted earlier on the general theology page about what all I am concerned about but maybe this is a better place to post and leave out a lot of details from that post and try to shorten this post (it’s still gonna be long tho) anyway


So will the Holy Spirit leave you cause you didn’t do something he asked I say this cause I felt this happen to me and heard

I will withdraw myself from you until you do this


And what that this was was sell your things which I thought I heard the day before at about the same time

I was sure I heard it from God cause it was different like more than just a thought if that makes any sense


Anyway I went away thinking we’ll I’ll pray about this more and see how this goes next day I thought I heard I will withdrawal myself from you until you do this


and worst part was I felt it very much real like someone standing on my heart and it affected me greatly to say the least since then I have been digging into meanings of scripture and just about every type of Christian debate on the internet


I also started trying to repent of sin before this happened to me

cause of stories of people going to hell and coming back on YouTube it did scare me quite a bit


It’s been almost a year now since I thought the Holy Spirit withdrawed from me


The things He told me to sell wasn’t exactly everything just the things I valued the most I thought, which I had recently purchased after starting my new job


I sold them but I feel a little worse now cause I feel like I didn’t exactly do it right

Cause I bought an expensive gift for a family member after I sold them which was the same type of thing I was told to sell and now I feel just as bad or worse than before


And these things are just things (not gonna get into what all they were because it could start an entirely different debate I don’t won’t to get into, but unless someone really wants to know I will tell them but gonna leave most of them out for now) anyway but I thought I really needed them for example one was a guitar and amp I actually used it at church a few Sundays out of the year

(and I really thought I did need to replace my old one)

But I couldn’t bare the thoughts when I was playing it so it’s gone

The other things I used in everyday life from time to time and relied on them to a certain extent


So basically I’m asking did the Holy Spirit leave simply because I didn’t obey

I thought why would he ask me to do something then leave me?

Also did He leave me cause I’m an idolater

Basically this means I can’t have any hobbies or anything to enjoy ever?


I get mad about this cause some preachers on the internet ( especially YouTube) seem to teach this sorta thing but I don’t think they’ve truly given up all for God

But again I shouldn’t judge I don’t really know them so I apologize for that


See how easy this becomes a theology debate


Anyway I didn’t think my things were in between God and I but maybe I was wrong maybe I was loving them too much

And not following the first commandment which I know I don’t always do

Or loving God with all my heart,soul,mind and strength

and I don’t see how anybody else does both these all the time (again I apologize I’m not trying to judge really but I thought we were all the same low sinners)

So anyway is that what it takes to get to Heaven or have the Holy Spirit

To at least be trying our hardest to follow and do these and follow the 10 commandments and the commandments of Jesus ?

Which I think are the 10 commandments in true form


Also if this is the case what about people with kids or something they might at anytime love more than God?


I don’t know I’m kinda scared to post anything cause I don’t want to confuse a fellow Christian to get confused or stumble

Therefore I have deleted post threads before that I started


Anyway I really feel

I’m an idolater and I’m too scared to really enjoy anything cause I might love it too much

Sorry I know material things mean nothing and we can’t take them with us when we go


I’m just looking for some hope, joy, and peace

I have been praying but I feel like God has left me and is not listening but I kinda know he is

I just don’t know what I should do I’m trying not to love those things I sold but I still do I admit and I’m trying not to buy anything like them again even tho I really want to


Also I have talked with my pastor about this he’s new to our church but he was helpful and I’ve spoke to other people (Christians)but I haven’t said anything recently to anybody cause I get the feeling they think I’m crazy and yes maybe I am


Thanks for reading

I feel like the Holy Spirit left me,too. Please talk to me.

 

[Kenny'sID]

I feel like the Holy Spirit left me,too. Please talk to me.

Hi, Reganne,

Why is it that you think that happened?

 

[Reganne]

I rejected Christ. I stopped reading my Bible, repenting, and praying. I’m being tormented. I have no peace, no joy, no patience...I’ve lost all the fruits of the Spirit. I can’t feel the Holy Spirit anymore when I worship or pray or read my Bible.

