You can NEVER suffer while God still lives, rules, protect & provide...He is a/our Father, He will NEVER suffer His own. We just PASS through tests, storms, trials, temptations, tribulations...non of which last forever, they all have an end. The Father God allows us to face these things because it's good for us...we GAIN knowledge, strength, wisdom, experience, back bones, we mature, get grounded, or make necessary changes...then we teach the younger generations how to face and over come through Christ who is our Lord and Redeemer. Try smiling at the pains until you can laugh in pain faces...it has many, then you will be prepared for the next attack
I am truly sorry for whatever season of suffering you are currently facing. It is never easy being in a time of waiting. Just know that these are the moments God wants you to lean into him, get closer. These are the seasons when our faith and trust in God grows stronger. I encourage you to remain consistent in prayer. James 1: 2-3 NIV Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance... Roman's 5:3-4 NIV Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope
God directed me here, because I am in serious depression ...all my relationship just keep breaking off....I just got my heart broken yesterday night....but I believe God's plan is better than mine.. Please guys pray for me..
Have you thought about being single because God maybe wants you to work on yourself and relationship with him. Try it, maybe helpful. How about you ask him what he wants you to do and he directs you
I pray all is well. I pray for your strength in the Lord. God knows what is best. Because He knows that person's heart. He knows their intentions. Sometimes God just want us to be alone. So we can transform into our best self. God bless you. God loves and cares for you.
Improve our relationship with God first....know and improve thyself. You could be looking for a relationship or a person that is not for you and is becoming a pattern. It's either your expectstion is too high or too low. Take it as a learning experience and wait patiently. Ask for the virtue of patience.
@thana mesny How do u confirm when asking that ur prayers has been heard and secondly how do you ask for the answer..in what way you ask the Lord to give you reply of the same...till what time you wait for the answer..in that middle time what do you do to receive the anseer. And finally how do you confirm that YESSSSSSS THISS IS THE ANSWER FROM GOD... Will u pl guide me
1.you won't have a clear yes or no 2.the waiting season will be beneficial with good fruits 3.if someone is harming ur journey,wait for justice of God 4.season of suffering/storm without any choice of change and acceptance
Please pray for me. I have been going through tough time for long. I tried 4 relationship, God broke it off. i could see God's hand in breaking it off. I even went to state of depression. When I trust him, depression goes. When I lose hope, depression comes in. Please pray I would stand strong in the lord.
BELIEVE GOD. HAVE FAITH. HEBREWS 11, READ THE WHOLE BOOK. READ PSALM 91, 37, AND 119. PROVERBS 31. MAKE YOUR SELF READY. CHECK OUT DEANNA DIXON ON YOU TUBE.
GOD IS In Control.Please be encouraged by Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love GOD,to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.
I've learned that when I'm confused or don't have a clear message from God is when I do nothing but abide and serve where He has me. It's where I am now.
Lynn V Yes! I feel I am in that season of waiting patiently On The Lord, since I have gotten closed doors 🚪 in the midst of my own plans, or the path I feel I should be taking! I ask The Lord to give me Strength to wait on Him, to rest in His Perfect Peace! To remove that selfish desire to do my imperfect will/ambition! To rid of the old self, and make me NEW🌊✅🙏💌
🙌Hallelujah🙌God is so good! When we just bask in His Goodness, step back and allow the Lord to Work on our behalf->He will make a way->quickly, speedily and suddenly! 🙏👏👏👏✅💌
My storm has been going on for 3 years now but it has calmed down for 3 weeks. God gave me a break through. Praise Him . now I can wait . So hanging onto God's word now. So greatful He's got me. Hang on tight. He's got you too.
Father, please keep my sister from temptation during her time of waiting and suffering. I know it's difficult but I pray you will be her protection, strength, prince of peace, agape love, her comforter in every way. I pray when the time is right to deliver her and let her grow and mature in you. In Jesus name! Amen!
