I'm losing everything and I give up. Please need prayer.

[Britina]

Hi all,

It is my first time posting in this forum and I really need a prayer request.

I'm losing everything in my life, and I don't even care anymore because I feel no light at the end of the tunnel.

I've gotten completely away from God. I don't pray, I don't read my Bible, and I have no desire to go to church. I've even given into worldly desires and started committing sexual sins and I feel it doesn't matter, because I always pray and nothing ever happens. And I always lie to my parents about stupid stuff...I've had a lying problem since I was 10 where I make up or "dramatize" a story and it isn't true. I've been praying over this for YEARS and nothing. Nothing EVER changes.

I work, but I still have no money. My account constantly stays overdrawn.

I'm in college and I want to transfer, but my GPA has dropped to 1.93 and with that, I won't transfer anywhere and I'm already 21.

But worst of all...my parents are going through an extremely hard time financially and now we're in foreclosure and it's killing me. We bought this house about three years ago and it was brand new and we picked out everything and decorated it and it was so much fun and I love my house. I'm so angry at God for allowing this to happen and I have no idea why He continues to let it happen. There doesn't seem to be any alternative but to let the house go and go to a smaller and cheaper one. In all my parents and grandmother's life, they have never ever rented...we've always owned a home and we finally got our dream home and now we're going to lose it and God is offering NOTHING.

I'm fed up and angry. My grandmother is a Christian and will always keep her faith but I can't anymore. I pray and I get nothing...everything is going wrong and all I can do is sit and cry because NOTHING will ever change, no matter how hard I pray God will never answer my prayers and it's completely worthless. That's exactly how I feel right now.

But on the other hand, I want to believe and I want to turn my life around and I want to believe something will come through and we can save our house, but I just feel like I'm hoping for nothing. I figure maybe if I post this and get other people to pray for me or with me, something might turn around. I don't know anymore. All I know is I feel like giving up on life. I am miserable and depressed and I honestly feel like nothing is gonna turn around and nothing will change. I can't go on like this anymore.

All I want is some guidance or hope at this point. And I want to feel like I have a reason to keep hoping and getting up every morning.

If anyone could pray for me, I'd really apperciate it. Thank you for reading.

 

[junezephyr]

Britana,

I would love to write you a long response right now but it's too late (past 1AM and I need to wake for work in the morning).. however I want you to know that I will be praying for you tonight and tomorrow. I completely empathize with your feelings of hopelessness and I want to encourage you to keep at least a mustard seed faith, if it's all that you can muster. Giving up on the faith in my experience has led to a further downward spiral, and I care for you and don't want to see you go there. God is there, and has a purpose for all things. It's just way too difficult for us to understand from our limited perspective. I don't blame you for feeling the way you do though, because you are highly stressed.

I will pray for your family's situation. You will be able to overcome though, you will be a conqueror and will be able to grow, etc. 's to you again, and I hope you will keep me updated.

 

[Onlythingavailable]

Praying for you.

 

[Criada]

Praying for you!
I'll respond later - cos have to take kids to school.
But - God loves you very,very much!
God bless you.

 

[BAFRIEND]

I have prayed for you.

 

[Criada]

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.

Sometimes it's hard to believe that. But it *is* true!
God loves you, and He wants the very best for you.

You say that you have gone away from Him. Read the story of the prodigal son....He iis waiting for you to come back. And asking for prayer is a good start!
Sometimes we have to get to the end of what we can cope with before we are ready to give it all to Him and let Him take over. King David felt like you!

Psalm 22

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from the words of my groaning?
2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, and am not silent.
.............

11 Do not be far from me,
for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.

12 Many bulls surround me;
strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13 Roaring lions tearing their prey
open their mouths wide against me.

14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart has turned to wax;
it has melted away within me.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;
you lay me in the dust of death.


Yet shortly afterwards, he says:

Psalm 27
13 I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.

14 Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.

God hasn't changed, sister. He hasn't moved.
And His love for you hasn't changed, and never will.
Life seems dark - but if you cling to Him, He can and will carry you through this time and back into the light.
Don't try to understand, it, sweetie. Just come to Him, lean on Him, and let Him do it.


I am praying for you very much
May God give you peace, strength and guidance. And above all, may you see how very, very much you are loved!
God bless you.


If you want to talk, scream, whatever, please PM me.

 

[sahjacq]

Lord jesus I pray for our sister and her family, lord touch her heart with your glory and take this saddness and frustration away from her, bless her and her family with safe surroundings that is blessed by your light for this family to grow and feel loved by your presence, amen.

