What the Bible Says about Suicide – Prayer Against Depression
By Betty Miller
“Do not be a fool–why die before your time?” Ecclesiastes 7:17b
What does the Bible say about suicide? How does God view it? Do all those who kill themselves go to Hell? Almost everyone would agree that life is the most precious gift that human beings have been given. Just the chance to be alive on this earth and play a part in the grand scheme of God’s eternal plan is a privilege indeed. Yet, despite this, there are times when life becomes so difficult or unbearable that many have, at one time or another, wished they were dead or had never been born. For some, these feelings linger–and if they linger long enough, suicide seems to be the only escape. In fact, in the United States (and stats are similar in countries around the world) the suicide rate has tripled among teen and young adults in the past 40 years.
Very few would argue with the fact that suicide is a direct breaking of the Sixth Commandment which is, “You shall not murder.” We are not to murder each other or ourselves. God created human beings in His image and each of us carries within us the potential to overcome the evil in this world, and to rule and reign with Christ in heavenly places. If we are Christians, we no longer belong to ourselves, but to God. We are overseers of our bodies and our lives (which belong to Him), and we are responsible to guard that which has been entrusted to us.
How God Views Suicide
Suicide is a grievous sin that seriously hurts both the heart of God, and those who loved the deceased. The pain of losing a loved one who took their own life is not easily healed, and often isn’t fully healed until Heaven. Whether you are contemplating suicide or know someone who killed themselves, God wants you to know there is hope and life for you. He is the great Healer and Restorer of what has been lost or stolen.
Many of the greatest saints and heroes of the Bible faced overwhelming depression and sometimes wrote that they wished they had never even been born. King David, (Psalm 13:2-4), the prophet Jeremiah, (Jeremiah 20:14-18), and Job, (Job 7:15-16) among others, all reached low points where they despaired of their very lives. Job says, “So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity” (Job 7:15-16).
Yet, each one of these men were blessed of God, and persevered through their trials as an example to us. Though they faced great suffering and injustice, they kept their faith in God and His goodness, and in so doing, were sustained and led into abundant life.
Though we may get depressed from time to time, we believe that the act of suicide never takes place apart from demonic influences driving one to take their own life. Suicide is directly counter to the power of life that God has put so strongly into His creation. Everywhere we look we see life growing, even in the most hostile environments. This “survival instinct” is a gift from God. In fact, if He didn’t bestow this gift upon His creation there probably wouldn’t be any life on this planet at all! Suicide, then, is directly contrary to the will of God, and originated in the realm of the demonic host, who come only to “steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10). Though demons may try to tempt us to kill ourselves, as Christians we have power over the devil and he cannot push us to do this if we sincerely call on the name of the Lord!
We are all in a spiritual battle. The problem is, many of us are not aware of it, and do not know how to protect ourselves against attack.
Do all those who kill themselves go to Hell?
Some people believe that all who commit suicide go immediately to Hell. However, the Bible never says if this is the case. The Bible is silent on this issue. God probably did not address it in black and white for a good reason. If we knew that we would still go to Heaven if we killed ourselves, there would probably be a lot more suicides taking place than there already are. However, if we knew that all who killed themselves were automatically banished to Hell, no matter what their situation, it may be too much for the grief-stricken family and friends to bear. Murder and suicide are not unpardonable sins. The only unforgivable sins are rejecting Christ (Mark 16:16) and blaspheming the Holy Spirit.
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: Mark 3:28-29 (KJV)
All other sins can be forgiven. However, anyone contemplating suicide may be in danger of going to Hell, as their relationship with the Lord is not intact at that point. Those who would consider suicide may have a severed relationship with Christ and therefore they would enter the real Hell–which is worse than the hellish feelings they are experiencing at the moment.
It is so important to remember that God judges each of us individually, weighing all the factors of our lives, our beliefs and our motives. Each one of us is so intricate and complex, only God could really judge us in total truth, wisdom, and without favoritism. The most important truth of all, is that each one of us will stand before His throne and give account of our lives. If we lived intimately with this sobering truth, much of the sin in the church and the world, would immediately be stopped.