I’m producing good spiritual fruit in my season of singleness and spiritual growth. I’m growing closer to the Lord now so I can grow even closer with him in a relationship down the road.
Антон РУС that’s beautiful that’s how I want to feel but how about when you have felt lonely for so long and sometimes believe you are going to be alone for the rest of your life because nothing has worked so far your whole life and the years are going by and you’re getting old.
nfgatorgal this feeling comes and goes, for the most part I pull myself out of it and try to keep in mind that the enemy WANTS me to feel this way... and then somehow I feel free liberated and happy, we have to understand our plans are NOT his plans , his plans are better for us and his timing is perfect, God bless
God is also making me wait to follow and build a relationship with him first, and also to slowly change my character, become stronger in having faith with him, through my process of spiritual growth. Becoming aware of my sinful habits, and to steer away from things, places, people that would be harmful for me. The wait will be worth it because the change we need to endure to become our best self and to help other people in need.
AMEN 🙏🏻 “Those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength, they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not become tired, they will walk and not become weary” Isaiah 41:10. God bless this channel for spreading the truth 🙏🏻❤️
I have pruned a lot out off my life. People, job, bad habits. I am more content each and every day. I have a small circle of people in my life, but the quality of these people is what counts. I couldn’t be without them and I am so content at having pruned and been through the waiting period. Amen.
your videos are always so timely! I struggled with illness and school....moved 1000 miles away from home, quit my job...I waited, prayed and fasted...God reinstated my schooling, gave me a job on the 19th, secured housing, praise God!
@@deborahrohl7690 Don't lose faith! I'm suffering too. You are not alone... "...you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings." 1 Peter 5:9 The enemy works hard when there is something great in store for you. Don't lose hope. Most importantly, keep your eyes on Jesus! 🙌
Matthew 26:33-34 KJV Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. [34] Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Christ does what is best for us, not what is easiest or most convenient for us! Also, other hearts are at stake and they too need to be prepared and tested.
One thing I am learning as a Christian when we are afflicted and we suffer pain is because the Lord is drawing us (closer) to him and our affliction! the word of God teaches us that for us to rain with the Lord we must suffer with him and these are spiritual warfare and battles that we go through on a daily basis (none) of our challenges or warfare's are the same but yet and still God's word covers us all!
Thanks for mentioning this. I've gone through a terrible spiritual warfare for the past year. Thanks for reminding about the importance of God's Word. God bless 😊
I just want the Holy Spirit and the Lord to lead me in everything I do. Even if I’m just going to the store I pray he leads me to take the street he wants me to take. I can’t lean on my own understanding anymore at I. I make too many stupid mistakes when I think I know what I’m doing.
#3 & #4 is for me. Those who wait on the Lord will inherit the land. Wait and depend on him. I went through the most difficult time in my life a couple of years ago. I asked God what he wanted me to do. He didn’t say anything. I felt to wait and see the salvation of the Lord. Things worked out for my good. I believed God changed things for me because I continued to trust him and do good. Thank you for this video. 🙏
I’ve prayed and cried out to the Lord in December 2022, about a certain man. I specifically asked God to just tell me Yes or No because He was giving me signs about this person. God responded: “Don’t awaken love before it’s time.” I was at peace because I knew He didn’t say No 😊. So I’m waiting!
