Greetings Tim,

Wow, I just came across your post at a time when I really needed such a message;  I am a church goer and consider myself a Christian but have lacked the peace of salvation, something has been missing for a long time, the joy of walking with the Lord.  When I go to church, no matter which one I attend, I just don't have joy or peace or assurance of salvation.  I am a baptized Christian and read the Bible every day but something still hasn't been right.  I've become ill from legalism and am now being treated for OCD (religious in nature) with pills since I can't find deliverance on my own from legalism/religious bondage in the search for peace.

Your message spoke to my heart and reminded me that I need to focus on Christ and the Word above all else and put the rest aside and the peace will follow if I put my faith alone in Jesus and surrender to him.  I am doing that now as I write this.

Thank you and peace and blessings to you!

Mystica Angel

Praise God!   Your post just made my day Mystica Angel!   Sometimes when the devil cannot deter us from the Lord, He  attempts to overload us with religion, which puts a damper on the actual relationship with Christ.   I can relate to this in my walk also.   Focus on your relationship with the Lord.  The things you describe in your post remind me of the Church of Ephesus in Revelation 2.   Their doctrinal works were great, but they had lost their affection for the Lord which they had when they first came to saving knowledge of Him.   They had left their FIRST love!   Jesus told them to remember from whence they had fallen, and repent, do the things they first did.  Which was relying on the Lord for their salvation and yielding their total trust to Him!  

Thank you for posting, I will keep you in my prayers.  

BTW, welcome to Christians Unite also!

Grace and Peace!

Thanks Tim!  I also appreciate the prayers!  I am going back to church on Sunday and they are welcoming back after I contacted them and told them I wanted to return, so I have much to rejoice about.  I am joining a good bible study also and look forward to participating in this forum!

P.S.  Hi to SH also!

God bless you!

MysticaAngel

  Greetings Tim,

Wow, I just came across your post at a time when I really needed such a message;  I am a church goer and consider myself a Christian but have lacked the peace of salvation, something has been missing for a long time, the joy of walking with the Lord.  When I go to church, no matter which one I attend, I just don't have joy or peace or assurance of salvation.  I am a baptized Christian and read the Bible every day but something still hasn't been right.  I've become ill from legalism and am now being treated for OCD (religious in nature) with pills since I can't find deliverance on my own from legalism/religious bondage in the search for peace.

Your message spoke to my heart and reminded me that I need to focus on Christ and the Word above all else and put the rest aside and the peace will follow if I put my faith alone in Jesus and surrender to him.  I am doing that now as I write this.

Thank you and peace and blessings to you!

Mystica Angel