Biblical Strength Please

[PrimFinallyFoundGod!]

Hi all. I'm going through a lot right now. I have abusive neighbours where I live. They shout names, throw things, circle our house and loiter to intimidate. It has escalated to daily, sometimes multiple times in one day many hours apart. There are so many police logs now and yet still no plans or action has been taken. Social housing have also taken no action despite knowing about this. Both parties also know about my mental health and still no action.

We are saving. Within a few months I will have enough money to get us out of here and into private renting.

I am battling addiction (various), depression, sins (specifically gluttony, wrath, sloth and lust), mood swings and thoughts of serious wrath against myself. I know the situation I am in is temporary but I am weak. I am already a trauma survivor as I was abused my whole life as a child and teen in all forms, physical, sexual and emotional.

I am in early slow receipt of mental health support and cannot access anything better.

I am hoping for some advice, strength and support from a biblical perspective. As a new Christian, I would appreciate if you could explain/interpret the verses you give as I haven't started studying the verses deeply yet so it would not be as affective to just give me verses without explanation.

I feel scared, trapped, low in motivation and strength to carry on, I'm close to falling too far behind on my academic studies and I haven't even began bible study, I keep binge eating and I feel self hatred and more hopeless. I'm obese due to my eating disorder I was trying to work on it but these events keep pushing me back. I'm increasingly drug taking to cope. I almost relapsed with self harm today. I need all the help I can get and if I cannot neaten my brain enough to study the bible properly at least some of God's word relevant to the situation I am in may help me neaten my thoughts and it is kinda bible study too right?

Any verses you feel are relevant to any of this please share with explanations especially if using older translation where it is in old English.

Thank you so much and God bless you all

 

[Hidden In Him]

Hi all. I'm going through a lot right now. I have abusive neighbours where I live. They shout names, throw things, circle our house and loiter to intimidate. It has escalated to daily, sometimes multiple times in one day many hours apart. There are so many police logs now and yet still no plans or action has been taken. Social housing have also taken no action despite knowing about this. Both parties also know about my mental health and still no action.

We are saving. Within a few months I will have enough money to get us out of here and into private renting.

I am battling addiction (various), depression, sins (specifically gluttony, wrath, sloth and lust), mood swings and thoughts of serious wrath against myself. I know the situation I am in is temporary but I am weak. I am already a trauma survivor as I was abused my whole life as a child and teen in all forms, physical, sexual and emotional.

I am in early slow receipt of mental health support and cannot access anything better.

I am hoping for some advice, strength and support from a biblical perspective. As a new Christian, I would appreciate if you could explain/interpret the verses you give as I haven't started studying the verses deeply yet so it would not be as affective to just give me verses without explanation.

I feel scared, trapped, low in motivation and strength to carry on, I'm close to falling too far behind on my academic studies and I haven't even began bible study, I keep binge eating and I feel self hatred and more hopeless. I'm obese due to my eating disorder I was trying to work on it but these events keep pushing me back. I'm increasingly drug taking to cope. I almost relapsed with self harm today. I need all the help I can get and if I cannot neaten my brain enough to study the bible properly at least some of God's word relevant to the situation I am in may help me neaten my thoughts and it is kinda bible study too right?

Any verses you feel are relevant to any of this please share with explanations especially if using older translation where it is in old English.

Thank you so much and God bless you all

Hmmm... let me meditate on this for a bit for what passages I would say might do you the most good...

I'll get back to you, and hope you are having a nice evening.
- H

 

[Hidden In Him]

I'll get back to you, and hope you are having a nice evening.

Prim, the first thing that comes to mind is the Exodus account. They were in a deplorable situation, too. They were increasingly being abused and threatened, and they needed a deliverer. God eventually led them out of their deplorable situation and into freedom, and He will do the same for you, so maybe you can identify with it. But keep in mind when reading, their freedom didn't come in one night. It was a long, hard fought struggle. But they had the power of God on their side, and so long as they continued to believe in Him, He kept delivering them out of threat after threat until they finally made it to the promised land.

Read the Book of Exodus. From there, you could read later Books like Joshua and Judges, and then about all that happened during David's reign, and afterwards. You could skip through the parts you find confusing and just focus on the highlights maybe. But the entire story is about God delivering His people from spiritual and social oppression, and He is still doing the same for people today if they trust Him, and keep trusting Him until they see their deliverance.

 

[PrimFinallyFoundGod!]

Prim, the first thing that comes to mind is the Exodus account. They were in a deplorable situation, too. They were increasingly being abused and threatened, and they needed a deliverer. God eventually led them out of their deplorable situation and into freedom, and He will do the same for you, so maybe you can identify with it. But keep in mind when reading, their freedom didn't come in one night. It was a long, hard fought struggle. But they had the power of God on their side, and so long as they continued to believe in Him, He kept delivering them out of threat after threat until they finally made it to the promised land.

Read the Book of Exodus. From there, you could read later Books like Joshua and Judges, and then about all that happened during David's reign, and afterwards. You could skip through the parts you find confusing and just focus on the highlights maybe. But the entire story is about God delivering His people from spiritual and social oppression, and He is still doing the same for people today if they trust Him, and keep trusting Him until they see their deliverance.

Thanks for this I'll have a look into it

 

[hawkman]

I have abusive neighbours where I live. They shout names, throw things, circle our house and loiter to intimidate. It has escalated to daily, sometimes multiple times in one day many hours apart.

If at all possible find a way to show your neighbors the love of Christ . It does seem to me your neighbors want to provoke you to anger , don't fall for it .
Matthew5:

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

 

[PrimFinallyFoundGod!]

If at all possible find a way to show your neighbors the love of Christ . It does seem to me your neighbors want to provoke you to anger , don't fall for it .
Matthew5:

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Thanks for this, this really speaks to me. I'm going to write these down thank you

 

[for_his_glory]

We all have our thorns in the flesh like Paul had as Satan will always try to buffet us by working through others, but remember, greater is He (Jesus) that is in you than he (Satan) that is in the world. God will bring you to a place of peace in your heart no matter what surrounds you as the enemy can not consume you, but can be very irritating at times.


2Cor 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
2Cor 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
2Cor 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2Cor 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.