i once knew and felt Gods love but where has it gone im in a spiritual dryness and some unbelief. pray for me and that i trust that God still loves me and trust scripture even though ive been praying but no change has come and im battling unbelief

I'm in a phase of doubts, confusion, idk what to do. But i know Jesus will surely help me with this relationship that i want to make strong. I want to love Jesus.. i want to love Him more.

Ok, I have to first say that I struggle with knowing the love of the Lord God/Jesus Christ for me. In the previous lesson (I think) I was rocked by John Piper explaining a verse I never "saw"-the one in John 14:15-24 "IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS..." that if I do love him then I will keep his commandments because I ALREADY love him-I was rocked by that! and how Pastor John relates that love does not equal obedience (that it is overly hasty to make that judgment) and that keeping the commandments of Jesus Christ is the RESULT of loving him. That rocked me, since I was going solely based on what 1 John 5:3 (equating obedience to love) as I'm obeying by keeping from vice (things I should not be looking at), none the less I still need to obey and keep away from such vice and it is a battle. As for the verse that rocked me : THERE IS HOPE: in essence John said it's about seeing the glory of Jesus Christ in the gospels and seeing this glory (his love, care for sinners) but John Piper didn't "carry it forward" but did allude to it: the ultimate goodness was the actual act of Jesus Christ giving up his life for us. And that is what has come upon me recently-to focus on his giving up his life on the cross for me (or instead of giving up my own). See (what has come upon on me as well) is that I need to really realize that I actually deserve death; i deserve to be put to death (that is quite humbling) so then once I really recognized that, then I can see the GLORY OF THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST. Once I realize /see that he gave up his life for me, that he DID die for me , I can then respond. Once in prayer I realized this and low and behold I was able to say: "I love you Jesus" and really come out of me and not say out of a duty. "We love because he FIRST love us". Lately I have been thinking about going through and writing and rewriting the scriptures and paying attention to the words like Pastor John does in the lessons here; the scriptures that state that Jesus Christ died for the WORLD/ALL which INCLUDES ME because I am part of all and in the world. AND since you guys are part of ALL and IN THE WORLD then it means ALL of you. Also, doing the same with the scriptures that communicate LOVE in the death of Jesus Christ for ALL. I and all of us who struggle in the love of the Lord God should begin to focus on the death of Jesus Christ for us. I think I am on the right path here. I also wanted to say that since I have been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (scrupulosity is the religious manifestation) I have struggled with seeing the love of the Lord Jesus Christ for me. I have become aware that is a symptom of the disorder. MAYBE some of those who struggle are battling OCD as a whole but there are also OTHER symptoms as well. I getting better now. Also, seeing a visual like the "Passion of the Christ" might help some of you (which is an idea that also has come upon me). Lastly, lets remember the promise of Matthew 7:7 "ASK and IT WILL be give to you, SEEK and you WILL find, KNOCK and the door WILL be OPENED to you. For EVERYONE who ask RECEIVES, he who seeks FINDS, and to him who knocks, the door WILL BE OPENED". Lets take action in this and believe because JESUS CHRIST said so; HE CAN'T even give one little lie because he will then seize to be HOLY. I keep knocking to see and know and be overcome by the love of Jesus Christ for me. MAY LORD MOST HIGH JESUS CHRIST BLESS YOU TO SEE HIS LOVE.

Please pray for me I don’t feel like I know or love God at all and I’m just using his son a ticket for me and my family out of hell. He never gives me dreams or his presence . I’d cry myself to sleep every night and scream Jesus name. I fear my salvation and my families . I know Jesus is coming soon and I’m so afraid nothing will happen and we’ll be left behind I’m 13 I’m in so much pain

Revelation reminds me of the church that has lost their first love for God. I felt like I'm in a season of dryness right now; :/

ok brothers and sisters, um im gonna keep this short, i picked up two hitch hikers and took them to south carolina (from north) these women clearly had drug abuse issues, and im pretty sure they were prostitutes, and one of them says she has night terrors, I told them both to pray before they go to bed, because i think there is a demonic connection, because i had things bothering me, and after watching steven bancarz (recently converted from new age) i prayed about them and it went away, so to make a long story short, please be willing to pray for Jessica and Kim, I don't know their last names, but The Lord does. Jessica and Kim, especially at night, well, just anytime, add them to your church prayer lists, spread their names on whatever links you go to, im going to do the same and get some sleep, drove a long way, Grace to you all.

