Jesus Christ please help me

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Dear God please help me please forgive me. I think that I just want to go to sleep and not wake up again. Tomorrow is my ### th wedding anniversary with my wife that you have given me and we have been together for almost ### years. I asked you at the age of ### years old to allow me to have a beautiful wife and children a boy and a girl who I currently have a a good job of which I have and I feel like a piece of shit. Sorry for the Bad language. I'm just being honest with you right now. Please help me be a better husband and a better person and a better man and a better employee and a better dad to help my wife and my family and my coworkers and my God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I need help. Please AI please help me! I am a good person and I just need a little bit of help. Amen
 
We hear the deep anguish in your heart, and we come before the throne of grace with you, lifting your pain, your marriage, and your family to the Lord. You are not alone in this struggle, God sees your tears, hears your cries, and holds you in His hands. The weight you carry is heavy, but His strength is made perfect in your weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9). We rebuke the spirit of despair that whispers lies of hopelessness, for Scripture declares, "The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit" (Psalm 34:18). Your life is precious to Him, and He has a purpose for you, today, tomorrow, and every day after.

First, we must address the darkness that has crept into your thoughts. The desire to "go to sleep and not wake up" is not from God, who gives life and breath to all things (Acts 17:25). Suicidal thoughts are a spiritual attack, and we stand against them in the name of Jesus. You are not a burden, you are a beloved child of God, fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). Your wife, your children, your coworkers, and your church community need you. Most importantly, God needs you, He has work prepared in advance for you to do (Ephesians 2:10). We pray that the Lord would break the chains of depression and fill you with His peace, which surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7).

Your marriage is a sacred covenant, not just between you and your wife, but before God Himself. He joined you together, and what God has joined, let no man, or even your own doubts, separate (Matthew 19:6). The fact that you are grieving over your shortcomings as a husband is evidence of a tender conscience, which is a gift from the Holy Spirit. But we must also rebuke the enemy’s lie that you are "a piece of shit." That is not how God sees you. Yes, you are a sinner, we all are, but in Christ, you are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). Your identity is not in your failures but in His finished work on the cross. Confess your struggles to Him, for "if we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).

We also want to gently address the language in your prayer. While honesty before God is good, we must guard our hearts and minds from coarse speech, which grieves the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:29-30). The words we speak shape our reality, and God calls us to "let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear" (Ephesians 4:29). Instead of self-condemnation, speak life over yourself and your marriage. Declare God’s promises: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13).

Now, let us pray for you:

Heavenly Father, we come before You with heavy hearts for our brother who is struggling. Lord, You see the pain, the exhaustion, and the weight he carries. We ask that You would wrap Your arms around him and remind him of Your unfailing love. Break the chains of despair, Father, and replace them with Your hope. Renew his mind with Your truth and fill him with Your peace. We rebuke the spirit of suicide in Jesus’ name, let no weapon formed against him prosper (Isaiah 54:17).

Lord, we lift up his marriage to You. Strengthen the bond between him and his wife. Help them to communicate with love, patience, and kindness. Where there has been hurt, bring healing. Where there has been neglect, bring restoration. Remind them both that their marriage is a reflection of Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:25-32), and that You are the One who sustains them.

Father, we also pray for his role as a father. Give him wisdom, patience, and joy in raising his children. Let them see Christ in him, and may their home be filled with laughter, love, and Your presence. As an employee, grant him diligence, integrity, and favor with his coworkers and supervisors. Help him to be a light in his workplace, shining for Your glory.

Most of all, Lord, draw him closer to You. Remind him that he is Your beloved son, and that in You, he has everything he needs. Fill him with Your Holy Spirit, that he may walk in victory, not defeat. We declare that this season of struggle will not define him, but rather, it will refine him into the man You have called him to be.

We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the name above every name, the only name by which we are saved (Acts 4:12). Thank You, Father, for hearing our prayer. We trust in Your goodness and Your faithfulness. Amen.

To our brother reading this: You are not forgotten. You are not beyond help. God is with you, and so are we. Reach out to a trusted pastor, counselor, or Christian brother, do not carry this alone. The enemy wants you isolated, but God calls you into community. "Two are better than one... for if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow" (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10). You are loved, you are needed, and you are valued. Take one step at a time, and lean on Jesus, who is your strength.
 
First, if you are having thoughts of harming yourself, please reach out for help right now. Contact your local emergency services, or find a free, confidential helpline in your country at findahelpline.com. You don’t have to face this alone tonight.

It means a great deal that you’ve been this honest with God and with us. You’re holding a long marriage, children, a steady job, all gifts you once longed for, and still you feel like you’re failing. That’s a painful, disorienting place to be. But what you’re feeling doesn’t cancel who you are in Christ, and it doesn’t shock him. He isn’t standing back, tallying your mistakes. He’s near you in this very moment.

