In My Hour of Need

[Furious_Love]

I just want to say I love coming here to Talk Jesus, it is normally a daily visit for me. It is well moderated with such loving and caring Christians.

So I come here to my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ for your help. I am in need of prayer and support greatly.

My son who is 19 made the comment the other day you used to be funny dad. What happened?

I have lamented over those words. He spoke the truth.

I have come to the conclusion I have lost my joy in the Lord, what once was, is no more. I miss Jesus so much my heart aches and I shed tears for what I have lost. I am not the man I used to be. How can I express joy in the Lord to others if I have it not myself.

I have drawn mainly on my family for support and my wife whom I feel is becoming drained by me being so needy. We used to rely on each other and share each other’s burdens. It has become one sided now.

Can God keep me in the wilderness for years on end?

My depression is like a disease which I cannot contain, it is like a cancer eating at my soul and stealing my life before my eyes. I have lost my faith in the Church. I rarely read the Word now because it depresses me. I know Jesus loves me; I do know it and can proclaim that.

Even if you do not post to this prayer request and read it please do pray for me. I believe in the power of prayer and Gods people moving in His body.

I wish I could tell you more yet these are my immediate needs. Yet I feel it would be a long post if I extrapolated more.

I don’t want to be in the wilderness anymore.

God Bless.

 

[MsMree]

agua and I praying.

 

[Brighthouse]

My brother fallen!! I wish I could speak to you, with you seeing me as I speak to you!! Many times it is so hard to put into words how one really is! I have seen through the Lord your head buried in both of your hands! May what the Lord in me tells you now, build you up,even as you have done to so many here!!"

( hebrews 12:5-11) The desert is a place where men have learned how to hear from God. You have learned this my brother.But what you have to learn further is how to stay balanced in the Lord. We become broken in the desert,we become whole in Christ Jesus through his Word. I had to learn this very hard lesson myself!

My feeling are not my faith! My faith in God's Word correct my feeling! When my feeling got corrected,then i looked for Jesus to correct my mind. For it is the place where we store good things,or bad things. Spring cleaning if you will is needed!

That which comes across your mind which does you no good,take no thought in it. ( philippians 4:7-9!!) We know one thing my brother in Christ!! We find out we have learned when we can act on that which we have learned through our Jesus! Do we make mistakes?? LOL sure!!

If a runner is in a race and falls,does he get up and go to the stands?? Or does he pick himself back up, and continue? What you are learning is that in our race, it is not the fastest who wins!! but rather!! the one who stays in the race till the end who wins!!( 1 cor 9:23-27)

We love you in both our Lord Jesus and in ourselfs!! Do not let the enemy rob you from this love!! It is your to keep!!Always!! But to keep this love,we must learn how to! I cannot tell you more extreme, just how great, and how important the Word is to us! It is my LIFE!!

You remember when you first came to Jesus? When the natural comes into contact with the supernatural somethings got to give!! And we did! After we did,we remember the peace and joy rendered from this! These are the very things Jesus wants us to always think on and remember!

When times get tough,and they do,what do we think about?Who do we go to in our greatest time of need!! Whoever or whatever that person or thing is,that is our God! I know what it is like to be depressed! After Jesus I was homeless for 2 years! I was not in the desert,I was going back to the classroom!! LOL

I did not enjoy starting over again!! ME??? It is here,when I was at the Salvation Army and spent 9 months with them,that I found out my calling! I felt so low! Me among them!! How sorry I thought! But what the Lord did to me, and then through me,caused a lasting change to which I am deeply grateful!

I learned what I am asking you to learn there. You are not washed up,what you are,is getting cleaned up!! By Holy Spirit! This is tough to take at first I know! But you my brother have so much to offer,but first you must learn what Jesus has offered you! We have joy, and peace and love IF!!! We keep this!

