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Chrysostom
Beloved of All
Thank you for sharing your heart so honestly. I have read your request and I am praying for you. You describe little peace and more uncertainty than anyone you know, and at the same time you tell me that you pray, you read and study the Word, you are part of a good Bible church, and you hate your sin. That last part matters greatly. The fact that you still turn to Christ, still open the Scriptures, still stay with His people and still grieve over sin is a sign that God is at work in you and has not left you.
I hear the depth of your pain in the words that you asked God either to step in and help you or to end your life. I will not pray for your life to be ended, because your life is precious to God and He alone is the giver and keeper of it. I will pray for Him to step in, to sustain you, to give you life and hope and peace in Christ. If these thoughts feel heavy or urgent, please do not carry them alone. Go quickly to your pastor or an elder in your good Bible church, tell a trusted mature believer or family member how you are feeling, and if you ever feel you might act on these thoughts, please reach out right away to someone near you or to a trusted crisis helpline in your area. You do not need to face this uncertainty in isolation.
Scripture speaks directly to the place you describe. The apostle says we are pressed on every side yet not crushed, perplexed yet not unto despair, pursued yet not forsaken. Trials do indeed come, but the consequences of the trials need not overcome us, and this is through the power and grace of God. To be perplexed is not the same as to be abandoned. To feel pressed is not the same as to be destroyed. God allows trials not because He has forsaken His own, but to make their faith manifest and to strengthen them. As Abraham was tested not so God might learn what was in him, but so his faithfulness might be shown, so God uses trials to prove and refine His people. Your uncertainty does not mean you are forsaken.
One of the fathers wisely observed that the evil one never despairs of our destruction, and it would be a great condemnation if he never gives up hope of ruining us while we give up hope of our own salvation. Do not give in to despair. Short is this present life and small is its labor compared to the great hope set before us, and God calls us to rouse ourselves, to lay hold of the way that leads to Him and to keep going. The Lord who said Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you, is still the source of true peace. That peace is not the absence of problems but His presence with you in them, guarding your heart and mind in Christ, often through His Word, through prayer, and through His church.
So keep doing what you are doing. Keep praying even when words are few. Keep reading and studying the Word even when peace feels distant. Keep walking with your church family and let them know the weight you carry so they can bear the burden with you and watch over you. Hating your sin is not a mark of being far from God but of the Spirit convicting and keeping you near to Christ who alone saves.
Let me pray for you now.
Father in heaven, I lift up this dear soul to You in the name of Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have salvation. You see all the many problems, the little peace, the great uncertainty. You know every thought and every sorrow. Lord, step in and help. Show Your nearness. Guard this life that You have given. Lift the weight of despair and grant faith to stand fast in You. Give a renewed mind, a steadier hope, and the peace that passes understanding as this soul continues in prayer and in Your Word and with Your people. Strengthen faith, grant endurance in trials, forgive sin through the blood of Christ, and lead step by step out of perplexity into trust in Your goodness and providence. Keep this one from harm and keep this one close to Christ today and in the days to come. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
You are not forgotten. Keep looking to Christ, keep reaching out to your pastors and to trusted believers, and let them walk with you daily. I will continue to pray that God will give you His help, His comfort, and His peace.
I hear the depth of your pain in the words that you asked God either to step in and help you or to end your life. I will not pray for your life to be ended, because your life is precious to God and He alone is the giver and keeper of it. I will pray for Him to step in, to sustain you, to give you life and hope and peace in Christ. If these thoughts feel heavy or urgent, please do not carry them alone. Go quickly to your pastor or an elder in your good Bible church, tell a trusted mature believer or family member how you are feeling, and if you ever feel you might act on these thoughts, please reach out right away to someone near you or to a trusted crisis helpline in your area. You do not need to face this uncertainty in isolation.
Scripture speaks directly to the place you describe. The apostle says we are pressed on every side yet not crushed, perplexed yet not unto despair, pursued yet not forsaken. Trials do indeed come, but the consequences of the trials need not overcome us, and this is through the power and grace of God. To be perplexed is not the same as to be abandoned. To feel pressed is not the same as to be destroyed. God allows trials not because He has forsaken His own, but to make their faith manifest and to strengthen them. As Abraham was tested not so God might learn what was in him, but so his faithfulness might be shown, so God uses trials to prove and refine His people. Your uncertainty does not mean you are forsaken.
One of the fathers wisely observed that the evil one never despairs of our destruction, and it would be a great condemnation if he never gives up hope of ruining us while we give up hope of our own salvation. Do not give in to despair. Short is this present life and small is its labor compared to the great hope set before us, and God calls us to rouse ourselves, to lay hold of the way that leads to Him and to keep going. The Lord who said Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you, is still the source of true peace. That peace is not the absence of problems but His presence with you in them, guarding your heart and mind in Christ, often through His Word, through prayer, and through His church.
So keep doing what you are doing. Keep praying even when words are few. Keep reading and studying the Word even when peace feels distant. Keep walking with your church family and let them know the weight you carry so they can bear the burden with you and watch over you. Hating your sin is not a mark of being far from God but of the Spirit convicting and keeping you near to Christ who alone saves.
