Death prediction...

[severe]

Over the past few years, I've had this unsettling feeling that I'm going to die at a young age... I'm about 17 right now, and I have this horrible feeling that I'm not going to live to my 20th birthday...

I don't know if it's that I feel the world is going to end or that I'm going to die, but I just feel like I need to start making preparations for it...

I always have this urge to write long letters to my loved ones, indicating what to do with my things and why they shouldn't be upset...

It's awful because... I have so much that I want to do before that age! I want to get married and I want to complete school and relax... I know that's really selfish, and I know that if I do die before I'm 20, it might be "part of God's plan" and I trust that God has the best plan.

I just don't know if I should accept these feelings or let go of them... I don't want to ignore the signs if they're there for a reason, but I don't want to dwell on something stupid.

I can't tell if it's the Holy Spirit or just me worrying.

Please pray for me and offer some advice

 

[Jayangel81]

I can relate to what you are saying. I honestly do not believe I will live a long life.

We should always live life like its our last day

I cant say I live like that but its definitly something I should aim for.

I will be praying for you

 

[anonymousAdviser]

Over the past few years, I've had this unsettling feeling that I'm going to die at a young age... I'm about 17 right now, and I have this horrible feeling that I'm not going to live to my 20th birthday...

I don't know if it's that I feel the world is going to end or that I'm going to die, but I just feel like I need to start making preparations for it...

I always have this urge to write long letters to my loved ones, indicating what to do with my things and why they shouldn't be upset...

It's awful because... I have so much that I want to do before that age! I want to get married and I want to complete school and relax... I know that's really selfish, and I know that if I do die before I'm 20, it might be "part of God's plan" and I trust that God has the best plan.

I just don't know if I should accept these feelings or let go of them... I don't want to ignore the signs if they're there for a reason, but I don't want to dwell on something stupid.

I can't tell if it's the Holy Spirit or just me worrying.

Please pray for me and offer some advice

I would suggest reading proverbs and ecclesiastes, as well as studying the whole Scriptures, in general.

A "feeling" is not enough to go on, and one can always ask God for mercy and longevity. Why not plead your case to God like the man who goes to the neighbor's door at midnight pleading for bread?

Persistence in prayer answers all worries.

But you must follow that up with a striving for doing good, for repentance, for humility.

 

[cmefly]

I'm curious to know if you have been born again?

I used to have dreams and feelings that I would die when I was in my 30's. They were strong feelings.
I don't have this feeling anymore and looking back now, I was saved in my early 30's.
I was reborn. I grew up going to a church that taught me there were many ways to heaven, and once I got away from that church I learned that there is one way and that is through Jesus Christ. I accepted Jesus as my savior and was born again.
My old self died in my 30's.
Perhaps God is wanting you to be reborn too.

 

[heron]

The important thing, is to use what you suspect only enough to move forward wisely. It could drag you down so easily. And then if it doesn't happen, you will worry for the next few years about your ability to hear from God.

There are some possibilities:

1. Demons harrass -- they are the accuser of the brethren. Stand against their hints and suggestions.

2. God prepares -- He is kind enough to give us advance warnings for so many things. Take the time to write those letters, and put them in a folder on your computer named "Emergency Files." If you never end up using them, you will at least have speeches ready to toast at weddings and give eulogies for others.

3. Natural Inner Caution -- Do you remember after 9-11, everyone walked around in a daze? Most people felt like this. When I caught myself in that mode, I thought back to a time when many of my family members died within a few years, and my brain was in a "death is inevitable" mode. Some of it could just be natural instincts at work in you, having prepared for so many lurking dangers.

You might not find out which had a higher likelihood, but the focus shouldn't be on the feeling -- the focus should be on what you and God can do together over the next few years. So use what you've been given, repel what you know is destructive, and tuck your secret close to your heart... may it bring a sober wisdom of how valuable your moments are.​

 

[jacquidube]

I feel through reading your post that you will die to sin when you are 20 and God will start using you there after. Dont be fooled. Do all you can now for the Lord and in a few years time you will be serving Him for His glory.

 

[Resonator]

I know that's really selfish, and I know that if I do die before I'm 20, it might be "part of God's plan" and I trust that God has the best plan.

I just don't know if I should accept these feelings or let go of them... I don't want to ignore the signs if they're there for a reason, but I don't want to dwell on something stupid.

I can't tell if it's the Holy Spirit or just me worrying.

Please pray for me and offer some advice

You have been deceived by a sensual spirit, and a sensual gospel that is not of the Holy spirit of Christ and are being oppressed by the powers of darkness because you have received a false doctrine from someone who loves greed. You need to study the words of the Apostles very carefully, and the words of Jesus. Listen to these verses, and take them to heart. Accept no other doctrine other than the one that the apostles presented.