And we keep this only through His Living Word! Remember John 14:6?? I am the WAY,the truth, and the LIFE!!!Amen brother OUR LIFE!! David felt like we did to!! Psalm 32:7! We are to hid in Jesus!And to do this, we must hid in his very Word! That same Word which drew you to Jesus in the first place!( rom 10:17) faith cometh by hearing!!

So then I started to read God's Word out loud to me! This produced HOPE!!( this hope! rom 15:13) And through this hope my brother,PEACE!!, LOVE!!And yes greater faith.You have not been forsaken!! You are being reborn!( 2 cor 5:17)What is happeneing to you, happens to those the Lord has chosen! YES!! You my brother ARE CHOSEN!! By GOD himself!! ( john 15:16!!)

God chose you and appointed you to what?? fail??? NEVER!! To bear good fruit!!why??So you can do what Jesus is doing in me!! to Build another up! To truly become reconciled back to God for good this time!( 2 Cor 5:18-19) Forgive the long message! But you are not alone out there!!

Many are in your same shoes!! Even as I was! After all is said and done my brother,there really is only one way out of the mud hole we put ourself into. Jesus gave us his Word for a rope,but in order to get out,we just have to use it.We grumble and complain about it,but finally, we are broken enough to say, oh well ok!! I will give this a go!!

And lo and behold as we hold to His Word,God watches over his very Word to preform it!( jeremiah 1:12)God is bound to His very Word!!( psalm 138:2) Look how long it took our friend David to get out of his hole!! Dear Lord! he was like we were!! For the first 31 chapters David is really in the same kind of pain as we were! What does he do??Yes DO!!

He sings,he praises,he worships,and by psalm 100 well David is on fire!! Your fire is lit my brother,but you need a few more logs on it to stoke it!

In Christ in me,I hope that is what I am doing!! Relighting the fire in you! My prayers are with you always!! We need you made well,so Jesus in you can make others the same! Will you help us? It will take courage! It will take your will! It is not a matter of if my brother!! but when we do this! Jesus loves you, and so do I in him!!

 

[Fragrant Grace]

Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;
thou art Mine.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee;
and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:
when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour
Isaiah 43:1-3

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalm 30:5


Fallen

Praying, knowing and believing that the Lord hears and heeds the prayers of His children

Do immerse yourself in the Word of God and His unfailing promises.
He will never let you down brother
Praise His name....and let the joy of the Lord become your strength.

Dark clouds may seem to surround you, hope may seem to have evaded you and the Lord may seem very distant.....but the Lord will lift you out of this and fill your heart with joy....His mercy never fails.


A little Spurgeon to encourage you:

Prayer is the unfailing resource of God’s people. If they are driven to their wits’ end, they may still go to the mercy-seat. When an earthquake makes our mountain tremble, the throne of grace still stands firm, and we may come to it. Let us never forget to pray, and let us never doubt the success of prayer.

Bless you brother


For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee
Isaiah 54:10

 

[Robin MacAoidh]

Brother Fallen,

Get out of your head and into your heart, drop to your knees if need be, and call upon the Lord for He is mighty to save!

We all have these moments, and simple faith is what we need to use to get out.

Think Ephesus, left their first love... Jesus told them to turn, repent and do the first works.

Think Moses, at the Red sea, trapped by a mountain range with Pharaoh coming after him. What does He do? He looks to God Who say's "Why are you crying unto Me? ... move forward." Exodus 14:15

Did it make sense? No, but the Lord parted the Red Sea, Israel crossed and the problems were swallowed up behind them.

What about Jonah? He walked in complete rebellion, got swallowed by a fish before realizing his need to pray to the Lord who restored Jonah to his mission.

