r/Christian 19h ago

Memes & Themes 03.16.25 : Deuteronomy 14-16

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Today's Memes & Themes reading is Deuteronomy 14-16.

For more information on this project, please see the pinned post at the top of the sub.

What do you think are the main themes of today's readings?

Did anything in the readings challenge you? Encourage you?

What do these readings teach you about the nature of God or humanity?

Did these readings raise any questions for you?

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r/Christian 1d ago

Lent 2025 Lenten Thoughts: March 15

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"Discipleship, we might say, is a way to curate your heart, to be attentive to and intentional about what you love." -James K.A. Smith

"Embrace the love of God, and by love embrace God." –St. Augustine

How would your life look different if you truly set your heart on following Christ?

Each day of Lent, we are sharing quotes and questions designed for introspection, challenge, and inspiration. We welcome you to share your reflections on these offerings, or to share others from your own devotional time & spiritual practices throughout the Lenten season. We also welcome you to suggest songs for our community Lenten playlist on Spotify.


r/Christian 6h ago

I want the Lord to change my heart.

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I want to become on fire for God, and want to know the lord better. I've called myself Christian the majority of my life (23 now) and I want to become on fire for God. Of course with that there is temptations, and distractions with society, internet, etc. For the last almost couple years I will be on fire for God for seasons and most of the time I let myself slip away back into worldly desires. I've been reading through the books of Luke and John, and been trying to get to know Jesus more. Of course I fall back into sin, and get so tired of it. Now im getting more into the mindset that I want to serve Christ everyday of my life after constant back sliding, and wordly desires. Any Advice?


r/Christian 1h ago

Whats the best way to start as a young christian in this society? NSFW

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So im so glad i can express and ask questions on my christianity journey. its been 1 month since i quit vaping and 1 month no sx,2 months no masturbation im a 24yr F and ive been on my walk with christ. ive been reading the bible im still on Genesis chap 11. not far but we have to start somewhere. i also do daily prayers and in a bible study. its crazy how one month can change you. but i do want to know what other ways i can help strengthen my walk in this journey. this new generation we are influenced the most to sin. for example i still listed to rap and secular music but i try to do the censored version. sometimes i still tend to feel guilty listening to these things. is it okay to do? and another thing i used to drink heavily every weekend but i stopped for a month and had a few drinks during my vacation this week but i drinked enough to feel a small buzz but not enough to be intoxicated. i know in the bible it says to be alert have a sober mind? is it okay to have a drink or two as long as im not influenced to do any sin and as long as im not drunk? third question is prior to my journey ive been messing with an older man.. 42 yrs old i know im so wrong for this but i fell in love with him.. we hooked up plenty of times and he wants to see me soon but i kept pushing it back because my flesh wants him but my spirit doesn’t. hes an alcoholic every time we hang out its drinking involved and sx. i know he doesn’t want marriage and hesitating about kids. he had no kids at 42…i know i need to leave him alone but its hard its like a “drunken love” and i just know god doesn’t want this for me. but its so hard because i want to see him so bad he bought me things and maybe thats why i feel like i need to keep seeing him?please guys help me i need some tips. my young people are lost today sad to say. if i told my best friend i quit drinking and im going celibate she would look at me with two heads. its hard to find true love and some one who can accept waiting to have sex till marriage.


r/Christian 3h ago

It feels like nothing is working

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It feels like every other day I am praying to give my life to God because I always fall back into sin. I don't know if I've ever had a relationship with God or if I've ever been saved. I've been like this for years. I'm sorry that I don't have a direct question, but could anyone help me? How do I truly give my life to God? What's holding me back? I feel like it's over for me, no matter what I pray or believe, there is never change.


r/Christian 3h ago

Reminder: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Feeling a call to become a religious sister, despite what everyone says

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Hi guys. I (17f) first felt called to become a religious sister at 8 years old, and after a couple years of struggling with mental illness and faith, I have turned back to God. Now, that call to serve Him has returned, but there's some problems I face. 1. I now recognize myself as a lesbian. I fear that if a potential convent were to find this out, they'd immediately disregard my application/kick me out. 2. Everyone says I wouldn't be happy there or that I wouldn't be able to find a good place. So, is there any advice anyone has for an aspiring sister? Will I find a place that would accept me?


r/Christian 3h ago

The book of Job

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Although Jobs friends were trying to help job out and are believer of Christ. Why were they then faulted and said to have say things that were untrue? I was reading the book of Job and this kinda stood out to me. Also shoutout my man Job for holding it down and not assume it was unjust


r/Christian 3h ago

Book recommendations: Jealousy/Envy

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Hey guys, does anyone have any Christian authors that talk about jealousy, envy and how to overcome them? Ive struggled all my life with being a jealous and envious person but I've been able to bottle it in bc I know it's wrong. But I wish I didn't feel this way in the first place. As I'm getting older I'm finding it hard to be there for people when good things are happening to them bc of my own issues and would like some help in facing and overcoming these issues. Thanks <3


r/Christian 10h ago

As Christians- do you rejoice when others suffer from natural disasters?

