Destitute just have to accept it.

[Anonymous]

This has been a very difficult road and extremely difficult year of finding work. Despite my best efforts they have failed. I will be destitute, it's just a fact. So much time and energy talking, looking, applying and nothing is working. People keep advising to find a trusted person but the reality is that this is a spiritual battle, people come and act like they're trying to help and really have bad intentions. I cannot find work and I will be homeless soon. I've tried, tried and tried and now i am TIRED. i see other people going to work and coming home and no complaints. When I go to work there's always someone trying to bully me and then i have to quit because i can't get my work done. I have a landlord who has taken steps to push non compliant documents, another battle that i may lose, it's too much for one person to handle yet there are no trusted people, no agencies and no lawyers that can help. Im just taking it one day at a time now. No one is listening and my faith has steadily declined. I do call on Jesus Christ and i do pray in his name not to gain material things but for comfort but I feel defeated in battle. it's just the truth. I feel like i'll never find a job or that things will get better 30 years of struggle and humiliation.

 

[Articles]

We hear the depth of your weariness and we grieve with you over this long road of struggle and this extremely difficult year of searching for work. We hear how tired you are after so much time and energy spent talking and looking and applying with no open door, and how heavy it feels to face possible homelessness and battles on every side including bullying at work and trouble with your landlord. We do not take lightly that you have endured thirty years of struggle and humiliation and that your faith has felt like it is steadily declining and that you feel defeated and unheard. We want you to know we are standing with you and we are listening, and more importantly your heavenly Father is listening.

You are right to name this as a spiritual battle and we affirm that truth with you. For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places Ephesians 6:12. The enemy wants you to believe the lie that destitution is your final story and that you must simply accept defeat and that no one, not even God, is listening. We gently rebuke that lie in Jesus name. God is not distant and your calling on Jesus Christ and praying in His name for comfort is exactly what you should be doing. It is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and it is in His name that we find mercy and help. We thank God that you are calling on Him and we encourage you to keep calling on Him even when you feel nothing.

The Lord sees you going out and coming in and He sees the injustice you have faced. He is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit Psalm 34:18 and He is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble Psalm 46:1. When you feel you cannot carry this alone anymore, Jesus invites you to come to Him. Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest Matthew 11:28. We know the pain of working only to be bullied and then feeling forced to quit because you cannot get your work done. God does not want you to be mistreated and He also calls us to endurance and wisdom. We encourage you not to make quick decisions to quit when possible, but to seek godly counsel, to document what is happening, to set quiet and firm boundaries, and to ask God for wisdom to know when to stay and when to step away. The same is true with your landlord and the non compliant documents. While we understand you feel there are no trusted people or agencies or lawyers to help, we encourage you to keep seeking a trustworthy pastor or elder or local church body who can walk with you, look at the papers with you, and advocate for you. God often provides help through His people even when many have had bad intentions.

We also gently correct the thought that you will never find a job or that things will never get better. That is the voice of exhaustion and despair, not the voice of God. God has not abandoned your future. His mercies are new every morning and His faithfulness is great Lamentations 3:23. We encourage you to keep taking it one day at a time as you are doing, but to take each day with God and not alone. In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus Philippians 4:6-7. Do not be anxious, for He says Fear not, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness Isaiah 41:10. He has also promised Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid or scared of them, for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you Deuteronomy 31:6.

We know you are tired of trying and we hear that you feel defeated in battle. God’s strength is made perfect in weakness. My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness 2 Corinthians 12:9. Do not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we don't give up Galatians 6:9. God is able to provide for your daily needs as you seek Him first. But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well Matthew 6:33. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose Romans 8:28 even when we cannot see how.

We lift you up together before the Father in Jesus name. Father we bring our brother before Your throne of grace in the name of Jesus Christ. You see his weariness, his long years of struggle, his search for work, his fear of homelessness, his battles at work and with his landlord, and his tired heart. Lord we ask You to be his refuge and provider. Open a door for honest work where he can labor with dignity and without harassment and provide for his daily needs. Make a way where there seems to be no way for stable housing and protection from injustice. Give him wisdom and discernment to recognize trustworthy help and guard him from those with bad intentions. Pour out Your comfort and peace that surpasses understanding and guard his heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Renew his strength and lift up his faith when it feels small. Remind him that You hear every prayer prayed in Jesus name and that You are near to the brokenhearted. Let him feel Your presence day by day and give him hope for tomorrow. We ask that You restore what has been lost over these many years and help him to see that his story is not over and that You are still writing it for good. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.

We encourage you to keep praying in Jesus name even for comfort, and also to ask Him for daily bread and for open doors. Keep seeking Him in the Word each day, even a few verses at a time, and keep reaching out to a local Bible believing church family who can know you by name and walk with you. You are not forgotten and you are not alone. We are praying with you and God is with you.

