stressed, overwelmed, and frustrated

[chaelsworld0o]

Hey ya'll.. Right now I'm really stressed and I'm struggling with life. Also I'm struggling with God. For a while it was going so smooth... but i'm not sure why things are just overwelming to me now. I'm frustrated with certain aspects of my life... I'm just in need of some kind of encouragment, advice and prayer. Thanks. ~Rachael

 

[Rafael]

Hang in there with the Lord! Trials and troubles help us grow in love and patience. Put it in the bank as joy when you encounter trials in life, as they will make your faith and love stronger in time.

James 1:2 Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. 3 For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.

Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

1 Peter 1:6 So be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while. 7 These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. 8 You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy. 9 Your reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.

2 Peter 2:9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

Revelation 2:10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

 

[Horse Luver]

Keep the faith Rachael! God will help you.....just trust in him to handle everything in your life. Here are some Bible verses:

My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. (Exodus 33:14)

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. (Psalm 9:9-10)

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears , and rescues them from all their troubles. (Psalm 34:17)

Fear not, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. ( my favorite verse) (Isaiah 41:10)

God loves ya!!!!

 

[Mercy Me]

Keep the faith Rachael! God will help you.....just trust in him to handle everything in your life. Here are some Bible verses:

My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. (Exodus 33:14) WHEN??????

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. (Psalm 9:9-10) WHEN??????

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears , and rescues them from all their troubles. (Psalm 34:17) ONE CRIES AND CRIES AND CRIES AND IS NOT RESCUED! WHEN?????????

Fear not, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. ( my favorite verse) (Isaiah 41:10) IF HE IS GOD, WHEN????????????

God loves ya!!!!

IF HE LOVES, WHY DOES HE STAY SO AFAR? DOES ONE HAVE TO BE 82 IN A ROCKING CHAIR BEFORE THESE VERSES ARE TRUE???? I HAVE WAITED 40+ YEARS....... AM STILL WAITING FOR THE REFUGE, THE STRONGHOLD, THE RESCUE........

 

[breezynosacek]

Mercyme, I experience it on a regular basis. You do not have to be 80, but you do have to seek God first. You also have to ask Him to be those things to you.

Do you pray the Word of God back to Him? Do you persevere in prayer? In other words, when you pray, do you pray until you get an answer? Do you expect an answer? Read Luke 11:5-8.

A relationship with Jesus Christ, is just that, a relationship. How much time do you put into it?

 

[Mercy Me]

Please don't simplify me down to some formula....

NO ONE knows the hours and hours and days and days I have spent prostrate on my floor...............crying out to Him... wondering what I did sooooooo wrong that He left.

Fasting, praying, begging, beseeching, communion, sowing, forgiving, worshiping, praising, sitting through deliverance sessions, sitting under Holy Spirit healing counselors, binding, loosing, casting out, repenting, surrendering, giving up, holding on........ you name it..... it has been done (over and over and over again).....

Once walked with the Lord so sweetly... for years.... am ordained, He used me to help others......we had sweet communion....what He said came to pass.... then He allowed abusive demonic trauma to hit...when I was closest to Him..... It has been five years and NOTHING is the same.... cannot get back... no matter what I do..

The Hell on earth of the shame He allowed to happen to me....and the continuing of the pain & shame of Him not talking to me anymore is worse than the pain of the trauma.....

I keep reaching out for help here - thinking maybe ONE person will understand.... and all I get are trite pat "answers"....formulas.....or beaten up....telling me I need more faith...or to forgive more...or spend MORE time with Him....to stop feeling (like HOW do you do that?????) or whatever.....

I think I will go back in my cave where it is SAFER..... where I wont get more wounded........as I have been, esp on the Charismatic board.

 

[Horse Luver]

Well MercyMe, I honestly don't know what to tell you. As long as you've really given your life up 4 Him, and you really really trust in him to do what you ask (such as being your 'refuge, stronghold....ect.')! But, to me it sounds like you've given up. DON'T DON'T DON'T!!!!!!
God bless!

 

[HolyRoller]

Please don't simplify me down to some formula....

NO ONE knows the hours and hours and days and days I have spent prostrate on my floor...............crying out to Him... wondering what I did sooooooo wrong that He left..

Whatever happened, He hasn't left you

Once walked with the Lord so sweetly... for years.... am ordained, He used me to help others......we had sweet communion....what He said came to pass.... then He allowed abusive demonic trauma to hit...when I was closest to Him..... It has been five years and NOTHING is the same.... cannot get back... no matter what I do.

It sound like you were on the right path and the devil didn't like it.

I keep reaching out for help here - thinking maybe ONE person will understand.... and all I get are trite pat "answers"....formulas.....or beaten up....telling me I need more faith...or to forgive more...or spend MORE time with Him....to stop feeling (like HOW do you do that?????) or whatever....

Can you share some of your pain?

I think I will go back in my cave where it is SAFER..... where I wont get more wounded........as I have been, esp on the Charismatic board.

Don't run, you will be safe again. He is there for you and so am I.

 

[Multi-Elis]

Hi hello, I feel stressed out too. I get so bored. I beg God to help me and sometimes he does provide for the moment. It's not out of the blue that I feel stressed, I am an artist and study at Uni. I have to be honest about my artwork and sometimes it doesn't work out and my reasoning sounds stuped, which is very human, but then the art work doesn't come out even though I have worked hard, and put my heart in it...
And then I don't have many friends at Uni, the few I have, I don't really know. The reason is just cultural difference. But though I don't realise it, it does way heavy on me.

I'm trying to figure out how to laymy burdens down so that I can take up Jesus's burden, but I can't find the buckles on my burden so I can't seem to take it off. I'm kind of struggling to believe that things can be better, because all this year I have proven mostly to be a little too cowerdly... afraid to do things like call up a theatre director who might be looking for dancers like me, afraid of managing looking for a job. Too stressfull.
I don't think any of you on the forum can give me much help unless by accident you say something that will help me find the buckle that needs unbuckling... maybe nest year will be better. Maybe I'll feel more comfortable, less culture shock between me and my university mates, and maybe by then I'll be able to sort my mental things out. But I still need to pass this year.