
Hello, I used to be a member on the old Ritan. Don't really want to go into who I was. I am totally lost in life. Used to long for the rapture and felt close to God most of the time. I guess the watching wore me out and I fell totally back into the world and my life is a mess financially and personally. If anyone cares to pray for me, it would be appreciated. Thank you. In Hebrews 4:15-16 is the greatest solution for any situation:" For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses; but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." There are many who care to pray for you, Betamax, and along with them I offer up my prayer to our loving,Abba Father for you . :prayer-hands: for you! Matt 11:28-29 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. It can be easy to casually dispense advice; many of us here have had personal struggles and heartbreak. Still, I rely on this: 22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I will beckon to the nations, Wherever you are in life, God will meet you there. All of this is temporary and we will rejoice when we reach our eternal destination. Meditate on these verses Betamax... (read, absorb, believe receive cry out to Him, ask, trust...rest) You Have Searched Me and Known Me O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You. For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. How precious to me are Your thoughts,a O God, how vast is their sum! If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I awake, I am still with You. O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men— who invoke You with deceit; Your enemies take Your name in vain.b Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139 :bible
I will lift up my banner to the peoples;
they will bring your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.
23 Kings will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
those who hope in me will not be disappointed.” Isaiah 49:23