Prayer for breakthrough

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CrystalN

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Good morning fellow brothers and sisters.
I hope you're all well 🌺

Here's my story:
I graduated 2024 my undergraduate degree and pursued a postgraduate degree last year until this year online. It was soooo hard and bad, I thought I was ready for it but it later felt like I wasn't supposed to be doing the postgraduate studies last year. Not only was the workload intensely high, I stay with my parents, dysfunctional household since my childhood. Both parents are ill and I'm helping then where I can.

Not only did I completed a undergraduate degree, but prior to that I went to college to complete a diploma as well. I tried applying for jobs everywhere I could and only landed one interview. Then last year whilst doing my postgraduate studies, I tried applying for jobs and again landed only one interview. I'm again now done with studies and feels hopeless because I must again apply for work and worry it will be the same. The place I want to go to (Police academy for training and employment) reached out to me last year September only to come and verify my documents and complete a psychometric assessment. I wasn't accepted because I was already enrolled at a university and will still be by the time they recruit us, so I wasn't contacted again.

I'm trying to do the same this year and maybe volunteer at a social crime base NPO for experience but I'm sooo discouraged after all my efforts I have put in, it gets tiresome to keep pushing when everyone else, even those with no education background, gets a job. Or even those enemies that hurt me got what they wanted.

I've completed high-school 2015. You can imagine for yourself how tiring this must be. I never gave up, and kept pushing but there comes a time where it feels like it is purposely done to take away my happiness.

My mother and father are both teachers. Yet, due to this ongoing patriarchal system this side he never supported my mother like he should ss rhe bible states men must. He alone was able to get everything he wanted and she was forced to become a housewife. I don't know WHY God never relieved her. She's now no more the same mother I use to know, she changed and even ran away to some facility for abused women once. Today, my father STILL abuse his power in the household and STILLL PRAY AND GET WHAT HE WANTS.

With the duration I've been struggling to land a job makes me worry that I'll end up in such situation too. I don't want to marry someone and then they start acting up, changing character only when married. I grew up seeing how my father changed character to a master psychological and economic abuser. I refuse to relive my childhood after all I've put in to build a better future for myself. I'm angry because it's soo unfair that everyone else expect me gets what they want and I who always stand up for what's right, try to live by God's instruction and word never get a push to improvement.

I began to feel like maybe I'm not praying right or doing something wrong. No I haven't lost my faith. The bible speak of faith a small as a mustard seed is good enough. I'm waiting on God to give me a breakthrough. My parents are getting very forceful and impatient with my slow progress and I'm under a lot of pressure. Pressure that is not my fault at all. I'm tired and exhaustively continuously waiting on the Lord to make a way when everyone else expect me gets more than they ask for, even those who continuously push me down and trample on me. It's soo unfair.

It's been yearsssssss of waiting. There comes a point when jt feels like I AM the problem and worthless, like everything is pointless if it keeps going on like this.

As you can see, I'm tired. Can you please help me pray for change and breakthrough. I even doubt I'll pass my postgraduate degree cause I was supporting my family last year, dad with cancer and mom. I was carrying weights I never asked for and kept giving to God snd yet still got no relief. I'm emotionally drained and very tired. Hope doesn't seem to come my way.


All I ask is

Pray for me.

I'm at that point where no motivational talks help. I do it everyday to keep going. It won't change a thing. I have my faith, it might be little but instead of turning to a satanic bible, as old times, I wait on God to be my rescuer. I trust he has plans, I just don't know what they are. I don't want all that I've done and been through all be in vain, yet to change and put me through MORE PAIN and WAITING beyond this year. It's unfair. I don't know anymore then. I've lost everything and have been having NOTHING for years now. I've given God everything of mine. I still seeks his face and cry to him. I'm tired and reach out to my brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for me because I can't be 29 years old and still wait for breakthrough. When will I get stability in life??? Will all efforts always be in vain or is my breakthrough on its way????
 
