Michelle's Story - I No Longer Want to Die
During the end of 2006 and the early part of 2007, I was suffering from a terrible depression that led me to start thinking about suicide.
Around that time I was talking to some people on a few forums about my
problems. One of those people helped me learn a little bit about Jesus. I also found out about prayer
on the internet, which led me to read about Jesus. Eventually, I began
to realize that even the person who had helped me learn some about
Jesus, couldn't help me. It seemed like the only one who could help me
was the Lord himself.
I felt like I couldn't trust people, so I turned to the Lord.
Now I'm doing a lot better and I'm no longer suicidal. I trust people more and the Lord has changed me so much! Thanks to Jesus, I no longer want to die! If it wasn't for him I do not think I would have made it. That's not all he's done though; He has saved me so I could have everlasting life!
John 3:16-17
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. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (KJV)
Ty & Dana's Story - We Owe Everything to the Lord
Dana: I went to church for 17 years with my parents. After they split up, I went on a path to hell. Then, God gave me two beautiful kids to guide me to the right path. After years of off and on Christian living, and a lot of backsliding, I met a really nice man. We started dating. We went to church together and were living good, except we were living in sin. Then we decided to make a vow of celibacy to the Lord until we got married, and we did so. After we were married, my new husband got a great job and we were able to move out of our broken down trailer into a nice home that we are now purchasing.We didn't have a car—now we do. We never had any money to do anything. We could barely pay bills—now we get by nicely and can also give. No one will ever convince me that there isn't a God, and that he isn't a loving, forgiving God.
We owe everything we have to the Lord.
Doug's Story - Suicide is Not the Way Out!
As a teenager I was very depressed. I wanted to die. I experienced suicidal ideation. I ended up in the hospital for 10 days and was diagnosed with manic depression or bipolar disorder. Fortunately for me, someone reached out to me in my desperate time and told me about the love of God as expressed through Jesus Christ's death and resurrection.I was on lithium for awhile and was in counseling for a number of years, on antidepressants. That was 30 years ago. Today I consider myself a healed helper, made well through the process of healing and renewing of my mind over many years.
Sara's Testimony - How I Got My Hope Back
For eleven years I was harassed on a daily basis. I feared going to school. It left marks on me — mostly on my soul — but one on my arm stands out as a sign of what can happen when you go too far. I burned a cross into my arm hoping it would help ease my pain. My life wasn't always that bad. My father would come down every summer to spend a week with us. That stopped in grade six and I never saw him again. The last time he called I yelled at him and said I never wanted to speak to him again. Man, I was stupid. My life got worse after that. I would pray to God every night to let me die. I even planned my death many times.I took overdoses of my medicine. I even ran out into the street once. But something happened to me that gave me my hope back — God. Through him, I found hope in my life once more.
It started on a bad day. I don't really remember what went on that day. I do know that I had taken a knife with me to school to use in self-defense. I planned to hurt the girl that had bullied me all my life. But I never brought the knife out. Later on that night, I lay in bed awake with my eyes closed. Before long I found myself in a field and a man walked up to me. He said, "Sara, what you're planning to do — don’t. God loves you and is always there for you." When I woke up I found myself sitting up, huddled in a corner.
Now I tell others about my battle and how God restored my hope. I have even made plans to become a teacher.