 

[ysl_75]

Hi all,

It is my first time posting in this forum and I really need a prayer request.

I'm losing everything in my life, and I don't even care anymore because I feel no light at the end of the tunnel.

I've gotten completely away from God. I don't pray, I don't read my Bible, and I have no desire to go to church. I've even given into worldly desires and started committing sexual sins and I feel it doesn't matter, because I always pray and nothing ever happens. And I always lie to my parents about stupid stuff...I've had a lying problem since I was 10 where I make up or "dramatize" a story and it isn't true. I've been praying over this for YEARS and nothing. Nothing EVER changes.

I work, but I still have no money. My account constantly stays overdrawn.

I'm in college and I want to transfer, but my GPA has dropped to 1.93 and with that, I won't transfer anywhere and I'm already 21.

But worst of all...my parents are going through an extremely hard time financially and now we're in foreclosure and it's killing me. We bought this house about three years ago and it was brand new and we picked out everything and decorated it and it was so much fun and I love my house. I'm so angry at God for allowing this to happen and I have no idea why He continues to let it happen. There doesn't seem to be any alternative but to let the house go and go to a smaller and cheaper one. In all my parents and grandmother's life, they have never ever rented...we've always owned a home and we finally got our dream home and now we're going to lose it and God is offering NOTHING.

I'm fed up and angry. My grandmother is a Christian and will always keep her faith but I can't anymore. I pray and I get nothing...everything is going wrong and all I can do is sit and cry because NOTHING will ever change, no matter how hard I pray God will never answer my prayers and it's completely worthless. That's exactly how I feel right now.

But on the other hand, I want to believe and I want to turn my life around and I want to believe something will come through and we can save our house, but I just feel like I'm hoping for nothing. I figure maybe if I post this and get other people to pray for me or with me, something might turn around. I don't know anymore. All I know is I feel like giving up on life. I am miserable and depressed and I honestly feel like nothing is gonna turn around and nothing will change. I can't go on like this anymore.

All I want is some guidance or hope at this point. And I want to feel like I have a reason to keep hoping and getting up every morning.

If anyone could pray for me, I'd really apperciate it. Thank you for reading.

ing for you sister!I always believed miracles do happened ya!God bless u!

 

[lovingfriendalways]

father i'm asking you right now to be with this person right now. She really need your right now father In the name of Jesus Amen.

my favorite bible verse is Psalm 121:1-8 i believe that right.

 

[Caprial]

praying

 

[JPPT1974]

[BIBLE]Psalm 121:1-8[/BIBLE]

 

[USNavyBlueAngel]

Prayers have been sent up!!!

I truly hope & pray you will be able to feel the presence of the Lord in this time of trouble, so you can draw upon His strength, and stay strong in His word.....

It is NEVER too late to come home to God! He LOVES YOU so much! He wants you to cast your anxieties upon him, and to trust Him, so He can show you the way.

Look around for a church that you feel comfortable with, and have a one on one meeting with the Pastor. Explain your concerns, so he can guide you.

Please don't give up ~ God is waiting for you, I promise!!!!!!

 

[Britina]

Thank you everyone for your responses and prayers. It means so much to me at a time like this.I'm just so stressed about our finanical situation and losing our home and with all the prayers, it doesn't seem like we're going to be able to do anything and our praying is just going unheard. I'm constantly depressed and stressed out, but the responses here make me feel a little bit better. I'm going to try my hardest not to give up at a time like this, although I feel like I already have.Thanks so much everyone, and God bless!

 

[LadyMarion52]

Honey don't give up. God is our only answer to anything. If you give up on HIm then you will have Nothing anyway. I pray for you and your family. God loves and cares for you all. Remember it isn't God who steals kills and destroys its satan be angry at him. All things good come from the Lord.

Lord please touch this young lady and give her the answers she needs. Help her family through this financial situation and resolve it. Please where one door is closed open the windows of heaven and bring Your help. In Jesus Name Amen

 

[Criada]

Still praying for you, sister.
God will get you through, really.
He loves you so very much.
God bless you.

 

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Oh Lord Jesus, this young lady is in pain. She is suffering. Lord, you said that you sheep could come unto you. You said that in you there is rest. Oh Savior, please draw her near, and give her comfort. I pray Isaiah 54:17 over your darling daughter, that no weapons formed against her shall prosper. None in the spirit and none in the flesh. Instead, she shall thrive in her relationship with you. Your word says that the poor in spirit are blessed and that the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Lord this little one belongs to you, and her spirit seeks you. She seeks help and release from suffering. Please heal her Lord from this pain and give her tremendous joy overflowing. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen.