If you are contemplating suicide and are relying on God’s grace to get you to heaven, PLEASE stop for a moment… God’s grace never means that we have a free license to sin! Those who willfully sin after knowing God’s grace, are in far greater danger than those who know less. Though you may feel that God is far from you right now, He is much nearer than you think. He may even be speaking to you through these words! Please open your ears and hear Him tell you how valuable your life is. You are needed on this earth and the purpose for your life has not yet been fulfilled. God loves you, and so do many people around you! God would not be God if He could not work this situation (no matter how unbearable it may seem) for His glory and for the good in your own life.
Depression is often anger, and a host of other emotions that have turned inward and become frozen. If you are carrying anger, resentment, bitterness, unforgiveness, frustration, jealousy, despair, worthlessness, hopelessness, fearfulness, vengeance and/or self-pity in your heart, you can turn these things over to God and begin to receive your healing right now, in faith. If you don’t know how to let them go, confess it to God and ask for His help in releasing it to Him. No one can overcome these things by themselves. We all need the power of God to set us free from sinful and hopeless ways of thinking. That is why the Bible tells us that we must be “transformed, by the renewing of our mind” (Romans 12:2). The Holy Spirit is the only One who can help us break free and be healed of these deadly emotions.
Just as ailments in our physical body need to be treated with medicine to be healed, the same is true of our emotions. One powerful way to fight against depression, is to apply and confess God’s Word as a healing balm to the places where you have been wounded. For instance, if you have unforgiveness in your heart, begin to confess God’s verses for love and forgiveness, even if they don’t exactly feel true right at the moment. If you feel worthless, confess the Scriptures of God’s great love for you. A rote, mechanical repeating of words may not do much, but if you deliberately take these living words and hold on to them for dear life, you will have the enemy on the run. The devil simply cannot stand against the Word of God spoken in faith. God’s Words are like spiritual antibiotics, destroying every germ and unclean thing in their path.
In closing, we would like to pray with you here. We have written a prayer below, and we encourage you to not only read it, but to say it out loud!
Prayer To God
“Father, in the name of Jesus, I come before You, confessing my need for You, and crying out to you from the bottom of my heart. Lord, You’ve said that you are near to those whose hearts are breaking and that you give grace to the humble. I humble myself before you now…I cast down any pride or self-justification that I would hide behind, and I present myself to you as I truly am–weak and helpless and despairing of my very life. I know there is no other Rock but You, and I turn to You with all of my heart. Father, please forgive my sin! I open myself up to receive Your cleansing, Your healing, Your forgiveness, and Your faith, hope and love into my being. I receive your love as a river, washing over the dry wasteland of my emotions. I see that in Your river there is life, and that every place your river touches in me is revived. I cast all my cares, my sorrows, my disappointments into that river and I let the current of Your spirit carry them far away. I believe You, when You say that You think good thoughts about me, and that Your plans are to give me a future and a hope. I believe You when You say that You knew who I was even before my mother conceived me–and that You wanted me to be alive on the earth right now. Thank you for giving me life! Thank you for working all things in my life for good! Thank you that I can call on your Name and You will be near me. Thank you for bearing all my weaknesses and diseases on the cross, and healing me, spirit, soul and body.”
Command Against Satan
“Satan, I close every door that I have opened to you and I renounce every activity I have partaken with you. In Jesus name, I submit myself to God. I resist you and command you to flee from me, as it is written in James 4:7! I remind you that you are defeated by the power of the cross–and with the authority given to me by Jesus Christ I command you and force you to leave me right now!”
Prayer To God
“Father, I receive Your breath of Life into my mortal body now. I lift up my hands to You, to receive it; I fix my hopes on it and turn my life completely over to You. From this day forth I pray that you will give me the grace and wisdom to guard my heart diligently, to obey You and to resist every scheme of the enemy. I commit all I am to You and I have full faith that You are able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all I could ever ask or think. Lord, send me the help I need now. Show me the way.
