SUICIDE

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT OVER THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE TAKE THEIR LIVES ANNUALLY IN AMERICA ALONE. UNTOLD THOUSANDS OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS PROBABLY ATTEMPT IT. WHEN SOMEONE THREATENS TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE HE IS USUALLY SEEKING HELP AND LOOKING FOR AN UNDERSTANDING HEART. AN INDIVIDUAL MAY FEEL LIKE HE HAS NOTHING TO LIVE FOR AND SAY SO, AND YET SUBCONSCIOUSLY WANT TO BE PERSUADED THAT HE DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR. A PERSON MAY FEEL THAT NO ONE CARES BUT HE WANTS TO HEAR THAT SOMEONE DOES.

WE KNOW GOD CARES, AND THE LORD IS A FRIEND WHO STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER, PROVERBS 18: 24. INSTEAD OF A PERSON THROWING HIS LIFE AWAY, SUGGEST THAT HE GIVE IT AWAY TO GOD. IN GIVING HIS LIFE TO GOD HE WILL COME INTO FULL REALIZATION AND FULFILLMENT. GOD LOVES EVERYONE AND CARES FOR US.

SATAN IS OUT TO KILL AND DESTROY, JOHN 10: 10. THIS IS ANOTHER AREA IN WHICH SPIRITUAL FORCES COME IN A VERY OPPRESSIVEWAY SOMETIMES TO DESTROY INDIVIDUALS, EPHESIANS 6: 12. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A SPECIFIC SPIRITUAL POWER IS AT WORK AND NEEDS TO BE BOUND AND CAST AWAY, BECAUSE IT IS SEEKING TO CAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL TO DESTROY HIMSELF. WE TAKE AUTHORITY AND DOMINION OVER SPIRITUAL FORCES OF THAT KIND BY EXERCISING OUR RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS GOD’S CHILDREN AND USING THE NAME OF JESUS AND HIS POWER AGAINST THEM.

SCRIPTURES FOR THOSE THREATENING WITH SUICIDE

“GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH, A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE." PSALM 46: 1

“HIM THAT COMETH TO ME I WILL IN NO WAY CAST OUT.” JOHN 6: 37

“I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.” JOHN 10: 10

“WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.” ROMANS 10: 13

“MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY JESUS CHRIST.” PHILIPPIANS 4: 19

“WHEREFORE HIS IS ABLE ALSO TO SAVE THEM TO THE UTTERMOST THAT COME UNTO GOD BY HIM, SEEING HE EVER LIVETH TO MAKE INTERCESSION FOR THEM.” HEBREWS 7: 25

“CAST ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU.” 1 PETER 5: 7