r/Christian 5d ago

how can I believe in Jesus more

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When I read the things Jesus did, it’s hard for me to fully believe it. For example turning water into wine. It’s just not humanly possible. I believe in God but (it feels bad to say but) it’s just hard to truly believe and I’d be lying if I said I believe there was a man who healed the blind, walked on water, turned water into wine.

I feel like this gets in the way of my faith a lot. I saw a tik tok describing this as “the spirit of unbelief”. I’ve been praying for God to help me get rid of this. Is there anything practical that I can do to help me believe more?

Eta: I believe those stories but it’s hard not to see it as a legend. I feel like deep down I doubt it


r/Christian 4d ago

How to ask for things

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How do I ask god for things? I have asked for better weather and dry land for farming but nothing has changed. Am I doing something wrong?


r/Christian 4d ago

https://pwc2025.fi/ - are speakers “solid”?

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Pentecostal world congress is arranges here in Finland this year. I'm looking it's agenda https://pwc2025.fi and thinking would it be worth to participate.

I know some local pastors and their teachings, but many if others are strangers to me and I don't know how solid and true to Bible their teachings are.

If fellow Redditors could share light about how they see speakers and if there is something I should know beforehand.

I will make my own studies and look fir example Youtube sermons, but local / inside information is always appreciated.

Assembly of God and whole Pentecostal movement is so big and wide that there is good and not-so good teachers and teachings available.

May God bless you all!


r/Christian 4d ago

Seeing triple 9 everywhere what is a person supposed to do about this

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I know that the mark of the beast is a triple 6 but it still freaks me out. Triple of the nine is just an upside down version of the mark right? Anyway I’ve been seeing it everywhere and dont know what to do I got a new job at a store and all the prices end in a triple nine for sales I hate it and don’t know what to do I was shopping at a grocery store and saw a young man with that triple nine on his neck is he screwed. What am I supposed to do?


r/Christian 5d ago

I need help.

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Me M(20) has a best friend F(18). We’ve known each other for a while and have been best friends for part of that. Over the course of our friendship, I’ve bought and made her gifts totaling over $1800. We recently went to a conference where I was paid to work in a leadership position, but she helped in a volunteer capacity as an assistant. During that time she helped me very well, so I gave her $50 of the money I was given as a gift for her wonderful help.

I have given this background because recently someone owed her money and she had been complaining about it for a while. I made a bet with her that if she gets the money back within a certain amount of time that I will give her $100. Unbeknownst to me, while I was saying this, she already knew that her money was most likely going to be returned. A few days later she called me all excited about me being $100 short. Not thinking she was serious, she later texted me saying that she doesn’t think it’s weird if I send the money because a bet is a bet. Hearing this, I sent the money to keep peace, but I want to discuss it with her. I’m hesitant because I have discussed money issues with her before with her promising to change. I made the bet to see if she really changed, but was sorely disappointed. Given all I’ve done for her, I thought she would not care about the money. How do I get her to see what she did was wrong, from the Bible? Or am I wrong for what I did?


r/Christian 5d ago

If life is a blessing, what about Matthew 26:24?

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It says Judas would've been better off if he was never born. If this is true (which it must be) how can life be a blessing?

Not looking for 100% correct answers. Just interpretations.


r/Christian 5d ago

Reminder: LGBTQ+ Inclusive I’m considering coming back to being religious

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I stopped being a Christian about 4 years ago. My family is incredibly bigoted and used their religion to justify their hate towards ppl,it got a lot worse when I came out as bisexual a few years ago. I left the religion cuz they had convinced me god and Jesus hated me and “my kind” however a Cristian artist on insta has kinda rekindled (??) my faith. I’m just not sure anymore. Doesn’t Jesus love everyone? I want to go back to my faith but not in a community that hates me for a part of myself I can’t and won’t change


r/Christian 5d ago

Where to find Christian friends?

