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Prayer for my depression and unbelief
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<blockquote data-quote="ldonjohn" data-source="post: 73598172" data-attributes="member: 339395"><p>MCA, many years ago I went through depression & anxiety attacks, went to my doctor with chest pains thinking I was having a heart attack. Took valium, but no help.</p><p>My problem was that I wanted to believe in a God who I wasn't sure existed. I went to church, read bible tracts, read books written by well known Christian authors, listened to radio/tv preachers, etc. but could not find anything that convinced me that the God I was begging for forgiveness was really there to hear me. I was lost, fearful, and miserable.</p><p>One night, out of a sense of desperation, I gave up on trying to make myself believe in God and said a simple prayer to a God whom I wasn't sure existed. I said "God will you show me how to believe in you & in Jesus?"</p><p>I slept well that night; better than I had slept in a long time. The next day I did something I had never done at home; I found the family bible, opened it to the Gospel of John and started reading. As I read there I did not know what I would find but I was willing to accept it if it convinced me that It was true.</p><p>There is much more to this story, but I will leave much of out so to shorten this post. Anyway, as I read the Gospel of John God's Spirit opened my spiritually blind eyes so I could see the truth found there. By the time I had read through John 6:37 the Holy Spirit convinced me that God is real, the bible is true, and that I could absolutely trust Jesus to hear my prayer for forgiveness. My life changed that day, and I found a peace that is impossible to explain to anyone who has never found that peace for himself/herself. The fear was gone and was replaced by an overwhelming sense of relief as my confidence shifted from myself to a complete reliance of Jesus' finished work on the cross.</p><p>That was over 40 years ago and today I still have that peace I found that day because the peace I found is not dependent upon that I had done or could do, but was totally dependent on the Gospel message.</p><p>No more depression, no more anxiety, no more chest pains. Thank you Jesus!</p><p></p><p>John</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ldonjohn, post: 73598172, member: 339395"] MCA, many years ago I went through depression & anxiety attacks, went to my doctor with chest pains thinking I was having a heart attack. Took valium, but no help. My problem was that I wanted to believe in a God who I wasn't sure existed. I went to church, read bible tracts, read books written by well known Christian authors, listened to radio/tv preachers, etc. but could not find anything that convinced me that the God I was begging for forgiveness was really there to hear me. I was lost, fearful, and miserable. One night, out of a sense of desperation, I gave up on trying to make myself believe in God and said a simple prayer to a God whom I wasn't sure existed. I said "God will you show me how to believe in you & in Jesus?" I slept well that night; better than I had slept in a long time. The next day I did something I had never done at home; I found the family bible, opened it to the Gospel of John and started reading. As I read there I did not know what I would find but I was willing to accept it if it convinced me that It was true. There is much more to this story, but I will leave much of out so to shorten this post. Anyway, as I read the Gospel of John God's Spirit opened my spiritually blind eyes so I could see the truth found there. By the time I had read through John 6:37 the Holy Spirit convinced me that God is real, the bible is true, and that I could absolutely trust Jesus to hear my prayer for forgiveness. My life changed that day, and I found a peace that is impossible to explain to anyone who has never found that peace for himself/herself. The fear was gone and was replaced by an overwhelming sense of relief as my confidence shifted from myself to a complete reliance of Jesus' finished work on the cross. That was over 40 years ago and today I still have that peace I found that day because the peace I found is not dependent upon that I had done or could do, but was totally dependent on the Gospel message. No more depression, no more anxiety, no more chest pains. Thank you Jesus! John [/QUOTE]
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