BARRON GREENWALT·WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

Be ready at a moment’s notice! Whenever someone confides in you about taking their own life, let them know that no matter how hard life has gotten, with God there is hope. If they believe that there’s nothing and there is no one who can make it right, tell them about Jesus. Jesus can relate to and sympathize with every situation that we go through. Jesus knows what loneliness is, for no one was ever lonelier than he was on the Cross. All of his disciples left when he was arrested and Satan’s forces were all against him. The Bible tells us that that he endured the greatest loneliness of all by being separated from God. This happened because he was bearing our sins. No cry of loneliness was ever greater than those words of Jesus from the Cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me” (Mathew 27:46) He did it for one reason and that was because he loves us. The most important truth that you will ever discover is that God loves you.

Thoughts of taking one’s own life come from the evil one. Jesus said. “Satan’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus’ purpose is to give life in all its fullness” (John 10:10)

We were made in God’s image, and his goodness and beauty is a part of all of us. Each of us are important to God, he says “You are precious to me and I love you” (Isaiah 43:4) The very reason Jesus Christ came to earth is to offer himself in sacrifice so that we might have life in all its fullness, and it is his desire that we be set free from depression, fear, frustration, and hurt so that we might experience this abundant life.

Give your problems to Jesus and “cast all your anxiety on him” (1 Peter 5:7). Do not distress or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace shall be yours… (Philippians 4:6)