I need Jesus

[needtotalk]

Hey folks,
I suffer greatly from a mental disorder, and I think I posted once here before.. but today it's really acting up. I haven't had decent fellowship with God the Father for a long time. I'm running on empty. I don't know how much of this is my disease. I'm really confused, to say the least. I do know I need Jesus to affirm his love for me. The meds sort of freeze your feelings so you can't cry like you'd like. But I have to take my meds, it's required (that's a long story). I feel guilt for things I've done, and I confess them like in 1 John 1:9. Jesus died for my sins. And when I confess them, he forgives me and cleans me from all unrighteousness. But something is making it hard to believe all that. I'm down and depressed.

I just need Jesus to come along side and tell me it's all taken care of, I'll be ok, even my future mistakes will be covered, there's a reason why I mess up so much, he understands my weaknesses - all in a way I can believe and trust in. Help me, Jesus.

 

[Hitch]

by Jonathan Edwards ​

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PSALM 25:11
For thy name’s sale, O Lord, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.​

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IT is evident by some passages in this psalm, that when it was penned, it was a time of affliction and danger with David. This appears particularly by the 15th and following verses: “Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net,†etc. His distress makes him think of his sins, and leads him to confess them, and to cry to God for pardon, as is suitable in a time of affliction. See ver. 7. “Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;†and verse 18. “Look upon mine affliction, and my pain, and forgive all my sins.â€
It is observable in the text, what arguments the psalmist makes use of in pleading for pardon.
1. He pleads for pardon for God’s name’s sake. He has no expectation of pardon for the sake of any righteousness or worthiness of his for any good deeds he had done, or any compensation he had made for his sins; though if man’s righteousness could be a just plea, David would have had as much to plead as most. But he begs that God would do it for his own name’s sake, for his own glory, for the glory of his own free grace, and for the honour of his own covenant-faithfulness.

I urge you take 15 or 20 minutes to peruse the rest, it may be very helpful.


http://the-highway.com/pardon-for-sinners_Edwards.html

 

[Danus]

Hey folks,
I suffer greatly from a mental disorder, and I think I posted once here before.. but today it's really acting up. I haven't had decent fellowship with God the Father for a long time. I'm running on empty. I don't know how much of this is my disease. I'm really confused, to say the least. I do know I need Jesus to affirm his love for me. The meds sort of freeze your feelings so you can't cry like you'd like. But I have to take my meds, it's required (that's a long story). I feel guilt for things I've done, and I confess them like in 1 John 1:9. Jesus died for my sins, great and small. And when I confess them, he forgives me and cleans me from all unrighteousness. But something is making it hard to believe all that. I'm down and depressed.

I just need Jesus to come along side and tell me it's all taken care of, I'll be ok, even my future mistakes will be covered, there's a reason why I mess up so much, he understands my weaknesses - all in a way I can believe and trust in. Help me, Jesus.

I'm not sure my advice is going to be all to acceptable. If the Mods want to delete it I understand, but I think "Meds" today are failing people more than helping anyone. If anything, I think they drive a wedge between people and God. What did man do before 'Med's"?

I say this, because while man kind may have a sense of what mental illness is, we still don't have a full clue. seriously, what did we do before meds? The medications we have today are barely a dot in the full history of man kind and yet we have them today and yet people who take them still pretty much have the same conditions.

Our condition spirituality is one of fallen. Man does not really know what is good because he is a mix of what is good and bad by his very nature from birth. He may have a seance of Good and Evil, Light and dark, but he does not know the difference until he is saved in the grace of God; all others choose evil by nature.

no one on this site can fill you up. They can only point to where the well is. If your looking to commune with God you need to do so in prayer. That's where you will find God. then you can come back here and share it with us. Maybe we can build each other up.

NOTE: I'm not suggesting you get off medication for whatever it is you are dealing with, but I am saying that that medication is not your salvation. You may have to deal with mental illness all your life, but God can and will help with that. Pray to God. Daily. God is not a one shot deal. God is a relationship always, every day. It builds over time from the moment it starts, and we grow in that.

 

[thethinkingrebel]

Hey folks,
I suffer greatly from a mental disorder, and I think I posted once here before.. but today it's really acting up. I haven't had decent fellowship with God the Father for a long time. I'm running on empty. I don't know how much of this is my disease. I'm really confused, to say the least. I do know I need Jesus to affirm his love for me. The meds sort of freeze your feelings so you can't cry like you'd like. But I have to take my meds, it's required (that's a long story). I feel guilt for things I've done, and I confess them like in 1 John 1:9. Jesus died for my sins, great and small. And when I confess them, he forgives me and cleans me from all unrighteousness. But something is making it hard to believe all that. I'm down and depressed.

I just need Jesus to come along side and tell me it's all taken care of, I'll be ok, even my future mistakes will be covered, there's a reason why I mess up so much, he understands my weaknesses - all in a way I can believe and trust in. Help me, Jesus.

My brother/sister. Fear not. I take no meds...and i feel at times exactly the same. Christians call these periods seasons. They exist to strengthen faith. You must cleave to the Lord and understand that hes still with you. Its also a wonderful opportunity to discover the intellectual side of faith...it isnt all emotional..its scientific, historical, philosphical. Watch some debates or documentaries..maybe some sermons. You will feel it again. But I think your faith is going to change, maybe enter maturity God hasnt abandoned you, and no medication will affect saving grace

 

[needtotalk]

I know of the misery of my sins.. I don't think I'm under the wrath of God, though. David was not under the wrath of God, yet he is the main figure in the link. David was under grace. And just as I have confessed Jesus as my master, my LORD, I put faith in Him and I am under grace.

It just doesn't feel like it. And should it? We're not to base our salvation on feelings. But fight the fight of faith til the end.

To those who aren't familiar with mental illness, the meds only affect physical side effect problems. We are still the same person inside, and it can't take away from grace already established. The illness is what is detrimental to the person in a mental way, and emotional. I think it has a tendency, thru the feelings, to trick the person into thinking he has spiritual problems beyond the scope of understanding.

I just need the touch of Jesus to calm me down. And Jesus won't cast me aside.

 

[Broncobilly1972]

Hitch is absolutely right
Read, ask, read more, call on Him for comfort

Psalms is a great place to start.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. (Psalm 116:3-6 KJV)

Don't stop til you get what you ask.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (Matthew 5:4 KJV)

That's a promise that can't be broken.