I thank you for the love that you have lavished upon me and I pray that for the rest of my life, I will show that same love, mercy and forgiveness to all those around me. Amen!”
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Okay My Brother went to Tralee Irland and didn’t shoot or cut or jump Off any highth. But Left Everything he owned phone wallet computer 💻 And money and outdoors gear and walked up into the mountains of Tralee Irland and said if I can’t have my daughter and quit Eating Food &layed down and Died in a shepherd’s field. The shepherd went to gather his Sheep 🐑🐑🐑🐑 in his pastures Up on the Mountains of Tralee irland and found my brother as if he went to sleep 😔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I’m Lost & Don’t Know if ~GOD~ has sent him to judgment for this. 🔥🔥😈🔥🔥 What’s considered suicide? Please Help Me With This. HALLE-LU-YAH YAHSHUA JE-SUS HAMMASHI-YAH YAHWEH’S Salvation.
God is merciful and good. He knows that people commit suicide when in a state of mental illness, depression, hopelessness, and a feeling of there being no other way out. Believe in the mercy of a God who is love, as the Bible says. Your brother is safe in the arms of the Lord. With my son, their hearts have been healed and they are surrounded with Loving Beings the angels of God, the saints that went before us, and Jesus. Be at peace dear one, he is loved.
I don’t know the answers brother. I know that Jesus loves you. I hope that he believed and has been forgiven as well.
John 11:25-26. “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.’ ”
For if we believe no sin has power over death, because he lives. He has conquered the grave. There is hope in that, and finally I hope this can give you some peace and comfort today. Prayers for you and your family. Jesus loves you forever let him be your provider in this time of need.
In my experience, and I have also been through a lot of difficulties:
Most High loves you and will protect you.
Most High respects free will and your own development. But Most High will always be there if you call out in your spirit.
The answers will not be extensive or commanding. Most High whispers and will speak in a language that is very personal.
Try to quiet your mind and look for clues and signs. It might come in a song on the radio, or a smell that reminds you of someone who always wanted the best for you. Sometimes he will speak through the mouth of a stranger. The messages will be clear to you, loving and never evil or commanding.
Even if you feel that you are losing friends or are being abondoned: Most High is trying to protect you. Maybe your friends are not really your friends or Most High needs them to walk a different path. He might be hiding you, because he has different plans for your life. He might be blocking your plans because you are taking a path that is not right for you. Remember that you do not walk alone. You are loved, cherished and Most High knew you before you were knitted in the womb. Most High knew exactly why he made you even if you don’t know it yourself. You are loved, wanted and Most High is spoon feeding you if you have lost your way. Everything you need is inside of you. Trust, pray. listen to Most High and take it day by day. People will try to talk you out of your belief and experiences with Most High. Do not listen to them. Listen to Most High and yourself and ask Most High for help day or night.
First off Gods real name is “Ahayah Ashar Ahayah.” Jesus’s real name is “Yashayah”. I’ve been looking for the real names for years!!!. Yahweh is the god of war correlated to Mars and if you look at hebrew Codexis that were used to wrote our bible, you’d notice that Yahweh is literally a replacement name for an erased name. I can prove that Yahweh isn’t the name of Christs Father for days, but must keep short. Jesus never said Yahweh even once!!! Yahweh is the top god on the Kabbalah tree of life chart, which is super sorcery for you baby Christians… King James, Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Sir Francis Bacon, and Catholic church are all either Masons or straight up Satanists!!! They replaced names with names when writing the bible because they are sick and twisted, but they missed a few spots. Also, if you use strong’s concordance, and a websters pre 1918 dictionary, along with etymology guides, you can actually back track and catch mistranslated texts. This is a long hard task, but you can do it. Also, it’s been done and you can pay for a Yasha Ahayah bible. It took the author about 10 years to put it together. So, Ahayah means I AM, and Yashayah(jesus) means I AM who Saves. All the other names are fake outs brought to you be the children of Satan. The ones who persecuted Jesus, turned him into a criminal, and provoked the Romans to crucify him. You know who they are, and they aren’t chosen like they say they are. Anyways I’ve contemplated suicide. It’s tempting. Life sucks. Life has been awesome when I was a sinner, because I had the money (girls, hollywood hills house, exclusive parties, and flesh stuff). I was drinking a lot and doing drugs. It was actually fun, but I ran into a witches and black magicians. I thought that stuff was all fake. I thought the bible was fake. The bible says Satan is the god of this earth for the time being, until he’s thrown into the lake of fire. Once you find the truth, you will be attacked by Satan and his minions. The world will hate you. You have to endure. It’s hard, and I pray for deliverance and hope ya’ll get that too. Trust in him and have faith in him. He is al we have. I will say though if your able to take action to fix your life, then pray and ride on. I see people who can but don’t. Any demons you have the power to kick the crap out of, but you are in your own way, well get out of your way and take the easy wins. New levels new Devils. If you level up, please expect new evil doers to attempt to destroy you. If you don’t expect this, then they will win. God is good. I love you all and bless you in Yashayah’s name!
