Do you have an educated guess as to what happens to severely depressed people that commit suicide?

[Marathoner]

1 hour ago, Your closest friendnt said:

My response to your earlier post was a two part response. 

*First part asking the following: "Please give some specific details of what you did?" And I said that "I do not recommend that we should do that". And I said that before your giving the specifics about your actions...asking you to make it alive in our mind about what you did as if we were with you at the time you said that you prayed....and also we need to hear the specific words used in the prayer...

Then I will filled in the blanc(s) in my statement...

And we need more specifics about what the "Pastor" asked you to do and the prayer he asked you to pray..

* And the second part in my post was " because I do not recommend it"... I did not say all those things you are assuming I wanted perhaps to say, but I did not.

But then we can discuss those things you are interested...

You have in correctly made comments about me, you do not know me, and you are not authorized to speak about me....just assuming and this time you have assumed wrongly...way off the mark.

I want to continue and show cause why I made the statement "I do not recommend it". In my statement there is nothing against Jesus and his work on the Cross. 

 

I understand where you were coming from, my friend. There are some things that warrant no response, and this silence applies to the "praying the blood of Jesus" thing on this or that. However, it would be good for me to comment now that it has become a thing in this thread (an off-topic thing, no less).

The passages of scripture that were shared do not in any way justify nor illustrate engaging in such a thing. Nowhere in the scriptures do we find the apostles "praying the blood of Jesus" on a pillow... a house... or the like. This is a recent convention which surfaced in certain churches, and as a matter of course I remain silent about the practice. However, since those passages of scripture were referenced by another member in this topic as justification for this unscriptural practice, it's good to point out that those same passages of scripture have nothing to do with "praying the blood" of our Lord Jesus Christ over a pillow. 

Edited December 7, 2022 by Marathoner

[JohnR7]

1 hour ago, Your closest friendnt said:

"Please give some specific details of what you did?"

I pray from my heart, so I don't really use words when I pray. God understands. I express my love for God and I let my requests be known. I know people who pray in tongues, but others say that is just jibberish. 

Also I sing the song in my mind: "The Blood, the Blood, the Blood, the precious Blood of Jesus". This is a good hymn also:

Precious, precious blood of Jesus,
  Shed on Calvary;
Shed for rebels, shed for sinners,
    Shed for thee.

 Precious, precious blood of Jesus
  Ever flowing free;
Oh, believe it; oh, receive it,
    ’Tis for thee.

2

Precious, precious blood of Jesus,
  Let it make thee whole;
Let it flow in mighty cleansing,
    O’er thy soul.

3

Though thy sins are red like crimson,
  Deep in scarlet glow,
Jesus’ precious blood shall wash thee,
    White as snow.

4

Precious blood that hath redeemed us!
  All the price is paid;
Perfect pardon now is offered,
    Peace is made.

5

Now the holiest with boldness
  We may enter in;
For the open fountain cleanseth
    From all sin.

6

Precious blood, by this we conquer
  In the fiercest fight,
Sin and Satan overcoming
    By its might.

7

Precious blood whose full redemption
  Makes us nigh to God;
Precious blood, our way of glory,
    Praise and laud.

Edited December 7, 2022 by JohnR7

[Your closest friendnt]

5 hours ago, Marathoner said:

I understand where you were coming from, my friend. There are some things that warrant no response, and this silence applies to the "praying the blood of Jesus" thing on this or that. However, it would be good for me to comment now that it has become a thing in this thread (an off-topic thing, no less).

The passages of scripture that were shared do not in any way justify nor illustrate engaging in such a thing. Nowhere in the scriptures do we find the apostles "praying the blood of Jesus" on a pillow... a house... or the like. This is a recent convention which surfaced in certain churches, and as a matter of course I remain silent about the practice. However, since those passages of scripture were referenced by another member in this topic as justification for this unscriptural practice, it's good to point out that those same passages of scripture have nothing to do with "praying the blood" of our Lord Jesus Christ over a pillow. 

What a post. I still can't believe that I would read such a post that it echoes exactly my thoughts...Thank you.

When you  said "that you believed that the Lord had abandoned you". I knew that Jesus had chosen you for some very special work. 

Edited December 8, 2022 by Your closest friendnt

[grumix8]

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