The solution to despair and hopelessness is not suicide, but faith in God. God has a great plan for your life. God created us for a special purpose. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). Gods plan is for life, not death. The Bible teaches that both physical and spiritual death are the result of our sin and disobedience to God, but eternal life is a gift to those who receive it. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23). Jesus taught that death and destruction are the work of “the thief” (Satan). He said, The thief comes only to steal and destroy (John 10:10). John 8:44 says that Satan is a “murderer” and the “father of lies.” The feelings of despair that lead to suicide are caused by some of his lies. Jesus wants us to have life. He said: The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full (John 10:10). Life belongs to God. It is never our place to take our own life or someone elses life. We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you (Psalms 33:20-22). Christ promises that He will give us rest from our problems. Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28). Accept Christs free gift of eternal life and salvation, if you havent already. Romans 10:13 says: For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. John 1:12 says: Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. When we accept Christ, God gives us a brand-new life and sees us as completely holy and righteous. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17). God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21). Because of Gods salvation through the death of Jesus on the cross, we can have assurance of eternal life with God. I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. (John 5:24)
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 03:24:40 +0000
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