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I have been suffering with depression for most of my life. My mother was bi-polar. I gave up trying to start a family of my own, to help take care of her. She passed away a few years ago and I have lost my path. My relationship with my longtime girlfriend Angie has fallen apart and I feel fractured beyond repair. I cry every day and pray to God for help. I have lost so much weight and no longer see any joy in life. My eyes are filled with tears as I type this. Please ask God to take this fear and deep sadness from me, and replace it with courage, compassion and joy, so that I may share it with others.

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Update - 8 months ago:

11-18-07 - My sadness has now changed to fear and worry. I am afraid that I will be alone and I am scared. I ask that you pray for me and ask God to restore the joy in my life, so that I can share joy with others.

Update - 3 months ago:

Thank you, I am doing much better. God bless all that prayed for me. I will continue to pray for you.

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DR48
DR48 Antelope Valley, California

May God let you see him in his works everyday can bring you comfort. I ask this in the name of Jesus Christ.

toolbox - 2 months ago: Thank you kindly DR48. May God answer your prayers as mine have been.
Diotima
Diotima Budapest, HUNGARY

Dear friend, I pray for you wishing you to feel better. You didn't update your last request so I worry a bit. Please let us know how you are doing and what the reason is for staying away from PrayAbout for so many months! I hope you change your mind about not having your own family because I think it would really help you a lot to have a loving wife around you with kids perhaps. Only don't want to stay alone! After your mother died you still had a girlfriend, Andie. Why was that relationship broken? Perhaps you were afraid to marry her!? Please write a new request in order to tell us how you feel and how you want to change your life. Don't close the door behind you, let us show compassion, love and support, let us pray for you! I pray the Lord to give you courage for living your life without fear and worry! I pray Him to protect you from your own destructive thoughts and to guide your life to a peaceful clearing of love and support where you find people to care about you. I wish your soul to find calmness and security in the thought that you are never alone, God is always with you to wipe your tears, my dear friend! Don't lose hope for finding your path but be brave and feel the sympathy from us who pray for you and love you with all our heart and with all our compassion! God bless you, my brother, hold on and EVER GIVE UP!!! Love Brigitta

toolbox - 3 months ago: Thank you, I am doing much better. God bless you.
Diotima - 3 months ago: I am glad to hear it! Some good news - so rare...Take care my friend!
bry
bry england

Thanks so much for your prayers for Gillian Gibbons in Khartoum. They meant so much to me. as I read them watching the News and awaiting the verdict of Today's hearing. I said "Yes and amen" to ALL the points you prayed for . Thank you. I too am diagnosed bipolar (since 1977) but now have a life that is manageable and stable enough for me to enjoy. In 1994 I was on life support in Intensive Care at our local Hospital after a near-fatal overdose. God had different ideas! I had electroshock treatment and went back to work vowing NEVER to go down that route again (I was a baby christian at that time.) I had long-term christian counselling looking at the roots of rejection in early childhood, emotional deprivation (described as "total" by my counsellor. That was a shock!) and my "frozen feelings." This all helped, but what I did for myself helped more. The book "THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING" was the greatest help, when, finally, I began to PRACTICE it, not just read it. The first chapter is "Believe in Yourself." I thought I just had to believe in God, but He gave me gifts that I must have confidence in as well.Repeating "I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME" 10 times, three times a day, until this scripture went from my head to my heart, and I began to LIVE it, was a start. Removal of fear was a tough one. Try repeating "I WILL FEAR NO EVIL" "GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF LOVE, STRENGTH PEACE AND A SOUND MIND." "THE PERFECT LOVE OF GOD CASTS OUT ALL FEAR" and go on saying them over and over until the TRUTH of God's Words/Promises BREAKS the old negative patterns of thoughts, and false assumptions (based on others opinions, and compounded by the enemy of our souls) and sets you free! Jesus has come to set us free, and "He or she who the Son of Man sets free, shall be FREE INDEED!" Confess all known sins/mistakes and invite Jesus by name deeper than ever before into your heart/mind/soul. Keep doing that every day "Deeper Lord, deeper" until you know Him intimately as the Lover of your Soul, the Only One who ever died for you to guarantee you a place in Heaven. Thank Him for Calvary, again and again. Finally forgive anyone and EVERYONE who has ever offended you, and don't forget to FORGIVE YOURSELF! God has, so who are we to argue? Hope this helps. Visit my site if I can be of further help. God bless+++ bryan. P.S. Norman Vincent Peale wrote "The Power of Positive Thinking." Also take a look at www.FathersLoveLetter.com It's life-changing!!!

memo
memo Los Angeles, CA.

A prayer for you to keep in your heart when depression wants to get you............

Gazing upon the vast horizon…
Admiring... Gods glorious sunrise
I held… a brand new day
Right before… my eyes

Not knowing what awaits me
Or where my path will end
Yet, my Lord is right here… by my side
For He is my Guide, my Protector…
My always… closest Friend

I know… with all my heart
I do not walk this path... alone
For every second... with Him I share
In each moment… I live and breathe
It is He... that is always standing there

If today… I reach a fork of uncertainty
Upon this journey… I travel so fair
His loving hands will guide me
With a graciousness… beyond compare

When I reach my journeys end
As I gaze… toward the skies above
Standing there, I know…
I am not alone
For I'll thank Him… once again
For all His guidance, love and care
Praising Him… for always being there
Written by: Brenda Conley © 2005

May God Bless You my brother.............

memo
memo Los Angeles, CA.

