Desperate Prayer

[Zoss]

I am calling on you, brothers and sisters, to please pray for me in this time. I suffer from quite a severe anxiety disorder and i am struggling to keep a good mindset, and am losing sight of hope and faith. My mind has been twisting the past and making me imagine things that didn't happen or making me turn innocent intentions into bad ones.
I am desperately asking for prayer that the Lord may grant me peace at this time, and that i may leave the demons of my past behind, that I may forget my wrong doings and move on with my life. I am desperately crying out as I feel lost and am losing hope in life.
Thank you brothers and sisters.
May the Lord bless and keep you x

 

[Brighthouse]

Sister Zoss I remember being young in the Lord myself sis,and at the start of my walk every prayer was indeed desperate! I would tell the Lord would I could not do,i would tell the Lord about my feeling and emotion in present situations,as if he did not know them already. lol Upon doing this for some years,one night as I was again crying out to the Lord to help me,Holy Spirit inside said " Where is your faith?" ( Luke 8:25)

This made me pretty angry! How much do you stay in my Word mark? For confidence comes from showing yourself approved to me.( 2 Tim 2:14-19!) Verse 19 sis!! The Lord knows who are his! I had to learn to put my feeling and emotions away from my flesh sis,because feeling and emotions are for the flesh,not for the Spirit! Doubt is a feeling which comes from a mindset of unbelief. ( Col 3:2) knowing scripture does matter a lot sister!! For it is by the words of Jesus we obtain his peace and righteousness in the first place!( 1 cor 1:30)

I can't do it, is having faith in the feeling of doubt we all can use. And look what doubt gives us sister!! Nothing but hopelessness! When our joy should always be in believing what Jesus has already provided for us!!( rom 15:13) and 2 peter 1:3-11) I could never encourage you sister in the Lord,if I was not first encouraged! The purpose in the first place sis! We must stop thinking and believing what we do not have,and start believing in what our Jesus has already provided, and thank him for it!! His very will for each of us sis!( 1 thess 5:18)

Do we fail and make mistakes? Of course we all do! But failing in life does not make one a failure,believing one is does this! You are NOT a failure sis! You are a conquer!!( rom 8:35-37!) We are not looking for victory through our Jesus anymore sister,we are moving from his victory!! A mindset change is needed for all of us sis! When we start thinking like the new creature we are,( 2 cor 5:17-21) we start acting like the new creature we are! Because our words change as well! We do not speak any longer on our feeling and emotion, we speak what Jesus said for us to speak,hence because we are so loved by our Jesus,then we also obtain his faith he gave us!

example! matt 3:17 notice something here sister,God called Jesus his beloved!! What does beloved mean?( 1 john 4:7,verse 11,verse 17-19!) NO FEAR! because Jesus never gave us fear to start with!( 1 Tim 1:7) And look what the devil omitted saying to Jesus during his temptation!!( matt 4:3!!) he left out the word beloved! Now you know why! Jesus, being God in the flesh could of just said to the enemy I am, that I am,and he would have been correct in doing so,but look at the example Jesus himself gives to all of us!! ( Matt 4:4,Matt 4:7,and Matt 4:10!!) Jesus is our Word sis!!

But we have to speak his word to change both our mindset and our life. I truly believe this is what Jesus in me wants us all to know! My life sure has become different sister!!Thanks to HIM! May this encourage us all to get into and stay into the scripture! The Word is our life sis! I have to have his Word daily! We all do if we are ever going to grow up in him! For to truly understand 1 cor 13:4-8 and John 13:34 for our mindset to become like this,we must also be willing to not stay as a child in our mindset! ( 1 cor 13:11 and 1 cor 13:20)

My hope is that you receive this in the LOVE I truly wished to present this to you! When I was first told this by another brother,I choose to look at this as an attack,and I suffered greatly because of this,please do not make the same mistake I did! It does not matter what others say,it truly only comes down to what we truly believe! May the love of our Jesus always comfort you,and always give you great joy in truly believing!!( ( 2 cor 1:3-7!!)

 

[Chad]

Greetings sister @Zoss

The mind is a battlefield and a lot of the thoughts we get are from devil. Don't be discouraged. This is common among all believers especially as we continue to grow in Christ.

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, (*2 Corinthians‬ *10‬:*5‬ ESV)

God knows your heart. There are a few things I would recommend to guard your mind and your heart from these negative thoughts. One is prayer and the second would be more Bible reading. I would also consider listening to some worship music that would definitely help you tremendously.

 

[amadeus2]

I am praying for you, Zoss!

 

[Brad Huber]

You have my prayers as well Zoss!

 

[Zoss]

Thanks so much Brad, means so much!

 

[Zoss]

thanks a lot

 

[Zoss]

thanks so much, have spent tonight in prayer and reading the Lord's scriptures, has helped a lot and am already feeling relief and peace washing over me. God Bless x

 

[Zoss]

Thank you so much @Brighthouse for your kind words and encouragements, I have read some scriptures tonight and through prayer and worship i am feeling less anxious by the minute, thanks to people like you who encourage and uplift me through the Lord. Bless you x

 

[Brighthouse]

I am so glad sister Zoss!! For me it was not so easy reading the Word daily, and looking to imply that word to my own life either!! Being accountable to the Lord I think is the least favorite subject ever talked about!! LOL But you will find as I did, that Holy Spirit will move upon your mind more,as we continue to feed him in the Word. What would happen to our body if we do not eat? Well Holy Spirit in us needs food to!( john 4:32-34!) He never wants us to worry either!!( matt 6:25-34) Look how many time he says here not to worry!!verse 25,27,28,31,34! getting the hint yet?? LOL I sure did!!

