Jesus Christ please help me

[Eldiormaraurian]

Dear God please help me get to sleep with out having any dreams or nightmares after waking up and drinking alcohol again. Please help me change before it's to late. Please help me at work tomorrow morning and to be a better person and a better husband and a better dad to our adult kid's and a better worker. I'm sorry for being an alcoholic again but it's kind of hard to not want to just lay in my bed and drink alcohol and stare out of the window and pretend that it's going to be ok.

 

[Articles]

We hear your honest cry and we join with you before the throne of grace in Jesus' name, thanking God that you have turned to Him and called upon Jesus Christ for help, for there is hope and forgiveness and power to change in Him alone.

We want to gently but firmly address what you have confessed, because we love you and want to see you walk in freedom. The Word says in Ephesians 5:18 Do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, and in Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise. Drunkenness is not just a struggle or a sickness, it is sin that separates us from God's best and it will destroy your health, your marriage, your witness as a father, and your work if it is not repented of and forsaken. 1 Corinthians 6:10 warns that drunkards will not inherit God's Kingdom unless they repent, but the good news is in 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. You are not too far gone and it is not too late while you have breath, now is the time to turn fully away from alcohol. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Behold, now is the accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

We understand the temptation to just lay in bed and drink and stare out the window and pretend it will be okay, but pretending keeps you in bondage. God calls us to wake up, to be sober minded, and to walk in the light. 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Alcohol will not give you true rest, it steals your sleep and brings troubled dreams and nightmares, and it robs you of peace. God promises true rest when we trust Him. Psalm 4:8 In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. And Philippians 4:6-7 says 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.

We also rejoice that you desire to be a better husband and a better dad to your adult kids and a better worker. That is God's will for you. Marriage is a holy covenant and God wants you to love your wife as Christ loved the church and to be an example of faithfulness and sobriety to your children, even though they are grown. And in your work, God calls you to diligence. Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men. You cannot be the husband, father, and worker God created you to be while you are giving yourself to alcohol.

So we pray together for you now.

Father in heaven, we lift up this dear brother to You in the name of Jesus Christ. We thank You that he has come to You in humility and confessed that he has fallen back into drunkenness and needs help. Lord, forgive him as he confesses his sin to You, cleanse him and deliver him. Break the chains of alcohol in his life by the power of the Holy Spirit. Give him a hatred for what You hate and a hunger for righteousness. Take away the craving and the desire to hide in bed with a bottle and fill him instead with Your Spirit, with purpose and hope. Lord, we ask for Your mercy over his sleep tonight and every night. Quiet his mind, calm his anxious thoughts, remove nightmares and let him lie down in peace and sleep in safety under Your watch. Restore his body from the effects of alcohol. Help him tomorrow morning at work, give him clarity, strength, honesty, and a good testimony. Help him to be the husband You have called him to be, faithful, loving, sober, and present, and help him to be a godly father to his adult children, that they may see Christ in him and be drawn to You. Surround him with accountability, help him to confess to his wife and to a trusted pastor or godly brother as James 5:16 calls us to confess our sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed, and help him to remove all alcohol from his reach and to seek help from Your people and if needed from counselors who honor You. Show him that 1 Corinthians 10:13 is true, that No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. Make that way of escape clear to him, Lord, and give him the courage to take it. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ, our only hope, amen.

We encourage you, brother, to act today on this prayer. Do not wait. Pour out any alcohol in your home, tell your wife and a pastor honestly what you have shared here, and ask them to hold you accountable daily. Spend time in the Word each morning before work, even a few verses, and pray instead of drinking when the craving comes. If you fall, confess quickly and get back up, for Proverbs 24:16 says a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again. God is able to make you a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. Keep seeking Jesus, not the bottle, and trust that He will make you the man, husband, father, and worker He created you to be.

 

[hostadmin]

We are so glad you reached out so honestly. It takes real courage to say out loud that you are struggling again with alcohol, that sleep is broken by dreams, and that you feel stuck staring out the window wondering if things will be okay. Wanting to change, to show up better at work tomorrow and to be a better husband and dad, is a good and sincere desire and we hear how much you want that.

We know how heavy it can feel when drinking seems like the only way to escape worry or get through the night, and then leaves you feeling more ashamed and tired the next day. You are not alone in that battle, and you don’t have to face tomorrow on your own strength.

One steady next step that can help is to bring another person into this with you soon. If you have a trusted pastor, counselor, or a recovery support group, consider reaching out to them this week, and we also encourage you to talk with your doctor about both the alcohol use and the trouble sleeping, alongside prayer, so you can get caring, practical support for your body and mind.

We are praying for you and will keep praying.

Father, we lift our brother to You in Jesus’ name. You see his honest heart, his sorrow, and his desire to change. Give him rest tonight without fear, strength for work tomorrow, and clear help and wisdom for each step ahead. Surround him with safe people who will walk with him, and draw him and his family close to Your grace and healing. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your cry has come before the Lord and it is good that you have not hidden your sin nor pretended before Him. You have spoken plainly that you have turned again to drink, that sleep is broken with dreams and terrors, that you are weary of lying in bed staring out of the window and pretending that all will be well while the poison still reigns. God is not mocked and He abhors a superficial repentance, yet He is ever faithful to the poor soul that comes to Him in truth.

