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100 Bible Verses About Suicide Prevention!

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Suicide Prevention is a topic that hits very close to home for me. Unfortunately, several friends of mine from back in high school ended up committing suicide, leaving their loved ones with a permanent hole in their hearts. It’s heartbreaking to see so many young lives cut short due to the overwhelming weight of emotional pain and despair. I know all too well how it feels to contemplate such a drastic step; I recall both during my teenage years concerning my problem-filled drug and alcohol addiction years, and as an adult going through my separation and divorce, that suicide was haunting me, but God did not give up on me. I trusted those who cared about me, and I am so happy I did! Here is a suicide prevention lifeline that you can call: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

John 10:10  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.

 

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If a Christian commits suicide, are they still saved? 

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There are many free prevention hotlines to call, and you can also reach out to mental health professionals, spiritual advisers, friends, and family. If you feel that a person is at immediate risk and unsure if you will prevent suicide, you should take them to an urgent care facility for assessment. Don’t just let them be alone.

Once you have helped them get assistance, ensure you stay there. Stay in touch with a person after they discuss feeling suicidal or are discharged from care, as this support can be vital as they are getting their lives back on track.

  1. Read This First
  2. Helping Someone in Emotional Pain
  3. Suicide Prevention Outside the Psychiatry Department
  4. Preventing Youth Suicide
  5. Seven Essential Steps Parents Can Take to Prevent Teen Suicide
  6. Preventing Suicide in All the Wrong Ways
  7. Beyond Blue: Support After a Suicide Attempt
  8. After an Attempt
  9. Suicide and Depression: Risks and Warnings
  10. Suicide Is Preventable: Know the Signs
  11. Warning Signs and Risk Factors for Suicide
  12. American Psychological Association: Suicide Warning Signs
  13. Teenage Warning Signs
  14. Preventing Youth Suicide
  15. Fighting Suicidal Thoughts

 

 

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The Suicidal Thoughts That Plagued Me!

When I was a junior in high school, I thought of suicide. It was a tough time in my life. I did not want to die, but I lost the desire to keep living and was struggling with school pressures and the death of a very close friend, not to mention that I was using marijuana, alcohol, and other drugs more and more to escape reality.

I was what you would call superficially involved with a church at St. Gregory’s the Great when I was in grade school, but even so, I knew that God was there for me. Though life was complicated and confusing, it was also scary and drained me emotionally and physically. I just kept praying this bad dream would be over, and thank God He answered my prayer.

I Did Not Wish To Be Dead ~ But I Could Not Deal With Being Alive!

All the pain I was experiencing. I did not know how to cope with my feelings. These feelings started coming to a head when my best friend, Steve Mader, died at age 17, when I was 16. Contacting someone from suicide prevention would have been a wise thing to do. Still, I was unaware of it, so I had to deal with my thoughts and feelings on my own. I self-medicated with marijuana, alcohol, and other harmful substances. Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous were helpful, but my life kept bottoming out without God.

Memories Of Sad Times!

I remember not wanting to go shopping for clothes in high school because I did not want to waste my parents’ money, since I was emotionally ready to check out for good by taking my life. It was mentally challenging to live when I kept fantasizing about being dead. It was very fortunate that the Lord never left me. I got medical help in a hospital and support from my family, mostly my mom,  who did everything she could to help me and make things the best she could for me.

 

 

 

 

Why Should I Not Commit Suicide?

 

Teen Suicide Prevention!

Depression Has Been Around For Centuries In The Bible!

Psalm 42

1 As the deer pants for streams of water,  so my soul pants for you, my God.

2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.

5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why am I so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

6 My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.

7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

8 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.

9 I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?”

10 My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why am I so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

 

Some Specific Scriptures To Encourage You:

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV 

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

John 10:10 ESV 

The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Romans 10:13 ESV 

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

 

 

 

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