Right now I am having problems with my son. He is in a very bad place. I pray every day. However I realize that all I can do is put things in Gods hands it puts me at peace knowing that it is in his hands 🙏🏼🇺🇸
I am also in a season of suffering. I care for my 84 year old mother and I have a job that I truly dislike. I have the Sunday night blues. I am very lonely and sad. I still trust the lord... I’m trying
Mike Jones I have been a caregiver for my mother,she is no longer with me,I have been a caregiver for my cousin’s mother for maybe 3 years,I am a wife and caregiver to my husband for many years.I said all that to share with you it ain’t easy.Caregiving is hard especially when it’s just you.I know I am tired and sometimes angry and want to run away from all of this.You have a job that u don’t like along with taking care of ur mom.Excepting the things I cannot change helps me and living moment by moment.None of us knows what will happen in the next hr.My body is tired and so is my mind but I am learning to be content in all things like the Bible tells us to do .It ain’t easy and I try to guard my thoughts.Our minds are powerful but I ask myself who is in charge?My mind should never tell me what I am going to do,I should tell my mind.I read something the other day and I had a light bulb moment.We were not born to stay on the mountain but down in the valley.Valley experiences teaches us about character.Have u prayed and asked GOD to bless u with a job you would enjoy?I pray about everthing because for real I don’t know what is best for me.After I pray then I wait.I hope this helps a little bit.Lets come in agreement for the will of GOD to be done in both of our lives.🙏
Mike Jones someone told me when I think about all of the pain and suffering I’m dealing with stop and think about what JESUS went through for me and you.HE did not have to do it,but HE did because HE loves us so much.🙏
Today is my parent's 28th wedding anniversary. They both were and still a servant of God. I looked at them and keep my hope that good man still exist and God will surprise me with good husband. Now, I'm soon to be 26 and I have been single for 10 years after my first bf whom I thought was "the one" I will marry shattered my fairytale by cheating on me when I was just 16yo. I have been waiting ever since. It is hard but this video reminds me that I should keep waiting until His time.
Yes I'm in my waiting season, Psalm 37 is what God saw me this morning before I come to your video and here your video again there are so many sign he is telling me wait.
And I just wanna say also mill house. God is working through this guy. He used him to speak to me awhile back. I cannot wait unitl He uses me like He has used this gentelman
I noticed I was, in my own life, having to just trust God on His judgements, and His Word, and His choices. I got the feeling I wanted to play games before seeing these, but as I asked if God wanted me to, a resounding, “No,” clamped my mind and mouth shut. He opened His Word to me, as I have been asking for Him to do, and now it’s just a trust-game. May the Almighty bless each and every one of us. Amen.
@@ApplyGodsWordcomMarkBallenger it's ALWAYS relevant and exactly on time! Can you do one about fasting... Like, ig it's biblical to fast from things not just food... Like sacrificing something to gain something from God or is that wrong due to grace??
Thank you Mark, you know sometimes I disobeyed God voice and I do my own thing, but I truly repent and pray and ask God to forgive me, I messed up,God bless you , am learning a lot.
It's the season of waiting again for me. Still praying about the same person and still waiting for God's further revelation because it's been months but I still couldn't get him out of my head and heart 🙏
I haven’t been working for 5 months now and I’m 18 years old I’ve prayed to the lord but still haven’t been able to find a job even tho I’ve submitted about 8 applications. Even tho ive been getting rejected a lot I still have faith in the lord
Tomboy Dee Being in a Abusive Relationship isn't Good God wouldn't want Anyone in that type of Relationship I was in A Abusive Marriage, Start Praying that God will Deliver you and Show you Direction he will He Delivered me God will Deliver you too he will Fight your Battle!
You are God's best and made in the image of God. You deserve better. A significant other should love you like Christ loves the church. Would Christ belittle you emotionally? NOPE! I want to encourage you if you are staying for financial reasons...God will provide when you are moving from something he doesnt ordain. If staying because you love him...I find that it is underlying things like (dont wanna be alone, abandonment issues, lust/sex, fear of unknown) all of which God can heal and only him alone. " gracious words are like honeycomb sweetness to the soul and health to the body" proverbs 16:24. Emotional abuse can be just as bad as physical. I encourage you to leave especially if you are not married. You are worth it and enough!
Brother the first tip almost to the end of it describes the process I'm in but thou shall wait on the lord and he will give us the final answer in jesus name AMEN
This is a gem! ✨ Just to add a thought concerning relationships (but I love how the video is broader, not only touching this topic): It might be not very likely, but if the other person has 'friend-zoned' you, this not always is a dead end. It might be a "wait" from the Lord, but as Mark said, you eventually will receive a clear sign from God. To all those among us who have been 'friend-zoned'. 😇
Lord please help me hear YOU inspite of what I want and what I desire to cling to. Thank YOU for choosing my best even it means for me to wait. Lord it’s hard for me to be patient but I’ve been told on many occasions to wait. Help me Lord to accept YOUR will and wait on YOU!
