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Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne
It's difficult to talk about because I don't want people to misunderstand me. I don't want to be this way, but I can't help it. In fact, I don't even consider myself saved right now because I'm not 'living right'.
Okay so your not living right but why are you trying to live right? Why not just start living for Him and let Him do His work in you. Let Him change you to how He wants you to be not how someone has told you that you have to be.
I long to attend a church where I can worship God in complete freedom and liberty.
You need to simply worship and not worry about THEM. They do not make your walk with God, you do.
Right now, I can't. People just want to pray me through (not that I don't need it anyway).
The UPC is all I know. To me, going elsewhere isn't going to save me.
You are right it isn't going to save you to go anywhere else. As a matter of fact no church UPCI included isn't going to save you. JESUS is the only one that can do that. You simply need to renew your relationship with Him and not worry about others.
In my mind I think that anyway. It's difficult to explain unless you come from where I come from, right? I have been there, I know.
I attended a local church I thought was non-denominational but later found out it's Baptist. Anyway, I had a good time, loved the service, the people were wonderful, warm, and welcomed me and my friend that accompanied me, but I never went back. It's like I feel I'm worshipping the trinitarian god or something...and the women with short hair and pants on....like me...well, it's hard for me to take in a church setting where all my life I was taught those people weren't saved.
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let me remind you that many of us come to Him broken and in pieces, yes even some of us that were raised in church. We come to Him so that He can put us back together.
You are his child and staying away from Him breaks His heart. It isn't the church building or the people that you need to worry about. You need to simply live to please HIM. What does He want from you? your heart. He wants your love. He wants you to shine His light and be His example to others. Yes the fellowship of others is good but your relationship with Him is most important. Once you realize that you are living for Him and not for others it makes it easier to live your life and worship in freedom.
I will be praying for you that God give you peace and that you find yourself renewed in Him.
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