Please pray for me. I have been going through a traumatic period over a month. Right now i keep blaming myself and asking myself how i could have been foolish. I gave a christian brother from my church money to renovate my house(a lot of money) and he travelled and left the house in a bad state without sorting it or even buying the materials. Because he was someone from church, i was foolish enough to trust him with the money to complete the work and instead he did not care about my house or my things, but just left without completing the work. All my things are outside where it rains, i'm moving from one friend's house to another because i do not have a house and i do not even have the money to start sorting it all over again because he left everything in a very bad state. The worst part is that i took him as a christian brother and even told him that all the money i had was what i gave him to sort the house, but knowing that he still did what he did. I'm not handling it very well at the moment even though i'm trying to be strong. I keep asking how i got myself into this mess. Please pray
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I would not say you are foolish. You did nothing wrong he did.
Discernment is very important, but at the same time he was the Wolf in sheep clothing. Most of the people who have used me or hurt me have been people from the church, people I held hands with and prayed with.
We can't get mad at ourselves. Our trust must always rest on the Lord first. And there's a lesson to be learnt here never give money up front..only for the material..or you buy the material yourself. When the work is done and it's evaluated then a price can be added to it's craftsmanship.....God see's everything and he knows your pain. He stole from God also.
To feel better inside use this time to prayer for that other person. God alone knows their story and why they did what they did.
"I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. ... In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry entered His ears" (2 Samuel 22:4,7).
God will restore everything in it's place, but your emotional and spiritual state is more important right now.
The Lord hears the prayer of the righteous
(Proverbs 15:29)
Rest on God's promises.
My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. (Exodus 33:14)
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. (Psalm 9:9-10)
I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 16:8)
Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. (Psalm 34:10b)
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles. (Psalm 34:17)
Father I ask that you give my sister peace, Lord help her to forgive herself. Let her know you are near and that you are able to turn this around for your glory. Take control Lord, so she can have her home the way it's suppose to be, return to her money in abundance.
But first Lord give her peace.
I pray for that other person Lord that you will bring them to their knees in repentance, forgive them Lord, create in them a clean heart.
This I ask in Jesus name AMEN.
Discernment is very important, but at the same time he was the Wolf in sheep clothing. Most of the people who have used me or hurt me have been people from the church, people I held hands with and prayed with.
We can't get mad at ourselves. Our trust must always rest on the Lord first. And there's a lesson to be learnt here never give money up front..only for the material..or you buy the material yourself. When the work is done and it's evaluated then a price can be added to it's craftsmanship.....God see's everything and he knows your pain. He stole from God also.
To feel better inside use this time to prayer for that other person. God alone knows their story and why they did what they did.
"I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. ... In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry entered His ears" (2 Samuel 22:4,7).
God will restore everything in it's place, but your emotional and spiritual state is more important right now.
The Lord hears the prayer of the righteous
(Proverbs 15:29)
Rest on God's promises.
My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. (Exodus 33:14)
The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. (Psalm 9:9-10)
I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 16:8)
Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. (Psalm 34:10b)
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles. (Psalm 34:17)
Father I ask that you give my sister peace, Lord help her to forgive herself. Let her know you are near and that you are able to turn this around for your glory. Take control Lord, so she can have her home the way it's suppose to be, return to her money in abundance.
But first Lord give her peace.
I pray for that other person Lord that you will bring them to their knees in repentance, forgive them Lord, create in them a clean heart.
This I ask in Jesus name AMEN.
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ray: I am praying for you - especially for help & encouragement.
There is ONLY 1 thing you need to do different:
God sees what we can't, so seek His best.
If you are thinking of pursuing something with someone, 1st pray about idea/project, then about person to help you do it.
I will say a prayer for you as well.
I pray also that you do not hold yourself responsible for this- I have also found myself in situations where I trusted someone that I thought could be trusted and then things go awry. It hurts because we feel we have done nothing wrong and then end up kicked for it. Also, I would agree with Rizen1- pray for that fellow, too that did you wrong. I myself most often forget to pray for the ones I feel are in the wrong or are creating havoc for others. More and more I see that what I should be doing is praying for those ones that are doing the hurting as well as the whole situation.
Everyday is a learning process isnt it? This too shall pass and the Lord will bring you through dear.
God bless you,
Wendy
I pray also that you do not hold yourself responsible for this- I have also found myself in situations where I trusted someone that I thought could be trusted and then things go awry. It hurts because we feel we have done nothing wrong and then end up kicked for it. Also, I would agree with Rizen1- pray for that fellow, too that did you wrong. I myself most often forget to pray for the ones I feel are in the wrong or are creating havoc for others. More and more I see that what I should be doing is praying for those ones that are doing the hurting as well as the whole situation.
Everyday is a learning process isnt it? This too shall pass and the Lord will bring you through dear.
God bless you,
Wendy
I am still trying to get over the whole ordeal and havent found the grace to forgive myself yet, but i'm still pressing on and trying to repair the damage that has been done. I thank God i have people around me that have been helpful and willing to let me stay with them whilst i sort out myself. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS, PLEASE KEEP PRAYING. GOD BLESS
Praying for you. Let not your heart be trouble as is says in John 14. I know you feel down about the situation at hand but tried to look at this way God has a plan for you and know matter what you did. He is always by your side. Keep your hope, faith, trust, and most importantly your love you have for God, to come in an take care of the situation you are in. I know you probably think you painted a bad picture for yourself, but look within the picture and God will point you in the direction that you need to go. Hope in the the love of God and there is where you will find the answer for your problem.
Let it go and the impossible will become the possible through the grace of God.
May God bless You.
Let it go and the impossible will become the possible through the grace of God.
May God bless You.
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You are in my prayers as well. I am very sorry to hear and I will pray for you for God's peace. May God's peace be in your hart for the rest of your life and may God bless you.
God has already forgiven you & hurled any mistakes into the depths of the earth, NEVER to be raised again. Ask Him to help you forgive yourself & learn what He'd have you to through this.
May God restore ALL like He did below.
2 Kings 8:1-6 (NIV)
1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, "Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years." 2 The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3 At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king to beg for her house and land. 4 The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, "Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done." 5 Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to beg the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, "This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life." 6 The king asked the woman about it, and she told him. Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, "Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now."
Thank u all for your prayers. The last couple of months hasn't been easy for me, having to move from one friend's house to the other but i thank God for his grace and strength to carry on and to forgive. Please continue to stand in agreement with me in prayer for restoration in all areas of my life. God bless
