Suicide Is Not The Answer (Please Don't Kill Yourself & Go To Hellfire)

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. (Psalms 121:1)

Why should anyone in his right senses wants to commit suicide, I believe that no one who cares about the future would want to terminate short his life because of the challenges and upheavals of daily life encounter?

Some stories are gory, others are frightening, while some are heartbreaking, but whatever may be the case, no one who knows & understands the value of life would want to kill himself for any God damned reason, that is cowardice.

I am writing this treatise as an avenue to bring encouragement to the weary hearted, those who have lost hope of living and are finding life worthless, and the next option for them is to end their life through self murder or suicide.

If you are depressed and happened to come across this article, thank God, he wants you to live, I would like you to stop whatever you are planning to do and take your time to read this message, it may bring the healing you desire.

One thing a person must know is this; life is far deeper than what we behold on the outside, there is more meaning to life than the material things we can see or handle, you must know that you are not alone in the battle, someone somewhere wants to lovingly reach out to you, you must not play the game of a fool by thinking that self murder is the solution to your life's dilemma, it is an act of cowardice to planning to end your life through suicide.

I have discovered that one of the things that made people to commit suicide is disappointment, it is such a painful thing to see our beloved ones disappointing us, it is a humiliating experience to see people you look up to turning you down, it pains to see yourself been discriminated because you are poor, it is always devastating to loose your long hard earned living to the hands of criminals, the list can go on, but I believe that these are some factors that might lead a person to want to commit suicide, the good news is that you are not left alone without solution, this is the answer:

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. (Psalms 121:2)

If you are planning to commit suicide, I want to you abandon the idea and look up to God, suicide is an act of cowardice and irresponsibility, no responsible would want to take away his life because of life's failure, every wise man knows that life is full of ups and downs, there is no where that it is written that life would be all the time palatable.

You must know that every man born of woman is meant to face the challenges of life and to overcome them, since sin entered into the world through man's deliberate disobedience, the curse of pains was laid upon man, but despite this God did not left man alone to fend for himself, he provided a substitution by giving us his only begotten son Jesus.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

  Jesus underwent the most painful & agonizing humiliation in the human history, this is to show you how much he loves you, he could not express it better, therefore he decided to practically demonstrate by going to the cross, this is to show you that Jesus understands what you are passing through, he understands your disappointment, he feels your betrayal, he hears your heart cry, he understands your pains, that was why I told you in the beginning that you are not alone in the battle, that someone somewhere wants to reach out to you, that someone is Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

take a look at the picture above, could you see how torn the body of Jesus was, that picture was taken from a movie by Mel Gibson titled, "The Passion Of The Christ", you could see clearly what Jesus underwent for humanity's sake, that is to show you that he understands you more than anyone, you can call upon him today and he would answer you.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13)

The word "whosoever",   implies anyone, whether you are white, black, red, no matter your ethnic and family background, no matter how miserable and wretched you might have wasted your life, you can still invoke the name of the Lord and he would come to your rescue, it is not the will of God that you perish in your misery, he is ever loving and caring, he wants you to call upon him, he wants to help you out, he is ever ready to go the extra mile with you.

Suicide is not the answer dear friend, you have better opportunities ahead of you, you are not the only person who had failed in life, there are millions who through failure became giants of success, success is not in material possessions and achievements, success is living out and accomplishing your destiny, don't kill yourself because of life's upheavals.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.(Matthew 11:28-30)

Herein is a royal invitation to a weary and confounded soul, your Saviour calls, you cannot walk alone, the road is tough and rough, and there are many many dangers ahead, only Jesus the only begotten of the Father can carry you through.

Heed this call and save yourself from this untoward and wicked generation, life without Christ Jesus is a real frustration, you can see the evidence in the life of great celebrities, you can see how they ended their lives in misery, you can feel their emptiness, the void, these people they had everything, money, fame, wealth, popularity, etc, but yet they ended most miserable, some died of suicide, some died of drug overdose, some died of depression, what was it they were vying for, fulfillment, they could not get it in career, they could not find in companionship, their wealth was of no use, they ended up as if they were never born, what they were searching could only be found in one person-Jesus the Son of the Most High God, the way, the truth and the life, the bright morning star, the Alpha & Omega.

