When God Feels Distant, He May Want Us to Grow Up // Ask Pastor John
Is God distant because I messed up? Because I angered him? Because I made choices that made him mad at me?
This line of questions is actually a surprisingly common email we get from people, especially when it feels like nothing in life is going their way. Today’s question comes from a listener named Kristen.
“Dear Pastor John, I am writing to you because I am very concerned that I have lost God forever. I have been very active in our church community and about three years ago really experienced joy in Christ. I felt the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and I was talking and singing about God all the time. Later that year I met my now ex-boyfriend, who said being so happy and committed to my church was delusional, and that I should not go as much or listen so intently to what is taught at our community youth group. I was scared he would dump me, so I slowly stopped going to church and singing and praying as much because I didn’t want to lose the man I thought was to be my husband. While dating this man I turned away from the church.
“I felt God was upset with me and would not take me back anyway because I had sex before marriage. I was also very mad when my dad was diagnosed with cancer, and I was having health issues of my own. But now I want to turn back to God, but I fear my heart is hardened. I feel a pain in my chest when I come to church. Am I lost? Is there any hope for my restoration again? I’m scared that I have squandered something precious that cannot be reclaimed.”
EPISODE 1171: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/when-god-feels-distant-he-may-want-us-to-grow-up
Related Resources:
“What to Do When God Feels Distant” https://youtu.be/wZv9T8KzaOU
“‘Please Help! — I’m Wandering Away from God’” https://youtu.be/_islJhGB2xM
“I Read the Bible and Feel Nothing — What Should I Do?” https://youtu.be/2Odypthz9aI
“Make War on Your Urge to Sulk” https://youtu.be/ior4G8XHt_c
Ask Pastor John Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvMOJ1T8T4&list=PLFF7F6AE365DA3564
Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes, https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john
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This line of questions is actually a surprisingly common email we get from people, especially when it feels like nothing in life is going their way. Today’s question comes from a listener named Kristen.
“Dear Pastor John, I am writing to you because I am very concerned that I have lost God forever. I have been very active in our church community and about three years ago really experienced joy in Christ. I felt the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and I was talking and singing about God all the time. Later that year I met my now ex-boyfriend, who said being so happy and committed to my church was delusional, and that I should not go as much or listen so intently to what is taught at our community youth group. I was scared he would dump me, so I slowly stopped going to church and singing and praying as much because I didn’t want to lose the man I thought was to be my husband. While dating this man I turned away from the church.
“I felt God was upset with me and would not take me back anyway because I had sex before marriage. I was also very mad when my dad was diagnosed with cancer, and I was having health issues of my own. But now I want to turn back to God, but I fear my heart is hardened. I feel a pain in my chest when I come to church. Am I lost? Is there any hope for my restoration again? I’m scared that I have squandered something precious that cannot be reclaimed.”
EPISODE 1171: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/when-god-feels-distant-he-may-want-us-to-grow-up
Related Resources:
“What to Do When God Feels Distant” https://youtu.be/wZv9T8KzaOU
“‘Please Help! — I’m Wandering Away from God’” https://youtu.be/_islJhGB2xM
“I Read the Bible and Feel Nothing — What Should I Do?” https://youtu.be/2Odypthz9aI
“Make War on Your Urge to Sulk” https://youtu.be/ior4G8XHt_c
Ask Pastor John Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvMOJ1T8T4&list=PLFF7F6AE365DA3564
Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes, https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john
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