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Posted by: Jamvan01

To whom it may concern......

I feel lonely and depressed. I have nobody. I have no friends. If i died no one would even know. It is difficult for me to even get out of bed in the morning. I wonder why i should get up. I just need a friend I guess. It is hard for me to make friends. Even harder to keep them. This heat is killing me. I worry more about being killed by the heat than anything else. I'm too shy around people. I have always been. I feel overwhelmed. I know it is through tough times that life teaches us what we don't want to know.


Posted by: Lynn7

Hello,

Allow the goodness of God to enter into your life and into your heart. Daily meditate on His word, talk to Him when you are lonely. I know that it seems difficult. I truly understand. God has given us favor. Claim it and walk in it. You will see that soon God will surround you with those you need. God has not given us a spirit of fear. Trust and believe him.

Father I bless your very name! You are so awesome and amazing. You know exactly what we are in need of. You love us so much that you have promised to give us the very desires of our hearts! You have also promised that you hear us and you will answer us. Father I ask in Jesus name that you comfort Jamvan01. That you provide them with friends. That you send someone to them to minister to them. Father I ask that you open up your word to them. Father I thank you now for answered prayer. I thank you that even as this was on their heart you have answered. I love you and adore you Lord. In Jesus name AMEN


Posted by: JeriRose12

I know it is through tough times that life teaches us what we don't want to know.

I am not sure by this statement if You believe as we do on this board -- that Jesus Christ is the answer for our lives. It is HE, not "life" that teaches us. Jesus will not just teach us, He will give us what we NEED to endure these kind of lonely and depressed times.

In Jesus I have been able to send the spirit of heaviness from my life when it attacks me. When I give into it, and go into the pity party or allow myself to wallow in sadness, then it gets even stronger. Perhaps, you do not understand that this is a spirit (demon) and that you can command it to leave. In The Old Testement, we are told to pur on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, so there is your answer: PRAISE THE LORD!!! Put Your focus on God and His goodness.

Dear Lord, I pray that Jamvan will be free of the spirit of heaviness. Help them to praise You and focus on You. I pray that they will refuse to let this spirit hang around. Father, help Jamvan rise up in the authority they have in Jesus, and teach them how to send heaviness packing. I pray that thanksgiving and praise will well up in them. Drive the heaviness off of them, as they do what they should.

If Jamvan is not saved, save them. Let them know You as their Lord and Savior and their answer to freedom from the depression. I pray that You would heal all their hurts and make them whole in You. Show them YOU are truly the path to wholeness. Show them that YOU can end their loniness. When they have YOU as a Friend, they need never be lonely again.

I ask and pray these things, in Jesus Name, amen.

~JeriRose~
Finding YOU in 2006 (The Year Of The Double Portion!)


Posted by: Illuminate

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Originally Posted by Jamvan01
To whom it may concern......

I feel lonely and depressed. I have nobody. I have no friends. If i died no one would even know. It is difficult for me to even get out of bed in the morning. I wonder why i should get up. I just need a friend I guess. It is hard for me to make friends. Even harder to keep them. This heat is killing me. I worry more about being killed by the heat than anything else. I'm too shy around people. I have always been. I feel overwhelmed. I know it is through tough times that life teaches us what we don't want to know.


