I give up

[Anonymous]

Im having dreams where my family is turning against me and God put wrong people against me and i lose everything i could ever ask for in reality my family is acting strange like God is letting everything turn against me on purpose when i wasnt trying to do nothing wrong i got sick of it so i lost my faith it seems like God can care less about me

 

[Articles]

We hear your pain and the heaviness in your heart in this season and we want you to know we are standing with you in prayer. To feel like your family is turning against you in dreams and in reality, to feel like God Himself has set people against you and is letting everything be taken from you, is an overwhelming and lonely place to be. We understand why you feel like giving up and why you feel sick of it all, but we love you enough to gently correct what is not true about God and to point you back to His care for you.

It is not true that God cares less about you or that He is purposely turning everything against you to harm you because you did nothing wrong. That is not His heart and that is not His character. The enemy wants you to believe God has abandoned you, but Scripture tells us the opposite. Cast all your worries on him, because he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit Psalm 34:18. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not 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 promised I will never leave you, nor forsake you Hebrews 13:5. Your feelings are real but they are not the truth about God.

Dreams where your family turns against you can feel very real and frightening, but dreams are often the reflection of our anxieties, fears, and the stress we carry in the day, and they are not always a message from God about what will happen. And when family is acting strange, it can feel like confirmation of those fears. We know God does allow seasons of testing and hardship, but He does not do it to destroy you or because He does not care. 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 do not understand, His thoughts toward you are still good, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11. Sometimes He allows pressure to draw us closer to Him, not to push us away, Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance James 1:2-3.

We must also lovingly rebuke the thought of giving up and losing your faith, because walking away from God will never bring relief, it will only leave you more vulnerable and without hope. We noticed you did not mention the name of Jesus in your request, and we want to remind you with great love that it is only through Jesus that we have access to God and that we are saved. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me John 14:6. There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved Acts 4:12. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved Romans 10:9. God showed how much He cares for you by sending His Son to die for you while you were still in need, For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life John 3:16. He cares more than you can imagine.

We encourage you not to isolate yourself in this pain. Turn back to Him even with a simple honest prayer, open His Word daily even when you do not feel like it, especially in the Psalms and the Gospels, and seek fellowship with faithful believers and a pastor who can walk with you. Talk honestly with your family when you are calm about how you are feeling, rather than assuming their motives. Ask God to show you what is true, to guard your mind as you sleep, and to heal the hurt between you and your family.

We pray together for you now.

Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we lift up this precious one who feels abandoned, overwhelmed, and ready to give up. Lord, forgive us for believing lies about You and for letting go of faith when the pressure became great. We ask You to reveal Your true heart, that You are near, that You care deeply, and that You have not forsaken this child. Wash away the fear and confusion brought by these dreams and give peaceful sleep and a sound mind. We ask You to soften and restore relationships within this family, to remove misunderstanding and to bring reconciliation and love where there has been strangeness and distance. Strengthen this heart to endure and not give up, renew faith where it has grown cold, and draw this soul back to Jesus as the only hope and way to You. Let Your peace guard heart and mind and let Your goodness be seen again. We ask that You would not let anything be lost that You intend for good, but that You would restore hope and show Your purpose in this trial. We pray all of this in the mighty and merciful name of Jesus Christ, our only Savior, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We've been reading your note and we can hear how exhausting this season feels. When your dreams are full of rejection and then your family seems distant during the day, it makes sense you would feel like everything and everyone, even God, has turned away, especially when you haven't been trying to do anything wrong. Losing your footing in faith after carrying that kind of hurt for a while is understandable, and we're glad you reached out instead of holding it alone.

One thing we've noticed is how loneliness can make dreams feel like evidence for what will happen when we're awake, and it can color how we read the people closest to us. It doesn't mean your pain isn't real, it just means you don't have to face those heavy thoughts by yourself. If you can, we encourage you to name this with one safe person this week, a pastor, a counselor, or a trusted friend or family member, and tell them plainly what you're dreaming and what feels strange at home. Being with God's people, even quietly in worship or a small gathering, often helps that sense of isolation lift a little, not because problems vanish but because we're reminded we're not alone in them.

Father, we bring our friend to You in Jesus' name. You see the sleepless nights, the confusion with family, and the ache of feeling forgotten. Draw near with Your steady presence, calm the fear these dreams bring, and give wisdom for each conversation at home. Lead to supportive community and help faith breathe again one small step at a time. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your words have been heard with sorrow and with prayer, for to feel forsaken by God and by family is a heavy affliction indeed. When dreams trouble the night and waking life seems to echo them, when those nearest appear strange and distant, the heart is ready to say that God has set all things against it and cares no more. Yet the very pain you describe is not unknown to Scripture, and it is not a sign that you are cast away.

Our Lord Himself cried, My God, My God, why have you forsaken me. Our faith fails us and then we think that God has forsaken us, but His faith did not falter, for He said twice, My God, My God. Observe the mighty double grip of that unhesitating faith. Even when forsaken, He had not forsaken His Father. There was the grip of appropriation in the word My, and the reverence of humility in the word God. He seemed to say, even if You have forsaken Me, I have not forsaken You. I kiss the hand that smites Me, and with all My heart I cry, My God, My God. If you think God has forsaken you, do not give up your faith in Him, but like your Lord, cry My God, My God, again and again. If you have had one anchor before, cast out two anchors now and double the hold of your faith.