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I pray for a positive breakthrough to come upon your life.
I commend you for your perseverance, and hopefully, you will surely be
rewarded with a job that fits you well.
'Amen'


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Good morning fellow brothers and sisters.
I hope you're all well 🌺

Here's my story:
I graduated 2024 my undergraduate degree and pursued a postgraduate degree last year until this year online. It was soooo hard and bad, I thought I was ready for it but it later felt like I wasn't supposed to be doing the postgraduate studies last year. Not only was the workload intensely high, I stay with my parents, dysfunctional household since my childhood. Both parents are ill and I'm helping then where I can.

Not only did I completed a undergraduate degree, but prior to that I went to college to complete a diploma as well. I tried applying for jobs everywhere I could and only landed one interview. Then last year whilst doing my postgraduate studies, I tried applying for jobs and again landed only one interview. I'm again now done with studies and feels hopeless because I must again apply for work and worry it will be the same. The place I want to go to (Police academy for training and employment) reached out to me last year September only to come and verify my documents and complete a psychometric assessment. I wasn't accepted because I was already enrolled at a university and will still be by the time they recruit us, so I wasn't contacted again.

I'm trying to do the same this year and maybe volunteer at a social crime base NPO for experience but I'm sooo discouraged after all my efforts I have put in, it gets tiresome to keep pushing when everyone else, even those with no education background, gets a job. Or even those enemies that hurt me got what they wanted.

I've completed high-school 2015. You can imagine for yourself how tiring this must be. I never gave up, and kept pushing but there comes a time where it feels like it is purposely done to take away my happiness.

My mother and father are both teachers. Yet, due to this ongoing patriarchal system this side he never supported my mother like he should ss rhe bible states men must. He alone was able to get everything he wanted and she was forced to become a housewife. I don't know WHY God never relieved her. She's now no more the same mother I use to know, she changed and even ran away to some facility for abused women once. Today, my father STILL abuse his power in the household and STILLL PRAY AND GET WHAT HE WANTS.

With the duration I've been struggling to land a job makes me worry that I'll end up in such situation too. I don't want to marry someone and then they start acting up, changing character only when married. I grew up seeing how my father changed character to a master psychological and economic abuser. I refuse to relive my childhood after all I've put in to build a better future for myself. I'm angry because it's soo unfair that everyone else expect me gets what they want and I who always stand up for what's right, try to live by God's instruction and word never get a push to improvement.

I began to feel like maybe I'm not praying right or doing something wrong. No I haven't lost my faith. The bible speak of faith a small as a mustard seed is good enough. I'm waiting on God to give me a breakthrough. My parents are getting very forceful and impatient with my slow progress and I'm under a lot of pressure. Pressure that is not my fault at all. I'm tired and exhaustively continuously waiting on the Lord to make a way when everyone else expect me gets more than they ask for, even those who continuously push me down and trample on me. It's soo unfair.

It's been yearsssssss of waiting. There comes a point when jt feels like I AM the problem and worthless, like everything is pointless if it keeps going on like this.

As you can see, I'm tired. Can you please help me pray for change and breakthrough. I even doubt I'll pass my postgraduate degree cause I was supporting my family last year, dad with cancer and mom. I was carrying weights I never asked for and kept giving to God snd yet still got no relief. I'm emotionally drained and very tired. Hope doesn't seem to come my way.


All I ask is

Pray for me.

I'm at that point where no motivational talks help. I do it everyday to keep going. It won't change a thing. I have my faith, it might be little but instead of turning to a satanic bible, as old times, I wait on God to be my rescuer. I trust he has plans, I just don't know what they are. I don't want all that I've done and been through all be in vain, yet to change and put me through MORE PAIN and WAITING beyond this year. It's unfair. I don't know anymore then. I've lost everything and have been having NOTHING for years now. I've given God everything of mine. I still seeks his face and cry to him. I'm tired and reach out to my brothers and sisters in Christ to pray for me because I can't be 29 years old and still wait for breakthrough. When will I get stability in life??? Will all efforts always be in vain or is my breakthrough on its way????
I hate to say this, but God is trying to get your attention. You've made it all about you, what you want and what you are trying to do. Have you ever wondered if what you want is the same as what God wants? I can promise you this much: God's will is always better than even what we can imagine for ourselves.