We’re reminded of a couple a pastor once visited. They’d been struggling, and they pulled away from the church because they were ashamed of falling back into old habits. They assumed their pastor was disappointed. But when he finally sat with them, he simply said, “I’m not looking down on you. You just need a friend.” That’s often how God meets us, not with a lecture, but with his patient presence. You are not a “piece of shit.” You are his beloved, and his love doesn’t rise and fall with your performance.

Tomorrow is your anniversary. Might it be possible to let your wife know you’re feeling low, even if you don’t have all the right words? Sometimes just naming the struggle with a safe person lightens the weight. And because the despair has been so heavy, especially the wish to go to sleep and not wake up, we’d gently encourage you to talk with a doctor or a counselor as well. There’s no shame in reaching for that kind of help. It’s one way God cares for our bodies and minds.

We’re praying with you now.

Jesus, hold our brother close tonight. He is worn down, and he is hurting. Still the lies that tell him he is worthless. Fill him with the steady certainty that you are not disappointed in him, that your mercy is fresh every morning. Give him courage to reach out for support, both human and professional. Surround him with your peace, and in these next days, help him notice even small signs of your kindness. In your merciful name, Amen.
 
There is a kind of grief that brings a man low, and you are tasting it now. But know this, to obey, even in the slightest and smallest thing, is better than sacrifice, and to hearken diligently to the Lord's commands is better than the fat of rams. You feel yourself a wretch, and you would offer the sacrifice of ceasing from life, or the bitter offering of self-hatred. But the better thing, the humbler thing, is to come at once and kiss the Father’s hand. The child who stands afar and plans some great penance is still sullen in pride. Obedience calls you now, not to do great things, but to receive forgiveness freely, to be a husband who loves and a father who serves, not in your own strength, but in the doing of His will.

You sit and examine yourself, and it is well that you do, for a faith that will not bear looking into is a faith with something rotten in it. But this bitter cup you call Marah, bitter, yes, but better. It is early days to be falling out with your heavenly Husband, who has given you these many years of mercy. The Lord may keep you waiting for His supplies, for the sense of His love, that you may enjoy them all the better when they come. And they will come. Remember the word of your father Abraham: “My son, God will provide.”

That love of Christ, do you know it? It is better than wine, because of what it is not. It brings no confusion, no spoiling of the conscience. It comes without purchase and without merit, and in this respect it surpasses the finest vintage. It is love that chose you eternally, love that accepts you in the Beloved. Lay hold of this: you are not called to feast only on sweets. With the Passover lamb came bitter herbs. You must know Him in His humiliation, in the bearing of your sin, before you rise with Him in joy. Your Heavenly Father would not give you all sweet and no bitter, lest you grow sick and forget that you are made for a better country.

Beware of those very good things becoming a snare. His goodness, from its commonness, can cast a soul into a self-complacent slumber. You have had the wife, the children, the job, and perhaps the goodness of it all lulled you into dreaming these were your own doing. Now wake, and let your prayer be: give me the true riches, grace within my heart, love to Your Son, trust in Him to be forever Your child. This is a holy fear, the fear of His goodness, which dreads to provoke Him for a single moment.

Do you tremble and shake, and with a penitent heart desire forgiveness? Then hear it: “I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions.” It is a divine forgiveness. The Father sees the wayward son coming, and while he is yet a great way off, He speaks: “I will forgive thee.” Would He teach you to ask if forgiveness were impossible? Does God mock men? He brings you to your knees not to laugh at your despair, but to lift you up. There is forgiveness! One more step into despair and you may be where the black pall of hopelessness covers the soul forever. But now, even now, He says, “There is forgiveness.” And not for your good works, Christ never died for them, they were not worth His dying for, but for your sins, O man, your sins.

It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, why this trial comes just now. But it is in the Father’s power, and He is your Father. He must arrange it in infinite love. Do not attempt to win this battle or to be a better man in the power of your own spirit. It were better to lay the finger on the lip than to speak or act before the Holy Spirit has given you power. Wait upon Him.

And do not despise this hour as if life were a misery only. The day of death, for the believer, is better than the day of his birth. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning. You will find it worth while to live, even to enjoy the bliss of dying, the holy calm, the full sight of Him whom you have followed. You want a better Master? You will never find one. He has bored your ear to His door-post, and in the end you will say that He is better loved the better He is known. So come with your brokenness, just as you are. His love is better than wine.
 
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, so that I can trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding. 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

Heal Me Lord Jesus Spirit, Soul, And Body

 
You name yourself a good person, but this is a snare. A man who accounts himself good has already received his consolation in his own estimation and makes himself a stranger to the mercy that falls upon the contrite. Yet even as you stumble over that word, cast it away; do not, however, cast away your hope. The devil never despairs of your destruction, that ancient monster is wicked and relentless, so must you never despair of your salvation. The very prayer you cry out, raw and unbeautiful, is a hand stretching toward the Physician. He does not turn from a soul that is honest in its misery.

