May I ask what your prayer life is like. The bible says to pray without ceasing. I'm sure if you are a 5.5 you have a decent prayer life. So not trying to belittle you. Focusing on prayer just really helped me get to 6
I'll add my own experience and say that the only way I was able to get past 3, was because of Jesus and putting everything through the lens of the spiritual - addressing everything there first to inform how to address the physical.
I can empathize with the 5.5 position because, for me, that represents the daily struggle between solving things "our way" vs. continually turning back to God in every circumstance.
I developed a habit of listening to a sermon first thing in the morning - that sort of sets the tone and perspective for the day off on the right foot and I've found it keeps me less prone to going back to picture 4 and 5 so much - as truths about those two pictures are often shown to me when I set my mind on Spiritual truths first thing in the morning.
Anyways - just throwing in my personal experience in case the known company helps someone in some way.
I'll add my own experience and say that the only way I was able to get past 3, was because of Jesus and putting everything through the lens of the spiritual - addressing everything there first to inform how to address the physical<
Well said. Yes viewing things in spiritual ways first plays a huge part
I can empathize with the 5.5 position because, for me, that represents the daily struggle between solving things "our way" vs. continually turning back to God in every circumstance.<
Yes I can empathize with it as well and your description of why is very solid. This is why prayer really helped me because I begin to focus on praying without ceasing. It really renewed my mind to help counter that struggle.
Awesome stuff. Yes listening to sermons is solid stuff. Glad to hear it helped you. Thanks for sharing your testimony. Testimony is truly such a powerful thing. God bless u fren. Love you. Jesus Christ is King
My words are in no way saying you don't have a good relationship with God so please don't take them like that. It's awesome that you have a relationship with him and that you pray 2 times a day. Keep in mind you said you are stuck at 5.5 so I'm simply asking probing questions.
Why do you only pray those 2 times. For me the pillars of the faith are
prayer
scripture reading
Sabbath
solitude
fasting
service to others
Personally I think #1 is the most important because it can be taken into all #2-#6. To me this is what I think it means when it says pray without ceasing. To turn your every thought towards God. To conversate with him all throughout your day
Again I am not preaching nor belittling. Simply having discussion. So I hope my words can be taken in love. We are family in Christ. God bless. Much love
No slight taken at all, fren. I should have specified that I have two FORMAL prayers, morning and evening. But I send up prayers throughout the day, like when an ambulance or fire truck passes...I know someone is having a bad day and I pray that God will place His hand on the matter.
I've been known to be talking to someone who is having a bad day or experiencing troubles, and I'm not ashamed to place my hand on their shoulder and have a prayer right there.
I don't fast, but I do have quiet time and read scripture. And I'm mostly service-to-others, but also have to take care of myself and my wife.
All in all I believe I have pretty spiritual life.
I have never heard of that. Will have to look into it. Definitely sounds like a worthy cause though. Yes there will come a time where it will be much needed tools. Keep it up fren. God bless u. Love you. I'm here if u ever need a fren to vent to or need prayer or just wanna chat about something you are wrestling with. I am far from the most knowledgeable but I can listen and share my heart
This is very honest and I appreciate it. What's your current prayer life like? Honestly prayer is something that we can always grow in so being honest about things is truly beautiful to see. We can ever grow closer to Jesus
I am close. My only problem is the number of people that are dying. I know most of them made their own choice, but it is still hard. The most recent one was a baby and he didn't choose the vax. I sometimes think it's God's modern day flood. Those that are fearful, and do not have strong faith are falling victim to the vax. The decadence is rampant, and God is angry. We all know that God Wins.
I know it's hard to process. Just know that baby is in a way better place. Jesus is holding them and they have a peace and joy beyond understanding. It's not about life here. This world is fallen.
Based on this scale, I've been at 5.5 for some time now. Comfy, knowing that "the best is yet to come" and that NCSWIC.
May I ask what your prayer life is like. The bible says to pray without ceasing. I'm sure if you are a 5.5 you have a decent prayer life. So not trying to belittle you. Focusing on prayer just really helped me get to 6
I'll add my own experience and say that the only way I was able to get past 3, was because of Jesus and putting everything through the lens of the spiritual - addressing everything there first to inform how to address the physical.
I can empathize with the 5.5 position because, for me, that represents the daily struggle between solving things "our way" vs. continually turning back to God in every circumstance.
I developed a habit of listening to a sermon first thing in the morning - that sort of sets the tone and perspective for the day off on the right foot and I've found it keeps me less prone to going back to picture 4 and 5 so much - as truths about those two pictures are often shown to me when I set my mind on Spiritual truths first thing in the morning.
Anyways - just throwing in my personal experience in case the known company helps someone in some way.
Well said. Yes viewing things in spiritual ways first plays a huge part
Yes I can empathize with it as well and your description of why is very solid. This is why prayer really helped me because I begin to focus on praying without ceasing. It really renewed my mind to help counter that struggle.
Awesome stuff. Yes listening to sermons is solid stuff. Glad to hear it helped you. Thanks for sharing your testimony. Testimony is truly such a powerful thing. God bless u fren. Love you. Jesus Christ is King
Likewise! :)
I pray twice daily, once upon rising and again as I lie down to sleep. I have a good relationship with God.
My words are in no way saying you don't have a good relationship with God so please don't take them like that. It's awesome that you have a relationship with him and that you pray 2 times a day. Keep in mind you said you are stuck at 5.5 so I'm simply asking probing questions.
Why do you only pray those 2 times. For me the pillars of the faith are
Personally I think #1 is the most important because it can be taken into all #2-#6. To me this is what I think it means when it says pray without ceasing. To turn your every thought towards God. To conversate with him all throughout your day
Again I am not preaching nor belittling. Simply having discussion. So I hope my words can be taken in love. We are family in Christ. God bless. Much love
No slight taken at all, fren. I should have specified that I have two FORMAL prayers, morning and evening. But I send up prayers throughout the day, like when an ambulance or fire truck passes...I know someone is having a bad day and I pray that God will place His hand on the matter.
I've been known to be talking to someone who is having a bad day or experiencing troubles, and I'm not ashamed to place my hand on their shoulder and have a prayer right there.
I don't fast, but I do have quiet time and read scripture. And I'm mostly service-to-others, but also have to take care of myself and my wife.
All in all I believe I have pretty spiritual life.
I have never heard of that. Will have to look into it. Definitely sounds like a worthy cause though. Yes there will come a time where it will be much needed tools. Keep it up fren. God bless u. Love you. I'm here if u ever need a fren to vent to or need prayer or just wanna chat about something you are wrestling with. I am far from the most knowledgeable but I can listen and share my heart
I could do better
This is very honest and I appreciate it. What's your current prayer life like? Honestly prayer is something that we can always grow in so being honest about things is truly beautiful to see. We can ever grow closer to Jesus
exactly, looking forward to that next 1/2 step
I love it. I wish I could go back and incorporate this into the title. I'm at stage 5.999999999999...
I am close. My only problem is the number of people that are dying. I know most of them made their own choice, but it is still hard. The most recent one was a baby and he didn't choose the vax. I sometimes think it's God's modern day flood. Those that are fearful, and do not have strong faith are falling victim to the vax. The decadence is rampant, and God is angry. We all know that God Wins.
I know it's hard to process. Just know that baby is in a way better place. Jesus is holding them and they have a peace and joy beyond understanding. It's not about life here. This world is fallen.
Thank you. You are right!
Amen.
I'm right there w/ you @ 5.5...