Bible Discussion Thread

Please pray for me as I have rededicated my life to the lord and struggles and sin always pop into my head especially when I pray, God not give us the spirit of fear but of power even though we have not met we are all brothers and sisters in Christ.

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts." "And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus

So, it MAY help the sins to go away, the more you feed your Christianity muscles. Just like you get stronger by going to the gym and lifting weights for your body's muscles, or a marathon runner gets faster and gains more endurance the more they run/train. So to, with fighting off the spiritual darkness that wants us to FAIL! Also, there's POWER in calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ OUT LOUD! I am not the only one who has experienced this! You can pray silently, maybe praying aloud will help? But yes, Saying the Lord's FULL NAME OUT LOUD-remember the devils KNOW and OBEY HIM! "What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Dear Brother Castillo, I will pray for you! You are not alone with the wicked (Satan, his devils, Satan's human children, and former sins, etc) trying to compete with the LORD for your attention! I HOPE this will help you: for me, when I'd listen to certain music from my past, a specific singer, really, I noticed later in the night I'll have the sin of lust/lasciviousness/adultery (of/in the heart) return later that night, after NOT having had such thoughts for LONG stretches in time. It happened so much, that I realized, OK, if I listen to certain songs by her, I'll have the lust sin. PLUS, the more I read the Holy Bible, my mentality changed, even my focus (worries/anxieties would vanish)!

Thank you for your prayers

Thank you for your prayers and please keep them up it helps to know that others struggle with the same thing I am it gives me hope.
Respectfully
rich