Hear then what the Scripture teaches concerning true repentance. There is a repentance which is the outcome of nature under terror and not the fruit of Divine Grace. It is flesh repenting and flesh still tending to corruption. A man may be sorry because his sleep is broken and his work is hindered and his conscience is stung, and yet return to his sin as the dog returns to his vomit. That wretched work gives no glory to God and leads to no lasting deliverance. Do not rest in such a repentance.

True repentance is a hatred of sin as sin, because there is a deadly poison in its sweetness. It turns from sin with purpose of heart, not merely to escape its consequences but because it slew Christ and offends a loving Father. And this repentance is never alone. He cometh from the wilderness with two love notes, repentance and faith, and they are inseparable. The repentance which ejects sin as an evil tenant and the faith which admits Christ to be the sole master of the heart must go together. Repentance purges the soul from dead works and faith fills it with living works. One pulls down and the other builds up. Have you a repentance that leads you to look out of self to Christ and to Christ only. To weep over sin not as one who keeps away from his father, but as a penitent child who lays his head in his father's bosom and sobs out his grief there because he has offended such a loving father who is so ready to forgive him. This is evangelical repentance, and with it goes remission of sins preached in His name.

And blessed be God, that remission is without money and without price. You have nothing to bring in your pocket and nothing to bring in your heart to buy it, and you need nothing. The blessings of Divine Grace must be given without money and without price for we have no price to pay, and glory be to God they are so given. Come ye thirsty, come and welcome, God's free bounty glorify, true belief and true repentance, every grace that brings us nigh, without money come to Jesus Christ and buy. He bore sin in His own body up to the tree and away from the tree, and for all who truly trust Him there is no condemnation forever. You need not pretend that it will be well while you remain in your sin. It will be well only as you are washed thoroughly from iniquity and cleansed from sin by His blood.

You ask for sleep. Know that sleep is the gift of God. We think we lay our heads upon our pillows and therefore we necessarily sleep, but it is not so. You may close your eyes and still see terrors, and have things in your head and brain which will not let you sleep. Drink gives a counterfeit slumber and then wakes you with noisome dreams. But He giveth His beloved sleep. That is a quiet, secure rest given to those who bend the knee and tell the Father all and then come down from their chamber to live above cares and tribulations. Seek that sleep from His hand and not from the bottle. And while you seek rest at night, hear also the word, let us not sleep as do others. Do not sleep away your life under stupor and carelessness as one who has heard the word till he is preached into a deeper sleep. Be watchful and sober.

You desire to be a better husband and a better father to your adult children and a better worker in the morning. This is right and good, for every man has a stewardship to fulfill. You are made one of the Lord's stewards in your house and in your labour, and it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. When a man begins to call what is his Master's his own, he gets into a muddle and cannot distinguish accounts. Your strength, your time, your home, your work, these are not your own to waste with strong drink. They are His to be used faithfully. The promise to the faithful steward is not a crown of gold only but the Master's own lips saying, Well done, good and faithful servant. Ask Him to make you faithful there where He has placed you.

There is a Friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Poor and mean and distressed as you may be, He has never abhorred the prayer of the afflicted nor turned aside from doing good. He knew beforehand all your falls and yet His love does not swerve. A purchased friend will fail when gifts fail, but His love endures ever faithful, ever sure.

So come now without excuse and without price. Confess your sin plainly to God, hate it and forsake it in His strength, and look to Jesus Christ alone to save you and to keep you. Repentance is not a work of an hour but the daily and hourly duty of a man who believes in Christ, and as you walk by faith your right hand companion all the journey must be repentance. Seek the fellowship of faithful men in the church who will watch over you and hold you accountable, and if the body is in bondage to drink seek also help from those who can care for you in that trial, and bring all under the lordship of Christ.

We pray for you now.

O Lord God, have mercy upon this thy servant who confesses that he has again taken the cup and is ensnared. Thou seest his broken sleep and his night terrors, his sorrow for his sin and his weakness to stand. Wash him thoroughly from his iniquity and cleanse him from his sin. Give him that repentance which hates sin as sin and that faith which looks to Christ only. Grant him remission of sins through the blood of Jesus shed upon the tree. Give to Thy beloved sleep, quiet and holy rest, and keep his mind from fear in the night. Strengthen him for his work in the morning, make him a faithful steward in his house as husband and father and in his labour as a worker, that he may walk soberly and righteously before Thee. Keep him from returning to his vomit and from a repentance that perishes in despair, and bring him to be touched with a sense of Thy love and grace wherein there is hope. For Jesus Christ's sake, Amen.

 

[usha rani]

Praying in Jesus Name.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying for this in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

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