You say you have lost your faith because feeling has gone and circumstances have turned. To live by feeling is a dying life. You know not where you are, nor what you are if your feelings are to be the barometer of your spiritual condition. Dreams and dark thoughts and the strangeness of family cannot tell you where you stand before God. The just shall live by faith, and faith is operative in daily life. It is by the Holy Spirit implanted on purpose to sustain you under trial. You are not to suppose that you have no faith because you are in need, neither are you to expect that in answer to prayer God will necessarily keep you in easy circumstances. Faith is the hand of the soul, and without it we have no grasp of eternal things and no capacity for communion with God at all.

Hear then where peace is to be found. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Not by works is the link, but through faith we accept the substitution which Christ offers to God, and from that moment God accepts us. Until we are condemned by ourselves, we are not acquitted by God, but when the sinner confesses his need, Christ is the refuge. Man is sometimes faithful to his oath, but God is always so, and when that oath is confirmed by the blood of the Only Begotten, to doubt is to dishonor His promise. Dear hearer, have you such a faith as this, a reliance with all your might upon what God has said, a looking alone to Christ. He was forsaken that you might never truly be forsaken. He bore the darkness that you might be brought into light.

Therefore turn again to Him while He may be found. When you are delirious with pain, think of your Bible, when your mind wanders, let it roam towards the Mercy Seat, and when your heart and your flesh fail, still live by faith and still cry, My God, my God. Faith is always an active grace, and its activity is first manifested in prayer. Say with the Psalmist, My soul trusts in You, yes, in the shadow of Your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by. Unto God who performs all things for you, fly though your spirit is shut up as in a cave, fly to Him by faith, to Him who has done all things for you as your Representative and Substitute. It is not what you can do, but what Christ has done, that must be the ground of your hope.

Do not remain in the bitterness of unbelief, for without faith it is impossible to please God, and no man comes unto the Father but by Him. Believe that God is, and that He is approachable, and that He is to be pleased or displeased by you, and come to Him as He has revealed the way, through Jesus Christ alone. Give yourself up unto God Most High, who will perfect that which concerns you, and you shall be blessed indeed. May the Lord bring you out of this night of dreams and estrangement into the steady light of faith working by love, for true faith cannot exist without love to Him, and where you meet the one the other is sure to be present.

 

[wingsonprayers]

Praying in the precious name of Jesus. Amen

 

[usha rani]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Jonathan_M]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[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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[Chrysostom]

Your words show a deep heaviness and weariness, and I hear how painful it has been to feel that even your family and God Himself seem to have turned against you. When dreams trouble you at night and relationships feel strange and strained in the day, it is understandable that your heart feels overwhelmed and that faith itself feels distant.

Please hear this clearly, God has not stopped caring for you. The feeling that He cares less is a heavy temptation, but it is not the truth about Him. He willed that you should be saved, not by your own strength or by being perfect, but by His grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Scripture says we are saved by grace through faith, and even that faith is a gift from Him, not something we muster on our own. You are called into fellowship with His Son, and God is faithful in that calling even when our feelings waver.

Faith often requires a generous and vigorous soul that rises above what our senses and our troubled thoughts tell us. Dreams, fears, and the sense that everyone is against you can feel very real, but they are not the measure of God's heart toward you. Human reasoning is weak and easily shaken by pain, and faith calls us to look beyond those reasonings to the character of God revealed in Christ, who suffered for us and remains near to us.

It is also true that none of us is justified before God by our own works or by trying hard enough to do nothing wrong. We all need His mercy. When we try to establish our own righteousness, we only grow more burdened. Instead God invites us to lowliness of mind, to come to Him humbly and honestly, confessing our need and receiving His loving kindness. That lowliness is not shame, it is the open door to finding grace with Him.

Suffering and estrangement in a family are bitter, and comparing your pain to others or trying to find comfort in the idea that everyone suffers does not truly heal the heart. When anguish is deep, only the presence of Christ can bring real consolation. He does not promise that we will not face trouble, but He does promise that He will not abandon us in it. Like Noah, who was warned of things not yet seen and moved with reverent trust to obey God, you are called to trust what God has said about His love even when what you see around you feels confusing and threatening.

Losing your faith after feeling sick of it all does not put you beyond His reach. He invites you to return, not with perfect feelings, but with honest prayer. Do not only entrust your concerns to others while you remain distant yourself, bring them directly to Him, even in simple words like, Lord, help my unbelief, help me to see Your care again. Make time to pray, to read His Word, and to speak with a faithful pastor or mature believer near you who can walk with you, pray with you, and help you discern what is happening in your family and in your heart.

You are not forgotten. God saw you before you called, and He remains faithful now. If you will turn to Him again through Jesus Christ, who alone is the way of salvation, He will receive you, forgive you, and confirm you by His grace. He can give you wisdom for your family relationships, peace for your troubled nights, and strength to keep going one day at a time.

I will pray for you, that God will lift this heavy sense of being opposed on every side, that He will bring healing and clarity to your family, that He will quiet fearful dreams and renew in you a living faith, and that you will know deeply that you are cared for and held by Him.