May be you are planning to commit suicide, please don't do it-there is hope at the end of the valley, Jesus is calling out to you, suicide is an act of cowardice and irresponsibility, it does not solve anything, you will die a miserable death & your soul will end up burning eternally in hellfire with sulphur and brimstone, with demons tormenting you forever.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.  (Revelation 21:8)

Those who commit suicide will burn forever in hellfire, there is no second chance, therefore choose one, believing and accepting Jesus as your only personal Lord & Saviour & be free from sin and it's consequences, or commit suicide & face the terrible judgement of God, what right do you have to take away your life by the way, why not trust God?

If you are on a suicidal mission to taking away your life and God has use this article to save, do not hesitate in contacting the following people, clicking on their names would launch you to their websites, tell them that you need Jesus to come into your life, they would help find a new and rewarding wondrous life, they will lead to the Saviour of your soul:

Pastor Charles

Pastor Mark Allan Stewart

Randy Thomas

Connie Giordano

Dear friend, I pray that through this article and through the help of the people I have linked you to, God will perfect his will in your life through Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.

                            Evangelist. Ilona Henry Afamefuna

Remember That Jesus Loves You

DELAYS ARE NOT DENIALS

How often have we been tempted to give up on God, on prayer, on Waiting, on patience and endurance, because God delayed in Answering prayer immediately? How many parents, after praying For decades, have still not seen the salvation of a child? How many Believers have prayed night and day for healing, but still suffer or Have to behold the suffering of a loved-one? Not a few have prayed And fasted for their financial needs to be met, and have agonized because of mounting debt?

BUT GOD…was in full control and had A reason for the delay, for delays are not denials. We must keep The bow string taut and continue to pray, for only God knows how Close to the crest of the hill we are. We must not give up despite Disappointments, for God will justify Himself and bring glory to Himself.

That great man of faith, Elijah, not only prayed to God for Rain. He also kept gazing toward the horizon for the tell-tale signs Of a cloud, until eventually a cloud the size of a man’s fist Appeared. He persevered until the heavens unleashed its glory, And God’s word was fulfilled.

George H. Morrison in “Devotional Sermons” has given hope to the Weary. Read on, dear saint, and be reassured that “as soon as You began to make your request, a reply was sent. I have come to Give you the reply…” (“You had no sooner started your prayer When the answer was given” – Msg) – Daniel 9:23.
{Please don’t give up on the quality of speech in this devotional. You might learn from it the treasures of the English language.}

The Doctrine of Delays

....There are myriads of creatures who are born and dance and die In the short span of a bright July day. No one in watching them Would ever dream of charging the Creator with delay. But a nation Of men which is to serve the high ends of heaven is never fashioned Hastily like that. Through pilgrimage and war and struggle and Blood and tears, by heroism that oft seems unavailing and sacrifice That is like water spilt, it becomes the polished instrument of God.

Delay, then, tends to become more marked, the higher you rise in The Creator's purposes. Great delays in the mystery of providence Are the highway for the chariot of great blessing. The joy that Cometh in the morning might be far less thrilling, had not the Weeping from which it springs endured all night.

Had Jesus forgotten Mary and Martha? We see this very clearly in The raising of Lazarus—that tenderest and most touching of all Miracles. When Lazarus was ill - when his state had become critical -Martha and Mary, you remember, sent word to Jesus.

Now Jesus Loved Lazarus and his sisters, and the happiest memories Encircled that village home; yet the Gospel tells us that when Jesus heard the news, He abode two days still in the place where He was.

There are seasons when two days seems like a moment; There are seasons when two days seems an eternity.

