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What do you do when you're spiritually exhausted?

I wonder if it means I've been trying to do things in my own strength and thats why I'm like this?

How do I know if I have been doing things in my own strength?

Lately I havent been spending time in the morning with God like I used to either which obviously doesnt help. Have been so tired physically and I do find it work to do that sometimes so havent been instead been dragging myself out of bed in time to get to work but thats about it and it's only just the beginning of the year!!

A friend got baptised a couple of days ago and am really happy about that but feel in some ways that have been supporting her through that process and you know how people sometimes have a hard time after they're baptised well that may happen with her and so I can see that support is going to still be needed so thats maybe not going to stop. It's a privilege but still hard work at times and I come away from that drained sometimes.

Theres lots of things that when I look at this year I just see a whole lot of hard work and all I want to do is go back to bed and pull the covers over my head.

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God is able. All things work for the good of those that love God.

God is in control, we only serve him. This person is already in good hands with the lord. You shouldn't burden yourself so much.

I know the feeling you describe in different ways. Relax, God is in control. Faith is our shield, i wake up with arrows flying past my head sometimes. Satan knows this is the easiest time to attack...at dawn when we are unaware and sleeping. The element of surprise.
 
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I can't relate to spiritual exhaustion, cause The Spirit never tires.

But have been physically/emotionally/mentally exhausted many, many times...but this is usually alleviated by sleep/rest.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keeps thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
<-----> Psalm 121:3+4

Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
<-----> Psalm 127:1+2

May The Lord Be Pleased !

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Hi FoundInGrace.

It sounds like you're skirting around depression, and exhaustion. I've been through the very same thing.

The things that've helped me with them are:

1. A light anti-depressant. Some people think that Christians can't get depressed if they're living in obedience, but I would disagree. Resources from Grant Mullen MD have been really good, I think. He's a Christian psychiatrist who has had some experience in deliverance (!!). The books that I've got from him are "Moods" and "Emotionally Free." Both are good, especially Emotionally Free.

2. Protect yourself. Eat healthy, but also eat fun food. Enjoy the tube, but don' watch garbage. Don't share too much with too many, or you'll become like Bilbo: "butter spread over too much bread." You know, enjoy the simple stuff, and avoid the bad. :)

3. Pray, and get prayer. Learn to rely on God. Trust your friends, listen to their wisdom, and lean on the good ones. Don't obey everyone's advice. A lot of time advice is off the mark.

4. Eat cookies. :)

That's what has really helped me so far. Be blessed FIG! lol.
 
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FoundInGrace said:
... Have been so tired physically and I do find it work to do that sometimes so havent been instead been dragging myself out of bed in time to get to work but thats about it and it's only just the beginning of the year!!
It might be worthwhile to see a doctor about your fatigue... it can have an
effect on many avenues of life.
 
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I never really find myself spiritually exxhausted. Make sure that you are seperating spiritual from religious.
When we accept and understand our existance as spiritual beings, then all becomes energized.

Physically though? Yeah Physical Exhaustion has been happening a lot lately. I played football with the kids and realized that I can't run and jump like I used too.
Maybe I need to get something to help me there?
 
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What do you do when you're spiritually exhausted?

I wonder if it means I've been trying to do things in my own strength and thats why I'm like this?

How do I know if I have been doing things in my own strength?

Lately I havent been spending time in the morning with God like I used to either which obviously doesnt help. Have been so tired physically and I do find it work to do that sometimes so havent been instead been dragging myself out of bed in time to get to work but thats about it and it's only just the beginning of the year!!

A friend got baptised a couple of days ago and am really happy about that but feel in some ways that have been supporting her through that process and you know how people sometimes have a hard time after they're baptised well that may happen with her and so I can see that support is going to still be needed so thats maybe not going to stop. It's a privilege but still hard work at times and I come away from that drained sometimes.

Theres lots of things that when I look at this year I just see a whole lot of hard work and all I want to do is go back to bed and pull the covers over my head.

:help:

Maybe you are confusing spiritual exhaustion with a physical exhaustion. There IS such a thing as a "burn out". I would take a break. A vacation. Don't do anything taxing for your brain/mind for a while. At work, they usually take a vacation for 3 weeks. Perhaps you need that. It would be nice if you could get away someplace quiet... just sit and stare at the water or something, or watch GOOD (make you happy kind of movies or shows), maybe journal some things which are on your mind, talk to God in your thoughts. And sleep for a while.

