Once one understands the purpose of God, one understands that 
salvation can never be lost.

earlier, Sandra Scovell, wrote:
>Sharon,
>
>you will get answers to these issues or questions that you are 
>having.  Also, you do not need to feel guilty about any of these 
>thoughts or feelings.  They are not abnormal feelings at all.
>
>SandyOn Aug 29, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Phil Scovell 
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Sharon,
> >
> > I was sitting in my recliner in my office holding my phone and 
> that thought came to mind to post that question to the list.  I 
> started to get up to walk into the next room to use my keyboard and 
> I felt the Lord say, "You've got your iPhone; use it to post the 
> question."  I just had a strong impression the Lord really wanted 
> me to ask that question to the whole list.  Glad you posted, 
> Sharon, and you will most certainly find the answers for which you 
> seek in this life; you won't have to wait till Heaven for those answers either.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2014 5:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: What are you thinking about today?
> >
> >
> >> as I have mentioned recently, I'm being pulled out of the slimy 
> pit.  It seems that the struggle isn't quite over with yet, though. 
> I know that some of you believe that once you have received Christ, 
> you can never lose your salvation, or, if you turn away as far as 
> to deny Him, you cannot come back because He will not die for us 
> again.  But I don't really agree. However, I'm learning that, just 
> maybe, the Lord has kept me all the time I thought I wanted nothing 
> to do with Him anymore, that there is a difference between 
> emotional "Kicking God Out," telling people, to "Get off my back!" 
> and agreeing to have someone put me on a prayer chain, as I have 
> done with my counselor, who is a Christian and whose mother was 
> delivered from a "hopeless" addiction to Valium.  My counselor put 
> her on a prayer chain, and maybe a few days later, not knowing what 
> happened, her mother called to say, "You know, I just don't feel 
> the need for it anymore."  Anyway, I'm still having a hard time 
> just simply leaving things in god's hands and not worrying, despite 
> the fact He gave me more than one scripture about that!  .  If it 
> were a physical thing that needed fixing, I would have walked over 
> to Him and put it in His arms long ago.  Now that I think of it, I 
> might have worried that I would take it back under pressure, but I 
> think a tangible thing would be easier to deal with.  So I would 
> still appreciate your prayers.  Also, please pray that I will find 
> a prayer partner in my area who understands how to talk with the 
> Lord as The chief Counselor.  Though the one I have now is a 
> licensed counselor who is more open to this, she is paid by 
> Medicaid.  I would prefer to work with someone who has no 
> restrictions of what we can or can't do.  It would be nice to have 
> a woman so we could become friends and goof around too.  If I can 
> get that, I might stop with this restrictive system.
> >>
> >> Another thing is that I haven't been going to church.  For most 
> of my life, I've been at least somewhat uncomfortable with 
> it.  Sure, sometimes I would hear an encouraging sermon, but 
> because of what I've been through, I have this attitude that it 
> reminds me that there is a Hell because they talk about the 
> Lord.  I would very often give up the fight to sleep, and would be 
> angry when my mom tried to make me wake up and listen.  Another 
> attitude is, "If the people know what's inside of me, they might 
> think I was in serious danger and might tell me that I would have 
> to make a decision for Christ," as some have done."  I know that I 
> need to remember that they are children, brothers and sisters like 
> myself, and not the Father, who is the highest authority, but right 
> now that's not so easy. However, I would sort of like to find and 
> go to a small informal group where the Holy spirit is allowed to 
> move without being interrupted by scheduled activity.  So please 
> pray for that too.  I see a possibility, but I've put it off.  If I 
> remember to look into this, I'll talk with my caregiver this 
> evening and we might call the lady she talked with.  You can hold 
> me accountable to that, if you want. :)
> >>
> >> I hope you all don't mind this long message, but thank you for 
> asking this question, Phil.
> >>
> >> Your sister in Christ,
> >>
> >> Sharon