Hi, Reganne,

Why is it that you think that happened?

 

[Chris Regan]

Can you inbox me and we can speak there.

 

[Chris Regan]

Iv recently had this happen. No gifts of the spirit anymore.

 

[Reganne]

Iv recently had this happen. No gifts of the spirit anymore.

How do I inbox you?

 

[FutureAndAHope]

I rejected Christ. I stopped reading my Bible, repenting, and praying. I’m being tormented. I have no peace, no joy, no patience...I’ve lost all the fruits of the Spirit. I can’t feel the Holy Spirit anymore when I worship or pray or read my Bible.

The fact is that when we sin God allows us to go through a time of testing, trial, and trouble. It is a principal well defined in the bible. It is a correction, it is the way God corrects us.

Psa 107:17-20 Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction; they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.

Job 36:8-11 And if they are bound in chains and caught in the cords of affliction, then he declares to them their work and their transgressions, that they are behaving arrogantly. He opens their ears to instruction and commands that they return from iniquity. If they listen and serve him, they complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness.

The way God works is to draw one to the gates of death, a feeling that you will die for your sins. He does this to show you what will happen if you continue in sin. He may leave a person in that state for years. Then He will seek to restore you, back to salvation, where you can "complete their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness".

 

[aiki]

So will the Holy Spirit leave you cause you didn’t do something he asked I say this cause I felt this happen to me and heard

I will withdraw myself from you until you do this

No, the Holy Spirit doesn't "withdraw" from those who are born-again.

How do you know this "voice" you heard was the Holy Spirit? Can't the devil counterfeit God? Yes, he can. And what about your own inner voice? How do you know it wasn't just this voice that you "heard"? How do you tell the "voice" of the Spirit from your own?

If you want to know God's will for you, forget the voices, and simply do what the Bible tells you to do. This way, you don't have to worry about being deceived by the devil masquerading as the Holy Spirit, or by your own inner voice.

And what that this was was sell your things which I thought I heard the day before at about the same time

I was sure I heard it from God cause it was different like more than just a thought if that makes any sense

Makes sense? No, not really...

Anyway I went away thinking we’ll I’ll pray about this more and see how this goes next day I thought I heard I will withdrawal myself from you until you do this


and worst part was I felt it very much real like someone standing on my heart and it affected me greatly to say the least since then I have been digging into meanings of scripture and just about every type of Christian debate on the internet

When God wants you to do something, He's not going to make it a puzzle to figure out, or a strange mystery to solve. Look at the stories of Scripture: Moses had a burning bush out of which God spoke and told him plainly what he was to do; Gideon had a visit from the angel of the Lord who explained to him what God wanted Gideon to do; Abraham had a visit from the angel of the Lord, too, who talked to Abraham very plainly about God's plans for him; Noah also was given very clear and detailed instructions from God as to how to build the ark and why, and so on. It's no surprise, then, that the apostle Paul wrote that "God is not the Author of confusion." If He has something He wants you to do in particular, He will make it perfectly clear - just as He did for so many in the accounts of Scripture - and you won't be at all uncertain or confused about what it is and whether or not you should do it.

I also started trying to repent of sin before this happened to me

cause of stories of people going to hell and coming back on YouTube it did scare me quite a bit

The craven fear of divine punishment has no place in the life of a genuine child of God.

1 John 4:16-18
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

It’s been almost a year now since I thought the Holy Spirit withdrawed from me

I doubt very much that he has. If anyone has done any withdrawing, it has been you.

But I couldn’t bare the thoughts when I was playing it so it’s gone

This doesn't sound like a God thing. Sounds like your own psychology at work, bending you out of shape.

So basically I’m asking did the Holy Spirit leave simply because I didn’t obey

I thought why would he ask me to do something then leave me?

Also did He leave me cause I’m an idolater

Basically this means I can’t have any hobbies or anything to enjoy ever?