And may the Lord add a blessing to the hearers and doers of HIS WORD!!!!

Loving Christ is valuing Christ It touched me Thank you Jesus for giving me the answer

Pls pray for me I just said in my head I hate God but I didn’t mean it. I think it was a demon, but I have a feeling which is a hate for God, but I try to love Him. It’s terrible. I’m about to go to bed, so I’ll pray that He enlightens my heart and I wake up tomorrow new.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. James 3:17 | KJV

Thank you for the awesome dissciption of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ~♥~What peace and beauty of His love that comes over us as we surrender our being mind heart and soul to His Glory. Thank you Jesus as you mold and make us to be all that you have for us according to your devine Holy will for our lives~♥~we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us to become the children of the Holy and beautiful Father. Amen~♥~

Why? Why don't I love Him? I don't feel like I love Him....I don't feel it in my heart.

This is how to Love God: put Love above all else in all you say and do, since God is Love. If you do this, you will be happy and you will fulfill all of the commandments; that is why this is the first and greatest of all commandments. Our relationship with God is the primary relationship; if we are in right relationship with God, to Love; then we will be in right relationship with all of life. Love is the first and greatest commandment; honor Love above all else.

Guys I believe in god 1000% but sometimes these wrong thoughts come in my head like “was jesus actually the son of god because humans wrote the bible” or “did jesus actually die for me” and I think it’s because I can’t understand unconditional love or the devil fills my mind up with these things . But I want to know god and I want to have unbreakable and unquestionable faith 😭 please help me guys

Lord, please help me to love you again.

I know god is real but I feel that he doesn’t listen to me, and sometimes I get angry at him. I’m not the best Christian and I always feel distant from him

I don't even like God anymore, I use to but fell from grace being young and stupid & now I jst grow further from him day by day, I feel like its out of my control and I always end up thinking the worst things.

And that day would come and finally say I knew this day would come Ur not only married god that keeps u believing and holds to him all along but god finally made u be with the men people place he wants u to always be amen just never give a thought nor felt it wrapped inside the very bottom of ur heart let other say what ever and do whatever to change ur direction and mind let them live with it for the moment they are not Even sway u anyway not even change the shape of ur heart let them see fee and believe whatever they see and felt just live with it it's a part of it

May God bless you! I'm so blessed with this!

Sadly, I understood none of this and missed the 'how to...' part as well. I have grown bitter and angry towards God and people because of the many stupid choices I made that made life hard for me now and because of the bad things happening to me that out of my control. Negative life situations have hardened my heart. I tell God that I didn't ask to be like this, that I don't want to be like this, please help me, and so on, but still nothing. Why can't I have the love for God and Jesus in my heart? Why do I have to be ignored? Doesn't He love me, too? Then why not help me, help our relationship? Smh I just don't understand and want to give up smh

Please pray for me because I really want to show that I love god more than anything but I don't know if I do

Love u lord

I want so bad to love God above all else so that I can get to know Him better, transform my life, and one day join Him and others in heaven. I have been reborn in God and hate the sins I previously loved. I love my family, friends, technology, school, sports, and more. Is that wrong? I play travel softball and play tournaments on Sundays. I feel like I’m not honoring and keeping the sabbath. I want to almost throw up right now because I feel as if I’m not enough and I don’t love God. I’m so lost please help... anyone.

John Piper is absolutely the best!!!!

