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Pls hit me with uplifting verses

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Pomer0l · 28/09/2025 19:05

Dh and I are going through an awful time
with the mental health of one of our
teens. We are Christians but
are just in survival mode here. Please can anyone share some bible verses we can cling to?

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PraisebetoGod · 28/09/2025 19:41

Hello OP. I am sorry to hear you are struggling. It sounds incredibly difficult. If you would like I can offer a prayer tonight for you and your family?
I can think of many verses in the Bible which are uplifting but for you tonight I hope this helps:-

The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:8.

He is with you always. Draw close to Him in these troubling times. He will never leave you; He has great plans for you to prosper. Do not loose faith. All will be well. God bless.

Justmerach · 28/09/2025 19:47

Hope some of these help, I like them all. I hope that your family feels better soon.

Galatians 6:2 speaks to us also about the need to support fellow Christians.

As Christians we should build each other up and encourage each other as said so clearly in (1 Thessalonians 5:11).

Psalm 139
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book

Psalm 104

This helps me with routine about appreciating food and how God requires this for his creation.
"The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening."

Isaiah 43
But now, this is what the Lord says—
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;

Acts 17:28
And he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and have our being.

Psalm 51

This can help with forgiveness of ourselves.

Jeremiah 1
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.

God's promise for his people-
Jeremiah 29:11-13-

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Psalm 72
May he defend the afflicted among the people. For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy

I also like 2Kings 2:11 as it depitcs God being on wheels. God is perfect regardless, he is complete perfection.

Genesis 1 2:27

For you were made in my image/likeness. Being made in God's image reflects our dignity and value and the respect each of us is due to each created as we are; also reflecting the responsibility we have to care for the creation. Being born of Spirit and we can be unified to the spirit of God through baptism. Also, it means to me having some of the attributes of God and the ability to love and care for others and the ability to do good as God does as well.

II Corinthians 12
My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made in weakness. Most gladly therefore, will I gather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches..for Christ's sake when I am weak I am strong-

Proverbs 3:5-6

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths."
Ephesians 1

11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.

Philippians 3:13-14

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 37

"They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in they days of famine they shall be satisified".

Revelation 21:4

"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away."
Do not be afraid of the opportunity of change when you see it-
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
" Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
.............................
In Pia Matthew's book God's Wildflowers documents 141 Saints, Blessed and Venerable, who experienced health challenges ranging from mental to physical pain whilst serving God in holiness. As the author states in this book. Illness doesn't prove holiness and neither destroys or causes holiness. Furthermore, although illness may make things challenging at times, illness doesn't cause these Saints, Blessed and Venerable, to be abandoned by God.

I think illness in regards to autism etc can be taken to be like being overwhelmed etc.

Helen Keller
"I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God."

FuzzyPuffling · 28/09/2025 20:07

Come to be all who labour and are heavy- laden, and I will give you rest.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, who has made heaven and earth.

Pomer0l · 28/09/2025 20:34

Thank you everyone, I really appreciate this. Having a read now, am feeling so lost at the moment.
@PraisebetoGod thank you, would love prayer

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PraisebetoGod · 28/09/2025 21:07

Praying for you in a few minutes before I go to sleep! Goodnight, Godbless.

ChristmasStars · 28/09/2025 22:53

So sorry to read this. We have had some experience of mental health issues with ours as teens. I don't know if this is at all relevant but this book has really spoken to our daughter at times. I've found it helpful too. Of course it might not be relevant for your situation but worth a mention.
https://amzn.eu/d/fycOuZH

Pomer0l · 28/09/2025 23:13

@ChristmasStars
thank you so much! I will get her this

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Justmerach · 30/09/2025 05:37

Pomer0l perhaps you could take a look at the post titled Thoughts on love. Love can help you equip more to cope with hurt and you apply it to hurt to help you to deal and strenghten you.
I wish you well and your family

ChristmasStars · 30/09/2025 07:09

Pomer0l · 28/09/2025 23:13

@ChristmasStars
thank you so much! I will get her this

I hope it helps.

Justmerach · 30/09/2025 08:18

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Justmerach · 30/09/2025 09:46

Hi, I tried to post the serenity prayer earlier, may be they didn't like the link so I will paste it instead. This prayer may be help you to accept where you are now with things and not judge yourself and be kinder to yourself for now.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
forever in the next.
Amen.
reinhold niebuhr (1892-1971)

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 01/10/2025 20:12

@Pomer0l So many verses that I find uplifting and some have already been shared here. I am so sorry to read of your awful time. It's so difficult when we see our chicks suffer. I hope you may find something in this link to help give you the Peace that passes all understanding: https://www.gotquestions.org/bad-things-good-people.html

Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? | GotQuestions.org

Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? Why does God not prevent bad things from happening to good people?

https://www.gotquestions.org/bad-things-good-people.html

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