Forgive my awful grammar. I’m on auto pilot and pretty exhausted. I hope what I worte makes sense…
All my life I’ve been told he is a loving God and yet so many suffering. I pray for others to feel his love and accept his guidance through the word. I’ve prayed for guidance and yet 7 years later I’m still in this anguish. This is not the life a loving god gives.
None of us can judge Yahowah (God). You must try to remember Yah isn’t some doughy eye’d lover of all who walk the earth just because they’re human. There are people he hates and loathes, and those who turn away from him are ignored. Humanity as a whole, or the majority of it has been ignoring him for a couple thousand years now. We’ve let pastors, preachers, rabbis, Imams and even pagans take precedence over all. Yah has a covenant, and not the BS that was written by Paul. We must keep his laws, I don’t think he’s expecting perfection from any of us, but we have to try to keep the big ten, and his feast days and sabbaths. It’s really not much to ask when you consider what he is offering us in exchange. And in the process of seeking Him and trying to keep our end of the bargain we will change. At least it has been this way for me. I know everyone’s experience will be different but some of these lessons I’ve had to learn involved me taking a rather long hard look at myself. It’s not easy either. It’s simple in principal, but not easy. He does test and try us as gold and silver are tried. And if you’re trying to pay attention, trying to be observant you’ll be thankful after you make is through some of those trials because you’ll eventually understand why the took so long and why they were so important. How else can he tell if we’re serious about Him? Christianity, via Paul/Saul, gives us “faith”. Faith says, Just believe…. you don’t have to understand squat. But what Yah has been trying to tell us is that he doesn’t want us ignorant. He wants us to understand what we’re getting ourselves into. Forever is a mighty long time so learning to keep his commandments and feast days starts to bring you in alignment with Him. It’s the basis of his Covenant, or contract.
I would highly recommend you read Job if you haven’t in some time. The lesson of Job, in my opinion, is that we cannot judge ourselves. Yah even says so when he finally shows up after Job has been bitching and whining for so long to make His point. But you are dissing Yah because he is doing exactly what he said. If we turn our backs on him, walk away and don’t care about what he said then he says he won’t listen to us any more, he won’t hear our cries and worse in cases of those who work against Him. Lev 26 and Psalm 103 have some good points listed in them.
What you’ve been told all your life is meaningless, unless you hear it from Yahowah himself, or one of his prophets. Yahshua (not Jesus) even said the same dang things as Yah when He was here. You’ll only learn these things with Yah’s help and if you decide to truly seek Him out on your own instead of relying on doctrine that is really just the “Commandments of Men”.
We live in a horrible world full of blasphemy, sex-obsession, greed for money, fame, power. I cannot fault people taking their lives, any “grand plan” is meaningless too: children died in concentration camps, were raped to death or At least the authors acknowledged that if the Bible taught that suicide were not a sin, many more would commit it. Why? Because this world is not great at all, not even really beautiful: without my glasses, I would hardly see anything at all. Further, I was sired by a psychopath who never cared for my existence — as if our sexual origins weren’t disgusting enough already!