Man, you have a very contorted view of God and walking with Him! Yikes! God is not a cosmic killjoy. Paul wrote to Timothy that God "gives us all things richly to enjoy." Hobbies are not evil. Letting them compete with God for your deepest affection is. Play golf, or practice playing the guitar, or rebuild a car engine, or spend an afternoon fishing. God gave us the ability and opportunity to enjoy these things and there is nothing wrong with doing so. He's the God who gives us beautiful sunsets, chocolate, bacon, strawberries, honey, warm sunny beaches, kittens, music, poetry and so on. Clearly, God's not out to make our lives a misery. Please, stop thinking that He is.

Anyway I didn’t think my things were in between God and I but maybe I was wrong maybe I was loving them too much

Maybe? We all know, deep down, if they are or not.

And not following the first commandment which I know I don’t always do

Or loving God with all my heart,soul,mind and strength

Loving God with everything you are and have is the First and Great Commandment.

I don’t see how anybody else does both these all the time

This doesn't mean that they don't, only that you can't see how they do. What may be true of you is not necessarily true of everyone else.

So anyway is that what it takes to get to Heaven or have the Holy Spirit

To at least be trying our hardest to follow and do these and follow the 10 commandments and the commandments of Jesus ?

No. You have the cart before the horse here. Being comes before doing. That is, being a Christian comes before doing what a Christian ought to do. An apple tree produces apples because it is an apple tree not in order to be an apple tree.

Becoming a Christian is accomplished by repenting of a life lived without God at its center, trusting in Christ as one's Saviour, submitting to him as Lord, and believing in your heart that he was, indeed, God in the flesh, crucified to atone for our sin, and raised from the dead three days later in demonstration of his divinity. (See Romans 10:9-10)

Also if this is the case what about people with kids or something they might at anytime love more than God?

What about them? We ought to love nothing - not even our children - more than we love our God.

Matthew 10:37-39
37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Anyway I really feel

I’m an idolater and I’m too scared to really enjoy anything cause I might love it too much

Sorry I know material things mean nothing and we can’t take them with us when we go


I’m just looking for some hope, joy, and peace

And you haven't found them in Christ? I don't think you've yet found Christ, if you haven't. To have Christ is to have hope, joy and peace.

I just don’t know what I should do I’m trying not to love those things I sold but I still do I admit and I’m trying not to buy anything like them again even tho I really want to

The answer is to ask God to change your desires, to make them center upon Him. And keep asking 'til He does. As God enables you, step closer to Him. One step at a time, bit by bit, He'll lead you deeper into rich, joyful fellowship with Himself. The Israelites didn't get the Promised Land all in one fell swoop. No, they took it a little bit at a time until it was all theirs. The "Promised Land" that the Christian has in Christ is entered into over time - not all at once - until the Christian has taken the "land" entirely and they are enjoying the bounty, and joy, and peace of dwelling in it. Be patient. God isn't finished with you yet.

 

[Hishandmaiden]

Christ puts the holy spirit as a deposit for the believers.
So the holy spirit don't withdraw from believers.
You do not know for sure that the voice you heard is from God.

 

[Chris Regan]

Christ puts the holy spirit as a deposit for the believers.
So the holy spirit don't withdraw from believers.
You do not know for sure that the voice you heard is from God.

But as God has warned in his word. Do not quench the Holy Spirit. Quench means to put out.
The Holy Spirit does leave believers.
A believer can quench the spirits working in his/her life. If this wasn’t the case God would have never needed it to be in his word. A warning is put there for a reason. Just because a person experienced the born again experience and the baptism of the Holy Spirit does not mean that believer can’t then fall away. A believer can commit the unforgivable sin and fall away to perdition.

 

[Peripatetic]

I try to remind myself that God is beyond my limited understanding. Trying to figure out or "track" the Holy Spirit in my life or in the lives of others just reduces Him to something He isn't. I think there's value in being open even if I don't always feel like that space is occupied or active.