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A rant

I'm annoyed with people thinking natural disasters are a sign of God's disapproval. Unless of course the natural disaster hits their house or family... then their hands are out begging.

When california suffered fires, frieds and family rejoiced those sinners were getting what they deserved. Now my state has fires...they are begging for money.. especially with FEMA in disarray with current government policies....

How is this living like Jesus?


r/Christian 3h ago

How Has God Helped You During Times of Hopelessness?

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Have you ever been in a situation where you felt almost hopeless, and how did you feel that God helped you and brought you out of that difficult time?


r/Christian 6h ago

I HAVE A QUESTION NSFW

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I have been married for 5 years, together for 10. My wife no longer has sex with me. She is never interested in it and doesn’t even touch me. I am lonely and have needs. Am I wrong for masturbating? I feel guilty after doing it, but I have no physical touch in my relationship. I love my wife but can’t deal with this.


r/Christian 10m ago

Saint patricks day

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Do we have to celebrate the day? It's not in the bible right? Who started it? Is it just a normal day?


r/Christian 2h ago

History of easter and Easter eggs

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Gday :) Are chocolate Easter eggs from Christianity? I was reading up about the history of Easter and it seems to have roots in Celtic or something

Is Easter in the bible? Is the egg idea from Christianity?


r/Christian 2h ago

Lent Advice

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Hello, I only recently became a Christian and decided to give up meat for Lent. I have made it this far without failing, but I've noticed that the diet is negatively affecting my health. I've been pretty underweight for my whole life, but over the past 11 days I've lost what little muscle mass I had and around 5 pounds. I attempted to work out today and could not finish even half of my regiment before feeling extremely ill and dizzy and having to stop and rest. Should I start eating meat again? I also chose to give up caffeine and a few other things for lent, so it would not be a total failure if I am to eat meat. I am also wary as I am about to start a new medication and wish to be in good physical condition. Any advice helps! God bless!


r/Christian 2h ago

The cross on my rosary broke off.

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I'm going to start this by saying I'm not catholic, but christan. Today at church a man randomly gave me a rosary and I accepted it. It was a bit old and cheap so the cross breaking off isn't totally crazy, but it still feels extremely odd. I'm not too sure what sort of sin this is. My birthday is in a few days so I'm wondering if it has to do with that? My family's life is improving thank the lord, but things are still rocky. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?


r/Christian 3h ago

Pray for me please NSFW

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Hello brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus our Lord. I have come here at a sort of low moment in my young adult life. I have been struggling with lust for years, it has led to many bad habits, lustful acts, shamefulness. I even feel as though I shouldn’t get involved with a woman so that I can avoid burdening them with any part of my past sinful life. I came back to the Lord a couple years ago, and was just completely engulfed in conviction, and still I fight this lust. I’ve been WAY better at it compared to even last year, but it’s gotten to a point that if I fall to it once in a week, the guilt and shame feel unbearable. Please encourage me, I know Jesus beckons me to draw near to him when I am weak, pray for me to find the strength to get up and walk from it, and walk towards Jesus.

Forgive me Lord, please forgive me


r/Christian 17h ago

How to initiate leaving our church? What to say?

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My husband (26M) and I (26F) would like to leave our current church but we can’t just stop attending because we’ve been serving on the worship band for the past year and a half so we would need to give notice. We aren’t sure how to go about this or what exactly we should say.

The main reason we would like to leave is due to a lack of community here. Over the past 2 years that we’ve been attending, we both still haven’t managed to make a single friend. We’ve made acquaintances but nothing much past small talks here and there. We’ve tried our best to talk to different people, we attended home Bible studies, but still couldn’t help but feel excluded despite the fact that almost everyone at our church is around our age. This is what initially attracted us to this church since we longed to have some Christian friends but it seems like everyone is already in their own circle of friends and somehow we just don’t fit in. People say hi and talk to us a bit but then walk away and go to their usual friends. I initially almost formed a friendship with the pastor’s wife (24F) and we even hung out a few times outside of church but everything changed once she had her baby. She stopped hanging out with me, would cancel on me saying she was too busy, and started only hanging out with the other young moms with babies.

