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Help on Overcoming Sin/Advice

I am constantly struggling with sin and I have realized that maybe I keep sinning because I don't feel bad about it. So what should a Christian do when he is sinning and doesn't feel bad about it? Any tips/advice would be helpful. I also need help with reading the bible like in consistency. I am not consistent enough with it and I don't read it every day. Some days ago I completed a fast and tried to read 1 bible chapter a day but I didn't finish the whole chapter that day and felt discouraged. So should I do the one year bible reading plan that comes with my kjv or do you think there is a quicker plan that isn't too overwhelming like reading an entire chapter in a day. I feel like I am far from God and I think it is because I keep sinning and I have tried several things to quit it but I always end up coming back to the sin. Give me any suggestions and pray for me if you can, thank you.

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MsAlaineEYes · F

According to the Bible...you may have a "seared conscious", you just don't care that your sin is going to separate you from God. You are not struggling with it if you are doing it. You are giving into your animal nature; your insistent self as we call it. If you feel far from God, you likely are...I don't think you're being sincere or honest with yourself. Religion is supposed to help us. If you'd read it; I'll post a beautiful Baha'i prayer (Completed Christians). Detachment and Nearness to God are two topics with prayers that would be helpful to you...really.🙏

MightyLion · 18-21, M

Thank you and if you put a prayer I'll read it. @MsAlaineEYes

MsAlaineEYes · F

@MsAlaineEYes

A prayer for forgiveness; written by Bahá’u’lláh (Baha'i faith)

Thou seest me, O my Lord, with my face turned towards the heaven of Thy bounty
and the ocean of Thy favor, withdrawn from all else beside Thee.
I ask of Thee, by the splendors of the Sun of Thy revelation on Sinai,
and the effulgences of the Orb of Thy grace which shineth from the horizon of Thy Name, the Ever-Forgiving, to grant me Thy pardon and to have mercy upon me.
Write down, then, for me with Thy pen of glory that which will exalt me
through Thy Name in the world of creation.
Aid me, O my Lord, to set myself towards Thee,
and to hearken unto the voice of Thy loved ones,
whom the powers of the earth have failed to weaken,
and the dominion of the nations has been powerless to withhold from Thee,
and who, advancing towards Thee, have said:
“God is our Lord, the Lord of all who are in heaven and all who are on earth.”

—Bahá’u’lláh

MsAlaineEYes · F

@MightyLion These and more can be found at: https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/

A prayer for Aid and Assistance; the Bab.
O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself from my kindred and have sought through Thee to become independent of all that dwell on earth and ever ready to receive that which is praiseworthy in Thy sight. Bestow on me such good as will make me independent of aught else but Thee, and grant me an ampler share of Thy boundless favors. Verily, Thou art the Lord of grace abounding.

—The Báb