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People hurt my feelings so I left church. Was I wrong? 

Q: People hurt my feelings so I left church. Was I wrong?  I grew up going to church. I was born and raised in the church that I have attended for the past 29 years.  I learned how to play the guitar sometime in high school and I started playing for my church's worship team. I was the only female playing an instrument and I feel like I was never taken seriously. I was never taken into consideration when they had events, like when it came to matching outfits I was always wearing something else because the memo never made it back to me. The engineer never learned my name, even though I was there multiple times a week for practice and services. My guitar was constantly without any sound once the service started. I never made it a thing because I knew that I wasn't playing for anybody. I was doing it for God and because it was what I love to do and most importantly, bc He knew my intentions and my heart. But one day, just like many other times, my electric guitar did not have any ...

Secular music and spicy books

I have been a believer for 6 months and am reading the Bible every day. I am trying to monitor what I listen to and watch.  Music is the hardest thing I am having to give up. I have Christian playlists but some of the music that I love isn't Christian. Godly Advice  on this? I read books. (I read spicier books) and I do not know if I can give them up I have always read to decompress after work, (and a long day with the kids), but am worried that it is wrong. I have taken a step in every direction, music, television, and people, but need godly advice. A: Jesus said if we love Him we will obey him. If we follow Him we don't have time for those worldly things anyway. There are better things you can replace it with so your heart and mind and desires stay focused on God. The more we mature in our faith and grow more in our love for God we will not be led away from what is right. So it depends on how much you love God and understand His Holiness... & how we are to become mo...