I exist not because God wanted it, but because some useless imbecile — my father — satisfied his wicked lust, a shoddy moment and I was “on my way”. I had a born-again experience not because someone waxed poetic about how beautiful life is, but because I read about sin, Christ’s sacrifice and the resurrection and repented. I therefore reject “life is a gift”, because nowhere does Holy Scripture teach it.
What your are teaching here — Sabbats? Christ actually reinforces all commandments except the third. It is quite simple, actually: if I were not a Christian believing in eternal judgement, then I’d commit suicide without a second thought; I actually hanged myself aged 23, more than ten years ago when I was still an atheist.
I would suggest Christians struggling with endogenic depression to read Kierkegaard, Pascal or the contemporary author Andy Nowicki. Kierkegaard was deeply faithful, but saw little Christianity in the Copenhagen of his day, charging them with having become Epicureans basically.
The real question is: Why did God choose such a demeaning way of coming into the world? As Nowicki, himself father of two children, wrote in “Considering Suicide”, it is a “slap in the face” that at least “should give us pause”. I absolutely agree. Adam and Eve were created by God Himself! I wasn’t! My origin is depressingly shallow; I wasn’t even born in a marriage. Sexuality also poisons everything, even harmless, non-intimate relationships between people.
Jens, for quite a few years I was involved with a group of people that studied the Torah every Friday (when the sabbath starts). One of the members reflected similar sentiments to what you’ve said to which on the surface I agreed. ie…. “Why does this have to be so difficult?”. I pondered this for weeks on end before bringing the subject back up again. It has to happen like this because it is the only way. Yahowah even warns us about how we will be tested and tried like gold and silver are at different points…. basically through fire and beatings be it more metaphorically, it still hurts no less.
If everything were perfect in your life. If you had a great relationship with a man and if your parents showed you nothing but kindness would have have sought Yah’s help? Or would you continue in a kind of blissful state never bothering to observe what really goes on around you? Would you have any reason to? Would you continue to the end of your days never pondering things you do now? You wouldn’t, nor would I.
So on the surface here you appear to have one foot in and one foot out. You won’t off yourself for real because you at least understand the potential consequences which lay at the end of such actions, but you also hold anger against Yah for what this crappy world is as a result of it completely ignoring everything Yah told us. You resent him for what he has created, but you completely negate how it turned into this as a result of ignoring most everything he’s tried to warn us about. You’re not alone there. I too felt similar for a long time before I really started to understand more. And I only really started to understand because I asked Yah to help me understand. You do not yet understand, and you prove this by admitting you think you know better than Yahowah does. And that if Murder were not a sin you’d tell Yah to go F himself and off yourself. I know this process works differently for us all but I would highly encourage you to ask Him for help here.
I wasn’t brought up by a psychopath but instead two narcissistic parents. I don’t know what I said as a child that earned me their attention but ever since childhood I was gaslit, belittled and undermined at most every occasion possible. As a a result of that I spent decades in misery hating myself as I went from one bad relationship with one woman to another. It was near Freudian in how I was attracted to narc women like my mom who left me longing for those few moments of affection. But at some point I started asking “why?”. Why do I hate myself, why are these people always so cruel to me, why does it never end? This was about the time I started seeking out what I then knew as “God”… before I found out what his name really was. At most all points prior when I had just cracked open a bible to take a look I was always opening it up into some area that had endless paragraphs about who begot whom and I would always think the same thing, “How the hell does anyone get anything from this?”. But I guess it wasn’t time. I had not suffered enough yet at the hands of my oppressors , nor suffered enough pain yet to make me finally desire to seek out something else. When I look back at my history I can see the cycle of abuse repeating itself over and over again, but I CHOSE to keep it going, to keep looking for love from people who more or less hated me. It was my choice to allow the process to repeat itself, until I finally came to a point where I had had enough. Of course I now wish I had sought out Yah earlier but I wouldn’t have been so serious about it I suppose…. I, just like you’re going to need to, will need to reach your limit while still choosing to seek out something else.
