Feeling alone

[Mandy18]

I have been going through alot this year and acquired depression/anxiety. I have been saved since I was young but only recently learned that there was so much more to what I was taught.
So I've been on this quest to find answers "the truth" and along the way carrying this depression/anxiety and fear. What's really upsetting and disappointing is everywhere I go (churches), I feel like people can see that I am in this state but yet they make it a point to stay away from me and if I approach anyone with questions they quickly cut me off and say " oh I'm not one to talk to about that you need to speak with someone else that can really help you etc."
So basically being tossed around aimlessly. I have even been to a healing service where it was a small room with about 40 people and still nobody said anything and the pastor didn't call me out or anything and when the service was over he was nowhere to be found. I just don't know if it's the devil trying to keep people away so I can't get help or if God doesn't want to help/heal me right now and so they Holy Spirit tells everyone not to intervene.
I'm at a loss right now and I just need some answers. I pray all the time for God to help me. To show me whats happening and what I need to do. I pray for the Holy Spirit to guide me and reveal to me what is wrong or why nothing is happening. I confessed anything and everything I can think of. I just don't know what to do.
Any ideas?

 

[singpeace]

I have been going through alot this year and acquired depression/anxiety. I have been saved since I was young but only recently learned that there was so much more to what I was taught.
So I've been on this quest to find answers "the truth" and along the way carrying this depression/anxiety and fear. What's really upsetting and disappointing is everywhere I go (churches), I feel like people can see that I am in this state but yet they make it a point to stay away from me and if I approach anyone with questions they quickly cut me off and say " oh I'm not one to talk to about that you need to speak with someone else that can really help you etc."
So basically being tossed around aimlessly. I have even been to a healing service where it was a small room with about 40 people and still nobody said anything and the pastor didn't call me out or anything and when the service was over he was nowhere to be found. I just don't know if it's the devil trying to keep people away so I can't get help or if God doesn't want to help/heal me right now and so they Holy Spirit tells everyone not to intervene.
I'm at a loss right now and I just need some answers. I pray all the time for God to help me. To show me whats happening and what I need to do. I pray for the Holy Spirit to guide me and reveal to me what is wrong or why nothing is happening. I confessed anything and everything I can think of. I just don't know what to do.
Any ideas?

Mandy,

I am so sorry you have encountered Christians who either didn't care or just didn't know how to be there for you. The Scriptures are very clear about comforting and helping others - especially we stronger/knowledgeable Christians are to be that for weaker/younger Christians.

Galatians 6:2
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

2 Corinthians 1:4-7 (New Living Translation)

4 He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. 5 For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. 6 Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. 7 We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.

Mandy, be encouraged to not give up or quit. Visit more churches until you find the one that feels right - then you'll feel at home and a part of a real family. In the meantime, stay in touch here. There are many here who care very much about what you go through.

I hope you also know that suffering depression is not uncommon among Christians. God's Word says we will go through many trials, but that He delivers us out of them all and that these trials are used to build our patience, character, and faith. Be bulldog tough in your faith while you go THROUGH.

Father, send Mandy a family of your choosing. Give her friends that will not abuse her or despise her. Give her the loving she so needs and deserves. Help her to find her place in the body of Christ. Give her a mission and a hope in You. In Jesus name, amen.

 

[Stephanie7]

Trust God, wait for the Holy Spirit to speak whether it be through people, through sermons, books or other things be alert and listen. May God grant you wisdom, discernment, patience and healing in due time, In Jesus Name, Amen

 

[Mandy18]

Thank you both for your words of encouragement! Sometimes you just need know that there are people out there they do care and want to help you rather than avoid you.
I am going to keep searching and I pray that the Lord will guide to the right place and family.
Thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for me in my search. I am trusting that somehow, someway God is going to get me through this and I know the first thing I am going to do when he does. I am going to reach out to people that are going through tough times and no one is there. I will be there not just because I know it would be what the Lord wants but also because I will be able to say (I've been there, I feel your pain etc.).

Father, thank you for your mercy and grace. Thank you for being there and listening even when I can't hear you. father, your word says if I trust in you I will not be ashamed. Please open my eyes and my heart to you and full me with you perfect love. In Jesus name Amen!

 

[singpeace]

Our Gifts Are For Encouraging


Help us Lord to see ourselves
Through your loving eyes
To see what you see in us
And to come to realize

That everything that we possess
Comes directly from you
The gifts, the talents you’ve placed within
Are there for us to use

To reach with hope to those that hurt
To those who’ve lost their way
It’s your gifts Lord, they’re not our own
So take them Lord we pray

And use them for your glory
So others may be blessed
And have their spirits lifted
And their souls also refreshed

So they can then be challenged
To seek more after you
To be much more empowered
For what ever they may do

For each of us have talents
That God has placed within
So we can encourage others
To have a closer walk with Him

And as we encourage another
We can be encouraged ourselves
For there needs to be a continual flow
And a continual pouring out

And as we do this we will find
Insecurities will disappear
And we’ll be strengthened in His love
To overcome our fears.


Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am He Who comforts you. Who are you, that you should be afraid of man, who shall die, and of a son of man, who shall be made [as destructible] as grass.

 

[NoelAsa]

I am glad that you have come to Christian Forums. There are always plenty of ongoing discussions and I am sure that you will find the help that you need. There is also a forum for people who suffer from depression. You would be most welcomed there. Praying for you!

 

[kevind]

I like the fact that you have stated about the difference between being saved and BEING SAVED. I was the gray area christian for ever and now I have a hunger I feed with every moment I can. I will be praying for you

 

[Linus]

Praying for healing and comfort as well as good Christian friendships in the name of Jesus Christ. Thank You Lord!

 

[JESUSIAM]

"My Prayer"

IN JESUS' NAME

 

[Revived]

Praying for wisdom and the discernment to hear God's voice ... in Jesus' name.