• The General Mental Health Forum is now a Read Only Forum. As we had two large areas making it difficult for many to find, we decided to combine the Mental Health & the Recovery sections of the forum into Mental Health & Recovery as a whole. Physical Health still remains as it's own area within the entire Recovery area.

    If you are having struggles, need support in a particular area that you aren't finding a specific recovery area forum, you may find the General Struggles forum a great place to post. Any any that is related to emotions, self-esteem, insomnia, anger, relationship dynamics due to mental health and recovery and other issues that don't fit better in another forum would be examples of topics that might go there.

    If you have spiritual issues related to a mental health and recovery issue, please use the Recovery Related Spiritual Advice forum. This forum is designed to be like Christian Advice, only for recovery type of issues. Recovery being like a family in many ways, allows us to support one another together. May you be blessed today and each day.

    Kristen.NewCreation and FreeinChrist

  • Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

When Nothing Seems To Work

L

LoverOfGod

Guest
There are many people who are trying to please God, trying to work for the Kingdom, attempting to get out of what they are going through. Everything seems to be going wrong and they are asking themselves: “Why is God angry with me?” They are attending church. They are praying and praising God. They are contributing to the Kingdom in one way or another. Yet, their lives are not improving and seem to be getting worse. Many are getting angry at God. Some will even eventually start to turn away from God. They are asking: “Why is God ignoring my prayers?”

There could be several reasons for this. Perhaps God is putting you though a trial in order to bless you. Perhaps, even though you seem to be doing all of the right things, you are carnal in nature and God is trying to get your attention. Perhaps you have not given yourself to God and he is waiting for you to do so. Perhaps you are proud or arrogant and God is looking to humble you. Perhaps you are repeating a sin that you should stop doing. Perhaps you have unrepentant sin in the past. Perhaps you are asking for favor from God without loving Him. Perhaps you are not forgiving someone for wrongs they have done to you or someone close to you.

If you are one of those people, and your life is rapidly going downhill, you can stop and change direction right now. Say this prayer, believe all of it in your heart and commit to carrying out any and all corrective action to make things right with God.

Most Heavenly Father, I offer my entire being to you for your Holy use. Not part of me, but ALL of me. I trust you and place myself in your hands. I have complete faith in your ability and desire to meet my every need. I commit my love to you and place your needs above mine. My desire is to become more like you, so please fill me with Your Spirit so that I can hear your spiritual voice. Please give me a clean new heart and help me to remove all negative baggage from my life. I confess that I may have past unrepentant sin but am unable to remember what those sins may be. Please forgive me for those sins that I may start over today. Please soften my heart that I may forgive those who have done me wrong. Please help me to remove any character defects that I may have so that I may become meek and humble like you. I believe you are more than a God. You are a God who is filled with goodness, love, kindness and mercy. I commit to make my purpose in life to be a blessing to you at all times in all ways. Lord, from this day forward, I am yours completely. I am now your loving child. I pray this in The Name of Jesus, To The Father, Amen!