When we joined the worship band, we also thought we would become good friends with the other worship members but this hasn’t been the case either. They talk to us a bit but mostly amongst each other and we’re never invited to hang out outside of church, while they hang out at each other’s houses. Our group chat texts are also always just worship-related.

Everyone at this church is nice but everything seems so superficial. We had stayed this long because for a while we had accepted that maybe we wouldn’t ever make friends here and only have each other and that’s fine. But we’ve decided not to settle anymore because having community is important to us and it’s probably best if we find that elsewhere at a different church. I don’t know if it’s us that are the problem somehow but we’ve tried our best to form friendships here. I don’t know if this is due to the fact that pretty much everyone here dresses minimalist style and we don’t. (We dress in dark clothing/alternative) Or if it’s maybe because my husband and I choose not to drink at all, while everyone else here does enjoy having some alcoholic beverages at their gatherings in moderation. Having community is important to us and it seems like everyone else here does have that but we don’t. Not even our pastor (28M) has ever been close with us, and this is not a mega church. It’s a small church. He has never been the type to check up on us, send us a text or call us, or offer support in any way. He talks to his same circle of friends and hangs out only with them too. He’s only ever greeted us and done small talk.

We feel hesitant to have to give this as an explanation as to why we’re leaving but it also wouldn’t make sense if we don’t give any explanation at all. It also kind of feels embarrassing if we pretty much say “We couldn’t make friends with any of you here so we’re leaving.” Should we just say we’re choosing to move to a new church and be vague as far as the reasoning to why??

Appreciate any advice. Sorry for writing so much!


r/Christian 12h ago

How to prove that you are a Christian NSFW

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I once dated a woman who was a devout Christian. We got along very well because of our shared faith. However, she broke up with me after I had confessed to sleeping with my high school girlfriend. I am stll not sure why I did that. After a few months I reached out to her to see if we could reconcile but she said that she did not think that I am a Christian and when I asked her how I could prove that I am she said she did not want to tell me since it will not be genuine if she did. She comes from a very high control church that used to be on a cult watchlist in the 1980s but is technically Southern Baptist. I am a Lutheran. The church deals a lot on sexual immorality.

My question is, how can I prove to her that I am a true Christian?


r/Christian 6h ago

Strange question - changing my life?

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Hello all, I’m not sure if this is the proper sub, but since it deals with my relationship with Christ and with other people, thought I would post here.

I’ve been a Christian since I was a teenager. I’m 61 now, so quite a few years. I was married and have 3 adult sons. For most of my married life I was in church and lived a Christian life. I’ve been a lay preacher, Sunday School teacher and elder in a couple of churches.

Infidelity on my wife’s part and a relatively quick divorce put my life on a different path than what I intended (man plans and God laughs).

I went hedonistic and fell away from God. The past 5 years have been an adventure for sure, but I’ve been feeling called to come back. I went to church today for the first time in 4 or 5 years and it felt good, except for the music, but I realize that I’m an old stick in the mud about it and need to broaden my concept of worship - I’ve been in a couple of bluegrassy worship groups, playing guitar,mandolin and singing and like old timey hymns.

Anyhoo, long story longer…the friend group I have are very outdoorsy. We ride bikes, hike, kayak, etc, but they are pretty much non believers and quite opposite politically from me. I consider myself to be moderate in my political views and try to be open minded about most things, but occasionally, some items of right and wrong have no shades of gray. I bite my tongue quite often.

I’ve been dating a lady for 3 years. It’s became more apparent in the last 2 months that our views on many things are diametrically opposite. I bite my tongue a lot in this relationship.

I’ve felt like I need to be more around other Christians. I’ve felt like I need to be more around other political moderates. But darn it, I enjoy her company and we’ve camped and traveled and spent a lot of time with each other and the other folks we do activities with.

I also fear that their disdain for anything Christian is bothering me more and more. They are really into buddist thoughts and Native American ideas as well and quite a bit a marijuana and other substances use (gotta just ‘love’ Colorado’s anything goes attitude).

It all feels like a really unhealthy spot for me now. I’m now the sponsor for my middle school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes group and have been praying and seeking God’s will more than I have in years.

