can i ask someome to pray for me...
i have to go to doc tomorrow (tuesday) - really worried cos i havent had to go to doc for deprssion ect before. i wna to be honest and tell him whats really going on- all of it.
pray that i might have courgage, strength adn the ability to be honest.
and that i wake up before class- co si really need to god.
thanks guys.
The BRAVEST thing
I ever did was CONTINUING MY LIFE when I wanted to die.
Crack kids, track kids, hookers and robbers
The naked and hungry, mothers and fathers
Abuses, excuses, guns in your hands
And I even welcome the arrogant man
I welcome you all the biggest of feasts
A night of no shame, to pause and to breathe
This is a night of love's renovation
A feast I am sure that could change a whole nation
Me, I'm not such an excellent host
I am one who forgives but needs it the most
I found the liar, the killer of hearts
And I ran away with a new way to start
I journeyed a road where a bright man appeared
He looked into me, and my eyes filled with tears
My breath fast and short and my heart burning deep
He gave me new eyes and a new way to see
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
I still defile His great love ways
I felt such a famine when I ran away
I missed the presence, the voice like a song
I was nasty and dirty, I knew I was wrong
But he ran to me like a dream, like a Father
This love is not earthly, this love must be other
He carried me home and threw me a party
A party so loud, like the greatest love story
Oh, my dear friends, applaud now please
I've invited you here to announce you are free
He takes you chains, busting you out of prison
Just open your heart, let your heart come and listen
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
Who could accept all your pounding and screaming
Your raging, your freaking, cussing, and beating
All while He holds you and always forgiving
This is the story of love and of living
Wipe off your tears and laugh just a little
Come, break this bread, celebrate the Forgiver
Raise up a glass, a time to remember
Come, break this bread, celebrate the forgiver
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
(Come as you are, come as you are)
Come as you are, as you are, as you are
(Come as you are, come as you are)
Thank you for the recommendations, I will listen to them and try to keep them in mind.
I think I'm going to have to do a lot of praying to ask God to help me keep my faith in Him and keep trusting Him. I've been finding it quite hard to do this recently but church reminded me last night that if I let Him then He can help me but I need to trust Him first.
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
Hey, I've posted on here before, but I haven't in a long while. Uh, I would like to ask you guys to keep my family in your prayers. My brother is apparently going to start to 'date' and I don't think he knows what he's getting himself into. So, pray for him.. he's not really where he should be with God right now and I'm sure that will affect his dating life and everything else. He's also listening to very questionable and filthy music. He's just heading down the wrong path. Also, pray for my mom. Pray that she can have the wisdom to help my brother. Pray that God will guide her in her actions towards him and helping him. I want to help my brother as well, but as the sister, my approach has to be different. All I can do is love him and be there if he needs to talk to me about anything. I'm going to loan mom a book I have that has two chapters on dating. The book is called Ask Me Anything and it presents the issue of Christian dating in a very clear way. So just keep my family in your prayers.
Also, I felt like sharing a really good book I came across. It's called Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado. (Max Lucado is one of my favorite Christian authors.) It's a really good book. I think it is especially useful to Christians who struggle with things like depression and SI. I know it has helped me a tremendous amount. You can look the book up on youtube and I believe there is a video of Max Lucado kind of introducing the book about what it's about. It's just awesome!!
Oh, and one last thing. Please pray for my friend. She struggles a lot with bipolar and being single (she's like 30-ish so being single at that age is scary I'm sure since it gets harder and harder to meet someone). Please pray that even when the dreaded Bipolar disorder acts up (Lord help us LOL) or debilitating depression shows up, that she can stay strong in the promises and hope of the Lord. I pray that she can realize that her being single is not a bad thing necessarily. It's a hard life, and Jesus even made that clear. So, please keep her in your prayers as well. She's an amazing person and I hate that she has to go through bad things.. it tears me up.
So, I didn't meant to type this much... my apologies. I wish everyone well...take care guys.
Grace and Peace
-Alex
I've gone around everywhere.
I've searched around everywhere.
I've turned around everywhere.
There's no one, there's no one like Him.
There's no one, there's no one like Jesus.
There's no one, there's no one like Jesus.
There's no one, there's no one like Jesus.
There's no one, there's no one like Him.
Hey, I've posted on here before, but I haven't in a long while. Uh, I would like to ask you guys to keep my family in your prayers. My brother is apparently going to start to 'date' and I don't think he knows what he's getting himself into. So, pray for him.. he's not really where he should be with God right now and I'm sure that will affect his dating life and everything else. He's also listening to very questionable and filthy music. He's just heading down the wrong path. Also, pray for my mom. Pray that she can have the wisdom to help my brother. Pray that God will guide her in her actions towards him and helping him. I want to help my brother as well, but as the sister, my approach has to be different. All I can do is love him and be there if he needs to talk to me about anything. I'm going to loan mom a book I have that has two chapters on dating. The book is called Ask Me Anything and it presents the issue of Christian dating in a very clear way. So just keep my family in your prayers.
Sounds EXACTLY like my little brother, only he's already started dating...
ok...I don't post here a lot in this thread because...i dunno I guess I'm rather scared, or intimidated. =/ but...
I want to be close to God. I want to let Him into my life to heal me. But I get so scared, and I have such a hard time trusting Him when I see Him allowing so many painful things to happen to people...and I've lately realized I'm just angry at him. And I feel guilty, but I'm also just angry that He's letting me feel this way. I am just feeling very lost in my faith, so I am here to ask for your prayers.