When a life Is in the balance half-an-hour is endless; twice four-and-twenty Hours is unbearable. What did it mean? Had Jesus quite forgotten Them? Was He deaf and dead to the prayers of the sisters' love? I Think that Martha and Mary, with their eyes on dying Lazarus, Knew the burden of divine delay.

They knew its burden then; they Know its meaning now. They see it irradiated with purpose and With wisdom. A little boon might have been granted instantly, but The great actions of God have tardy wheels. The greater and richer The blessing that we pray for, the more must we reckon on the Delays of God.

Nor should we forget—for this is very important— What I might call the moral training of delay. Did we get everything We craved for in the very hour of asking it, I think it would be a long Farewell to manhood. The one sure way to ruin a young child is to Give it immediately all for which it asks; and to the Ancient of days, Whose hairs are white as wool (see Dan_7:9), I fancy the oldest Readers are but as little children.

Think of Christ's treatment of the Syro-Phoenician woman when She came to Him praying for her daughter. All her motherhood was On her lips and in her eyes as she pled and interceded for her child.

Do you think it was cruel of Christ to answer her never a word?
Do you think it was harsh to speak about the dogs? How much We should have missed, and how much Christ Himself would have missed, had it not been for that practice of delay! It was that which called out in her fine persistence, her faith, her wit, all that was brightest in her. She might have been anybody when she began, but she was a woman among women when she ended. And many a person has begun by being anybody, and ended by being a woman among women, because they were kept praying and pleading long for something that was to be granted by and by.

Work reveals character, but so does waiting. Waiting shows the baby or the man. We need to be tested to prove if we be worthy just to receive and use the thing we crave. So it often is that God delays, and will not answer us, and keeps us waiting. It is not in scorn, but in the wisest love, that He will not for a while.

There Is Silent Preparation behind God's Delay

Then it is very helpful to remember that divine delay does not mean inactivity. God is not idle when He does not answer us; He is busier preparing the answer than we think. There have been men of genius who could only work irregularly; for long periods they seemed to do nothing at all. Then suddenly, and as if by inspiration, their powers took fire and they wrought at a white heat.

You may be sure of it that the periods in between were not so idle as the world considered them. By thought, by reading, by communion with glad nature, half unconsciously they were preparing for their work. And when the kindling came, and the fire burned within them, when they were divinely swept into utterance or action, they owed far more than we should ever guess to the silent preparation of delay.

As it is with men of genius, so with God, only in loftier and nobler ways. His delays are not the delays of inactivity. They are the delays of preparation. In an instant the tropical storm may burst and break, yet for weeks—unseen—the storm has been preparing.

The sunshine of May comes, and all the world is green, yet on God's loom of January that robe was being spun. And the morning breaks when at last some prayer is answered, and the desert rejoices and blossoms as the rose, yet the answer was being fashioned in these very years when we said there was no eye to pity and no arm to save.

It takes a million years to harden the ruby, says the poet, yet through all the years the hardening goes on. It takes a century for the sea to wear away one cliff, yet every night when we sleep the breakers dash on it. So when we pray and strive and nothing happens, till we are tempted to say "God does not know, God does not care," who can tell but that, behind the veil, infinite love may be toiling like the sea, to give us in the full time our heart's desire?
"My Father worketh hitherto and I work." It is a mysterious word of the Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps God, like some of the busiest men I know, is doing most when He seems to be doing nothing.

There Is Love in Delay And so in closing I would say to you: do not lose heart at the delays of God. Speed, after all, is but a relative term, and there is more love in God's slow method than you think. I was staying the other week with some friends in Ireland, when word came that our friend's place of business had been broken into. It was a holiday and he was away in Galway, and was not to be home again until that evening.

Well, he came home, very tired and famished, and a foolish wife would have rushed out to meet him with the news; but his wife was not foolish, she was Scotch and sensible, and she let him wash and eat and rest himself a little; and then when he was ready to see things rightly she broke the news, and I saw there was wisdom and love in that delay.