I would argue life is not so much a gift as it is an opportunity. An opportunity make a choice. The world has become a distraction. Every organized religion a wide path that leads to your destruction because it feeds us yet more lies as the rest of the world does reflecting this mass rejection of wisdom and knowledge. Because everyone is looking for an easy way. What’s easier than “Have faith”, or “Just believe” and you’re saved?
I have no idea if what I’m doing is 100% correct, I’m sure it’s not, but I will continue to pursue and try to understand Yah best I can with His help. I will not make the mistake that Job did by thinking I can determine if I’m righteous or not, because I cannot. And I will continue on this path hoping that some day I find my way through that narrow gate.
Yes i feel the same way, the creator of this world is not the loving forgiving god who we are told that we should try to emulate, so if we are a spark of spirit of thee true loving god, then how do we find our selves living this life of continual suffering in a world that is greatly bias towards deception and negativity.??.. they say this world is a school, but should a school be a place of continual suffering for its pupils, i would say not.. and if its a school whats with the amnesia upon each lifetime, it makes me wonder if the deceptive negative control we experience on earth extends into the “after-life” higher dimensional plains of this earth realm, it feels to me as though there is something very wrong with all of this.??..
My Son was a Us Army veteran…and experienced great pain day & night…The veterans adminestration say they couldn’t end the pain..but would prescrbe pain pills…my son new the pills would lead to addiction..and he refused takin ony over the counter pain meds….my son was a gentle person but the pain and quaility…were too much.
On april 8th 2021…he took his life…and destroyed me a my wife…he was saved and baptized many years ago..I am 81 years old and my wife is79..we have been married 62 years…what life we have left is pure torment.
Hi sir and madam I’m sorry for your son I right now going through a lot and I’m contemplating ending my life I believe in God I think that’s why I’m still here please pray for me that everything will work out thanks Ruth
Many suicides are committed due to mental illnesses, If someone dies from a heart attack, that is not a sin, so if someone dies by suicide due to mental illness, is that also not a sin?. We need to be careful judging who may go to hell. Only God knows our hearts, and only He shall judge eternal damnation.
You’re making a big mistake in thinking anyone outside of Yahowah (God’s name) can actually “Judge” whether or not someone has gone to Hell or will go there. It’s above every human’s pay grade… period. If you ever read Job please note that that is the true lesson to be learned from Job. Everyone concentrates on Job’s wealth, then lack of it, then restoration of it but Yah saved Job by letting Halal ben Shakar (Satan’s name) give him a real beating more or less. He had to take Job down to the point of realizing that even though he thought he was doing all the right things, he in fact could not judge whether or not he was righteous. The argument of mental illness, while maybe valid in some instances, is completely negligible in others. In the process of seeking truth, seeking Yah, you must examine yourself and your actions. Some may be good, many will not be. And if you’re serious about trying to line up with the expectations laid out in Yah’s covenant then you will change when you become aware of your own failings. We don’t have to be perfect, but we have to choose to try. I don’t agree with the author’s choice to quote Paul since I can see that Paul is a bloody liar, but she didn’t make any judgements about someone’s mental faculty or pass judgement on anyone with what she said. You instead assumed she did. And obfuscating personal responsibility in the whole equation by saying you have some kind of “mental illness” instead of taking responsibility for yourself is how one will short sell themselves, and miss out on what might be offered to them had they chosen to be more observant of not only the world around them, but of themselves.
“We need to be careful judging who may go to hell”..
yeh, your right, i mean what would you consider the more deserving of been sent to hell..
1/ being confused and mentally ill and so killing yourself..
or..
2/ murdering a whole Egyptian village full of babies under one year old while asleep in their cribs.
mmm.??.. now theres one to ponder for you.??..
Suicide is mentioned as a product of depression. But what if a person has reached the end of their life with multiple health conditions that cannot be treated and their fate is to suffer in a nursing home? The employees have seen many times many people deliberately starving themselves until they die. Wouldn’t it be more merciful to help them end it quicker if this is wanted? Why is anyone allowed to force another person to endure horrible pain until they die?