 

[gloryseven]

JOB 4:5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.

9:16 Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
Don't turn away from Him during your difficult times.
Instead run to Him.
Don't forget Him in your happiness.
Instead thank Him.
He never forgets you.
All He wants is for His children to be happy.
The Devil comes hidden in many ways.
Be careful not to quickly find God in fault of your dilemmas,
For all He wants is for you to be without them.


He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I (You, Britina) will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.


Trust in the Lord, even if you give up on Him, He will never give up on you.


Colossians 2:13-14 says,
"When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross."

1 John 1:9 assures us, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

Psalm 51:1 gives a prayer of forgiveness, "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions."

LUK 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
MAR 11:25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,
forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."



Footprints

One night a man dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord.


As scenes from his life flashed before him, he looked at the path of footprints and noticed that during the saddest times in his life, there was only one set of footprints in the sand.

Troubled, he asked, "Lord , why did you leave me when I needed you the most?"

The Lord replied,
"During your times of trial, when you see only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you."

Jesus, hear our prayers and give us strength and comfort and sustain us in our trials. Amen.

Jesus, I adore You, may the whole world adore You. Amen.


Glory to God in the Highest and Peace to His People on Earth!

 

[Britina]

gloryseven, those Bible verses and the last "Footprints" story was so touching. I apperciate it so much. Thank you!

Thank you everyone who responded with your prayers...it means so much to me and has helped. God bless you all!

 

[0n3]

In some ways, I understand how it is to feel helpless and like everything is slipping away from you and your world is crumbling. A few years ago, my family built on to our house, and the contractor that did it cut some of the trusses, didn't add reinforcing to the foundation, and didn't put the venting in the attic right. So now we have a lot of cracking in the foundation and the drywall, and mold problems. He also violated a lot of other building codes. He sued us for not paying him the last bill until he would fix it, and its in a big legal mess. We're living in a rental house where the furnace doesn't work right and the landlord won't fix it. We're basically taking out loans to pay for things like food, the bills, and all this legal stuff. I could be pretty mad at God right now, and wonder why in the world he was allowing this to happen. But I haven't. It gets hard some times, and I don't always feel like rejoicing, but I know God is in control.

James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Rom 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

When I keep my eyes fixed on God, I feel so blessed and thankful for this situation. I have learned so much, and grown more than I ever have before. I wouldn't trade what I 'm going through now for a million dollars. God has been teaching me about contentment, the pointlessness of material things, and being truly rich.

Perhaps God is using this time in your life to get ahold of you, and to strengthen your faith and trust in Him. Take your eyes off yourself and see what you can do for others. No matter how low we get, there is alway someone lower, and I think God sometimes brings us to the valleys and pits of life so we're close enough to reach others who have fallen in.

Psalm 46:1b-3 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah.

If you were in a tornado or a hurricane, and you took shelter in a building of some sort, and during the storm, you saw that your car outside had been destroyed, would you blame the building for the damage? Probably not, but that is what your're doing to God. God has promised to protect and provide for those who trust and follow Him. He did not, however, say He would protect your car, your house, your money, even your life for that matter. He is there to protect your soul, which is the only thing of value that will last.

Luke 9:23-25 And he said to all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

Make sure that your prayers are lining up with the priorities of heaven, because those are the ones that God answers. Remember that God is not on our side, unless we are on his:

Joshua 5:13-14 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?" And he said, "No; but I am the commander of the army of the LORD. Now I have come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, "What does my lord say to his servant?"

Joshua asks if God is on his side, and God it's pretty clear that God is on His own side. Joshua (as well as all of us today) are the ones that need to choose a side. God is the commander--not the soldier. We can be in His army, but He will not be in ours. If you're fighting your own battles, or even battles against God, don't expect his help. And if you want to be on the winning team, then come ready to serve and ready to fight.

If this comes across a bit harsh, that's not my goal, but I am simply telling the truth, which is painful at times, but necessary to hear if you want freedom from the burdens that you're carrying.

Matthew 6:19-34

I'll be praying that God will provide you with the strength and wisdom to perservere through each day, and that you will be filled with His unreasonable joy.

 

[Criada]

Still praying, sister.
God bless you!