You who are mothers here, and who look back on those sweet years when your innocent children played about your feet, had you never some great news to tell your children, yet you deliberately withheld it for a time? "If we tell them tonight there will not be one wink of sleep; if we tell them when they waken, there will not be one bite of breakfast"; and so deliberately you held back the blessing, and you did it just because you loved them so.

If ye then being evil, act like that, is it incredible that God should do the same? Is it fair to distrust our Father, to say He has no pity, to charge the heavens with being brass above us? I think it is wiser to pray on, strive on, casting all doubts to the devil who inspired them; believing in a love that never mocks us, and that will give us our heart's desire in His own time.

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Facing The Future With Certainty (The Fear Nots Of A Winning Life)

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? (Psalms 60:9-10)

One day I was watching a local wrestling fight over the screen, the challenger was much physically fit than his opponent, as the fight was about to start, his opponent said to him : I will never be intimidated by your form, I will beat you and give you a straight disgrace before the people, this angered the challenger that he immediately got into the ring and started beating his opponent, he beat him until no strength was left in his opponent, just to cling the victory, his opponent managed to gather some little strength, as the challenger was looking for some weapons to hit his foe, the man on the ground seized the opportunity , gave him some punches in the face and turned the story on his favour, he emerged a winner after the long run.

At times we are faced with enormous uncertainties, we don’t really sure of where we are going, we don’t know if we would make it at the end, these might have been one of the the things that made David to cry in utter hopelessness, he might have felt the same way like you and I, we do have the feeling that God has forsaken us.
These feelings may at times lead to hypertension, acrophobia and other kinds of psychological attacks, because these are Satan’s primary weapons against a Saint, that is why a Saint must guard his heart with the word of God.

David was a man with incredible faith, but there came a time in the life of David when his faith could not carry him any longer, at this juncture David felt the most miserable disappointing time in his life, he might have settled for defeat, but God in the midst of despair and uncertainty, turned the dark gloomy night into a bright morning full of victory.

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. (Psalms 60:11-12)

You must always learn to seek your support from God who is the source of all thing good, you should not be tempted into going to men to render you help, the result is always disappointing, you will come back humiliated and regretting, always learn to trust God in every situation of your life no matter how hard and tough the going may be, always trust God, He will give you a safe landing at the end, at times God uses our trust in him to stretch our faith and fashion our life unto discipline and maturity, our dependency on God shows our love and trust towards him.

Always remember that life is full of storms, this should prepare your heart in facing your future, a captain does not refrain from voyage because of storms, he knows they are, but he has learn to master them, likewise we must learn to master our trials and apply self control, don’t allow your problem to wear your face, that is the life of a defeatist, a champion does not stop fighting because he lost a match, what makes a champion is his ability to learn from his mistakes and turns them into strategies, the failures of life shouldn't stop you from trying again, get up & move on.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. (2 Corinthians 4:7-10)

One of the reasons why we suffer is so that the life of Jesus Christ might also be manifest in us, those who will live to witness dynamic power of God in their lives must undergo some hard spiritual training, this training prepares you for you glorious future, there has never been a time when a person is promoted to a higher rank or order without undergoing some necessary course, for a Christian to be promoted there ought to be some training to undergo.
The bible made it clear that the Christian life would be a hard one, there is no easy going in the Christian life, the Christian life is full of hard knocks, but God has promised us His grace to sustain us in the time of needs, that is why a person must be prepared before entering into the Christian service, one need to arm himself to the teeth before taking the leap, you should arm yourself with the word of God, don't be like the five foolish virgins who went to the wedding without taking extra oil, we all know the sad end when their lamps ran out of oil, they missed the wedding.

Don't forget that God takes care of you in a special way, the word of God is so full of God's caring promises, these promises should be your soul's anchor, we believe in God's promises because they are certain and proved.

