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Don't give up or give in to despair. You can come here anytime day and night and make your needs known to us. There will always be those of us who will pray for you. Some of us will post back to you, but many more are praying for you.
The Lord is with you every moment. You can call on Him in every time of need. Whenever you feel the urge to end your life, pray to the Lord. Read His Word, asking Him to speak to you through it.
Also, in these moments, instead of giving into this urge, come here and post so we can pray for you that you may be strengthened by our prayers.
Ayen, it sounds like you have endured a great deal of pain and distress in your lie. I am sorry that your life experience has been so difficult. God knows, He sees. He hears your cries. And He acts on your behalf even if you don't realize that He does.
Ayen, Keep strong in your faith in Jesus. Trust that He will help you. Lean on Him. He is your strength and shield, your deliverer and help in times of trouble. He will not fail you, leave you, nor forsake you. Stay alive, Ayen, for that is God's will for you.
Please respond back to us today and also often. We are glad to have you with us on this site. We really do care for you and will continue to lift you up in prayer. Check in with us, please. God's blessing be upon you today and always.
Hello Ayen.
It is true that in this world some people have an easy life and others a rough life.
Apostle Paul himself was an example of a person who was going to have a brilliant and much promised life and carreer which turned around and became a very hard life. He had so many qualifications that probably in his face others were seeing a future leader for their political-religious establishment. But after he believed in Jesus all that went away. And what was left?
1 Cor 4:11-13
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day."
2 Cor 12:10
"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong (why?)"
2 Cor 6:4-5
"But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings"
2 Cor 4:7-12
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.So then death worketh in us, but life in you."
So Paul rejected an excellent future for Jesus' sake. Why? Was he a masochist? No, but he was having in his mind another life, in another place, in Heaven, which lasts for ever.
Ayen O.
So keep going, don't quit, walk Jesus' way no matter what, all that will end sometime, sooner or later.
2 Cor 4:16-18
"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day (ask God to always renew you). For our light affliction (light affliction Paul? Are you sure?), which is but for a moment (a life is a moment?), worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
Light affliction, a moment,..., that is how Paul was considering things.
And the future which waits for you is:
Rev 21:3-4
"And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."
In the story of Lazarus and the rich man, Lazarus' life was really harsh but he didn't quit, he kept trusting in the Lord till the very end and now is having a happy life in Heaven with God and all the saints there, and this will keep going for ever. It is worth all that trouble, isn't it?
As far as David and the ephod is concerned, God doesn't always answer the same way. He talks in various ways, maybe through the posts here. I am sure he will answer all your questions, but sometimes we have to wait, we are not mature yet to understand some things even if He answered them now, so be patient and wait. He will come to you.
So keep walking dear brother and ask God to strengthen you with His Grace in your way to Heaven. He will do it.
Are you in a church? If not, a very good idea is to join a church, you will find a lot of support there.
GBu
How to be sure you are saved:
1. If you confessed your sins and asked God to forgive you, He did. John 6:37 says He will not deny those who come to Him for salvation.
2. Rest assured that Jesus paid for your sins on the cross. In John 19:30 Jesus says, "It is finished." There's nothing else to be done except call upon His name for salvation--if you have done that, you are saved.
3. Assurance comes from that little voice inside us Who guides and convicts us of the way we should walk in Christ--the Holy Spirit is that voice. 1 John 3:24
4. A changed life. When we are saved the Holy Spirit transforms us into a new creature. He shreds away our old self and created a new being, a new heart. That doesn't mean we are perfect, doesn't mean we won't fail or fall into depression. If you had an encounter with Jesus that changed your life, you are saved. 1 John 2:3 says, we know we are saved if we keep his commandments.
If after prayer and being absolutely convinced that you are lost and therefore bound for hell, please know this:
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.- Romans 10:9-13.
God Bless!
If an Evil parent can give good gifts to their children, what are gifts that come from The Father when ask ? and their magnitude thereof .
The translators who were commissioned to translate the manuscripts were not divinely inspired , nor were they modern English , they were of Old English , a different style , they did a great job .
note, Matthew 18:18-20,
the word bind & bound is- "deo" Greek, as per Strongs Exhaustive Concordance = to bind, be bound,
Loosed - "Luo" Greek, also in Strongs Exhaustive Concordance, = to loosen, break, destroy, dissolve,
Luke 13:16, this is a great example. It appears as believers, we have been given authority to make rulings, set free, etc. James 1:5, Mark 13:34, Matthew 28:18,19, John 16:23-28
Hopefully these are helpful
You are not alone when consumed with these thoughts it is lies from our enemy. LORD help Ayen to understand you are enough because you are everything we need, and this world is not our desire just reach out and put your hand in Jesus' hand.
This life is not ours to take, and Jesus did not come to earth and die for us so we could live a defeated life. Find someone, many understand and have walked this road before. Regardless of how dark it may seem now darkness is defined by the absence of light and life is light do not put it out.