I spent way too long seeking a "breakthrough". One day, a friend brought to a realisation that I'd missed for years. The breakthrough was that I did not need a breakthrough. What? Let me explain.......

You are already everything God requires you to be, but in Christ. Check it out yourself. I did a study. The Bible says, "In Christ........" at least 50 times. We are complete in Christ, partakers of the divine nature (check that out and be blown away), blessed with every spiritual blessing and new creations. That's just for a start.

Why do we struggle so much? Imagine that you are looking for gold. If you are looking in the wrong place, you could search all your life and find nothing. Too many Christians look in the wrong place. We must fix our eyes on Jesus (Hebrews 12:2). Too many of us look to ourselves instead, expecting or hoping for God to help us. It does not go like that.

God sees us as so hopeless that He crucifies us. If you crash your car and it is a write off, the insurance company won't pay for repairs. You will get money to buy a new car. God says that we need new life and we find that only in Jesus. The trouble is that we do not want to let go of the old life. We still remember the old "us" and try to reform ourselves. It will not work.

Take yourself, all your problems, all your plans and hopes and lay them down at the feet of Jesus. Whatever you do, don't take them back. Jesus said that His yoke is easy and His burden light. Since you are struggling under the weight of life, you show that you are still not giving Jesus your burden and taking on his yoke.

Your circumstances may or may not change at first. The load will be easier because you give it to Jesus daily. How do I know these things? Hard experience. I also know the great relief of not trying to be something that God has already made me to be in Jesus. it did not happen overnight, but my circumstances are incredibly different now. God only keeps pressure on us until He sees that we have had a change of heart and we are accepting His ways. There might be a period when we are tested so that we can see that we meant business with God. If you work through these things, your life will never be the same.
 
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Western cape region
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Got it, I don't know much about South Africa, but I would suspect if like the United States the economy is not doing great for many.
My advice is to get a job, whatever you can get as a baseline and try and upgrade from there.
I will pray for the Lord's provision in your life.
 
Got it, I don't know much about South Africa, but I would suspect if like the United States the economy is not doing great for many.
My advice is to get a job, whatever you can get as a baseline and try and upgrade from there.
I will pray for the Lord's provision in your life.
Yes, unemployment is a persistent issue this side. I'm planning on doing so. I appreciate your kind words, prayer, and understanding ✨
 
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First of all, thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your story and current situation with us sister. Even though we don't personally know you, that still takes a lot of courage to do.

The road is indeed tough for any human being, but especially for Christians because not only do we have to face sin in our daily lives, we also have to face percussion from family, friends, and random people who simply hate Christians for what we stan for.

If you haven't read the book of Job yet, that's a good one to read to see how a faithful man went through so much loss and heartache, yet he remained faithful to the Lord and the Lord rewarded him greatly in the end. The apostle Paul also went through so much and he writes about his experience in the New Testament. Philippians 4:4-13 is a very encouraging passage, and I would recommend reading and memorizing that. Paul says here that he can do all things through Christ who strengthens him, and what he means in short is that whether tough situation life is putting him through, he is able to be content and get through it because the Lord is his strength.

One day you will be rewarded for your perseverance sister. The Lord knows your frame (how you are made, and that you are only human) and he knows everything about you, and he has saved you through grace alone by faith alone.

I agree with jacko's suggestion of just find a job to begin with and go from there. I have personally been in a similar situation as you sister, when I was unable to find a job in what I studied in and went to school for it, but the Lord gave me another job that I would have never expected to go into and I have been very blessed from it.

He loves you very much Crystal, and one day you will understand why you had to go through so much hardship. One thing for sure, it is building up your character and heart to become more like Christ, and that is what will count the most in the end.