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (2 Corinthians 1:18-22)

God will forever be faithful to His promises, He does not fail, this should give us the more reason & courage to face the future without fear or doubt, no matter how gloomy the days may seem God will surely make it look brighter, remember the old good days when God walked the earth in the person of Jesus Christ, He demonstrated how wonderful God loves us, how he thinks of us, how he is ready to answer to our needs, that Jesus is still doing the same today, nothing has changed, as he answered the people of yesterday, so he is actively answering his people today, from every nation.

Look at Abraham, he was seventy-five years old when God called him out of his native homeland and promised to make him the father of all nations, Abraham wandered for fifteen years and nothing seemed to happen, to Abraham and Sarah the promise would only come through by doing it man's way, it was at this point in time that Sarah's impatient caused her to push her husband to make a terrible mistake that still plagues the world today, Abraham been also impatient like his wife, heeded the voice of his wife and went into their maid and the result was Ishmael, and from that day onward the stage was prepared for humanity’s nightmare, our impatient can bring a deadly pain to our future generations, some of the things we are fighting off were as a result of the terrible mistakes of our parents.

God being whom He is never deterred in fulfilling His promises to Abraham through making Sarah to conceive at the old age of ninety, though Abraham pleaded before God that Ishmael should walk before Him, God been Omniscient blatantly turned Abraham’s request down, He said to Him, Isaac will be the one to walk before me, this promise was made even before Isaac was born, you should know that nothing changes the mind of God concerning you.
What He said concerning your life from origin is going to stand, no man can do anything about it, your destiny is unchangeable, you are what God said you are, you should know that God's calling on your life is without repentance.

In time of trouble, remember that God's name is a strong tower for his people, he has promised never to abandon them in their troubles, we can see such cases in the bible where God wrought an indelible and unspeakable deliverance over the life of individuals who trusted him in the time of nothing, we read about the story of Joseph, Moses, Caleb, Joshua, Gideon, Samson, Jephtah, Deborah, David, Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, Esther, Daniel, Shedrach, Meshach & Abednego, the list can go on and on, but we saw how these people trusted God in the most despairing time of their lives and we saw how God turned out the evil intended against them for their good, he is able to the same today.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. (Psalms 46:1-3)

The following commentaries will help shade some light on this portion of the scripture:

God is our refuge - It begins abruptly, but nobly; ye may trust in whom and in what ye please: but God (Elohim) is our refuge and strength. A very present help - A help found to be very powerful and effectual in straits and difficulties. (Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible)

In all manner of troubles God shows his speedy mercy and power in defending his. (1599 Geneva Bible Translation Notes)

Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength,.... That is, Christ, who is God as well as man, is the "refuge" for souls to fly unto for safety; as for sensible sinners, in a view of danger, wrath, and misery, so for saints, in every time of distress; typified by the cities of refuge, under the legal dispensation; See Gill on Psalms 9:9; and he it is from whom they have all their spiritual strength, and every renewal and supply of it, to exercise grace, perform duties, withstand enemies, bear the cross patiently, show a fortitude of mind under the sorest distresses, and hold on and out unto the end: in short, he is the strength of their hearts, under the greatest trials, of their lives, amidst the greatest dangers; and of their salvation, notwithstanding all their enemies;

a very present help in trouble; whether inward or outward, of soul or body; the Lord helps his people under it to bear it, and he helps them out of it in the most proper and seasonable time: they are poor helpless creatures in themselves; nor can any other help them but the Lord, who made heaven and earth; and he helps presently, speedily, and effectually: in the Hebrew text it is, "he is found an exceeding help in trouble" (t); in all kind of trouble that the saints come into, the Lord has been found, by experience, to be an exceeding great helper of them; moreover, he is easily and always to be come at, and found by them for their help. (John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible)

We need not go farther to see that with God we can valiantly face the future and conquer it without much qualms.

Are you discouraged, frightened by what you see, disheartened by what you hear, remember that a champion is not afraid of loosing, those who are afraid to face the future will never make the future, remember the wilderness story, that generation by fear defeated and overthrew themselves in the wilderness, doubt is a disease, unbelief a cancer, don't go in for it-be ware.

Evangelist. Ilona Henry Afamefuna