Good morning Jamvan01,

I am in total agreement with the prayer warriors that have so kindly responded to your special prayer request. In fact, I am claiming Matthew 18:19, and 20, in the name of Jesus. In addition, I wanted to share how I too as many of us have been where u are now, was depressed. Four years ago I thought I wouldn't even be here but AMAZINGLY I found this AWESOME message board! Many genuine people prayed for me countless of times. It was such a relief to express my deepest emotions and then opening emails to see how MANY people CARE. This was God's way of letting me know that HE was comforting me through such BEAUTIFUL people. Moreover, I found a church where I was able to express my deepest emotions by CRYING out to JESUS and EVERYONE prayed over me there as well to overcome such a DEEP DEPRESSION. I then, seeked the WORD of GOD through many Joyce Meyer books. I listened to Paula White and Joyce Meyer on TV and the LORD was ministering to me through them. I then felt HOPE again. I made it a point to listen to WORSHIP music just so I can get closer to GOD and the HOLY SPIRIT would cleanse me from all my hurt as I CRIED my deepest cries. Let me tell you, CRYING is GOOD when ur in the PRESENCE of the LORD by listening to WORSHIP music and reading books entitled, "Healing the broken hearted, " "HOW to hear from GOD, " "Knowing GOD intimately," and last but NOT least, "The battlefield of the MIND." I read everyday and everynight for months until I was FILLED with HIS Spirit. I can go on and on but I'm hoping you get the point, LOL. I PRAY the Lord will give you Peace as you SEEK HIM through HIS WORD and listening to HIS WORD. May the LORD bless u abundantly...IN JESUS NAME.

GOD bless,

Illuminate


Posted by: Praying Gal

You are being attacked by the hosts of hell. They want you scared, lonely depressed and totally ineffective for the Heavenly Father. What defeats them?
Praise! As others have said, worship music and the Word are also very helpful, but we are told to praise the Father more than we are told to do anything else. Praise Him that you can breathe, praise Him that you have the strength to get out of bed (some people do not!), praise Him with the Psalms, praise Him through worship music. You can turn the words of the songs from, for example, "He is the light of the world" to "YOU are the light of the world," etc. etc. The Father inhabits the praises of His people. This is in the Word.
Where He is, the devil cannot be. The devil hates when we praise the Father and the Son!!!

Praying for you.


Posted by: eagle4him

Don't let your feelings tell you who you are. What does God say about you?

You are blessed and highly favored
You are the head and not the tail
You are above and not below
You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you
The joy of the Lord is your strength
The devil is a liar
You are more than a conqueror
You might be lonely, but you are never alone: God will never leave you or forsake you
You are a child of God--bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus
If you were the only person on this earth, Jesus still would have died for you

You just say these things over and over--you can't help but start to feel better. Find a few more scriptures and write them down. Get them laminated and carry them in your purse or back pocket. When you "feel" depressed read them. God loves you very much. Jesus died to give you an abundant and joyful life. He promises to give you beauty for ashes. Now claim it in Jesus name!


Posted by: Rachel R

Welcome, Jamvan01.

How tragic for you.

It must be awful to feel that way.

I am so sorry that life has done this to you.
Lord, I pray for Jamvan01.

I ask you to comfort his heart.

Lift him up and show him the way to the light.

In Jesus' Name, Amen.



Posted by: thedeliveryman

James,

This hymn is a little more than 150 years old. The word are just as true today as when Mr. Scriven wrote them for his mother in 1855. Go and read the words. http://www.cyberhymnal*****/htm/w/a/f/wafwhij.htm They're fascinating. Dwell on them and let them inspire you. First, last and always, Jesus is your friend, your best friend. Don't forget that.

Now to practical matters, I know exactly how you feel about meeting new people and making friends. I to was scared to death of them. If I was going somewhere, I was rehearsing everything in my mind before I got there imaging the worst possible outcome, analyzing everything everybody said, why did they say that? what did they mean? On and on this went. It was debilitating, I just wanted to die it was so bad, just how was I going to live the rest of my life feeling like this? I had this image of myself of just being dumb, stupid and ugly with nothing to say and nothing to contribute.

Finally, in desperation, and I mean desperate desperation, DESPERATE!!! I reached out to a person who I thought I could trust and told them how I felt and what I was thinking all the time. Well this guy laughed at me. At first I didn't think he was being very nice about this but then, as he calmed down, stopped laughing so loud and regained his composure, he told me that people weren't thinking like that. He told me that he thought I was actually being kind of arrogant to think that people were even thinking of me at all but they certainly weren't thinking of me in any kind of negative way and that actually most people liked me and wished that I spoke more and socialized more and all. He told me about the law of reciprocity; give and it will be given to you. If you want friends, be friendly, etc.