I will be praying for you. There's a song on my Youtube channel called "Run The Good Race", and it's about persevering till the end because one day we will see Jesus face to face and all our troubles and sorrows will be wiped away. Maybe that can also be an encouragement to you.
 
It's been yearsssssss of waiting. (1) There comes a point when jt feels like I AM the problem and worthless, like everything is pointless if it keeps going on like this.

(2) As you can see, I'm tired. Can you please help me pray for change and breakthrough. I even doubt I'll pass my postgraduate degree cause I was supporting my family last year, dad with cancer and mom. I was carrying weights I never asked for and kept giving to God snd yet still got no relief. I'm emotionally drained and very tired. Hope doesn't seem to come my way.


All I ask is

Pray for me.

I'm at that point where no motivational talks help. I do it everyday to keep going. It won't change a thing. (3) I have my faith, it might be little but instead of turning to a satanic bible, as old times...
I forgot to respond to the above in bold....

(1) If you are not the direct cause of the issue at hand, then you are not the problem, and you are most certainly not worthless. The Devil could be the one tempting you with lies, because that's what he does best. He wants you to hate God and turn away from Him, just like what he was trying to do Job. You are fearfully and wonderfully made, and He has saved you, which means He loves you dearly.

(2) One of the reasons why God gave us his Word (Bible) is because He knew we needed encouragement and for our faith to be strengthened as time goes by. If we were invincible and sinless, we would not need this book. We all will carry weights and burdens we don't want to carry, and will be pushed to our limits, and experience broken dreams (but that is okay!), but those in Christ will one day find relief and peace. That is a promise from God. Also, you supporting and caring for your parents is very beautiful in the sight of God and your good works will not go unnoticed nor unrewarded when you get to Heaven. Remember, God collects all your tears (Psalm 56:8).

(3) Peter said, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69). Sister, Jesus has called you, and you have found Him. You know there is no one else and nothing else better to turn to, because nothing else in this world offers what Jesus offers, and Satan can't offer you anything good, so don't be tempted to turn back to satanic ways.

I know I've written a novel here, so I apologize for so much to read, but it's because I can relate to your situation and want to see you run till the end! May the Lord bring you peace and strength through this tough times!
 
I forgot to respond to the above in bold....

(1) If you are not the direct cause of the issue at hand, then you are not the problem, and you are most certainly not worthless. The Devil could be the one tempting you with lies, because that's what he does best. He wants you to hate God and turn away from Him, just like what he was trying to do Job. You are fearfully and wonderfully made, and He has saved you, which means He loves you dearly.

(2) One of the reasons why God gave us his Word (Bible) is because He knew we needed encouragement and for our faith to be strengthened as time goes by. If we were invincible and sinless, we would not need this book. We all will carry weights and burdens we don't want to carry, and will be pushed to our limits, and experience broken dreams (but that is okay!), but those in Christ will one day find relief and peace. That is a promise from God. Also, you supporting and caring for your parents is very beautiful in the sight of God and your good works will not go unnoticed nor unrewarded when you get to Heaven. Remember, God collects all your tears (Psalm 56:8).

(3) Peter said, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69). Sister, Jesus has called you, and you have found Him. You know there is no one else and nothing else better to turn to, because nothing else in this world offers what Jesus offers, and Satan can't offer you anything good, so don't be tempted to turn back to satanic ways.

I know I've written a novel here, so I apologize for so much to read, but it's because I can relate to your situation and want to see you run till the end! May the Lord bring you peace and strength through this tough times!
Good morning my brother 🙏🏽
I sincerely appreciate your patience, words of encouragement and verses you've referenced (which I've read now). You know what, I have my up and down days, this was a down day. But I pushed through it with prayer and continued reading my Bible which actually fulfilled me, not only that day, but everyday has been challenging so far and each one I read and listen to his words to guide me. I will never turn from God ever again 🥲 I love him so much. My current will not forever stay this way because I know God has great plans.

Again, thank you so much 🙏🏽
My you have a blessed day and weekend.
 
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