Having a horrible depression and hopelessness now.i always beg god to take me instead.im a sinner,weak.i want to end my life now but scared.i would be happy and at peace if god will take me now and finally have some rest.but still blessed for my family and ask god to take care and look at them all the time.please lord god i beg you,i can no longer stand on this trials.just please take me now lord.
Never been this early to a vid. Love the channel. Ive been going through the hardest time of my life so this helps a lot. Contrary to that though it's also the biggest and quickest period of growth. God is good Amen
Im praying for you. Put your trust and your faith in God and He will get you through it!! God does exceedingly and abundantly above anything and everything you could ever hope or ask for!!) Ephesians 3:20) For He knows the desires of your heart (Psalms 37:4) Remember if you put your hope and wait in the LORD He will renew your strength (Isiah 40:31) Every test is a testimony and every mess is a message. As long as you rely on God you will get through it and not just through it friend, you'll be victioruous!!! The last two years have been the most challenging and stressful years of my life and if God wasn't with me I definitely would not have made it!He has saved, and sustained me through so much and every sucesss I've accomplished past, present and future is because of Him!! HE is faithful!!!! Put your faith in Him and He help you and protect you through the storm.
Amen Amen Amen!!!! 2013......this is how God told me to wait on him for the one I prayed for.....one, he sent me him at the right time....two, after a month the guy told me he said he wasn't giving up on me that he wanted to take things slow. We only talked at the gym and never hung out. It was a true test. After MUCH praying at 4 months I got answers, suffered and all these Bible verses came at me and taught me change and patience with preparation. 6 years later I am still waiting and praying and I can't wait to see how God will bring us together again. Miracles are real, Wait on the Lord and he will strengthen your heart 🥰
Amen! Heavenly Father help me to wait on you and help me to get closer to you i waant to really recognize your voice,God bless you brother for this teaching.
I've have been waiting 5 yrs for a season of singleness to end. I would like substance. However, lately my relationship has grown closer to God which is benefiting me and I'm becoming more whole in myself. I also dont get a yes or no when I ask God am I one of the people who will never marry either. So I'm in the wait, but comforted during it.
T Marie -sister I think you and I are in the same place. I too am going on 5 years. I’ve asked God if the desire to want a godly man is not in His plan for me to remove it from my heart. Yes during this time I’m getting closer too to our ALL Mighty! I do feel he does have partner for me, because I still have a desire to have partners.
@@cattsmahal1005 oh yes I've had those times too praying for the desire to be taken away so I understand completely. It didn't leave though lol so well I keep hope and keep improving relationship with my 1st husband (GOD). Also finding blessing in the fact because I waited I'd appreciate it that much more and when things are hard no be willing to give up so easy because it was a journey to get there.