I’ve been asking God to heal me for years. Yet I am still alone and hopeless. My life is a disaster I hate being alive, hell in the next life or hell in this one or both. Suicide would solve my problems in this life but not in the next. I don’t know what to do anymore. I hate myself and wish I didn’t exist at all.
Jay, don’t solve a temporary problem (I know it doesn’t feel like that now) with a permanent solution. First, God has a name, Yahowah (YHWH) the Hebrew characters written left to right. Ask Yah to guide and direct you, and more important is ask for understanding. I know that will seem like minutia to you right now. You want to feel better, and not hurt. But Understanding is how you break through it all. It’s only through understanding will you be able to heal and recover. This is how it was for me. After decades of gas lighting from two narcissistic parents and countless narc women I started to ask a very simple question. “Why?”. Why are these people so cruel to me, Why do I hurt all the time? I tried heavy drug use in my late teens and early 20’s but luckily some part of me realized it wasn’t working. I was surrounded by crappy people and I didn’t want to be one of them. It wasn’t until much later on that I pieced together the rest. However; this all started to come together when for some reason I started looking to “God” (didn’t know his name them). I think I first asked for wisdom, understanding and to be freed. That last request was a loaded question I didn’t grasp for years but Yah delivered in spades. I originally was speaking financially. I just wanted some way to be free enough to leave the town I lived in, and have enough money to get someplace else and restart….. but what I found as the years passed was it wasn’t money that was holding me down, but attachments and beliefs in false things , or really lies, and as one of those walls fell after another I was left in awe since I finally understood the hold a particular person or idea had on me. And I’d be like ‘Holy crap….. I never realized ..etc.”. So know the process takes time. But if you sincerely seek truth, sincerely seek Yah he will help you. It won’t always be how you expect. And sometimes you’ll have to stare yourself in the mirror to find your own flaws, but he will lead you to the healing you desire. You just have to realize that the waiving of the hand to remove your pain won’t work any better than anti-depressants or illicit drugs, because If you refuse to understand the source of your bad feelings…. you won’t be able to break free from them, or heal. I hope you find a little peace soon and try to grasp these ideas best you can. Shalowm.
Hebrew goes right to left… sorry for that typo…LOL
Dear Jay,
I am sure no one can understand what you are going through except the Lord, Himself. He truly is the only One who can set you free. I am going to pray this pray for you right now. “Dear Lord, You see this brother’s anguish, torment and sorrow and you do understand as the scripture says, You,as our High Priest, not only know of our pain but You are touched and can feel our pain. Hebrews 4:15: “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Father, fill my brother with the power of the Holy Spirit so he too can overcome this temptation of suicide as you overcame all temptation.
Lord, show my brother the selfishness of this sin, as going this way will hurt deeply those around him. Lord, give him the grace to love those around him so he will not give in to this evil temptation. Help Jay and send the right people to him at this time; people who know how to stand against the evil demons who are attacking him in his emotions and mind. Lord, you gave us authority over devils and right now I speak to these evil spirits and I command them to leave this brother right now! James 4:7 says, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Jesus, You said if we submitted to God and we resisted the devil, as I have now done, then these devils would have to flee. Your word stated that the devil would flee, not maybe he would flee. Now Satan you and your demons have to flee! There is no limit to Your Power by space or distance. Free my brother, set him free and fill him with the Holy Spirit who will empower him to overcome. I ask this in the mighty name of Jesus! Guide him to your spirit filled people who will help him walk out his deliverance! AMEN.
Amen to that.
Hi …I agree with your comment saying if God did say clearly that suicide did not lead to hell then many would do it so the reason for my comment is …one day while listening to radio I think…that David Jeremiah DID say that adding that God is such a loving God and thats why he wouldn’t send anyone to hell that did commit suicde….When my spirit heard that I gasped…my heart started to beat out of my chest…that is a false teaching and I saw many committing suicide bcuz they believed him…i prayed immediately for that false teaching>>> we are suppose to fear God<<<David Jeremiah's temptation to soothe is no better than temptation to commit suicide…Please pray for his false teachings…Thank you !!