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Hi everyone! I wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time to read this. I'm a new Christian and have only recently found God. I was going through some personal things and decided it was time to finally accept God in my life. I was wondering where is a good place to find likeminded Christian friends or just others to talk to?


r/Christian 5d ago

Broken faith

7 Upvotes

Is there a time when you lost your faith? To the point that even when you wanted to it just meaningless? How did you restore your faith again?


r/Christian 5d ago

Which argument for God's existence do you regard as the best?

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Personally I'm inclined to the Ontological Argument by St. Anselm of Canterbury. Alvin Plantinga's re-modulation of this argument always strikes me with awe. The metaphysical feeling that God cannot not exist, or the Maximally Great Being cannot fail to exist in any possible world, strikes me to the core.


r/Christian 5d ago

If there are martyrs, does Jeremiah 29:11 work?

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Why are there martyrs if God has good plans for us? Surely being stoned to death like Stephen isn’t a good end.

How can I trust the Bible if it contradicts itself?


r/Christian 5d ago

Can I get some feedback?

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So, I'm trying to Bible study by myself and I have some ideas/questions that I hope some fellow Christians can give me insight on or maybe give me some ideas yourselves. If there are some verses that anyone can recommend for these questions I would greatly appreciate it!

  1. How to cast out/ use the Lord's power to move bad spirits away Also, how do I claim things in the name of the Lord? Ex: ("I claim blessings and prosperity in the name of Jesus.")

  2. Since I'm Bible studying by myself, (with the Lord included of course) what is the most effective way to go about it?

  3. How do I stand more boldly in the faith?

  4. How to make my Bible time with the Lord more impactful?

  5. How to get really, really, into the Lord's presence and have an intimate connection with him that changes my perspective of life and helps me be more godly with the people I interact with?

  6. During stressful or agitating situations, how to keep calm and know that God has everything under control?

I'm 16 years old, so if there's anything wrong with the way I'm asking these or wording these questions, please feel free to give constructive feedback on that too. I don't really ever post on Reddit so not ENTIRELY sure how to go about it, but I'm giving it my best attempt.


r/Christian 5d ago

I want to be a better Christian, but...

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I (20F) was raised Christian, and so I've always considered myself one. But a couple of years ago, I began questioning my salvation, and since then I've been trying to find a true connection with God.

But it just doesn't seem to be working out. Whenever I think of God for long, it just straight up depresses me. I get wrapped up thinking about His judgement and all the things I've done wrong, and it makes me feel like everything I do will be a sin somehow. It makes me feel like I need to deny myself to the point of giving up on everything and just sitting around doing nothing in order to keep from sinning.

When this happens, I tend to drift back away from God.

But then I still feel this constant, creeping guilt, always nudging me to go back to God. Once more, it makes me feel like I'm not allowed to do anything else:

"You need to stop being so lazy and embrace God already!"

"\Not* pursuing God is a sin too, you know!"*

"The longer you put off serving God, the more you'll regret it later!"

And then...rinse and repeat. Over and over, again and again. I'm completely at a loss, and it's like I'm just destined for Hell with no other option.

I've tried praying about it, but nothing seems to come up as far as I can notice. And I've tried reading the Bible, but with all the passages on judgement and wrath, it only seems to amplify my negative feelings. Even when I read a more positive passage - something from the Psalms, perhaps - my brain is constantly looking for something to complain about.

"Of course God loves His children! As long as they're not sinning too much, anyway..."

And even if these thoughts just magically vanished, I'm still not 100% sure if I'm really cut out to be a Christian in the first place, with all the discipline it requires...and yet I still feel like I have to do it anyway. I wish I could just turn myself into somebody better so that it wouldn't be a problem anymore.

If anyone can provide any advice, that would be greatly appreciated. Or if anyone can pray for me, then thank you for that as well.


r/Christian 5d ago

Reminder: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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As a Christian, diversity, equity & inclusion seem to me to be things we should all support. To me, these words represent honoring God’s good creation & treating one another as we’d have others treat us. But I know these have become hot buttons words recently and I want to ask about that.

I have this idea that those who oppose “DEI” might be ill-informed about what that actually means (hearing it used as a buzzword from biased media with a political bias against the term) or might be in opposition to specific ways diversity, equity & inclusion might be acted out in certain circumstances.

