AudreyNicole
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- Jul 14, 2010
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So I didn't really know where to post this... but I am a relatively "new" Christian (born again last April), and I have a few questions about walking by the spirit.
So the growing process in my relationship with Christ is going along pretty smooth. I think I've gotten over all the rough speed bumps off the beginning and am now in a much more mature and knowledgeable relationship with God (how fast you can grow through Him!). But I am still kind of struggling with understanding the transformation process.
I know once you are saved Christ works inside you to remove sin and center your life on Him. I also know that He works within us to transform our desires and wants and actions to center on Him too, so that our will/lives will completely line up with His will. So I just want to know, how does one recognize God's leading vs. old habits? Now that I am saved I know that doesn't mean I cannot commit a sin, so how do we know when God is leading us vs. when it is our own worldly, selfish ways?
I've finally gotten to the point where I have given up complete control to God, and now my greatest desire is to do His will and not mine. I pray every night that He completely remove from me anything that is of the world and replace it with only that which is of Him. And I pray for the wisdom to tell the difference between His desires and mine. I guess sometimes I just get hesitant that I am not fully living for Him.... i don't want to live for me at all. And I certainly don't want anything in my life to ever separate me from or limit me from having a complete and whole relationship with the Lord. There is no sin in my life, I read the Bible daily, go to church, do Bible studies and read other books on Christian living.... I'm doing everything I know how to follow the Lord.
So how can I make sure that everything I am doing, dreaming, wanting, saying, etc. is everything the Lord wants for me? How do I know I am completely following God?
So the growing process in my relationship with Christ is going along pretty smooth. I think I've gotten over all the rough speed bumps off the beginning and am now in a much more mature and knowledgeable relationship with God (how fast you can grow through Him!). But I am still kind of struggling with understanding the transformation process.
I know once you are saved Christ works inside you to remove sin and center your life on Him. I also know that He works within us to transform our desires and wants and actions to center on Him too, so that our will/lives will completely line up with His will. So I just want to know, how does one recognize God's leading vs. old habits? Now that I am saved I know that doesn't mean I cannot commit a sin, so how do we know when God is leading us vs. when it is our own worldly, selfish ways?
I've finally gotten to the point where I have given up complete control to God, and now my greatest desire is to do His will and not mine. I pray every night that He completely remove from me anything that is of the world and replace it with only that which is of Him. And I pray for the wisdom to tell the difference between His desires and mine. I guess sometimes I just get hesitant that I am not fully living for Him.... i don't want to live for me at all. And I certainly don't want anything in my life to ever separate me from or limit me from having a complete and whole relationship with the Lord. There is no sin in my life, I read the Bible daily, go to church, do Bible studies and read other books on Christian living.... I'm doing everything I know how to follow the Lord.
So how can I make sure that everything I am doing, dreaming, wanting, saying, etc. is everything the Lord wants for me? How do I know I am completely following God?