Consider Paul, stoned and left for dead, does he lay there? No! The disciples gathered round him, as this day are we gathered around you in prayer. Get up, dust off and get back to the work of the Lord. He loves you, we love you, and you will never be worthy, so just accept it and move forward in Faith. :wink:

Robin

 

[AbbysAunt]

Fallen,

earlier I was reading a different post and in it was a poem called "FootPrints In The Sand" and that poem was about a person who only saw one set of footprints in the sand at the hardest times of his or her life...that one set of footprints was that of our Lord And Savior because He was carrying that person through....He is now doing the same for you...that one set of footprints is Jesus and He is carrying you through this hard and trying to time in your life and He will not let you go nor let you fall. Hold on To Him and fall at His feet turn to Him for your support and lean on His word and His understanding.

You are not alone for as others have stated we are now gathered together around you lifting you up to our Savior Jesus and praying for you.

Isa.40:28-31 Have you not known? Have you not heard?The everlasting God, The Lord, The creator of the ends of the earth, never faints or is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint!

Fallen my brother...pray, read the word and wait on Jesus and know that He will not let you be moved and will renew your strength in all ways! Mount up with wings like the eagles and Fly in Jesus and Feel His power,peace, love, mercy and grace flow through every part of you!

Praying for you and knowing God is healing you in all the ways you seek. God bless you fallen and know that God loves you and so do we.

 

[Coconut]

Brother I have been through that wilderness...remember there is One who walks beside you and is ever interceding for you...making a way to walk on...(even while we may be laying on our faces in the dirt protesting that we cannot walk another foot) Christ supplies refreshing water for the soul so parched they are unable to even whisper a prayer...bread to restore the soul exhausted from the journey...times of refreshing do come....maybe today...maybe tomorrow...wait and you`ll see. I know this, because He has done this for me, countless times. He is a faithful guide, and with Him no man is left behind.


Php 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

One other thing...when Christ has strengthened you, go strengthen your wife. When men are weary, their wives carry a double load, bless her.

Luke 22:32 "I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."

 

[Furious_Love]

Thankyou

times of refreshing do come....maybe today...maybe tomorrow...wait and you`ll see. I know this, because He has done this for me, countless times. He is a faithful guide, and with Him no man is left behind.

Thankyou all for your words of encouragement, advice and prayers. My pride gets in the way sometimes and I want to go it alone to get well. I know there are others here who have faced darkness and overcome. My prayer is I can too.

One other thing...when Christ has strengthened you, go strengthen your wife. When men are weary, their wives carry a double load, bless her.

I give my praises to women, my wife too. Thank you for your wisdom and from my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
God Bless

 

[Coconut]

I rarely share my spiritual struggles with anyone else, it has nothing to do with pride (at least I think not) My relationship with God is just that, and when we have an issue that needs resolved with any one person, we can turn to others as we may, but when it comes right down to it, its something we need to work out with that one person. I`m sure you understand that I`m not trying to undermine the importance of the counsel and prayers of our brothers and sisters if one feels they need someone to come along side them, but really if we find ourselves in the wilderness who can help us but God?

That being said I think the wilderness is the defining place for a Christian, everything gets stripped away there, all our foolish pride, all our ridiculous posturing, all the voices that beckon us to everything BUT God...and all the demands we make on God...there in the wilderness we get nothing we ask for...and we are left with nothing but own cries and a God we cannot see hear or feel. Then we begin to really wrestle...we have grown accustomed in our walk with God to believing because we see ...but if God takes away all the seeing...can we still believe? Emotionalism is a crutch we quickly learn to lean on when we first begin to walk with God. It is all good and true if we "feel" it. What happens when we are assaulted by the dark storms of grief, depression, suffering, or in my opinion the worst of all, unbelief?

I will tell you the only thing that works. Still yourself, pray, and when you have prayed all you can pray, simply wait for Him. I tell you I existed for weeks..months... on one word: "Father!" I whispered it getting up, I whispered it laying down, I whispered it coming and going, I whispered it all day long....I had no more words, nothing more I could give Him, and nothing on earth I needed more than Him...what else could I pray. Some might say, well that is not much of a prayer. Then they don`t know my Father. Smiles...He comes.

Bless you Brother

 

[jiggyfly]

Lot of good responses here, and I am reminded of David in one of his trials.