My precious Brother:
Always know that you are not alone. God & Jesus Love you sooo... much and they are always with you. I'm sorry that your feeling so much fear and worry and lonely. I pray that God will uplift you and turn all your fears into Joy. I pray that you will be blessed with lots of happiness and that Jesus will lift your depressions away. May the Love of God & Christ shine always in your life.
In Jesus Mighty Name..........
AMEN

With lots of love,

Your Sister in Christ Becky (memo)

Linda_Full_of_Hope
Linda_Full_of_Hope Memphis, TN

Dearest Toolbox, I know how you feel about being afraid. I know how you feel about a broken relationship and the hurt you feel inside. We can be strong with Our Lord inside our hearts. I too feel the pain, but I trudge on, because I know I have a purpose. I too cry alot, but I try to see the person who hurts more. I pray that our prayers together will heal both of us. We can be strong through Our Lord Jesus. We will not let Satan make us hold on to just the pain in our lives.. We will focus on the good. I pray to Our Lord that the goodness in our lives will prevail and out weigh the bad. We will not let the sadness in our lives win.. We have a purpose and we are Loved! In Jesus Name I pray, AMEN

FOOTPRINTS
FOOTPRINTS Ohio, U.S.A

Prayer for Protection
By James Dillet Freeman
The light of God surrounds me;
The love of God enfolds me;
The power of God protects me;
The presence of God watches over me;
Where ever I am God is. on being afraid Amen

Sometimes,
it clutches at my heart
icy fingers squeezing
so hard I cannot breathe.

Sometimes,
it whispers in my ear
quiet murmurs disquiet
as I go about life's tasks.

Sometimes,
I am ambushed
sucker-punched
when I have let down my guard.

Like all intimate relationships
ours ebbs and flows in its intensity
but we never part for long.

I live with fear
but not in fear.

And I will never let fear rule my life.

A PRAYER FOR STRENGTH

O Lord,
In this time of need, strengthen me. You are my strength and my shield; You are my refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. I know, Father, that Your eyes go to and fro throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts long for You. The body grows weary, but my hope is in You to renew my strength.
I do not fear, for You are with me.
I am not dismayed or overwhelmed, for You are my God. I know You will strengthen me and help me; that You will uphold me with Your righteous hand. Even as the shadows of illness cover me, I feel the comfort of Your strength, Or Lord.
Amen.

GmaG

Father God, heal this child of yours! I believe he has suffered enough and I know you and only you can heal him. I believe in your promises to heal each of us and you wont give us more than we can handle,Toolbox is ready for that healing.In Jesus name I pray, amen.

HopeRestored
HopeRestored United Kingdom

Dear God, i pray for you to lift this cloud off Toolbox. strengthen him, help him to KNOW in his heart that He is in your hands.

Toolbox, a scripture which helped me with depression and other mental illness is Isaiah 49:14-16.

alison123
alison123 united kingdo

Dear God, Please heal Toolbox and free him of his fears. I pray that he finds happiness and joy in his life very soon. Please help him with his depression and enjoy life once again. Amen

dbstardancer

Praying for you to feel happiness and love again and for your family to heal.

memo
memo Los Angeles, CA.

Oh my sweet precious Brother:
I'm so sorry that you feel depressed. Please know that you are not alone and that GOD & JESUS LOVE YOU..................
you are very special and I pray that God will embrace his loving arms around you and bring peace to your heart. Thank you Lord for this preciuos brother keep him safe and fill him with soooo much love that his depression will turn into happiness.
IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS I PRAY....................

AMEN....................

GOD BLESS YOU MY BROTHER AND ANSWER ALL YOUR PRAYER NEEDS............................

penelope04
penelope04 Philippines

Dear Lord, this son of yours need your presence in his life. Please make him feel your love and care for him Lord. I pray that you uplift him from the emotional struggles he is experiencing. Keep him in you loving and protective arms, as well as his father and his siblings. Amen.

MAUII
MAUII ga

I set this LIGHTHOUSE for toolbox.O'LORD I come to you today with toolbox.LORDyou know the suffering that he is going through.He is looking for reliefe from the pain that fills his life.I you ask LORD let this LIGHTHOUSE serve as a beacon to bring him in from the storm,also as a light to shine on his path so he can avoid any snare that SATAN might place before him as he continues on his journey.Please LORD I pray in JESUS' NAME AMEN.

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MAUII
MAUII ga

I set this LIGHTHOUSE for toolbox.O'LORD I come to you today with toolbox.LORDyou know the suffering that he is going through.He is looking for reliefe from the pain that fills his life.I you ask LORD let this LIGHTHOUSE serve as a beacon to bring him in from the storm,also as a light to shine on his path so he can avoid any snare that SATAN might place before him as he continues on his journey.Please LORD I pray in JESUS' NAME AMEN.

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