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RawStrength said:

Hi everyone, just looking for some extra prayer this morning if anyone would be willing. I need help with my depression, indulgence, anger, and ability to hold my tongue and refrain from saying anything filthy when I get so enraged because I'm faced with quite literally some of the most unreasonable, contradictory, selfish, bullcrap I have ever witnessed. I'm also a few thousand dollars in debt, and have bills hovering over my head monthly. I have tried over a dozen different jobs since I was 16 (I'm now 24) and none of them align with my Christian morals, serve people in a positive way, or are good for my mental health, and the ones I would imagine do, I can not get to, so I refuse to work any of these places and that will never change. I understand my calling, and have been working hard towards my goals. Living in this toxic household is seemingly preventing me from moving forward at the pace I would like to be, but at the same time taking the steps to acquire money to get out of here as quickly as possible would be putting my faith in the world, and also compromising my christian morals, which I refuse to do. I would appreciate any prayer, or any form of help or advice from absolutely anyone at all I'm open to listening to anything. Thank you for reading, have a great day.

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Stay strong my friend. I am in a situation that is almost similar in some ways....

Just offer up your sufferings to God. Try your best to be as positive as is possible. It can be very hard to do that i know.

Look, as you carry your cross in life, Jesus is indeed carrying you.

You have good morals and a strong faith. Thats something to be very proud of my friend.

Keep praying. Stay strong. The devil may win many battles with us but he aint ever going to win the war!

God bless you and guide you to happiness my friend.

RawStrength said:

I understand my calling, and have been working hard towards my goals. Living in this toxic household is seemingly preventing me from moving forward at the pace I would like to be, but at the same time taking the steps to acquire money to get out of here as quickly as possible would be putting my faith in the world, and also compromising my christian morals, which I refuse to do. I would appreciate any prayer, or any form of help or advice from absolutely anyone at all I'm open to listening to anything. Thank you for reading, have a great day.

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2 Thess 3:10 If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.

Daniel could "find fault" with his employer in Babylon
Joseph could "find fault" with his employer in Egypt

But both are reported by God in scripture as being excellent workers.

RawStrength said:

Hi everyone, just looking for some extra prayer this morning if anyone would be willing. I need help with my depression, indulgence, anger, and ability to hold my tongue and refrain from saying anything filthy when I get so enraged because I'm faced with quite literally some of the most unreasonable, contradictory, selfish, bullcrap I have ever witnessed. I'm also a few thousand dollars in debt, and have bills hovering over my head monthly. I have tried over a dozen different jobs since I was 16 (I'm now 24) and none of them align with my Christian morals, serve people in a positive way, or are good for my mental health, and the ones I would imagine do, I can not get to, so I refuse to work any of these places and that will never change. I understand my calling, and have been working hard towards my goals. Living in this toxic household is seemingly preventing me from moving forward at the pace I would like to be, but at the same time taking the steps to acquire money to get out of here as quickly as possible would be putting my faith in the world, and also compromising my christian morals, which I refuse to do. I would appreciate any prayer, or any form of help or advice from absolutely anyone at all I'm open to listening to anything. Thank you for reading, have a great day.

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(LONG AND CONDENSED STORY) About a million years ago, I was right where you are, except I was divorced and raising two small children and in debt up to my eyeballs, crying and complaining every single day. My ex-husband had run away with his co-worker and stolen my car in the bargain, so I had no transportation, but still had to pay a car note and car insurance, and was at the point of being evicted I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. God told me - yes TOLD me to take my focus off everything I didn't have and begin telling myself how great God was, and how great I was. I thought God was crazy, but I stepped out in obedience. I began telling myself "The Spirit of the Lord goes before me and directs my footsteps;" "God makes my feet like hind's feet and sets me upon my high places"; and lastly, "I'm blessed and highly favored of God." I said that day and night hundreds of times a day. I shifted my focus from having nothing to be favored of God. Six months later, God flipped everything around and I've never looked back. God truly is the God of restoration. I don't know if this offers you any insight, but I hope it helps you realize you're not alone. I will certainly be praying for you.

I pray that God takes away your depression and gives you emotional stability. I pray that God gives you skills to control your anger so that you aren't controlled by it. I also pray that God would lead you to the job that He wants you to work at. In Jesus' name, amen.

RawStrength said:

Quite frankly It did not offer me any insight, but I appreciate you taking the time to share your testimony, and of course I don't like hearing about peoples struggles, but there is a bit of comfort in knowing I'm not alone, and I'm happy to hear that you have made it out of your own hole, good for you sweetheart, hope everything stays that way. I normally don't focus on the things I don't have, and consistently tell myself I have been given gifts that are more important to my calling than the things I'm lacking, and being jealous of other peoples belongings and how easy their life was is wrong, and everything will work out in the Lord's name. There are still days I get every once and while where I feel like a complete loser who whisked many years of my life away, but those thoughts are starting to completely dissipate the more I tell myself God is in control of my life, and things happen for a reason and those things are used to mold me into the person God wants to be. I just like to express myself thoroughly and compile as much extra advice as I can from caring people, and I will admit a part of my post is because nobody in my entire life has ever listened to me or my struggles and it feels good to express myself to people who actually care enough to listen and help. It feels good to witness empathy from other people.

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I'm glad you expressed yourself on here and trusted the people on this board enough to share your feelings. The Bible says the body of Christ is one body. You are a part of that body and therefore, a part of us and we're surrounding you with prayer. Life can often feel unfair and HARD at times. I'm sure everyone on this board has been through that. When I used to feel like a loser, I remembered two things: 1) Almighty God does not create losers. No matter what you've done God chooses to see you as a winner because you're in Christ and Christ's blood covers you. You will never be a loser (just someone who hasn't grown into his full potential in Christ - but NEVER a loser.) You said you wasted time. We ALL have wasted time. I wasted 30 years. I don't care what you''ve done in the past. The past is the past. God says there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ. 2) The Apostle Paul said this: "I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" in Philippians 3:14. When he felt like looking back at how many people he had killed and had arrested, I'm sure he felt horrible and like a loser. But he kept reminding himself he was running a race and he had to keep looking forward to run the race. WE ARE ALL RUNNING A RACE. God didn't say the race would be easy and there would be sunshine all along the path. Heck! That path can have a lot of rocks and boulders and weeds and bears that want to eat us. But we still have to run the race. Some of us run faster than others. A bunch of us fall down during the race and hurt our knees and our ankles. When I was running I sat down and quit the race for 30 years. It took a lot to get me back up, but I got up. Some of us get out of breath and want to turn back. God knows that and understands and WAITS and still says we are winners. I'm glad you shared your trials and I'm glad we have the opportunity to pray for you.

I know nothing about you other than you are my brother in Christ and I'm going to be your cheerleader and cheer you in your race!!!!!

RawStrength said:

That was sick (as in awesome) thanks so much for that. I'm gonna keep telling myself and others that the almighty God doesn't create losers. Thank you for the support and for being my cheerleader!

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Always! Know that we on this board have your back in prayer and would love for you to keep us updated on your triumphs. They're coming! I'm glad to have met you, my brother.