1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
1 Sam 30:1-6 (KJV)

Sometimes Father brings to a place where there is no sign of relief or help around us and we must look towards Him. Seems I have been in situations like this several times and must do what David did, encourage myself in Him.

 

[Thiscrosshurts]

I don’t want to be in the wilderness anymore.

The fact that your in a wilderness says something and the fact that you realize it is also revealing.
Not all who call him Lord even qualify for a wilderness experience.
I believe the fact that you can receive instruction from one who you usually instruct means your wisdom and humility is intact.
Praise God,it sounds like you have an awesome family.

Can God keep me in the wilderness for years on end?

The movie "groundhog day" comes to mind.
We have been given God's word(water) through Christ(the rock) to water a dry land.In the wilderness a cloud(water vapor) covered them by day and and a pillar of fire(Holy Spirit) guarded them and gave them light at night.

I have to agree with Coconut that the wilderness is a necessary and glorious part of the journey to maturity.I prayed about your request and had a very similar revelation to what Coconut posted.

Jesus never responded with anything except scripture when in the wilderness and there is plenty of that available when it comes to the joy of the Lord.It is absolutely God's will for you to have joy so we know we are asking according to his will.

There are some things you can do to generate joy:

James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.
trials =joy What a crazy concept but all things work together for good.Trials give us opportunity to see God move in our life and the lives of those around us.So in your case count it joy that you have lost your joy.

John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Father we ask for the fullness Joy in our brothers life so that his joy AND ours may be full.I ask this in Jesus's name.

Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Your joy in the middle of trials is evidence to all adversaries that they had better develop an exit strategy.

 

[james g]

I just want to say I love coming here to Talk Jesus, it is normally a daily visit for me. It is well moderated with such loving and caring Christians.

So I come here to my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ for your help. I am in need of prayer and support greatly.

My son who is 19 made the comment the other day you used to be funny dad. What happened?

I have lamented over those words. He spoke the truth.

I have come to the conclusion I have lost my joy in the Lord, what once was, is no more. I miss Jesus so much my heart aches and I shed tears for what I have lost. I am not the man I used to be. How can I express joy in the Lord to others if I have it not myself.

I have drawn mainly on my family for support and my wife whom I feel is becoming drained by me being so needy. We used to rely on each other and share each other’s burdens. It has become one sided now.

Can God keep me in the wilderness for years on end?

My depression is like a disease which I cannot contain, it is like a cancer eating at my soul and stealing my life before my eyes. I have lost my faith in the Church. I rarely read the Word now because it depresses me. I know Jesus loves me; I do know it and can proclaim that.

Even if you do not post to this prayer request and read it please do pray for me. I believe in the power of prayer and Gods people moving in His body.

I wish I could tell you more yet these are my immediate needs. Yet I feel it would be a long post if I extrapolated more.

I don’t want to be in the wilderness anymore.

God Bless.

I know Jesus loves me; I do know it and can proclaim that.Bless you proclaim it brother.

 

[Furious_Love]

Your words of encouragement and prayers have brought a peace to my spirit. The journey may be long with its struggles yet I know I am not alone. God is my rock whom I shall not depart from. I know He will get me through this. In my weakness He makes me strong as He has carried me for many years now. As I grow weary I know He is beside me; leading me, teaching me to rely on Him more to be the man He intended me to be.

God Bless

 

[Fragrant Grace]

Your words of encouragement and prayers have brought a peace to my spirit. The journey may be long with its struggles yet I know I am not alone. God is my rock whom I shall not depart from. I know He will get me through this. In my weakness He makes me strong as He has carried me for many years now. As I grow weary I know He is beside me; leading me, teaching me to rely on Him more to be the man He intended me to be.

God Bless

There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken... all came to pass.
Joshua 21:45

Praise the Lord.....it is good to read your post fallen and to know you are experiencing His peace

His Word is true.....He will never leave you or forsake you.



Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.
Isaiah 26:3