Hey, I've posted on here before, but I haven't in a long while. Uh, I would like to ask you guys to keep my family in your prayers. My brother is apparently going to start to 'date' and I don't think he knows what he's getting himself into. So, pray for him.. he's not really where he should be with God right now and I'm sure that will affect his dating life and everything else. He's also listening to very questionable and filthy music. He's just heading down the wrong path. Also, pray for my mom. Pray that she can have the wisdom to help my brother. Pray that God will guide her in her actions towards him and helping him. I want to help my brother as well, but as the sister, my approach has to be different. All I can do is love him and be there if he needs to talk to me about anything. I'm going to loan mom a book I have that has two chapters on dating. The book is called Ask Me Anything and it presents the issue of Christian dating in a very clear way. So just keep my family in your prayers.
ok
On a random note that sounds Kinda like me
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!"
Thomas Parke D’Invilliers
ok...I don't post here a lot in this thread because...i dunno I guess I'm rather scared, or intimidated. =/ but...
I want to be close to God. I want to let Him into my life to heal me. But I get so scared, and I have such a hard time trusting Him when I see Him allowing so many painful things to happen to people...and I've lately realized I'm just angry at him. And I feel guilty, but I'm also just angry that He's letting me feel this way. I am just feeling very lost in my faith, so I am here to ask for your prayers.
And maybe some words of advice? Anything really.
Take care.
You'll be in my prayers.
I was in sort of the same situation as you not long ago. I was angry at God for many years. I couldn't imagine a loving God letting me hurt. And trusting in Him was another issue in and of itself.
Here's my advice:
1.) Resolve this issue of pain. There are plenty of good books that address the issue of God and suffering. Try the book 10 Most Common Objectives To Christianity by Alex Mcfarland. (sp?) It has a bunch of good issues it covers, but the chapter on pain and suffering is really good. A LOT of people seem to have that question about how can a loving God let them hurt. If you think about it, pain and suffering is something that the Bible addresses A LOT. Pain and suffering is, in a way, at the core of Christianity. We have a cross as our symbol.. a device used for death... it's not like we have a peace sign or a bong as the symbol. God knew we would experience tough times, so He addressed it through out the Bible. Read John 10, Jesus promises His followers an abundant life. Abundant life means a life that is so full of living that you can't stop it... it overflows, maybe even on the bad days... it splashes others with life too... now that's abundant. God doesn't promise us a pain or worry free life, but He promises us to be right there with us ALL the way. As for why could God let us hurt.. I don't think anyone has that full answer. Why?? Because no one is God.. God is God.. but we're not Him. And some things you have to be God to know. We can't know ALL His reasons for things, but we do know that His will is perfect. Also, check out the story of Job.. a man lost EVERYTHING and He came to God asking Him why He let that happen.. He asked God to make sense of things.. God basically said "Job, where were you when I created the earth? Who are you to ask ME that question" And you know what.. Job left satisfied. At first, it seems crazy to think that just knowing God is God can make thinks more okay, but I can tell you, there is rest in knowing that. It took me a long time to get there though.
2.) Read your Bible daily. I believe 'they' (they being researchers? idk) say that it takes about 15 days to build up a habit. Set aside a reasonable amount of time each day to read God's Word, to pray, and to meditate on God. I know that sometimes, especially at first, just reading the Bible can get discouraging, or even boring. Pick up some good Christian book at you bookstore.. there are TONS of great ones. Pick ones that will help you with whatever issues you need help with. Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado is a GREAT one.. I'm reading it, and let me tell you,, it helps A LOT. But, ALWAYS read your Bible. Get a good translation that you can understand, pray before reading it. That's something I didn't always do.. I'd just open it up and read. But it seemed, when I started praying before reading it, I got more out of it. Ask God to reveal Himself to you through Scripture.
3.) Pray. Pray. Pray. Pray. Don't just pray to ask God for help. Praise God in everything you do. When things started to go good for me, I stopped praying. Big mistake. Things fell apart. Maybe it was God's way of saying "Hey, Alex, you still need ME! Don't think you can do this on your own.. you know you can't. Remember, you tried.. remember where that lead you? SI, depression ect. ect. Don't forget where you came from and why you are where you are now! Face it: YOU NEED ME!" The Bible tells us to "Pray without ceasing" I think it means it.
4.) Take a good look at your life. Be honest with yourself. Is there something in your life that God wouldn't approve of?? There was in mine. And it was keeping me from God. That's what sin does.. mine keeps me from Him, and yours keeps you from Him. It makes us feel shameful and guilty.. which affects our praying a great deal.. at least it did mine. I couldn't pray knowing that I was defying God. Look at everything.. the friends you hang out with (it's okay to have non-Christian friends.. how else can you witness to people if you don't even hang around them, but they shouldn't be your closest comrades. Our closest comrades should be our brothers and sisters in Christ.. build up a good solid Christian support system.. be accountable to one another.. help each other grow in Christ. This is actually a lot more important than it seems.) The music you listen to: this is hard one, one I still struggle with. Going into this whole reconnecting with God thing, my thoughts were, okay, so my music is not great, big deal, I don't think I'll ever get to the point where I don't want to listen to it. But, I was wrong. God can change our hearts, our wants and desires. I just started to notice that I no longer have the desire to listen to the type of music that I was before. So, just take a look at your life... and ask yourself "Is this what God would want."
5.) Church: if you are not already going... and you can start going.. Go to church. That's the one thing I'm not doing that I know I need to. Church helps in a ton of way though.
I hope some of what I said has helped... I know it's long. But, I think you deserved a good long answer/advice.
Grace and Peace
-Alex
I've gone around everywhere.
I've searched around everywhere.
I've turned around everywhere.
There's no one, there's no one like Him.
There's no one, there's no one like Jesus.
There's no one, there's no one like Jesus.
There's no one, there's no one like Jesus.
There's no one, there's no one like Him.
I do go to church regularly, I'm just struggling right now to make myself continue going when I'm so at odds with God. You had some good advice though, especially about prayer and reading the Bible.
thanks xx
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