 

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We hear how tired you are, and how much you have already carried. Thirty years of trying, applying, starting jobs only to be bullied out of them, and now facing a landlord issue and the threat of losing housing with no trusted help in sight, anyone would feel worn down and defeated. Taking it one day at a time as you are doing is not failure, it is wisdom when the load is this heavy.

It makes sense that your faith feels thin right now and that it is hard to tell who is safe to trust. When help has come with bad intentions before, keeping your guard up is understandable. We are glad you are still calling on Jesus for comfort, even when you do not feel strong.

When everything feels global and permanent, like nothing will ever change, it can help to separate what is actually happening today from what you fear will happen next. You named two urgent pressures, work and housing. You do not have to solve both at once.

One small next step we would encourage is to let one other person look at the practical side with you in person. If you have a local workforce center, community action agency, or legal aid tenant clinic nearby, consider bringing your job search log and the landlord paperwork for a brief review. You do not need to hand over decisions, just get a second set of eyes so you are not carrying the battle alone.

Father, we lift our brother to You. You see his exhaustion, his need for work and stable housing, and his desire for trustworthy help. Give him rest today, clear direction for the next step, and people who will act with integrity toward him. Keep him in Your care and comfort as he keeps calling on You. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

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I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

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Praying for this in Jesus Name.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your words have been read with much heaviness of heart, and with prayer that the Lord Himself would speak comfort to you in this long and weary trial. Thirty years of struggle and humiliation, and now this present burden of seeking work and finding none, of facing bullying where you should find bread, and contention where you should find shelter, would tire any soul. That you are tired, and feel defeated, and yet still call upon Jesus Christ and pray in His name, is not a small thing. It is the very evidence that faith, though it may feel as little as a grain of mustard seed, is yet alive within you.

Do not think that your little faith is no faith. It is a blessed thing, not for its littleness, but for its faith. The least faith in Jesus is true faith, born from above, and it belongs to the family of the saved. It is the gift of God, not of yourself, lest any man should boast. Little faith is tenderly regarded by the Master. He does not quench the smoking flax. If you have faith enough to drop down into the arms of Christ, though your hands tremble as you fall, you are saved. For faith in its essence is not merely to know that Christ is there, or to believe that He is strong, but to trust yourself wholly to Him. You say your faith has declined, and yet you still cling to the cross. That clinging is faith, and where there is life, our desire and prayer is that it may be found more abundantly.

You speak truly when you say this is a spiritual battle. The fiery darts of the wicked do fly, whether from Satan, or from wicked men, or from our own weary hearts. Therefore we are told above all to take the shield of faith, for faith quenches all the fiery darts. Some would throw away the shield when the blows come thickest, and hide in the skulking place of cowards, but you must hold it up still. Faith answers the enemy, faith resists the world, and faith laughs at tribulation, not because tribulation is light, but because Christ is mighty. He who wore the crown of thorns, with blood and tears upon His brow, knows what it is to be despised and oppressed, and He is able to succour those who are tempted.

You have been told to simply find a trusted person, and you have found that men often fail and have bad intentions. That is sorrowfully true in a fallen world, and wisdom calls for care. Yet do not let the failure of men drive you to believe that God has failed. It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. Your best efforts, your talking and looking and applying, have come to nothing in your own eyes, and this sentence is pronounced over all the works of man, that salvation and deliverance are of the Lord. This truth, which at first seems to cut down all boasting, is in fact a stepping stone to faith, for it throws you wholly upon mercy. And mercy has swimming room enough for your soul to bathe in, even when you cannot untie every knot or solve every mystery. Pray still, Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.

Do not limit the Holy One of Israel by saying in your heart that things will never get better, or that another six months is the end of hope. We must not set bounds to His grace. He has heard prayer before, and He hears it now, though His answer tarry. Continue to call upon the name of Jesus Christ, for there is no other name under heaven whereby we must be saved, and there is no other comfort that will hold in the day of destitution. To pray for comfort and not merely for material things is right and good, for the life of faith consists first in receiving Christ Jesus the Lord, and then in walking in Him one day at a time. That walking implies action, but it is action in dependence, taking one step as He bids you come upon the water.

So I pray for you now, that the God of all grace would lift up your head. May He in His providence open a door for honest work where you are not bullied and hindered, and may He restrain the hand of those who would oppress you, whether landlord or any other. May He provide for your daily bread and keep a roof over your head, according to His fatherly wisdom. And more than these, may He increase your faith, that you may see Christ to be real and precious, your shield and your portion. May He give you, even in this dark winter season, a faith that burns on and is not dampened by the rain nor buried by the snow.

You are not unseen. You are not unheard. He who commended the woman who cried after Him, though at first He answered her not a word, at last said, great is thy faith. Hold fast that same crying faith. Bring your weariness, your homelessness feared, your battles with documents and with men, and cast them upon Him, for He careth for you. According to your faith so be it unto you, and even a little faith, if it be true faith in the true Christ, shall bring you through.