Jesus, help me understand that there are times when everyone exeriences sadness. There are even times when I can experience intense sadness; but, most of the time they usually go away. However, show me that what I am experiencing isn’t like typical sadness; this kind isn’t going to gradually allow me to forget it and feel better. Help me with this persistant problem; give me a joy in my heart that is more powerful than my struggles with hopelessness. Make it clear to me that joy isn’t overcome by physical issues, finances, circumstances, emotional issues, or relationships. Give me a power-emotion that keeps me happy no matter what happens to me or how I typically feel.

Jesus, make it clear to me that it is VERY important that I realize that my relationship with You, and, my healing through You flows through FAITH in You and what I BELIEVE You can do for me. Right now, I am struggling with believing, trusting, relying, or depending on You. But, help me let You take me through the process of You healing my heart. Help and empower me to be able to believe, trust, depend, and rely on You.

Jesus, teach me that once I allow You to give me FAITH so I can BELIEVE You want to help me, my relationship with You will improve; and, my provisions from You will increase. Teach me that out of all the problems I am facing, my heart is in the greatest trouble. I may want You to work on something else; and, You will. But, help me see that You need to work on my heart first. Show me that it is the road, the way, and the avenue through which You will supply me with the healing I need in all the areas of my life. Make it clear to me that I have to be helped to BELIEVE that even though I have tried many things that ended up failing me, I am now at the place where You will do what nothing else could do.

Jesus, show me that this type of problem I have is like looking through blue tinted glasses; it affects the way everything looks. Even things that should help me be happy, peaceful, and confident, don’t seem to bring positive emotions into my heart. Show me that typically I won’t be able to come up with a good reason for why I feel the way you do. Show me that some events may make me feel a little bit better and other things may make me feel a little bit worse; but, the main feeling of pain and negative emotions stay the same. Make it where I am able to take the blue tinted glasses off and put on rose tinted glasses. Change the overall perspective of my life; brighten my day. Teach me how to allow You to help me have faith in You.

Show me, Jesus, that this condition I am facing causes me to hurt deep down in my heart; and nothing seems to help it go away. Even medication often just takes away my life rather than fixing the pain. Sometimes it seems like there are THINGS in my life that are causing me to feel worse; but, I soon find out that there doesn’t have to be any reason, that I can think of, and I am still feeling hopeless. This can cause me to feel like nothing and no one has the answer to giving me back my heart and my life. However, help me see that if I can be CONVINCED that You have the answer, that will help me feel expectancy, faith, hope, peace, and assurance again. I just have to be helped to put my trust in You.

Jesus, help me understand that You know that even when things have happened to me that should have encouraged me and given me some expectations of happiness and peace, I was in such pain and feeling so hopeless I couldn’t react with faith, hope, peace, and expectation. Things that should have caused a little ray of sunshine to shine and give me peace in my heart have been blocked off by the wall of hopelessness issues. However, make it clear that even though this has been my past experience, help me be willing to allow You to join me with Your power. Help me keep pushing forward in these studies and prayers, so You can help me break through this wall.

Jesus, You know my friends have tried to cheer me up and encourage me, but I wasn’t able to take advantage of their efforts. I may have smiled and tried to show appreciation for their concern, but I still felt the pain and pressure on the inside. But, help me see that the fact that they couldn’t help me and I couldn’t respond to their efforts doesn’t mean my situation is hopeless. Help me do what it takes to stop believing I can’t be helped. Provide me with Your type of friendship; help me see that You are like a light shining in a dark room. Show me that You don’t just try to cheer me up or encourage me; You provide me with a new outlook on life.

Jesus, show me that cheery, positive thoughts and friendship support can help me a little; but, what I need is a change of emotional perspective. Since healing from You comes through love, faith, trust, reliance, peace, and assurance, help me see that all I have to do is ALLOW You to put these things into my emotions; they will go deep down into my heart. Show me that if I will let You, You will give me the tools to be set free. I just have to be CONVINCED that You are able to do this for me. Help me BELIEVE that You have the power and desire do this.

Jesus, show me that if my car was broken down and needed a mechanic to do some repairs on the motor, it wouldn’t solve the problem by giving my car a good cleaning and polishing. Reach down into those areas where I am hurting and heal them. Help me allow You to use these words and prayers to build faith in my heart; empower me to allow them to help me BELIEVE in You and Your power to heal, so I will be healed. Teach me that I don’t just need to be cheered up or encouraged, I need my faith and feelings repaired. Let these words and the prayers build faith in me.

Jesus, I can remember a time when I had a lot of fun with my friends. It is obvious to me that the efforts of my friends and some of the positive circumstances that I experienced SHOULD have cheered me up and have given me peace and faith; but they didn’t! Teach me that, that can ADD feelings of guilt, frustration, confusion, and other negative feelings against me. When I feel hopeless, the pain from it makes me suseptible to many bad emotions. Help me open my heart once more and let You empower me to feel loved, cared for, befriended, and valuable. Help me trust You and be willing to open my heart to You. Then keep my open heart from having additional damaging thoughts, experiences, and circumstances that are trying to hurt me. Give me a future that will be very different from my present and past.