Comments for Season of Peace http://season.org Finding hope from fear, depression, anxiety and panic attacks. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Freedom from Fear: Hearing God’s Voice by Russ Pond http://season.org/freedom-from-fear-hearing-gods-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-10030 Russ Pond Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:05:00 +0000 http://season.org/?p=812#comment-10030 Nick, I can relate to what you're saying. For the longest time, I struggled with God's view of me especially after being continually defeated by sin. But recently, I have started learning more and more about grace, and how sin was taken care of the cross. God no longer looks upon us as sinners, but as his children in Christ. Even when we sin, God still loves us, pursues us and lives with us. There is now no condemnation, no shame, no guilt, no separation from God. We, however, often carry these things and pull away from God, but it's never God pulling away from us. We need to "repent" or in the Greek "metanoeo" which means "change the way we think". We must renew our minds (Romans 12:1-2). We must tear down these patterns of thinking that say God is mad at us, that God is displeased with us when we sin. It's just not true. God is for us, always and forever. He is wooing us and pursuing us. His love is so great! Nick, I can relate to what you’re saying. For the longest time, I struggled with God’s view of me especially after being continually defeated by sin. But recently, I have started learning more and more about grace, and how sin was taken care of the cross. God no longer looks upon us as sinners, but as his children in Christ. Even when we sin, God still loves us, pursues us and lives with us. There is now no condemnation, no shame, no guilt, no separation from God. We, however, often carry these things and pull away from God, but it’s never God pulling away from us. We need to “repent” or in the Greek “metanoeo” which means “change the way we think”. We must renew our minds (Romans 12:1-2). We must tear down these patterns of thinking that say God is mad at us, that God is displeased with us when we sin. It’s just not true. God is for us, always and forever. He is wooing us and pursuing us. His love is so great!

]]> Comment on Freedom from Fear: Hearing God’s Voice by Russ Pond http://season.org/freedom-from-fear-hearing-gods-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-10029 Russ Pond Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:01:00 +0000 http://season.org/?p=812#comment-10029 Thank you, Doris. I appreciate your kind comments. Thank you, Doris. I appreciate your kind comments.

]]> Comment on Freedom from Fear: Hearing God’s Voice by Nick http://season.org/freedom-from-fear-hearing-gods-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-10028 Nick Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://season.org/?p=812#comment-10028 Hey Russ,  thank you for taking the time to write this article, it actually is almost identical to how I believe I have started to press into to hearing God's Voice. The problem I am having is that although I find allot of peace when I start doing things this way I also get very worried that this is all my imagination and maybe I am not really hearing him but just creating my own God. About 4 years ago I was really struggling to believe that God was still for me after continued defeat with sin, shame and guilt... I read a verse in the Bible that really started me down an almost unbearable path of thinking I lost my salvation. Part of me fears that I am reprobate and unable to fully repent since I have not been able to fully escape the cycle of sin... I fear that it keeps hardening me. What I am getting at however is that now it is very difficult for me to enjoy reading the bible as you might imagine. I am just very fearful and the way I process things God says in Bible actually just makes me feel more condemned? I just don't know what to do because you methods certainly work for me but I don't want to rely on what I think is God's voice and just be deceiving myself. Feel free to reply in anyway you see fit! Thanks again, -Nick Hey Russ, 

thank you for taking the time to write this article, it actually is almost identical to how I believe I have started to press into to hearing God’s Voice.

The problem I am having is that although I find allot of peace when I start doing things this way I also get very worried that this is all my imagination and maybe I am not really hearing him but just creating my own God.

About 4 years ago I was really struggling to believe that God was still for me after continued defeat with sin, shame and guilt… I read a verse in the Bible that really started me down an almost unbearable path of thinking I lost my salvation. Part of me fears that I am reprobate and unable to fully repent since I have not been able to fully escape the cycle of sin… I fear that it keeps hardening me.

What I am getting at however is that now it is very difficult for me to enjoy reading the bible as you might imagine. I am just very fearful and the way I process things God says in Bible actually just makes me feel more condemned?

I just don’t know what to do because you methods certainly work for me but I don’t want to rely on what I think is God’s voice and just be deceiving myself.

Feel free to reply in anyway you see fit!

Thanks again,

-Nick

]]> Comment on Grace: Do I Have a Sinful Nature? by Russ Pond http://season.org/grace-do-i-have-a-sinful-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-10027 Russ Pond Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:47:00 +0000 http://season.org/?p=1144#comment-10027 Thanks for sharing. It's so true. I think many, many Christians today miss the message of the "Good News", the Gospel. Sin is done away with completely. God no longer holds our sin against us, ever. It's paid for. We now have life today. The same life that waits for us in heaven is already ours today. We just need to believe that it's ours in Christ. Thanks for sharing. It’s so true. I think many, many Christians today miss the message of the “Good News”, the Gospel. Sin is done away with completely. God no longer holds our sin against us, ever. It’s paid for. We now have life today. The same life that waits for us in heaven is already ours today. We just need to believe that it’s ours in Christ.

]]> Comment on Grace: Do I Have a Sinful Nature? by Russ Pond http://season.org/grace-do-i-have-a-sinful-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-10026 Russ Pond Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:45:00 +0000 http://season.org/?p=1144#comment-10026 Thank you, Allan. I appreciate you kind words! Thank you, Allan. I appreciate you kind words!

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