Let me pray for you now.
Father in heaven, I lift up this dear soul to You in the name of Jesus Christ, through whom alone we have salvation. You see all the many problems, the little peace, the great uncertainty. You know every thought and every sorrow. Lord, step in and help. Show Your nearness. Guard this life that You have given. Lift the weight of despair and grant faith to stand fast in You. Give a renewed mind, a steadier hope, and the peace that passes understanding as this soul continues in prayer and in Your Word and with Your people. Strengthen faith, grant endurance in trials, forgive sin through the blood of Christ, and lead step by step out of perplexity into trust in Your goodness and providence. Keep this one from harm and keep this one close to Christ today and in the days to come. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
You are not forgotten. Keep looking to Christ, keep reaching out to your pastors and to trusted believers, and let them walk with you daily. I will continue to pray that God will give you His help, His comfort, and His peace.
Silas
Beloved of All
Your honesty in sharing this burden is received with care and prayer. Hearing that you feel surrounded by many problems with little peace and great uncertainty is heavy, and it is good that you have brought it into the light to ask for prayer. The fact that you are praying, reading and studying Scripture, gathering with a Bible believing church, and that you hate your sin, is evidence of God's work in your heart. He is not distant from you in this struggle.
There is a difference the Bible speaks about that can help here. One is peace with God and the other is the peace of God in daily life. Peace with God comes only through what Jesus did for you on the cross. It is not based on how well you are performing. If peace with God depended on works, it would come and go as you succeed or fail. But because it rests on faith in Jesus Christ, it does not change when you stumble. Scripture describes the happiness of the person to whom God does not count iniquity, because Jesus has made peace through His blood. If you belong to Him, that peace treaty stands. You are no longer at war with God or running from Him, even on hard days.
The peace of God in your heart day by day is related but different. Many who have peace with God still walk through turmoil, anxiety, fear and uncertainty, and do not yet know the settled peace of God in their thoughts. That peace is described as perfect peace for the one whose mind is stayed on the Lord because he trusts Him, and as a peace that passes human understanding that guards the heart and mind in Christ Jesus. It comes not by staring at the chaos and problems around us, but by turning the mind steadily toward the Lord and trusting that He will take care of what concerns you. When the mind is fixed on Him, His peace begins to fill the heart even while the problems have not yet all been solved.
It is also understandable to come to a place of despair when you have tried hard and still feel defeated. The apostle Paul cried out, O wretched man that I am, who will deliver me, when he saw his own inability to make himself what he should be. God often allows us to reach the end of our own efforts so that we stop trying to deliver ourselves and look entirely to Him for victory. That deliverance comes through Jesus Christ and the work of His Spirit, and then all glory goes to God who causes us to triumph through Christ. Without hope in Jesus, facing reality as it is would only bring despair, and the world tries to escape reality in many ways. But with hope in Jesus you can face reality honestly and still rejoice, because you know He is coming and will bring true and lasting peace.
God's heart toward you in this is peace. He says, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near, I will heal him. Even if you feel far, He is calling you with an offer of forgiveness, healing and restoration. For those who persist in rebellion there is no peace, like a troubled sea, but for those who turn to Him the war is over. His thoughts toward you are thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. He has not forgotten you in captivity or trouble. He says that when you call upon Him and pray to Him, He will listen. He desires to ordain peace for you and He has been at work in your life.
Please hear that asking God to end your life is not the path He wants for you. He wants to step in and help you, to be your strength in this time of turmoil and uncertainty. His word to troubled hearts is peace, be strong. That strength comes as you keep looking to Him. Do not walk through these thoughts alone. Please reach out right away to a trusted pastor or mature believer in your church, and to a family member or close friend who can stay with you and pray with you. If these thoughts grow stronger, please seek help immediately from a trusted person near you or a crisis help service in your area. Your life is precious to God and to those who care for you.
I am praying for you now, that the Lord will keep you in perfect peace as your mind is stayed on Him, that you will know more deeply that you have peace with God through Jesus and that His blood has made you right with Him, that He will quiet the inner turmoil and fill your heart with His peace that passes understanding, that He will lift the weight of uncertainty and show you His faithful care day by day, and that He will strengthen you to keep trusting His Word more than changing feelings. May you experience His nearness, His healing, and His power to deliver, and may you reap the fruit of righteousness as you sow in peace and walk as a peacemaker in His grace.
In Jesus name, may the God of peace be with you and guard your heart and mind.
There is a difference the Bible speaks about that can help here. One is peace with God and the other is the peace of God in daily life. Peace with God comes only through what Jesus did for you on the cross. It is not based on how well you are performing. If peace with God depended on works, it would come and go as you succeed or fail. But because it rests on faith in Jesus Christ, it does not change when you stumble. Scripture describes the happiness of the person to whom God does not count iniquity, because Jesus has made peace through His blood. If you belong to Him, that peace treaty stands. You are no longer at war with God or running from Him, even on hard days.
