Thinking

[Reborn]

Hello all of my friends. I have been away for a while, and i apologize. But ever since i joined this forum, i have followed it very closely. Even when i was not posting, i always read the posts on this forum. So i have a really important question that I hope you can answer with a heartfelt answer. I know the main point in our religious beliefs, but I do not know what to do. I just would like an honest opinion to my next question. I know it sounds weird, but i have always been depressed. I am religious, If any of you have chatted with me you would know. But i have been depressed through life....i do not know what to do. Everybody is sinners and i almost feel this world is worthless to me. I do not want to live in a world based on this. And i am in college and have sinned with the rest. I hate it.....What do i do....because i know it will not change because the lord needs to judge the unfaithful....yet im still part of it....what do it do

[Reborn]

and i know not to, but i come to almost a suicide point almost every time i think about it. I never will because my life is lords gift....but i think of it......

[mattfivefour]

Reborn, I guess it comes down to your trusting God. He had a purpose for which you were created. You don't have to see it, or understand it. You only need to accept it. Think how exciting that is-- that the Creator of all things chose to create you and also called you to Himself. THat alone should cause depression to flee. God chose YOU! And God does not make mistakes. EVER!!!

Do you think He did not see that you would be plagued by certain sins and would struggle with them? He knew all the days of your life and all the ways you woould take before you were ever born, yet He still chose you. The thing to do is to freely confess not just your besetting sins to Him (for which He instantly gives forgiveness) but also confess your total inability to conquer them. Then ask Him to do it for you because you believe that His Son, Jesus, won the victory for you at Calvary. Believe me, that is freeing. That is entering into the rest He speaks of. And when you thus give up striving in the flesh and begin having faith in what He did instead of what you can do, you will find that the Holy Spirit in you more and more brings you strength and victory over the flesh.

If you want to talk further about this, please PM me.