Eternal God hear my cries right now for this loved one. You are loved Ayen. I cry out to You LORD with all my heart to touch Ayen to give him hope that he will keep going and show him he is not alone.
You can get through this Ayen, you can.
Love you, RLW send us another post, please.
A splendid explanation. I appreciate your response.
This is a lovely explanation.
I will pray for you tonight.
Dear Heavenly Father, we lift up Denise to You tonight in the name of Jesus and ask you to bring relief to her from the nerve pain and foot problems. We ask that You will cause these conditions to improve and help her find the right treatments for these ailments. We ask that You bring healing to Denise and help her to bear the pain as You bring relief to her. Amen.
Okay; well the conclusion of the matter. I wanted to say something here about the sources of information (or as some like to suggest false narrative in today's media). Have to avoid buzzwords here. ANY bias we have is going to determine what we believe; and as is pretty well known the algorithms and other control measures bring us those articles that we like to read based on use and frequency on certain sites; etc. We certainly can remember what Solomon said when in Ecclesiastes it was stated that there was "nothing new under the sun." The overriding principle there at the end of chapter 12 was to fear God and basically enjoy the blessings God has given us but realize that all things would eventually conclude with judgment after our brief earthly life.
There isn't a day that goes by when (at least in my experience) there aren't certain things that I ask God which I cannot understand about my life. It is often stated that during trials and difficult times ones faith is tested best; I tend to disagree with that; as you can really tell who is faithful during times of rest; prosperity and ease. Job is a good example of this as he had more riches than anyone alive at that time and yet he had the concerns of his family members sinning when he offered prayers to God and sacrifices for their behalf. We also have Abraham and Joseph as 2 others who later in life became exceedingly wealthy. This was truly a blessing from God and as far as I can see there is no evidence that they were ensnared by the allurement of riches as Solomon was in his later years. Growing up poor helps in that regard; although it is not a guarantee (as there are poor people who are caught up as well in money that often make unwise decisions gambling away their earnings or worse benefits on lottery tickets).
In conclusion; we all stand alone before the judgment seat of Christ. May we live accordingly.
I am so glad you have reached out on this site. There are many people praying for you. We want you to live and so does the Lord Jesus. Derek and Chris have advised you well. I pray that God will comfort your heart, bring you peace, and a desire to live to tell of His great work in You as you resist the urge to end your life and instead, obey Him and trust Him to help you. I pray that you will continue to pray through this time and, if possible seek to spend the rest of the night and tomorrow with someone else. Keep company with another until you have overcome this urge to die. The Lord is more than able to bring about a life affirming resolve to your situation. I pray that God will strengthen you to preserve your life for His sake. I pray that God will show you how He loves You so much and desires to keep You in His loving care in this life. Please, Lord God, intervene in Ayen's life right now. Amen.
How the family interacts also shows how those who value children as a heritage from the Lord are blessed by prosperity. There are many principles the Amish for instance demonstrate by providing food from their own crops; labor from their children and eliminating waste with those endless gadgets and luxuries the rest of America has felt entitled to. This has largely kept their children from the suicidal; ungodly society rife with all sorts of sins that are bringing this generation at an unprecidented rate to physical and spiritual destruction. This is not to say that there aren't things being put under the rug in those closed societies (I won't mention anything specific here but a little research will demonstrate one particular issue). Nonetheless we see a society which has maintained an amazing amount of stability compared to the rest of Americans largely obsessed with the cares of this life.
One of my favorite scriptures is Matthew 10:16. We are to be wise but maintain a clear conscience. One thing I may have brought up before is how many are attempting to insulate their children from the evils of this world; while all the time exposing them to graphic virtual reality in video games; and other forms of entertainment and whatever they are being indoctrinated into in their schools. We are obsessed with always saying things that are inoffensive; yet leave little room for any real discussion; debate or even confrontations. It used to be much better it seems to me when kids would have occasional fistfights; rather than going out the whole way with guns (like they see in the movies). The wise thing I would say is to teach ALL these kids self defense and how to properly use weapons once they are teenagers so than any nut jub would know there would be say 20 or 30 others attacking them if they decided to go rogue (as well as having the teachers and other sources of protection actually doing their job along with enforcing penalties for crime.
I will pray for Angela tonight.
Dear Heavenly Father, we lift up Angela to You tonight. In the name of Jesus, we ask that You will come to Angela's aid tonight as she is being cared for in the hospital. Help her now! Bring her to health quickly. Father, we know that You can do this, so we are trusting You to, indeed, bring the best answer to her. Amen.
We see; as in my study in Psalms that David realized that there needed to be a continuing relationship with the Lord. We must understand as Peter learned the hard way that our own fortitude is not to be trusted. He somehow; along with the other disciples put Christ's frequent warnings about the upcoming crucifixion; as well as the prophecy about his own denial of Christ which was to occur the night of the trial before Pilate 3 times in the back of his mind. He knew better; or so he thought as he was always backed up (such as when he began to sink walking on the water). Christ had avoided assassination attempts 9 or 10 times already for the 3 1/2 years he had been with him along with the others. Things were to change real quick. The hour of darkness had come; and Peter had to be broken to later be restored (2nd part of the prophecy). Once the Resurrection occurred; then Christ could hallenge Peter 3 times if he truly loved Him; as he was to be taken where he didn't want to go (in other words a Word about his death). Paul also had a word of knowledge about his trip to Jerusalem where he eventually; perhaps much later than he first thought was led to his own martyrdom. He took it with faith knowing heaven was a much better place (Phillipians 1:21).