Don't be so kilig just calm and feel that moment never say q word or thought or felt only god knows it amen thank u god I trust u

right on time

JAMES AS KING AS THE 1ST TO ME AS WAS TO MANY AS ALWAYS THE GREATEST LOVE OF A KINGDOM TO GO AROUND AND KNOCK DOWN ALL. SEEK AND SEARCH TIL SASTIFIED AND SO ON AS SAID.

I want to love God. Please pray for me.

Enjoy your day. 🖍

Thank you John Piper for investing time in teaching about this foundational subject. Would anyone be able to summarize these 4 videos? Even though he went through it in good detail, I'm finding it challenging to really wrap my mind around it. Thank you!

Great insightfull outline of the love for Christ. But i miss the answer to the how to ..when you dont feel it part

How do you know if you love God ? What if you don't? Will it make him angry?

as Jesus said to blessed Gabrielle Bossis: "The desire to love is already love" - and he will show you and reward you.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

amen

i think love is prior to glory jesus got the glory because he was loved by God is being loved by God through the gospel the same to seeing his glory?

LOVE OF ONE IN CHARITY OF THE CHURCH AS I DID AND SHE DID AND I LEFT IT AS THAT AS LOVE OF A FAITHFUL SERVANT IS LOVE OF THE MASTER AND TESCHER AND LEEADER AND GREATEST LOVE IS THAT LOVE OF FAMILY NOT FRIENDS AS WE FOUND OUT AND USE TO BE ABOUT GOD

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Do have to love to pray to Jesus and God more than anything too?

When i realize that non of what the devils seduct me with exchange of sale my soul for iam going to take it with me when iam six feet under when moment of truth comes it is just a casket and the deeds you did when you were living that only what would safes & no saftey or salvation for soul saler/sinner then and in this situation. Good deeds is the needed kind of money that buys a person the good living in paradise ,dollars dont get accepted in heavens banks/shops .

Do u love me

I don't understand

how can you love a god who starves you of childhood love, gives you a loveless abusive life