Matthew 6:30-34 (King James Version)


30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Pay special attention to these next words from scripture, because this is the exact error you have made. John calls this the boastful pride of life.

James 4:13-17 (King James Version)

13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

That being said, this is my first and last post on this site.


Take care of yourself, and I pray that the lord brings peace and grace in your life through truth, and no false comforts.

 

[Resonator]

This was an accidental repost.

 

[codya517]

I too have this feeling actually, It's interesting to see someone else have it. But I still think it's a bit different. I am not scared, not always. I do think I may not live long or something..."big" is going to happen soon, but I do not write letters or worry about marriage, I think that is where our feeling of this is different. I have a timeline in my mind...and I always feel it moving along and getting closer to one event and it stops there. I can feel it approaching, I have broken down in prayer about it before, but I made the decision to not worry about it, so that I can pursue my dreams of ministry. I can't very well stop what i'm doing over it, if I'm going to die I hope I'm serving the Lord with my last breath, but thinking too much on it will slow us down. I tend to take an aggressive headstrong stance on things, which has it's obvious weaknesses, but thankfully God puts me in situations constantly to practice patience. But my good aggressiveness makes me look at what I'm feeling and boldly say "so what" and that it isn't going to stop me regardless.

Remember, when the captives in babylon (in Daniel) were told to worship what the king had made or to die in a furnace, the king had contempt for God and challenged their survival in God's hands. Well they refused to worship anything else and basically said, "We believe our God will save us but if we die that is okay" because they felt even if they died they *knew* they made the right choice. That is the attitude I take against this.

...And of course God honored that and saved them, comforting. No?

 

[Bellicus]

I have had that feeling for a long time too. I guess it is some kind of way we try to take the pain in advance, so the disappointment will not be more overwhelming then it have to be when the time for death actually is there.

But the average life of a citizen of earth is 65 years, and if your in a rich country with enough food and medicine, then even longer. It is very uncommon for a young person like you to die.

 

[rhwoqmzbxksm]

hey. I say write the letters if you want, indicating why you wrote them and then get on with life. If God wants to take you back to Him, it'll be for the best, right? If he doesn't then you'd be worrying over a feeling, right? So just do the precautions (like the letters and stuff) and trust God with the rest. Worry abt today, today, tomorrow will worry abt itself. or something like that in matthew. XD
cheer up!

 

[San54]

God gives us messages with peace. If you are worried and don't feel at peace it may very well not be the Holy Spirit.
IMHO I believe that you are going to be reborn in Jesus before you are 20.(I agree with several others) In fact as I read your post, that was the first thought I had.
Either way though you have exciting tomorrows to look forward too.
God Bless You.

 

[izarya]

If you believe it strongly enough, then it will happen.

 

[toolite]

Over the past few years, I've had this unsettling feeling that I'm going to die at a young age... I'm about 17 right now, and I have this horrible feeling that I'm not going to live to my 20th birthday...

I don't know if it's that I feel the world is going to end or that I'm going to die, but I just feel like I need to start making preparations for it...

I always have this urge to write long letters to my loved ones, indicating what to do with my things and why they shouldn't be upset...

It's awful because... I have so much that I want to do before that age! I want to get married and I want to complete school and relax... I know that's really selfish, and I know that if I do die before I'm 20, it might be "part of God's plan" and I trust that God has the best plan.

I just don't know if I should accept these feelings or let go of them... I don't want to ignore the signs if they're there for a reason, but I don't want to dwell on something stupid.

I can't tell if it's the Holy Spirit or just me worrying.

Please pray for me and offer some advice

The enemy will tell ones who are chosen that they will die and try to get you to believe it.. Praise God and know you are protected! The reason why the enemy works so hard on you because he knows your capability and you do not know all that you are blessed with. Seek God more and read more. Ask the Holy Ghost to guide you. Stay Blessed!

All The Glory Belongs To God!

 

[Robin228]

You have to be very very careful. It is highly possible that demons themselves have given you these feelings and emotions in order to frighten you and hurt you in the future. Be very careful how you speak. A person's word can curse them that is why the bible states in Proverbs 18 verses 20-21:

"20] A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
[21] Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

I think you need to ask your pastor or an elder or a Christian intercessor at the church to pray for you concerning this.

I also suggest that you read the following scripture below and think on it very carefully. Also it is very crucial that you it everyday out of your mouth. Psalms 118 verse 17 states:

[17] I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

So for e.g Every morning when you wake up say, "I shall live and not die to declare the wonderous works of the lord"

You should also speak the following scripture every day out of your mouth, "For God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and a sound mind". (2 Timothy 1 verse 7)

Also stop saying "I am going to die". If you do that you are giving Satan and his demons an opportunity to hurt you.