Wisdom also can be seen in something like finances. ( Luke 16:10). The trust of God in us relates to where our heart is now.
Money itself is neither good or bad (and today truly is worthless; just waiting for the official statement there if you get my drift).
Truly we must as the coin says trust God as He has allowed us to still prosper somewhat as compared to much of the world. As long as there is some financial system or commodity of value; a long term gain is always best in low risk and slow accumulation of resources rather than high risk deals. Of course we need to have enough wisdom to keep a work ethic to provide for ourselves ( 2 THESSALONIANS 3:10).
There is certainly a need these days for grandparents to impart some wise counsel by skipping a generation to their grandchildren.
Again; our society being so obsessed on a nuclear family and especially the results of a post COVID society we have isolated ourselves even from worldly counsel that could be helpful to our largely lost youth today. I sincerely believe that those who can find; for instance an arranged Christian marriage today (yes such sites exist) have a better chance of success than today's dating sites. It seems that those who meet in bars have much better chances even among those in the world than many people who try going through all sorts of hoops to find the right person; although it can happen as it did with a friend of mine who is now engaged. Simply put; our parents (unless they are truly sadistic individuals) know what is best for us in many cases; as well as being more than willing to point out faults. It is certainly helpful to see those who they can honestly say is a good match for their children (if there isn't some sort of financial gain or status gain that is the true motivation for their opinions). Human wisdom tends to become skewed by our emotions and physical desires along with idealistic infatuations and fantasies. Again; it is not foolproof as my own marriage failed even with the approval of my father in law and the fact that my ex wife and I were good friends throughout much of our college experience for years before more interest on my part occurred. I will just say this from my experience; it is important to trust God when He warns us of temptations and other relationships that can destroy a covenant marriage. If I told my ex 20 years before it happened that she would cheat with her friend at work and eventually marry him when she was emotionally utterly committed to me she may not have believed it. My point on bringing this up is that none of us can outsmart the Devil in our own understanding.
We see a lack of wisdom of any ssort these days as we continue to increase in knowledge exponentially (shades of Daniel 12:4). In one sense; we cannot rely on our own understanding ( Proverbs 3:5-6) but on God alone. There are certain principles whether of law; crops; finances or other things which all those under the sun are embarked in to one degree or another with whatever freedoms God allows. We certainly cannot operate against human wisdom or our conscience when we don't do something we know we are supposed to do ( James 4:17). As with anything else there are extremes we should try to avoid. Christ; for instance when He was on earth told those He sent forth two by two not to bring much along with them ( Mark 6:8); but later once He was preparing for His departure the instruction changed ( Luke 22:36). This included money; clothes and a weapon for protection from thieves. We have two major things that we need to avoid; the first being seeking things for ourselves outside the will of God or trying to "help God" by speeding up the process. Having the understanding that everything belongs to God and that we take nothing into this world and cannot take anything out helps a great deal ( 1 Timothy 6:7). The second thing is not laying down our life for the Lord. At the extreme this would be martyrdom; but everyday tests where we choose to serve others above our own desires we "die a little" bit at a time as we carry our cross daily. Things like marriages of course can be a major factor and in some cases individuals who can remain chaste can be in unique advantages for unfettered service toward the Lord. Again; as with anything else I have seen more than enough Godly Christian marriages where more than sufficient attention is paid to the wife and children along with a generous amount of time dedicated to corporate worship; prayer; evangelism and small group studies. Being equally yoked of course works this out best.
The important words I want to bring to you, even as I have been praying for you, is in verse 6: even as "David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: BUT DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD HIS GOD". His wives were captured, his people wanted to stone him, but he took his eyes off his problems & griefs, and looked to the LORD Who had always been faithful to him. YES, David determined in his heart to encourage himself (or, strengthen himself) to look to God & not himself/his pain.
Would you do that dear Ayen? Your pain might be great, BUT God is greater and will carry you through - He wants your faith in Him - He wants you to gaze only on Him. As I prayed, two things came to me: one, a Scripture from 1 Peter 1:6-9, and also, friends from India unbeknown to them just sent me a hymn as a Word of God for you.
In 1 Peter, Peter was encouraging the dispersed believers, that in spite of their many trials in life & faith, what they were going through was "much more precious than of gold" and through it, their faith may be unto the "praise and honour and glory at Christ's appearing". And the 'reward of their faith is the salvation of their souls'.
And the hymn sent to me was, "In the garden". You can read the words on the Web, but the refrain is: "And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own, And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known." God wants you to trust Him fully.