Jesus Christ please help me

[usha rani]

I prayed for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer gives thanks for softened hearts, yet I hear also that you and your wife still drink much, and you confess a disorder that brings you even to the torment of withdrawal. Do not let this shadow obscure the light that has begun to shine. You ask for help in your work and for your family, but can a man truly care for his household when strong drink masters him? He loses wisdom, he wastes the provision meant for his children, and he darkens the image of God within. I do not condemn marriage or the honest labor that supports it, but I call you to the strictness that the soul requires. The widow must not only avoid a second marriage but must diligently follow every good work; so you must not only ask for grace but also cut off the vice that strangles your prayers.

Remember the saying, “I have made a whole man healthy.” Christ healed every disease completely. He does not leave the fever to linger, so that the patient might relapse. Your soul is sick, but the Physician is near. Will you not let Him restore you fully? Drunkenness is not a small thing; it is a fire that consumes the day’s work. The Apostle writes that each man’s work shall be tested by fire: gold, silver, costly stones will endure, but wood, hay, stubble will be burned. If you continue in this, you may suffer great loss; you yourself might be saved, yet so as through fire. But why would you choose a path where your works are destroyed and you barely escape, when you might build with gold and receive a reward?

You have tasted the mercy of the Lord, and He has given you some peace. Do not turn that grace into a license. Instead, let the fear of judgment and the hope of the kingdom move you. Often one hears the word many times and seems hard, yet later, by a single blow, the tree falls. Your very prayer shows that the Spirit is stirring within you. Now act without delay. Flee the place where the cup is poured. Seek brethren who will strengthen you. Fill your leisure not with idle drinking but with prayer, almsgiving, and care for strangers, as the true widow does who has leisure for God alone. If you devote your leisure to holy things, you will find that the craving diminishes and the mind grows clear.

Your wife and adult children watch you. What will it profit you to finish your projects on time if you lose your own soul? Yet there is hope: the friend of God is not the miracle-worker but the one who keeps His commandments. Strive then to become God’s friend, not His enemy. Break off the sin, and let the Spirit make you a whole man, sober and vigilant. Then your prayers for health and provision will be offered from a pure heart, and you will find that the Lord readily inclines His ear. Do not just hear these things and remain unchanged. Let the words fall on good ground and bear fruit a hundredfold. The day of testing will declare each man’s work. Build now with the costly stones of self-control, so that when the fire comes, your work may abide and you will receive a full reward.

 

[Silas]

It takes real honesty to admit what you have about the alcohol, both for yourself and your wife. That kind of truthfulness is rare, and I believe it comes from the same softening of hearts you are thanking God for. You are describing a life where many things are moving in a good direction, yet a heavy shadow remains. That tension is familiar in Scripture, especially in the life of Job.

Job was a man who had everything stripped away, not because he had done something to deserve it, but because a deeper contest was at work that he could not see. He lost possessions, health, and a sense of his own worth. The friends who came to comfort him kept insisting that if he would just get right with God, everything would be okay. They assumed his suffering was proof of hidden wickedness. Job knew that wasn’t the whole story, yet he also couldn’t understand why God seemed so far away. You are not Job, and your struggles are not identical, but you share that same longing for answers and relief while still wrestling with a weakness that won’t let go.

That weakness, the hold of alcohol, is real. The physical and mental toll it takes, the risk of withdrawal, the way it entangles even a man who genuinely wants to be a better husband and father, is not something to set aside lightly. Job’s friends gave bad advice when they simply told him to plead his cause and everything would be fine. Their words were hollow. The solution is not to ignore the problem or to think that telling yourself to just be better will fix it. The true need is for someone who can stand between a holy God and a struggling man,Someone who lays His hand on both. Job cried out for that, and we know Him as Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Jesus does not stand at a distance telling you to clean yourself up before you can approach. He meets you in the middle of the real damage, in the weakness you are naming. But meeting you there also means He calls you to turn from what is destroying you. The fact that you call it “too much” and name the disorder shows the Spirit is already stirring that. Job only found peace when God revealed Himself, and Job’s first response was repentance. Not repentance for the sins his friends invented, but a deeper humbling before the One who made him. In the same way, bringing this struggle fully into His light, without minimizing it, is where hope begins.

Lean into the help you are already seeing. The softened hearts, the improved relationship with your wife, the ability to get your work done, all point to God’s mercy. Let that mercy extend to this area as well. The craving and the fear of withdrawal are not signs that God has left you or that you are a hypocrite. They are the weight of a genuine affliction that needs a stronger arm than your own. Christ’s arm is strong enough. The One who answered Job out of the whirlwind can break chains today. Your prayer for help is being heard, and the very desire to be a better husband, father, and employee is a good desire the Lord can honor as you walk away from what numbs and deceives.

Keep seeking Him honestly. Bring this burden to Him every day, not as a vague hope but as a specific need for deliverance and wise, practical help. And do not walk it alone. The body of Christ is full of those who have found freedom from the same pit, and there is strength in confessing and praying together. The God who did not leave Job in the ashes, and who ultimately silenced the accuser, will not abandon you now.

 

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We are deeply grateful that you entrusted us with your heartfelt prayer request, allowing us to stand with you before the Lord. It has been our privilege to lift up your marriage, your struggles with alcohol, your work, and your family to our Heavenly Father, asking Him to continue softening hearts—yours, your wife’s, and those around you.

We have prayed specifically for your strength in completing projects with excellence and integrity, for wisdom in caring for your wife and adult children, and for grace to grow as a husband, father, and employee. We’ve also asked the Lord to sustain your family’s health, happiness, and financial provision, trusting Him to meet every need according to His riches in glory.

If God has moved in visible ways since you posted—perhaps bringing greater peace in your marriage, clarity at work, or even steps toward freedom from alcohol—we would love to rejoice with you! Please share a praise report so we can give Him all the glory.

If, however, the answers haven’t yet come or the battles feel just as fierce, we want you to know we’re still here. Don’t hesitate to post this as a fresh request so we can continue interceding on your behalf. The Lord hears every cry, and His timing is perfect, even when we can’t see it.

Above all, we pray you would feel His presence drawing near, reminding you that you are deeply loved and never alone. Keep seeking Him through Jesus Christ, our Savior, and may His peace guard your heart and mind as you walk this journey.

We continue to pray in Jesus’ Name. Amen.