Cleanse me

What characterizes a true Christian faith? From time to time I use the term "true Christian faith", and one may then ask why it is necessary to insert this word "true" before the words "Christian faith". Isn't it enough to just say Christian faith? What is the difference? In our time, there is an incredible amount of human thought, pure delusions and the worldliness of all beauty that has corrupted the Christian faith. You can perceive it as if it is okay for a Christian to believe a little anyway, a little as you see fit. Many pick according to their own taste and taste from a crowded spiritual smorgasbord and do not ask for "label of origin". This is clearly noticeable if you e.g. see what the Church of Sweden offers today. But many free churches are not far behind. Despite this mess in so-called Christendom, this mix is ​​called "Christian". One can then rightly ask the question whether people are really true Christians when their faith includes this new mix. For this reason, I think it is necessary to distance oneself from the mess by instead talking about truthChristian faith . Perhaps original Christian faith would have worked well too. Or Bible-based Christian faith … But then what is true Christian faith ? What is it that a true Christian should believe? Well, that's exactly what I'm going to try to explain in a sort of logical summary that follows below. Please note that I am not providing here a complete "table of contents" for a true Christian faith , but I am addressing a number of heavier things that I consider particularly important for such a faith, and for it to be said to be soundly biblical. Also note that salvation is not based on believing all this from the beginning. The counterfeit is based on hearing the gospel message, turning to God, accepting God's free gift in the gospel of Jesus and then trusting that this gift of God in Jesus Christ is the only thing that counts for my salvation. But I am convinced that God's Holy Spirit, our Comforter, will in time lead all true believers into an ever-greater understanding and affirmation of the things that true Christian faith includes. Eternal truths A true Christian faith must clearly include a series of firm, unshakable and eternal truths in order to be considered true. It absolutely cannot have a content that is based on people's different opinions and/or feelings. A true Christian faith must be defined by God, and then we need to find out what he has determined. Of course, it can be the case that a person who has just become a Christian did not have time to grasp these Christian truths right away. But as the believer matures and gains insight, these truths must come into place for the faith to count as a true Christian faith . These are important and fundamental truths that keep faith healthy and active, and keep faith all the way to eternal life with God-the life that is the real goal of a true Christian . I will highlight some such truths that I am convinced must be part of a true Christian faith . The Bible is the foundation of true Christian faith The word Christian refers to the person who believes in and confesses to Jesus Christ. It was quite shortly after Jesus' time on earth that the believers in Jesus began to be called "Christians" (Acts 11:26). Being a Christian means that you are connected to Christ. The source of knowledge about Jesus Christ is the Bible, Jesus himself said this: Luke 24:27: "And he began with Moses and all the prophets, and explained to them what was written about him in all the Scriptures." The entire Bible is largely about Jesus. He is the Word of the Bible embodied, and the great "secret" about Jesus is that he is God who came to his own creation in human form. John 1:1, 14: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory" So the absolute foundation of a true Christian faith must be the Bible with all its texts. It is the entirety of the Bible that constitutes the Truth with a capital "S", or as the Bible itself expresses it: Ps 119:160: "The sum of your word is truth". You can then also say that Jesus IS the Truth, which he himself also confirmed: John 14:6: "I am the way, the truth , and the life." The apostle Paul also testified to the importance of the Bible: 2 Tim 3:16-17: "All Scripture is God-breathed..." The apostle Peter also wrote something similar: 2 Peter 1:20-21: "Above all, you must know that no prophecy in Scripture has come about by its own interpretation. For no prophecy has been brought forth by the will of any man, but led by the Holy Spirit men have spoken what they have received from God.” And Jesus himself emphasized the importance of the Word of the Bible: Matthew 5:18-19: "Before heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one jot, will pass from the law until all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore cancels one of these least commandments and teaches men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.” The following Bible words are at the end of the Book of Revelation and thus at the end of the Bible. I think therefore we can say that this warning applies to the whole Bible: Rev 22:18-19: "For everyone who hears the words of the prophecy in this book I testify: If anyone adds anything to these words, God will put on him the plagues that are written about in this book. And if anyone takes away something from the words that are in the book of this prophecy, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and in the holy city, as it is written about in this book." This then means the following: if you call yourself a Christian , then it is the entire Bible that you must base your faith on. If you remove something from the foundation of the Bible and its testimony, it is no longer a question of a true Christian faith . The same applies if you add something that goes beyond the teaching of the Bible. If you remove or add, you no longer have the whole Truth, then you have created a foreign faith, an unhealthy mix, which you can no longer call true Christian faith . A true Christianthus cannot correct anything in the Bible, nor expand it with new ideas. As a true Christian, one can quite naturally find certain texts in the Bible difficult to understand, perhaps even difficult, but that does not give the Christian the right to censor these texts. Instead, one should dig deeper and ask God for increased insight and understanding. A true Christian can also suffer from doubts, but this can also be asked of God for help in overcoming. Doubt must also not be a reason for deleting parts of the Bible's content - or adding to it. The teaching of the Bible is thus the absolute basis for a true Christian faith , everything else is secondary. Your or my experiences as a Christian must be subordinate to the Bible. We are not called to testify about "what we have been through", we are called to testify about Jesus and his act of reconciliation. This is exactly what Paul felt about his preaching: 1 Corinthians 2:2: "For I had decided, when I was with you, to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him who was crucified." This or that teaching on the Internet is also completely subordinate to the Bible. If doctrines and teachings appear that are not supported by or found in the Bible, they must be rejected! Science fiction-like ideas that go under the "Christian" banner and that talk vaguely about the end times, about aliens, about hierarchies in the demon world, etc., can - and should! - a true Christian ignore. Such is completely meaningless for a true Christian faith if it is not clearly found in the Bible! Click the link for more reading! bibelfokus.se/sann_kristen_tro

I wish i could believe in god but i cannot