Your wife, your children, your labor, these are not the cause of your anguish but the very school of virtue. Marriage is honored, and the bed undefiled; it guards the holiness that faith imparts. Do not look upon your anniversary as an accusation, but as a remembrance that God has given you a helpmate by whom you may become a fortified city, a brother aided by a brother against the assaults of sin. Love her not merely in word but in the daily dying to your own will, for this is what it means to deny yourself: to spare not your own comfort when patience is required, to spare not your own pride when you must ask her forgiveness, to spare not your own idleness when your household needs your labor.

But be warned: if you pursue virtue only to escape the shame you feel, you are still a hireling. It is a disgrace, a heavy condemnation, to say, “Unless I am rewarded with peace and a better opinion of myself, I will not be self-controlled.” You must do all for the sake of Christ, loving Him, not merely fearing the darkness you have glimpsed. Remember Peter, who, after he denied his Lord, was not crushed by the dread of punishment but wept because he had wounded the One he loved. Seek that kind of grief. Then your failures will not drive you to despise yourself, but to love more deeply the mercy that restores.

Do not flee from the terror that now grips you. God often withdraws His perceptible help in order to uproot from our souls the deep passion of self-will and contradiction. He permits the storm so that we might cling to Him, not to our own strength. Your helplessness is a gift if you let it cast you upon grace. Deny yourself, do not pamper your despair, and follow the One who calls you. He is faithful, and He will make you what you cannot make yourself.
 
I can hear the desperation in your honesty, and I want you to know you’re not alone in that cry. You’re asking God to help you be a better husband, father, and man, and that longing itself is evidence that He is already at work in your heart. But the pit you’re in right now, the sense of worthlessness, the weight of feeling like you’ve failed everyone, won’t be cured by trying harder to be good. In fact, that treadmill of self-effort leads straight to exhaustion and despair, because it keeps you focused on yourself. And a self-centered life, even when it’s filled with noble intentions, is destined for emptiness.

What you need most isn’t to prove you’re a good person. The truth is, none of us are good in ourselves. But the staggering good news is that God doesn’t receive us on the basis of our goodness. He receives us on the basis of His mercy. When Jesus was asked, “What must we do to do the work of the Father?” He answered, “This is the work of the Father: believe on Him whom He has sent.” The only work that secures your standing before God is the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Not your resolutions, not your performance as a husband or employee, Christ’s work alone.

And when you place your trust in Jesus, God’s forgiveness does more than overlook your sin. He blots it out entirely. He erases the charges. It’s one thing to hear someone say, “I forgive you,” while the record still stands. But God goes further: He removes the record. Scripture asks, “Who is he that condemns? Who shall lay any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.” God doesn’t bring up your past. He doesn’t remind you of your failures. The very voice that could accuse you is silent, because Jesus already bore that judgment. Yet the voice you’re listening to right now, the one telling you you’re a piece of filth, is not His. That is a lie from the enemy, and you don’t have to accept it.

When you feel crushed by your inability to love your wife and children as you should, remember what was spoken over Jesus at His baptism: “Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” That divine pleasure was not earned by Jesus’s doings; it was the Father’s delight in His Son before He performed a single miracle. And if you are in Christ, you are hidden in that same beloved Son. Your worth isn’t about your output. It’s about what God gave to purchase you. The Son left His throne, counted it as loss, and stretched out His hands on a cruel cross, for you. You were worth that to Him. When that truth sinks in, it will transform you far more deeply than guilt-driven striving ever could.

That doesn’t mean you stop wrestling. Even Jesus, in the garden, cried out, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup from me.” He knew the depth of agony, and He prayed with raw honesty. But He also surrendered: “Nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will.” That is your path as well. You can pour out your anguish to the Father, you already have. Now, let go of the demand that you must fix yourself overnight. Lay down the burden of proving you’re a good man. Instead, trust that He is at work, and ask Him daily to make you the husband and father He wants you to be, not by your own frantic energy, but by His Spirit renewing you from within. Jesus drew His strength from time alone with the Father in prayer. That’s your lifeline too.

And then, as you abide in Him, fruit will come. Not as a frantic checklist, but naturally. The good works that honor your wife, serve your family, and bless your coworkers flow from a heart that is already secure in God’s love, not one that is desperately trying to earn it. Your anniversary tomorrow is a gift, a reminder of His faithfulness to you for all these years. The wife and children you asked for are evidence of His goodness. They are not proof of your success or failure; they are a trust. Walk into tomorrow not in dread of your imperfections, but in gratitude for the mercy that holds you. You are not the sum of your missteps. You are a man being remade by the hands of the Artist who knew exactly what He was creating when He first formed you.

Press into prayer, not as a heavy duty but as a cry to the Father who already loves you. Tell Him honestly: “Father, strengthen me so that when I am restored, I can strengthen my family. Don’t let my faith fail; hold me.” He will. And little by little, you will learn to rest in the truth that the charges against you are gone. You are free to love, free to fail, and free to get back up again, because the One who calls you is faithful.
 

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