I STILL CANNOT GRASP HOW ANY TYPE OF ALL LOVING ALL FORGIVING GOD COULD EVEN CONCEIVE OF CREATING A PLACE LIKE HELL, LET ALONE SENDING ONE OF HIS OWN CONFUSED, MENTALLY UNWELL CHILDREN THERE..
SORRY FOLKS BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS..
EITHER GOD IS AN ALL LOVING, ALL FORGIVING GOD, OR HE IS NOT..
THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN GROUND HERE, SO COME ON FOLKS, WHATS GOING ON.??..
Suicide/Depression. The Bible is quit clear about sucide when Judas is the example. The Bible says, “And Judas went to his place.” (Acts 1:25) Question? “What place was that? He died and went to his place the Bible says. Contextually it cannot mean heaven. There is only one other alternative, Hell. But, in my estimation there are exceptions to the rule. (1) Man has an anurisum explodes in his brain and reacts out of his mind.(Th is was not his choice.) (2) As with Samson marytardom for the Lord before the Philistines. (Different motivation.) “God looks on the inside of a man!” (I Sam. 16:7) Then there’s depression. I have experienced severe clinical depression and I know it can be defeated with the right help, such as the Lord being your Father and you being his son or daughter having been baptized into Christ for the remission of your sins receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, (Acts 2:38) Necessary anti-depressants to bring your brain chemistry back into proper function. That’s not unchristian or lack of faith anymore than the need of blood pressure medicine to regulate your blood pressure, For even in the worst of my clinical depression my “WILL” was in tact and I could CHOOSE against Satan’s joined efforts with the clinical depression to destroy me. I am a minister of 51 years in ministry. We have a great God that can and will get us through the worst of time is we will not yield completely to Satan’s suicidal allurements. It tried them with me. God bless you all. Very difficult subject for all.
I want to add that while I understand that Christians should not support abortion, the pro-life movement should really be pro-marriage, anti-fornication. Because most abortions take place outside marriages, and the sick and disgusting sexualization of our society has resulted in more and more people seeing sex as a kind of competition or recreational sport.
My own guess is that not few suicides are due to being born out-of-wedlock/raised by single moms AND having inherited genes pre-disposed to psychotic mental illness.
In the past, only capable men were allowed to marry; in 17th century England, less than 10% were born out-of-wedlock (cf. Laslett/Laslitt).
Of course, the ideal society would be if the whole world consisted of only monks and nuns, but this is utopic.
The next-best would be a society where celibacy were seen as best, followed by enforced monogamy.
I suffer myself from thosr afflictions and certainly would not have chosen this horrible life (Jeremiah 20:14-18). Yes indeed! without God, I would have killed myself already!
mmm.. interesting.. so your saying,.
without god you would have killed yourself, because of the horrible life god gave you..
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Please don’t misinform people. The word of God Our Father says that whoever takes his own life has already condemned themselves and need not be judged. They descend to hell. If you persist, I will be a witness against you when we all are called before Jesus Christ
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Hopelessness is no stranger to most of us. There are always times in our lives when we just want to give up. I, Janice – Christ Unlimited Staff Minister, remember such a time in my life. I had lost everything and was in the process of claiming bankruptcy. As I came to the Lord with all my sorrows, He challenged me to write down all the positive things in my life. At first I said, really, like what? Then I started with the smallest of things that I was thankful for: although it was not my roof, I did have a roof over my head, I had water to shower with, God was providing food to eat, I had clothes on my back…etc. Soon the list got longer and longer and by the time I finished the list, the atmosphere surrounding me had completely change and the oppressive spirits were gone. I realized I had just implemented one of God’s lessons for overcoming, Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. The enemy could not stay in such an atmosphere. God has so many more promises and lessons on overcoming. Below are more verses you can speak over yourself and your environment. For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart (Hebrews 4:12).
Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Isaiah 40:31
But they who wait for 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.
Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Mark 9:23
…All things are possible for one who believes.
Proverbs 23:18
Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.