God Promises

[aangel]

I've been looking for encouraging scriptures to meditate on. I'm feeling really discouraged today. My mom has been trying to motivate me. She's trying to be encouraging but every time she says "Nobody's going to care of you" it feels like life is being sucked right out of me. I know I need to get a job (I need to do a lot of things). I desperately want to be able of care myself. I definitely don't want to be the kind of person that mooches and takes advantage of family. I feel so paralyzed. Why do I struggle with simple stuff? I wish I was the kind of person that's ambitious who takes initiative but I feel so lost. I try set small goals but whenever I try to imagine my future there's nothing there. It's blank so it's like I don't have one. And I don't know what I supposed to or where I'm supposed go.

 

[rob_aston]

but I feel so lost

don't give up buddie
(the blue word here below is a link to my blog, where by the rules of this forum, i place prophetic words)

 

[Greg J.]

I've been looking for encouraging scriptures to meditate on. I'm feeling really discouraged today. My mom has been trying to motivate me. She's trying to be encouraging but every time she says "Nobody's going to care of you" it feels like life is being sucked right out of me. I know I need to get a job (I need to do a lot of things). I desperately want to be able of care myself. I definitely don't want to be the kind of person that mooches and takes advantage of family. I feel so paralyzed. Why do I struggle with simple stuff? I wish I was the kind of person that's ambitious who takes initiative but I feel so lost. I try set small goals but whenever I try to imagine my future there's nothing there. It's blank so it's like I don't have one. And I don't know what I supposed to or where I'm supposed go.

I could have written your post a few years ago.

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” (bold mine, Psalms 46:10, 1984 NIV)

It took about 20 years of the Lord working on me for me to get this.

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19, 1984 NIV)

Do the best you can to be generous to God (v. 18). Do not neglect Bible study, prayer, or obedience, if you can. At the very least you can talk to him as you go about your day.

It is confusing that we need to (1) recognize that God has caused or allowed us to be experiencing darkness, (2) we should be fighting the darkness, and (3) be accepting of God's will.

I think the first thing to nail down is that God doesn't expect you to do anything he hasn't prepared you for. However, due to the effects of sin we can get into situations where there is no good solution. However, even in those circumstances, God will help us.

God created us with limitations. Coming to understand and accept your limitations is a huge weight off one's shoulders (this happens for a lot of people age 50+; it takes that long to learn what not to fight).

Unless your parents have had severe depression, they will never understand what you are experiencing. Don't expect them to. Rather consider how your explanations can appear more credible to them. They can learn to recognize you are doing the best you can.

Read Matthew 6:25-34. You don't need to worry about the future. You need only focus on today. Leave everything else to God. It's hard enough to deal with "today" already, isn't it?

Read Psalms 17:6-8 and Psalm 91 (there's a lot more like this which you can Google, such as Who am I in Christ, God's love for me scripture, bible verses god will take care of me, and so on).

If you are doing anything at all seriously to seek God's help for your situation, and not sinning, then you can be confident that you are where God wants you for the time being, and that he will take care of you.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27, 1984 NIV)

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. (John 14:1, 1984 NIV)

 

[Jeshu]

I've been looking for encouraging scriptures to meditate on. I'm feeling really discouraged today. My mom has been trying to motivate me. She's trying to be encouraging but every time she says "Nobody's going to care of you" it feels like life is being sucked right out of me. I know I need to get a job (I need to do a lot of things). I desperately want to be able of care myself. I definitely don't want to be the kind of person that mooches and takes advantage of family. I feel so paralyzed. Why do I struggle with simple stuff? I wish I was the kind of person that's ambitious who takes initiative but I feel so lost. I try set small goals but whenever I try to imagine my future there's nothing there. It's blank so it's like I don't have one. And I don't know what I supposed to or where I'm supposed go.

Remember what The Word teaches? There is a time fro everything, running away from that through our wish lists is not wise, we best first learn to understand why things are the way they are.

Think about it sister. Who would hold up the success of others to damage you with? Who would do such a thing and why?

Now we know that a predator who paralyse their victim before it swallows them alive is called a snake, so what more information with regards to this do we want or need to hear? Apart of wrong way - turn back - no go!!!

Jesus taught me to sow good things and let His love rip up the weeds not trying to do that myself but trudst in His loving truth Jesus Christ to fix what had gone wrong, and He cetainly has and is doing that in my life.

So a good Bible text to support you in your struggle with bad life is this one prosthetic one in the last chapter of the Old Testament.

Malachi 4

“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays.

And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

“Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.


“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

 

[JudyH]

Hi, it does sound like you're dealing with depression, and it's important to remember that depression colors the way we see everything. It ruins our self-esteem, saps the life out of us, and makes it impossible to imagine that the future will be any better.

Your mom doesn't understand that you're depressed, and she thinks guilt and manipulation will motivate you, but it does just the opposite.

Taking small steps is a great idea. Just try to get through today rather than imagining the future. Be kind and gentle with yourself. And if possible, maybe you could see if it's possible to talk to someone about your depression.

I will say some prayers for you.