I am living in an area that I DO NOT like. My husband and I are mountain people, and we are now living in the suburbs. We love cool weather, and the summers here are brutal, and the winters are almost non existent, and we love snow. My husband has tried SEVERAL times to get another job in the mountains somewhere. Each time we prayed, "God we don't care if we are kicking and screaming to get through that door, DON'T open it if it is NOT where you want us to be. If you want us to go, then give us favor and open that door that no man can shut." Well, NO open doors each and every time. We can be stubborn sometimes can't we. Not listening to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.. (depending on how stubborn you are) time God answered NO to something we wanted. It has been 4 years and I am now starting to see why we are still here. Covid 19 has hit, my husband was deemed an "essential job" and is still working with overtime pay, and we are saving for the first time in our lives. My 21 year old son, got a raise at his job. He was home for 3 weeks, but made more in unemployment than he normally makes. His workplace is doing well financially now, and when he got back his boss gave him a really good raise. The infection rates have been low in this state too. The state we came from has high infection rates. We both (our son and us) have a savings towards a house (we lost ours in the great recession and our business). Neither one of us had to touch that money at all, instead we have been adding to it. WOW! IF my husband had taken any of those other offers, it would have been bad, and we would have drained our savings in order to move. The state we moved from, which we loved, is going through some really bad government right now. We are still homeschooling our daughter, and this state has some of the least government interference in the nation. The one we came from has grown in government interference with parental rights. Then the riots have hit. We are near a nations capitol, about 40 minutes away, and the protests here have been peaceful. It is almost surreal. We left with no savings, and now we have a lot. We had prayed originally and asked God where He wanted us, then all of a sudden doors opened and we moved to the state we are currently in. We thought it was a disaster. What is God doing, this isn't our taste at all!! However, doors have opened here that never did open before now. God really is for our good. I am glad we prayed the prayers which we did, and we meant them. Yes, we have gotten a little panicky at times, but God has been patient with us, and teaching us that we can trust Him. I have no idea what the future holds (we are still in a rental, but we can easily pay our bills PRAISE GOD, just waiting on His timing), I only know one thing, wherever we go, we just want God with us. We don't want to be anywhere else, but under His wings. "Trust the LORD with all your heart, don't lean on your own understanding, acknowledge Him in all your ways, and then He will direct your steps", Proverbs chapter 3. "Walk by faith, and not by sight". God bless.
I prayed and fasted for my ex girlfriend and God spoke to me and said “let her be”. It was hard to leave her alone. the theme of letting go was further confirmed after an elder told me during prayer that we cant fast to twist gods arm let her go. I was stubborn and didn’t let her go and she pushed me further and further away from her. It hurt a lot and now I’m back to where god put me....let her go.
LET HER GO N STOP BEATING UP ON YOURSELF AND CODEPENDENT. MOVE ON. GROW CLOSE TO GOD. SEEK HIM. SEEK GOD. READ HEBREWS 11 AND 1ST COR 13. CHECK OUT DEANNA DIXON ON YOU TUBE.
Shaunie Smitem I’ve been pursuing God the entire time. I wouldn’t have fasted or seeked the lord if that was the case lol. You lost me @ beating myself up/being codependent. I should’ve explained the situation better lol.🤷🏽♂️ I still loved my ex, needed healing in my heart, and stubbornly wanted my will to be done. Instead I should have listened & obeyed what God spoke to me when I was seeking his direction after the breakup. He specifically said to me “let her be”. This was later confirmed through an elder during my fast weeks later. (Also read Genesis 22). It was and still is hard but I’m back to obeying what God specifically told me to do about my ex and I’m still pursuing God and his vision/calling for my life. I’m doing the right thing! I’ll reread hebrews 11 tho (already beat u to the punch on 1 Corinthians 13). P.S. Take the time to look up the definitions patience, kindness, dishonor, envy, protect, persevere, etc. it will change your perspective and maybe your approach for your next message to someone on RU-vid 😉
marcelino K Wow! That’s awesome! It’s hard to let go of what the self wants->but, God knows our Perfect Will! At the same time, to let go of the need to do, do, and do! When God is saying to us, rest, rest, and rest in My Perfect Peace! God is so Good❤️
Dora Garcia wow it’s almost been a year now lol. I still love their girl and she moved to another state as well. I believe God has something else for me. I hate to use the word better because it devalues. I’ve grown so much since our breakup and have dated other women whom I’ve learned from (good and bad). Overall, I’m glad God has me in his hands
There’s always good reason not to rush into things... if you wait God makes those reasons so clear. 🙏 your videos are awesome and really help people though Gods word... thank you!👍
It’s like I’m in the season of waiting I’m praying for my finances, my RU-vid channel and a house still in my moms house now I’m seeing this video and I’m waiting patiently
I prayed before I went to sleep, asking God to give me some sort of answer about a relationship that I want to have back. I was woken up at 2:30 AM and found this on RU-vid. I do hope this is the anwer I was looking for. Someone has stepped into my relationship causing Heather and I to separate. But this has also allowed me to find God again and address my own sins as well. Dear lord I hope this is the answer I'm looking for and Heather will be back to have a happy, healthy relationship with.
