Find a UPC church that is more like Jesus, if you feel it must be a UPC church. (Maybe look for an Apostolic church if there is not more than one UPC church?) What good is looking holy if they don't have the fruit of the Holy Spirit in that place? I hope you find a church with people that will help you know the love of Jesus and not the judgment of the pharisees.
Its not all of them. Its just some of them that look at me "funny" The pastor is wonderful as I have talk to him about it. I have repented and am truly sorry and vow never to cut my hair agin(Idon't know what got in me) I love my church and want to stay. I just feel different now.(maybe its just my conviction) I have been praying that the Lord will bring me through this as I have fell short.
I was in chuch for years Got bapitized and recieved the Holy Ghost.
Then things started to happen and slowly I couldn't and didn't go to church. while I was out of church I cut my hair and even wore a pair of pants. Do you think I can be forgiven? I have repented several times and feel ashamed. Is there still hope? Can I start over? What should I do???
You have repented for what? Did you sin when all this was going on? Our marks of devotion are not so much an avoidance of sin - though perhaps some do go into sinful living when they discard the conservative lifestyle.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
First of all, repentance is only necessary once, as long as its sincere. Faith comes in when we believe God is merciful enough to forgive us. If you doubt His ability to forgive, you don't have faith at all. You have to choose to throw yourself (and your doubts) on His mercy, and He is big enough to handle it all.
Secondly, if people are looking down on you, go somewhere else to church. There are plenty of churches to attend, and sometimes a fresh start is a good thing. But are you sure they really are? Make sure you don't project your own feelings onto others; maybe they just feel awkward and don't know what to say.
Talk to God on a regular basis about everything that's bothering you, read the Word as often as you can, and find a good church where you can worship with likeminded people and hear preaching and teaching that is firmly rooted in God's Word.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
It is probably just me thinking they are looking at me wrongly. I love my church and don't want to leave. I guess I am just so disappointed in myself for doing this...I need to forgive myself aswell.
It is probably just me thinking they are looking at me wrongly. I love my church and don't want to leave. I guess I am just so disappointed in myself for doing this...I need to forgive myself aswell.
I'm puzzled as to what sin you committed.
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!
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