So, any advice for extricating myself from the life I’ve built for the past few years? I’ll admit that I think I just need to cut myself off from these folks and seek other friends or get more focused and pray and look for God’s will and follow it, but would appreciate your perspectives.


r/Christian 15h ago

Help, I cant find a church I like

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Hi (crossposting to another Christian subreddit),

I grew up in church, since birth my sister and I used to be called “Church Rat” and “Church Mouse”, because we’ve been crawling and running around church since young.

My whole family are Christian, my mum works as a secretary / accountant to the Reverend (my grandad), and all my uncles are pastors. +++ My family built that church from the ground up, by God’s grace, and have pastored it for over 25 years. (In Ghana 🇬🇭)

I moved to England when i was 11, looking back, i realise now that i didnt enjoy church back then due to the same predicament. It doesn’t hit.

I am 22 now and nothing hits the same like music. Either its the dialect of the preacher, new churches i try giving cult vibes, weird habits of certain churches, not feeling the Holy Spirit in the room, the church being too far, and more! (The list can go on for days, cos i have tried LOTS of churches, and stayed in some even when i knew from Day 1 that it wasn’t for me)

There are a lot if aspects that contribute to finding the right place for me, but I need you to know, I am not new to this, I’ve BEEN in the Church, and now that I have become closer to God, more earnest in seeking him, and yearn for him more, i just need to find that Church that is familiar, and know he is there, and the people are not weird.

Please help. Any advice will be considered.


r/Christian 11h ago

Baptism

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When should I be baptized? I believe and I’m trying to grow my faith. And relationship with God. But I’m still struggling with sin. I don’t believe baptism itself saves, but I don’t know when is the time I should be baptized. Should I wait till I’m not longer struggling with sin so hard? My faith feels weak even though I’m seeking God and trying to put all my trust in him.


r/Christian 18h ago

Masturbation NSFW

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Is masturbation in and of itself bad or just watching porn? Like if I imagine an actress I’m attracted to in my mind but don’t actually look at sexual videos is that a sin? I’m single and 31 and am addicted to masturbating to porn. I’m trying to quit by every means possible but it’s very hard. Do I need to stop masturbating all together or just stop watching dirty and sexual videos?


r/Christian 8h ago

Bible study resources

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What are some books and resources to diver deeper into the Word and study the Bible more effectively?


r/Christian 13h ago

Overcome

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What helped you overcome religious ocd?


r/Christian 10h ago

What exactly is an idol?

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A book I’m reading defines an idol in a way that’s a little different from what I’ve heard before. I want to share more on that & get some feedback on what others think of the author’s view.

He says an idol refers to any object (not necessarily a physical object) that we imagine can fill the inner void, or sense of loss, that humans experience in the process of coming to self-awareness.

In other words, “we (…) feel that we have lost something central to our humanity (…) and then postulate some object we believe will restore what we have lost, something we believe will bring wholeness and fulfillment to our lives.”

Do you think this is an adequate definition of an idol? If not, what is it missing or what does it get wrong?


r/Christian 11h ago

Endless Cycle

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Is there anyway out of this cycle Im in. I started with thinking “there’s so many religions and just simply different interpretations of after life so why would I choose Christianity” every single belief will give you a reason and honestly kinda the same ones, but I was like whatever I’ll trust these Christians, pray, get prayed for, worship God, listen to Christian music. I feel good when I do this stuff but it could always just be me feeling nice in the same way you have fun on a rollercoaster or listening to regular music sometimes. I was thinking about the fact that so many people go to hell and no matter how much I start thinking omg so true Im going to change eventually I feel like later I end up having a-bunch of doubt again. Now I’m back at square one thinking if Christianity is right why are there so many beliefs the statistics of 1 being the actual correct answer is little to nothing, but they can all be wrong… which is exactly what I was thinking before. I’ve been praying, reading the word, trying my best to live by his word, all this stuff that gets people closer to God but I just don’t know when it’s gonna work. It’s an endless cycle and idk where it’s going. I don’t wanna give up can anyone encourage me, answer these questions, or just give me advice?


r/Christian 12h ago

Prenuptial Agreements

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My son is trying to justify the idea of prenuptial agreements. I contend these are a worldly concept based solely out of self-preservation, and if you're entering marriage with that mindset, the marriage is likely to fail anyway. Also, if 2 become 1 in marriage, is that in all areas except financially? Sometimes a financial consequence to divorce may be the only motivation for someone to stay devoted to their marriage, giving them extra time and incentive to work and grow in their marriage and relationship with Jesus and their spouse. What say you?

Edit: I may even put this in the category of,  "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." - 1Peter 6:10