We can only depend upon our Jesus,when we ALWAYS look to depend upon our Jesus! Ask,seek!!!,knock!!( matt 7:7) with no worry or fear! KNOWING!! Jesus hears us and always,yes always answers us! There was one prayer sister I prayed for 34 years,I am of the belief that once you pray for something, just thank him for the answer after that,a brother told me if you pray 5 times for something, you have prayed 4 times in unbelief,because why would we pray for the same thing over and over again?

When I asked my earthy dad for a candy bar,and he said no,i did not ask again! LOL And sometimes no answer is an answer! hehe The prayer I prayed and thanked God for the answer was. Lord I know you love me!But I really am not sure you know I love you! I make mistakes daily as you know,and I just wonder that even though you know my heart( 1 sam 16:7) and even though I believe it is a sin not to pray( 1 sam 12:23) do you know truly Jesus that I love you??

For 34 years sister I thanked Jesus for this answer,I never gave up! 2 and one half months ago, I was asleep and in my mind I was driving down a road,when I saw a giant billboard sign,I stopped to look upon it, the sign said Proverbs 8:17 real big!! Why sister it woke me up even!! LOL I ran over to my Bible to see what this said!! "I love those who love me;and those who DILIGENTLY SEEK me WILL find me!" Sister I was so happy and joyful!! Then Holy Spirit so gently came upon me to comfort me and say this rom 4:8!! BLESSED is the MAN whose sin the Lord WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT!! That is our Jesus sister!!

And the more Word you get deep down inside of you, the more confident in him you will become!! amen!! I depend upon Jesus and he knows it!! amen! I stay so thankful sister!! And so will you!! psalm 27:13! says "I would have despaired had i not believed, I would see, the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!! This land sister, and yes this very day! Thank you Lord Jesus for your wisdom and your words to my sister and all who dare to believe and trust in you!! Your brother in Christ Mark

 

[Brad Huber]

Sometimes our emotions can be so wonderful, its like heaven on earth. Other times it can be like hell on earth. Our emotions can be like a roller coaster ride, but as I got older, the queasiness in my stomach on the way down the track at the high rate of speed made me decide to avoid the ride. To me, I had to control my emotions more or let them control me, and they had been controlling me most of my younger life, bringing me great joy and great sadness. I decided I would prefer to not seek great joy, despite it being wonderful, but to stay sober and quiet, and considerate, and thoughtful, and eventually, wisdom became my guide.

Try reading proverbs, they are a great help to gain wisdom in this world. My favorite verse is from proverbs,

Prov 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your OWN understanding. In all your ways consider Him, and He WILL direct your paths.

 

[Rev T.S.Perkins]

Lord we bring sister @Zoss to you're throne for peace and you're guidance in her life father that you would wash over her with you spirit of assurance so no matter what the enemy tells her you're voice be louder . Lord that you show her how important every little thing in her life is to you ..wrap you're arms around her and hold her during this time we ask in Jesus name ....Rev

 

[Zoss]

@Brighthouse your words that the Lord has given you are so powerful to me, and i know that you and many others have been praying for me, because the last few days I have felt free and liberated from my sins. Thank You O LORD Jesus for the relief and healing you offer through your Children!!!
If it weren't for my brothers and sisters in Christ such as you @Brighthouse, i would not know the Lord's comfort and forgiveness so deeply, and my walk would be significantly harder.
Thank you brother for your profound and meaningful words, I now take a new view on prayer and am learning to understand that our Lord puts us through hard times so that we may become stronger, he refines us through the flames of mistakes and imperfection, so that we may be forgiven and learn to rely and lean on him. When I think I am coping fine on my own without him, the Lord throws me a curveball to tear my life down, so that I come to him in desperate need and once again I discover his perfect and unconditional love and peace. Thank you brother, I am so blessed to have people such as yourself to help guide me in my faith. "A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need" ~ Proverbs 17:17
This could not be more true, and for that I am thankful everyday. May the Lord Bless you dearly Brother. x

 

[Brighthouse]

Sister Zoss I do not think the Lord wants to bless you, I know he does! Of all the people Jesus on earth spoke to and showed his great love to only 70 followed back then!( Luke 10:1-12!!) he sent them in pairs,there were no lone rangers for Christ Jesus! LOL It is hard dear sister,we know this,but the rewards Jesus brings to us when he comes back to take us home,are far more, and far better then out minds can even fathom!( rev 22:12) We just want to be ready!! And Jesus just wants us ready at all times,and in all places for Jesus shall come again when we think he will not!( matt 24:42-44!!)

Since this truth has already set us free inside of our Blessed Jesus!( john 8:32) We love and think each second of each day expecting his return,and there by we love one another and am going about, staying busy for his kingdom,for if a man does not work for the Lord,neither shall he ever be able to eat from the Lord!( 2 thess 3:10-15!!) For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the Word of God which you heard from us,you accepted it not as the word of men,but for what it really is,the WORD of GOD, WHICH ALSO PREFORMS ITS WORK IN YOU!!!!!! who believe!!!( 1 thess 2:13!!) To believe is to act,and to act is to LIVE out that action! ( rom 14:7-8!!!) I am thankful for such people as you sister Zoss, who can receive with great gladness Jesus, and live your life as your love for Jesus grows each and every day!! amen!