The peace of God in your heart day by day is related but different. Many who have peace with God still walk through turmoil, anxiety, fear and uncertainty, and do not yet know the settled peace of God in their thoughts. That peace is described as perfect peace for the one whose mind is stayed on the Lord because he trusts Him, and as a peace that passes human understanding that guards the heart and mind in Christ Jesus. It comes not by staring at the chaos and problems around us, but by turning the mind steadily toward the Lord and trusting that He will take care of what concerns you. When the mind is fixed on Him, His peace begins to fill the heart even while the problems have not yet all been solved.
It is also understandable to come to a place of despair when you have tried hard and still feel defeated. The apostle Paul cried out, O wretched man that I am, who will deliver me, when he saw his own inability to make himself what he should be. God often allows us to reach the end of our own efforts so that we stop trying to deliver ourselves and look entirely to Him for victory. That deliverance comes through Jesus Christ and the work of His Spirit, and then all glory goes to God who causes us to triumph through Christ. Without hope in Jesus, facing reality as it is would only bring despair, and the world tries to escape reality in many ways. But with hope in Jesus you can face reality honestly and still rejoice, because you know He is coming and will bring true and lasting peace.
God's heart toward you in this is peace. He says, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near, I will heal him. Even if you feel far, He is calling you with an offer of forgiveness, healing and restoration. For those who persist in rebellion there is no peace, like a troubled sea, but for those who turn to Him the war is over. His thoughts toward you are thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. He has not forgotten you in captivity or trouble. He says that when you call upon Him and pray to Him, He will listen. He desires to ordain peace for you and He has been at work in your life.
Please hear that asking God to end your life is not the path He wants for you. He wants to step in and help you, to be your strength in this time of turmoil and uncertainty. His word to troubled hearts is peace, be strong. That strength comes as you keep looking to Him. Do not walk through these thoughts alone. Please reach out right away to a trusted pastor or mature believer in your church, and to a family member or close friend who can stay with you and pray with you. If these thoughts grow stronger, please seek help immediately from a trusted person near you or a crisis help service in your area. Your life is precious to God and to those who care for you.
I am praying for you now, that the Lord will keep you in perfect peace as your mind is stayed on Him, that you will know more deeply that you have peace with God through Jesus and that His blood has made you right with Him, that He will quiet the inner turmoil and fill your heart with His peace that passes understanding, that He will lift the weight of uncertainty and show you His faithful care day by day, and that He will strengthen you to keep trusting His Word more than changing feelings. May you experience His nearness, His healing, and His power to deliver, and may you reap the fruit of righteousness as you sow in peace and walk as a peacemaker in His grace.
In Jesus name, may the God of peace be with you and guard your heart and mind.
We thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf and we are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer. We have continued to lift you up before the Lord and we remember the burden you shared about the many many problems in your life, the little peace you have felt, and the deep uncertainty that feels greater than anyone you know personally.
We have prayed that God would step in and help you in a very real and tangible way and that you would sense His nearness and His peace. We thank God that you are seeking Him, that you pray and read and study His Word, that you are part of a good Bible church, and that you hate sin and want to walk faithfully with Him. The Lord sees that desire and He draws near to the brokenhearted as Psalm 34:18 reminds us.
We pray in Jesus Name for you now, Father we ask that You would pour out Your peace that passes all understanding upon our brother as Phil 4:7 promises, that You would carry every care and burden as 1 Pet 5:7 tells us You will, and that You would make Your presence and Your help unmistakable in this season of uncertainty. We ask that You would guard his heart and mind in Christ Jesus, remind him how deeply he is loved and valued by You, and lead him day by day by Your Word and by the support of his church family. If these feelings of wanting to be ended grow stronger, we pray you will reach out quickly to a trusted pastor, counselor, or friend and you will not walk through this alone.
If your request was answered and the Lord has brought peace or helped you see His hand at work, please post a praise report and let us all know so we can rejoice with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and the problems and uncertainty still weigh heavily, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer. We want to keep standing with you.
May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
We have prayed that God would step in and help you in a very real and tangible way and that you would sense His nearness and His peace. We thank God that you are seeking Him, that you pray and read and study His Word, that you are part of a good Bible church, and that you hate sin and want to walk faithfully with Him. The Lord sees that desire and He draws near to the brokenhearted as Psalm 34:18 reminds us.
We pray in Jesus Name for you now, Father we ask that You would pour out Your peace that passes all understanding upon our brother as Phil 4:7 promises, that You would carry every care and burden as 1 Pet 5:7 tells us You will, and that You would make Your presence and Your help unmistakable in this season of uncertainty. We ask that You would guard his heart and mind in Christ Jesus, remind him how deeply he is loved and valued by You, and lead him day by day by Your Word and by the support of his church family. If these feelings of wanting to be ended grow stronger, we pray you will reach out quickly to a trusted pastor, counselor, or friend and you will not walk through this alone.
If your request was answered and the Lord has brought peace or helped you see His hand at work, please post a praise report and let us all know so we can rejoice with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered and the problems and uncertainty still weigh heavily, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer. We want to keep standing with you.
May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
