How do I continue to rely on God in difficult situations

Psa_40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

^ We all get here sometimes. External evils, internal struggles. They weigh us down, we become weary and despondent.

Psa_5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

^ The cure is this: praise and prayer, and re-focusing upon God.

Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

^ And this will be the end result of our faith in Jesus Christ. Redemption. We will be white as snow and dressed in white -- free from all the things that made us hang our heads.

This is my first time to write an online personal blog, and I have a lot to say and hope to encourage and pray with my sisters and brothers in Christ.



Jesus did not answer a word. (Matthew 15:23 )

Lately my spirit has been low. When I pray, I don't seem to hear any of Jesus' words. Sometimes I think he doesn't listen, but I think he hears them all .When I lack faith, I will look up at the sky, I want to feel his presence very clearly. View attachment 236156

There comes a time when God wants us to trust in spite of feelings. He has promised never to leave us or forsake us. So He is with us whether we feel it or not, even if we do not believe, He is there. His Word is reliable, our feelings are not. We may lose fellowship if we sin or rebel. We cannot lose relationship. All we have to do is keep confessing known sin and trust Him. He will lead us even in the dark times. That is when we grow.

Yes, bro ,I totally agree with you, but the process is really difficult and painful, with temptations and struggles

Sure. It brings us to a greater dependence on Jesus and that is exactly the point of our trials. However, God will not permit us to be tested beyond our ability to cope. I've been through many trials and tribulations, some unbearable for me. But nothing is too hard for Jesus. God wants to break the hold of our natural strength and bring us into a place where He alone is our strength. "Count it all joy"......
Joy is not a feeling, neither is peace. If we can keep our hearts right before God (easy to say, hard to do), the trial will be as short as it can be. If we rebel and complain about God, it will be prolonged. Complain to God, sure. But never allow yourself to complain about God. That is like one of those deep sea divers with an air hose, standing on the hose. All we do is suffocate ourselves.

I've been born again 50 years. The trials these days are as hard as ever, one or two the toughest I've been through. But I know God better now and I know where to go when it gets too hard.

There is also the principle of pruning. Have you ever seen what happens to a grape vine after harvest? It's cut back to a couple of sticks! Many of God's elites have been brought back to zero. They grow back even stronger and more fruitful.

I haven't really shared my testimony here on CC yet. Maybe I should some day. I can understand the feelings you are experiencing though.

I was raised in a Christian home but struggled most of my life with faith and spiritual things. I thought for a while I was born again, but I was not. In my 20's, I walked away from religious things completely.

God left me alone for a while but eventually He destroyed my whole life in order to prove Who is Lord (hint: it's not me!). I lost everything very quickly: apartment, health, job, independence. I thought things would get easier once I finally yielded to God and accepted Jesus as Savior in 2016. Instead they got harder.

I spent two years trying to find medical help for serious health issues. When I finally got a diagnosis (I had a rare food-borne bacterial infection) it took two more years of treatment - including eight months of a heavy duty antibiotic regimen, which plunged me into even deeper depression - to even begin to get me back to being a functional human. While this was going on, I couldn't work at full capacity and had thousands of dollars in medical bills. The woman I loved rejected me and dated and married another man, and because of the relationship between our families and my inability to remove myself from the situation, I had a front row seat for two years having to watch the whole thing in front of my eyes.

In all honesty, it's really only been the last year that my life has started going in any kind of positive direction. And I have been very blessed. I am now debt free. I can work as long as it's not a physically strenuous job. I'm finally getting ready to move into a place of my own again. I found a church I really like.

I wish I could say it's all sunshine and rainbows, but there's still a lot of painful memories and health difficulties even now. Most days I wonder what the point of going through all that was. Most days I wonder what bad things are coming down the road and whether I will be able to survive them.

But I'm still here. God has shown me that suffering is part of the deal. Jesus suffered and had a hard life. It would be foolish to expect that everything will go easy for us. Most of my hopes and dreams have been completely destroyed through my experiences, but I am more assured now than ever that Jesus is Lord, and no matter how this life turns out, no one can take Him from me!

I hope all the best for you, sister.

And I like your dog. Is that a Corgi?

At present, I need to stay up for two nights to do all the work , thanks for the company of friends here, as well as the inspiration brought to me

Yikes! Is that homework for school keeping you up, or for your work? Don't push yourself too hard, that will ruin your health! :/