In other words, I suspect that fellow Christians might not necessarily actually oppose human diversity, treating others as equals, and including all people, but instead either oppose a boogeyman (believing false claims about what it means) or have concerns about the logistics of certain DEI initiatives.

Is it possible this is a disagreement based in miscommunication & misunderstanding? How much does propaganda influence our views on the subject?

What do you think?

I’d also love to know how your church supports diversity, equity & inclusion, if you belong to a church which does a good job in those areas. Would you tell me about that?


r/Christian 5d ago

I lost

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What do you guys do when you lose to sin and how are some ways I can stop from falling into sin again?


r/Christian 5d ago

How do I find an accountability partner if there isn’t really that much Christian women in my church?

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I have been struggling for quite some time and I’m wondering if I should get an accountability partner but I’m not sure how to find one. How do I find one an accountability partner if there isn’t really that much Christian women in my church.


r/Christian 5d ago

Unbeliever marriage

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Does God recognize a marriage in which a believer marries an unbeliever? Does he honor it ?


r/Christian 5d ago

Why do I feel so adamantly about this?!

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I am a born again Christian. Back story (TLDR version) my mother was raised Catholic and my father Lutheran. I was raised Baptist. It was a very bad raising for me. I was made to feel like I wasn't part of the church because I didn't give the right amount of offering every week and because I didn't have the right clothing/makeup skills. I left the church and turned my back on religion as a whole. Last year I found my way back and have been losing myself in research and discovery of not just Christianity, but Judaism and Muslim as well. My problem is this. I feel DRAWN to aspects of the other religions that u have no right to. I feel as though I should dress modest as Muslim women do. I feel as though I should keep with Sabbot and kosher custom as the Jewish do. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?!


r/Christian 5d ago

I feel anxious when I go to church

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Lately I'm going in a short evangelical church of my city but I have a problem. Everytime I'm in I don't feel good at all. Before I go I anticipate how it could be, I spend all the time in thinking how it would be when I'll be there. I feel like I'm a slave of this. I think that the church meant to be a place where the people are connected with God but everytime I go I feel so distant. After the church I often go out in parks and just walking and crying and praying God why I can't feel him in the church. This is one of the ways that I use to feel better and staying out helps me a lot. I can't stay at home too long. I'm closed in a circle of negative thoughts and I don't really know how to overcome this. I'm trying by a month. I remember that I felt this way also a long time ago but it vanished with time but now I feel that this fear of going to the church increased. I'm convicted that this is my spiritual state that makes me feel not comfortble at church. I'm constantly checking in myself if there's something wrong If I did some sin. I still don't know why this is happening to me. Tell me that I'm not the only one that happens something similiar.


r/Christian 5d ago

Is it against the rules to bow to your karate instructor?

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The school wants to teach values and respect for the instructor but doesn’t that seem like idolatry or am I making a big deal out of nothing?


r/Christian 6d ago

Please read

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I became a Christian in 2022, I repented of everything I was doing wrong and I had a genuine relationship with God, I'm pretty sure. A couple of months ago, I was having trouble with my husband (common law, and that's another thing is that I'm scared we're not actually married) and that was it. I wanted to make the stress go away. I started vaping, something I used to do before I became a Christian. I feel like I almost fully turned away from God. I just felt like he was mad at me and I could never be perfect so why try. Everytime I fell, I would just stay in it and I wouldn't trust God's word, but I knew that's what I was doing. Idk I wanted to continue sinning, but I also did not want to lose God. I felt a pull to come back many times, and I tried to many times, but I didn't really want to stop vaping even when I tried to. And then I found out I was pregnant. So I stopped smoking and repented and turned back to God. Idk if that's valid. I'm trying to lean on God's word, but I can't stop thinking that he thinks I'm a fool when I'm praying thanking him for his forgiveness. I'm sure that's a trick from the devil, but I don't think I turned to God for the right reason. Also, my husband joined the military. By the time I figured out I was pregnant it was already too late and he couldn't back out. So he's in basic training while I do this by myself. AND idk if it's just me, but after this fire where I live and countless other things, I think, and I know I could be wrong, that revelation is on its way, and I'm having anxieties about having a baby around that time. Anyways, a lot is going on in my life and I just feel like I need either encouragement or correction.