@@nattimanuel1303 I really appreciate that but unfortunately things are going to change a lot with my situation. But I certainly could use the continued prayers.
God want me to wait and i am waiting. Im focusing on my growth in God and myself i made a lot of good positive changes learning healing and growing im a better me and i am blessed and happy with myself. Thank you God and mark i needed this. 🙏👏😄😁
there is so much to trying date and waiting or not knowing what God's telling you. it can really can drain you. if you start dating then this person still might not be for you. for now i think its best for this 19 year old kid to Get into school😂. trade school and focus on getting a good career. continue to live for God. do more things for God read more and study the bible more. think about other things in life what God wants to do with me and were he wants to take me. when i get older then maybe i thinking about dating but right now im Not. theres just so much to even comprehend about all this not trying to sound negative or sound like i don't have enough faith or anything like that. i just need to learn how to expand to other things in life and continue to realize God is the source of my happiness. im probably to young to date or not ready but i still thank God anyway. God's love is the best love
If I could go back 10 years and tell my 19 year old self anything. It would basically be exactly what you just said. Be careful with school but getting into a trade is definitely a safe bet. Save your money and when the economy crashes buy yourself a nice plot of land, 5+ acres not just some big ol house. Who knows you getting closer to Jesus and stay on track you may find better content in life then you ever imagined.
@@andrewreebel7967 your right. keep focus on god. and he'll bless us along the way. not always with a relationship but other things that can help us grow
This is how God told me to WAIT!... After dropping out of Varsity in 2017 due to unforseen circumstances. I became depressed but continued to pray and believe in God while staying at home. My friends were graduating from Varsity, others getting married and others having babies with their committed partners. I began doubting myself cause I was just staying at home and didn't achieve any of these. My biggest prayer earlier this year was God gives me a child because the Varsity thing was not coming. I received a confirmation of my Varsity Appplication last week together with part time job to pay for it. I then realised that this was what God wanted for me now and I should wait on seeking relationships and having a child.
I am an only child, grown, but now caring for a very sick elderly, money motivated, wicked and mean mother. I struggle daily with this as there is no escape 24/7. Resentment because I live with her and am losing precious valuable time with my own daughter who lives 4 hours away. God tells us to honour our parents and that plays a huge part in my decision to stay and carry on... Yes Lord, I will wait... Because, I love you.
A lot of drastic changes are going to happen in my life within the next month and I’ve been really overwhelmed thinking about it all.... thanks for the video!!! I know I can trust the next chapter, for He is the Author
Update a year later. God had provided everything we have needed. We are going through another slow chapter of change now. I trust him to guide us through it 😴🙏
So I clicked on this video as a relational video posted today (being that I'm a subscriber) and this video is so very necessary. As a believer, it is often times harder to do these things when life is difficult and seems to be getting the best of me because I know these things to be true . This is confirmation of my "waiting" season. As a woman in wait, that is what I'll continue to do. 😊😳☺️
Thank you Mark for all these videos! For me it’s like going to a bible study. Right now I don’t have a church because I haven’t been in years and it’s hard to find a good one in my area.
I remember like a decade ago I was having feelings for a nice and sweet woman and I wanted to get into relationship with her, but I felt inside that she was not the one for me. I didn't trust my inner witness so I went to get prayed for. I said that I wanted clarity about a decision (referring to if I should get into relationship with this girl) and after he had prayed for me, he then said to me that he sensed that I already knew the answer. I was disappointed with that answer (I obviously wanted a yes) and I ended up going into relationship with this girl anyways and it only lasted for 5 days. I was a Christian and she was an atheist. Lesson learned!
Thank you ever so much! Just what I am going through.. just what I needed! God Bless your ministry and your work for him!! Glory to God in the Highest!!!
