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NASB | Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 3:5 Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding. |
Bible Question:
Ok i have a friend who has a ruptured disk in his back and the docctors have told him that he wont be able to do the things that he wants to do like work on cars and stuff like that and he has givin up all hope there is nothing the doctors can do b/c he has some spine condition also but i need some bible verses that will tell him to keep holding on hes to the point that he wants to kill himself i would really like to help him thank you all and GOD bless troubled |
Bible Answer: Hi In such circumstance we all have to bow our heads and be silent. But if he is a Christian or ready to become a Christian there is One Who can speak. He too was laid on His back in critical condition, His body wrecked by the activities of man, and in His critical condition, having seemingly gone through the depths of despair (My God, My God why have you forsaken Me?) He cried Father into Your hands I commend My Spirit. He can reach out to help your friend. Perhaps without being glib you can also give him as from the Lord Himself the words of Proverbs 3.5. '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 direct your paths'. For that is what your friend needs right now, to know that the One Who has been through what he is going through, and worse, will direct His paths and lead him slowly along it. It will need much grace on your part to help him, for he will feel that you do not understand. And of course he is right. But Jesus Christ will be with you and He understands exactly. So take courage from Him. You might also consider the word, 'I will never fail you nor forsake you' (Hebrews 13.5). But they will have to be spoken after much prayer and with gentle understanding. I know it sounds so inadequate but our eyes are on Him not ourselves. For with Him behind them the words are not inadequate. Best wishes Jonp |
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