I would like to share with you, something I have found to be the most effective first call for a general struggle. I am currently not in a great place and have a few struggles which don't make me feel good at the moment. But I believe something which isn't based on how I feel... it isn't based on something I've heard in a church or read in a book... It's something I have experienced and has helped me in many struggles, in a very real way... where I have overcome those struggles and come out of the other side of them.
First of all, I would like to say that in my limited experience... I have found that God can speak to you and help you in many kinds of ways. This absolutely includes the possibility of God speaking to you through someone, who responds to a thread you post on Christianity Forums. I guess this is cause as God works in someone elses life, God can heal whats hurting or causing a struggle in their heart and life... and they will have a revelation and understanding of their struggle and be able to offer accessible ways to someone else which will then help with their struggle...
But in my limited experience, the best way to 'begin' finding the greatest help with your struggle that there is... is to speak to God about it.
One way I have found it best to do this, is to just speak to God any time you mean it... and to just speak openly. Really however you want to speak to God when you mean it... However you have learnt, from your own journey that you can just speak to him about your struggle and that you need him.
Tonight, I really dont feel great about my struggles at the moment... I realise that I need real help... and I believe and know from experience and faith that God is the only one who can help me (in all the ways that he brings that help... through people, situations, things I hear and see all over... in many different ways God brings what we need). And I've found, that I generally have no clue whats going on after I pray... But God is doing loads of things I don't realise or can see... but that things start to happen.... and even though I can't see further than 2 feet ahead of me... God brings the next step to take.
After I prayed... there has rarely ever been an 'instant' happy feeling and what I'm struggling with disappears... things that 'I' think I need dont always happen or change... But when I look back to those times... I see something of a much greater perspective was happening... Much much more than I could ever understand at the time.
Something else I have found to be truly amazing at different times (after speaking/praying) to God when I needed help with my struggles... was reading the bible. In the past, I asked and heard of certain books in the bible which were recommended to begin with, when I didnt really know what to read or where to start..... and then I tried to read it on a regular basis... It was often quite dry at the start, but I was determined to explore and search for more. And now, I know a few places in the bible where I can spend some time, and search through... and many times I've been in tears because I am reading, and God is speaking directly to me in a very personal way and bringing hope and answers to my situation...
and many times reminding me and making me feel so valued to him... when I didn't see that value myself... or have experienced that level of love for me before.
If you don't feel like God is listening or have given up trying. In my limited experience, I would like to pleed with you to keep going... and if you can... to try speaking to God again. If you have struggles, as I have struggles, and you need help, as I need help... tell God your struggles and that you need his help. We're all on a journey and God has so much more to show us... things which will be struggles... things which will take struggles away... some things which will amaze us (understatement)... and I don't know what else xD LIFE...
Right now, my struggles are making me feel pretty crappy... I feel isolated, stuck, I feel like I'm failing so many things, I don't know what's in the future and how things will turn out... I feel like all I have faith in... is that God is good... and I have faith that I need God and to reach out to him for help... and God will help me... and teach me new things I need to know too.
But I'm going to pray before I sleep tonight... and be open about how I feel, to God. I don't need what I've needed in the past... I need something new... something real to my struggle now.....
And I know with faith, that God is more real than the things I see with my eyes and the things I hear with my ears... and that God already knows where I'm at... and that my struggle is causing hurt... I know that good things will come from God and that my struggle will be over some day. I know that God is doing things that I cannot see right now... but that his love will reach me... and you... reach out to God again. I am too.
much love bro/sis,
Jake.
First of all, I would like to say that in my limited experience... I have found that God can speak to you and help you in many kinds of ways. This absolutely includes the possibility of God speaking to you through someone, who responds to a thread you post on Christianity Forums. I guess this is cause as God works in someone elses life, God can heal whats hurting or causing a struggle in their heart and life... and they will have a revelation and understanding of their struggle and be able to offer accessible ways to someone else which will then help with their struggle...
But in my limited experience, the best way to 'begin' finding the greatest help with your struggle that there is... is to speak to God about it.
One way I have found it best to do this, is to just speak to God any time you mean it... and to just speak openly. Really however you want to speak to God when you mean it... However you have learnt, from your own journey that you can just speak to him about your struggle and that you need him.
Tonight, I really dont feel great about my struggles at the moment... I realise that I need real help... and I believe and know from experience and faith that God is the only one who can help me (in all the ways that he brings that help... through people, situations, things I hear and see all over... in many different ways God brings what we need). And I've found, that I generally have no clue whats going on after I pray... But God is doing loads of things I don't realise or can see... but that things start to happen.... and even though I can't see further than 2 feet ahead of me... God brings the next step to take.
After I prayed... there has rarely ever been an 'instant' happy feeling and what I'm struggling with disappears... things that 'I' think I need dont always happen or change... But when I look back to those times... I see something of a much greater perspective was happening... Much much more than I could ever understand at the time.
Something else I have found to be truly amazing at different times (after speaking/praying) to God when I needed help with my struggles... was reading the bible. In the past, I asked and heard of certain books in the bible which were recommended to begin with, when I didnt really know what to read or where to start..... and then I tried to read it on a regular basis... It was often quite dry at the start, but I was determined to explore and search for more. And now, I know a few places in the bible where I can spend some time, and search through... and many times I've been in tears because I am reading, and God is speaking directly to me in a very personal way and bringing hope and answers to my situation...
and many times reminding me and making me feel so valued to him... when I didn't see that value myself... or have experienced that level of love for me before.
If you don't feel like God is listening or have given up trying. In my limited experience, I would like to pleed with you to keep going... and if you can... to try speaking to God again. If you have struggles, as I have struggles, and you need help, as I need help... tell God your struggles and that you need his help. We're all on a journey and God has so much more to show us... things which will be struggles... things which will take struggles away... some things which will amaze us (understatement)... and I don't know what else xD LIFE...
Right now, my struggles are making me feel pretty crappy... I feel isolated, stuck, I feel like I'm failing so many things, I don't know what's in the future and how things will turn out... I feel like all I have faith in... is that God is good... and I have faith that I need God and to reach out to him for help... and God will help me... and teach me new things I need to know too.
But I'm going to pray before I sleep tonight... and be open about how I feel, to God. I don't need what I've needed in the past... I need something new... something real to my struggle now.....
And I know with faith, that God is more real than the things I see with my eyes and the things I hear with my ears... and that God already knows where I'm at... and that my struggle is causing hurt... I know that good things will come from God and that my struggle will be over some day. I know that God is doing things that I cannot see right now... but that his love will reach me... and you... reach out to God again. I am too.
much love bro/sis,
Jake.
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Your post's really helpful.