If you can't get away for a vacation, try doing it one day at a time. Once a week, go somewhere where nobody can reach you and relax...
 
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Ive experienced this exhaustion, i think maybe it is physical. Stress is exhausting, it kills the body. Stress management could help if stress is the problem. Stress is a killer and should be dealt with. I know how it feels, it feels like its killing you after a while.
 
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Perhaps God is allowing you to tire and weaken, (simply put,) because it is the only way that you will ever become strong.

"And He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong." - II Corinthians 12:9,10

The secret of filling is emptying, and so God's greatest vessel that he will ever use, will be the one which is the most vacant of it's own resources, so that a proportionable space is thereby made for God's resources that are, to take the place of yours which are not. If God has allowed a wearying or draining period in your life, and if that condition is not connected with a physiological cause, then it may be spiritual in nature. I personally believe that much hindrance has been wrought upon the Christian Church in general, by the belief that all true believers are filled with the Holy Spirit at the same time that they are sealed or indwelt by that same Holy Spirit. I don't believe it! Now this isn't a place to debate the subject, but I find both personal, christian associate, and New Testament evidence that one can indeed be filled with the Holy Spirit subsequent to their initial sealing of the Spirit at the time that they were converted. Man is a trichotomy by way of construction, and the Holy Spirit's relevance to both the human spirit, the human soul, and the human body are 3 different things. He, (the Holy Spirit,) indwells your spirit faculty with his person, and that speaks of life. Then, the Holy Spirit fills your soul with his holy influence, and that speaks of sanctification. Then, the Holy Spirit pours out upon your body his anointing when and as needed, and that speaks of service.

Because you are indwelt in your spirit by the Holy Spirit, his presence there proves your pardon and justification before God the Father through the Mediation of God the Son. Now, because you are legally holy through this mediation of Christ, you become the kind of person that God would properly have reason to make practically holy, and that is why sanctification must necessarily follow justification. Then, if because God has justified you and thereafter had proper reason to sanctify or make you relatively holy in a practical sense, he then has further reason to anoint you with power for his service, for that outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon your body for service would then be ideal, for you would experience his mighty power and blessings upon your sanctified services, which blessings then would not destroy you. Success is a far more dangerous thing than failure is, but a sanctified believer has already learned to die to their own strength and cultivate humility and selfless, outgoing Christlike love by practice, and so the outpouring of God's power and anointing will not inflate such a humbled and holy saint, whereas an anointing poured out upon an unjustifed and unsanctified person, (as in the case of Balaam the prophet, Caiaphas the high priest, Judas Iscariot, or those in Matthew 7:22 who were empowered to cast out demons, preach the gospel, work mighty miracles, and yet heard those terrible words, "I never knew you!" Why did Christ say that he didn't know them? They lacked the sanctification that would have evidenced their justification, for Christ said, "...depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!" of verse 23. As Christ didn't know them, they correspondingly didn't truly know him, and that is why they didn't live holy lives, for they never had an inner union with the Christ who is the source of all righteous fruit in the Holy Spirit. So in the case of these particular anointed persons, the anointing that they had worked against them, as it was not preceeded by the primary work of pardon, justification and indwelling of the Holy Spirit, that work then to be followed by the filling of the Holy Spirit within their souls for the purpose of holiness in sanctification.

If you need power in your life, look upon your present weakness as God's way of telling you that you must find new strength in a new way that you have yet untapped, and yet this new strength is not to be considered more of the Holy Spirit's person, but rather more of the Holy Spirit's work. To know this "upon" power in your life, first cultivate holiness in sanctification, for God the Father having the dearest, kindest and most considerately wise plan for you, would not pour out such an empowering upon you that would not benefit you in eternity to follow, as it has some. There is new power indeed, but God greatly desires to pour out the power of the Holy Spirit upon children who are being progressively made holy in practice by that same Holy Spirit's influence in their souls, from his innermost position of his divine person indwelling their human spirits. There is a profound but necessary order in advantageously finding God's all sufficient power poured out upon your life, and I hope this helps you to find that power to soon fill the place of your present, but providentially helpful, weakness.
 
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