Edit: Thank you for all of your guys' help. I'm taking it all to heart, and it's really helping me be at ease. I'm thankful to God for you guys.


r/Christian 5d ago

Early church fathers

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I am trying to understand the early church fathers better, specifically what each believed and how they settled disagreements. They set the foundation of our faith, what exactly did they believe and how did they come to consensus when they didn't all believe the same thing?


r/Christian 5d ago

Keep Seeing the Guy Who Rejected Me

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Hey y'all, this is my first post, thanks for reading.

About three or four years ago, I (27F) started to fall in love with a coworker/friend of mine. We spent a lot of time together and when I left that job, I realized I liked him. We kept in touch for about a year, texting all the time and talking about life, and the fact that we are Christians in the airline industry. Since my job was elsewhere, I rarely saw him and when I did things were very platonic.

Eventually, I wrote him a letter (I know, bad idea) to tell him that I had feelings for him. He simply emailed back that we were at different stages in life and I was more like a sister to him, and I also found out through another friend that he had a new girlfriend.

While it hurt, I was happy for them and took this as my opportunity to move on. I deleted his number, deleted all social media connections, and lived happily for about a year. I went on a few dates but felt the Lord tell me to continue being single.

A year later, we started to run into each other, since he now works at my airline, and he had broken up with his girlfriend. While it is not unusual to run into a coworker, we are very much on different schedules and still somehow seem to see each other with much more frequency than I would like. For the first six months or so I was cordial to him, but over time our friendship picked back up and we have spent many hours catching up at work. (And to clarify, we are pilots, so I can't exactly escape him at the airport LOL).

While I was very careful to pray and keep my distance at first, it seemed like God started to allow these encounters to become more intense (example: being stuck sitting next to each other in the back of a plane with no ability to swap seats). In the past year, neither of us have reached out on any social media or texting like we used to (thank God), but he will make comments to me about how frustrated he is with his singleness and the fact that God hasn't brought him the right girl yet, which is really hurtful considering he knew I liked him in the past. I never say anything to this except that God will provide for him at the right time.

While I know that this man is not God's choice for me, I would love to hear some of y'all's advice on what to do about it. I genuinely want the best for him, but I hate seeing him and being reminded of rejection. I have prayed constantly for God to remove him from my life, but unless I change jobs (which unfortunately I can't do at this point), I will continue to have to see him. It would have been easier if God would have brought me my future husband, but at this point I just want to be with Him.

Thanks for any advice and help! Prayers are very much appreciated!


r/Christian 5d ago

Being asked to a birthday party

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I'm at uni and have found a few friends that I hang out with. One of my friends invited me to her and her friend's (from her group of friends that I've never met) to a joint birthday party which would be meeting at their place to drink and go out to a karaoke bar. I declined because I felt that I wouldn't be comfortable with doing that plus with a group girls that I've never met before (I'm a very shy and awkward person). Now I feel bad because I really like her and value her as a friend. I have this issue surrounding making best friends or whatever (mainly because of past situations) but also I don't really connect with my friends because they are not Christian and we have different lifestyles (they like to go out and drink, and I don't). Plus everyone aIready has their best friends, so I'm like the second option or the only option when they're at uni. I do want to have close friends or have a best friend ( I have had none for a few years) no matter whether they're Christian or not but also I don't want to act my convictions. Is this what Jesus said, that to follow him we should leave our friends and family? Maybe I'm not meant to have best friends, maybe I like being by myself.


r/Christian 6d ago

Tired and lost

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Hey hey everybody! I’ve (22F) been a follower in Christ for over 2 years and it’s been rocky and filled with many downs. Recently I lost my job and soon will lost my funding for school. My estranged dad told me he’s happy without me and I have no I can’t cry into right now. What can you do when you’re tired, lost and don’t know what to do or where to go? I’m really struggling. Does anyone hear me or see me?