• The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.

    If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.

    If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. This forum is designed to be like Christian Advice, only for recovery type of issues. Recovery being like a family in many ways, allows us to support one another together. May you be blessed today and each day.

    Kristen.NewCreation and FreeinChrist

  • Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

Do you have a sad heart?? Read this.....

DaveKerwin

Represent the Most High
May 31, 2002
4,633
132
44
Detroit, MI
Visit site
✟28,531.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
I compiled some verses for a friend of mine who seems to be low on hope. And this started with a verse in proverbs, the first one listed below. Anyways, if you have a sad heart, consider the loss of hope. I HOPE these verses come as a comfort to you in this time.

Proverbs 13: 12a
Hope deferred makes the heart sick



Promises:

 Psalm 33: 18
But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

 Proverbs 23:18
There is surely a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.

 Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

 Romans 15: 4
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

 Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD , "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.





Commands:
 Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

 Hebrews 10: 23
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.





More thoughts about hope:

 Psalm 119: 116
Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live;
do not let my hopes be dashed.

 Psalm 42: 1-6
As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the festive throng.
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

 Psalm 119: 116
Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live;
do not let my hopes be dashed.



 Isaiah 40: 27-31
Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
"My way is hidden from the LORD ;
my cause is disregarded by my God"?
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.



 Romans 5: 1-5
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us
 

Lotuspetal_uk

Say 'CHEESE!!!!'
Jan 26, 2003
10,870
1,285
57
Good Ole' Blighty!
Visit site
✟98,073.00
Country
United Kingdom
Faith
Non-Denom
Marital Status
Private
Dave,

God bless you! I needed that this morning.

I'd woken up with a sad heart, just snuck up on me (kind of surprised me) and so I came online and saw your post. Seeing those reminders was the kick up the backside I needed :)

Praise the Lord, I was able to then surrender my sorrows to Him and the 'heaviness' is lifting.

Thanks for allowing the Lord to use you like that. :D

God bless you
 
Upvote 0

DaveKerwin

Represent the Most High
May 31, 2002
4,633
132
44
Detroit, MI
Visit site
✟28,531.00
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
Today at 04:28 AM Lotuspetal_uk said this in Post #3 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=694196#post694196)

Dave,

God bless you! I needed that this morning.

I'd woken up with a sad heart, just snuck up on me (kind of surprised me) and so I came online and saw your post. Seeing those reminders was the kick up the backside I needed :)

Praise the Lord, I was able to then surrender my sorrows to Him and the 'heaviness' is lifting.

Thanks for allowing the Lord to use you like that. :D

God bless you

Oh Wow! Praise God for that !

Surrendering those sorrows to God was the right thing to do. He wants us to do that, he wants to bear our burdens, he is so good to us !
 
Upvote 0