Give yourself a break!!! Make sure that you're clean and smell nice. Clean clothes and clean teeth. You would just be amazed at how far personal hygiene goes. It's hard to have an intimate conversation with somebody just after you've had an onion and oreo sandwich. If you're dirty and you stink, that's a problem also. You're limiting yourself just a little bit.

Try this on for size. I read a short story about Rudyard Kipling, the old time British writer. In the book, somebody asked him how he managed to be so popular, such a good conversationalist and show such an interest in people and all. He said that he never left home without his 5 best friends; who, where, what, why & when. You can add a 6th to the list with how. There is no special order to this list. Rudyard asked questions. The secret to being a good conversationalist is to ask questions. Now don't be overly noisy or personal, you don't want to walk up to some woman and ask her name and stuff and then start asking her how old she is and how much she weighs.

With your 5 or 6 new friends you should be able to develop a natural list of questions to ask people is any situation. Practice making up questions using your 6 new friends:

Who questions:

Where questions:

What questions:

Why questions:

When questions:

How questions:

It's a true fact that most people are more interested in themselves than they're interested in anybody else. If you meet somebody and start asking them questions and getting them to talk about themselves and their interests they are just going to think that you're the most wonderful person that ever came along.

I will caution you, please be genuine, honest and sincere. If anybody should know about hurt feelings, it's you. Don't ever become what you don't like.

I hope that in some small way I've been able to help you or at least offer some suggestions. Remember that Jesus loves you. This I know. Cuz the Bible tells me so!!!

God our Father, in the name of Jesus, send Your Comforter, the Holy Ghost to wrap James up and remind him that he is Your child! He's a Kings Kid! Lighten this particular burden just a little so he sees how it works. Grant him Your wisdom and understanding. Grant him a desire in his heart to really get to know his brothers and sisters in the Lord. Grant him good and holy and deep seated spiritual relationships through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Jim, remember that there is a ministry of being in the way. Your success in overcoming this little challenge is important to the success of your future ministry, that of ministering to others who HAD your problem.

Blessings be upon you Jim. Blessings and blessings and blessings!!!!!!!!

henry


Posted by: Illuminate

Hello again, James~

Henry is absolutley correct! Take his advice, in fact, I recently read a book entitled, "The Fine art of Small Talk" by Debra Fine. It is a great book for those that are SHY! Go ahead and explore her website at www.debrafine.com. She truly does give good advice when meeting others and building a foundation for friendship etc...I highly recommend you order it and read it more then once! It gets u motivated into becoming the initiator to strike up a friendly conversation by simply saying HELLO to anyone!! It works! As you enter into a grocery store or even a bookstore practice saying hello! Be friendly and KNOW that the LORD IS with U and HE will be the one to give u the courage to say HELLO. In life, we need to take certain risks in order to get our blessings...BE BLESSED...

Have a blessed evening~

Illuminate


Posted by: Missamae80

Just a little note to let you know I prayed. God bless...


Posted by: faithnhim

I too said a prayer for you. Give it to God.......He will never leave you nor forsake you!!!!!! God Bless, and Bless, and Bless


Posted by: poodie

I hope this hits home with you, I had a freind that has been going thruogh the same thing only she has three kids and a wonderfull husband that have been suffering due to this, so I went to the library and was studying depression I learned the the vitamin St. Johns Wort works on depression, and excercise wards it off also, but the main cause of the disease is satan, start the vitamins, start at a gym, I go to the YMCA, it is christian based, and I have met alot off good christian people there that are becoming good freinds, good spiritial freinds! and get angry and take control of your life back from satan, there are three things the mind can hear from thats, self, God, and satan, make up your mind that your only going to hear from two, self and God, and eventually you wont even hear from yourself anymore, your mind only needs one voice and that is God, once you are listening to him and nothing else, your life will be awesome!

Lord I come to you in the name of Jesus and I ask for you to bless this person with everything that you have originaly intended for them, give jamvan perfect peace as only you can, in the name of Jesus, amen

satan I rebuke you in the name of Jesus, you have no place in this persons life or thoughts, this child belongs to God not you, be gone in the name of Jesus!, Amen