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Battling Suicide

Are you or someone you know thinking about suicide? Please check these resources including toll-free help phone numbers:
http://mag.thelife.com/interactive/Suicidehelp.html

Immense sadness and emptiness surrounds you. It seems as though there’s no purpose left for your life. Have you ever felt this way? God truly loves you and has a passionate desire to bring you comfort at all times. If you're feeling like there’s no hope, take this study.

Through God's Word, we learn that He created us: "You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." (Psalm 139:13) And because God created us, we know that He created us with a purpose. We are each given a special collection of individual gifts that no one else in the world possesses in quite the same way. Each and every one of God's children (that means you!) is a unique, important member of God's family. 1 Corinthians 12:12,22 says "The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up only one body. So it is with the body of Christ ... In fact, some of the parts that seem weakest and least important are really the most necessary." (NLT) God assures us that "all of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of" His family. (verse 27)

The fact that you are still alive today means that God still has amazing purpose left for you in your life! Think about it ... if God gave you life, He could also take it away. But He hasn't. Your life is precious to God, and He is the reason you are still here is to live it. In fact, God has already made the sacrifice of death for you so that you will live! He made this sacrifice on the cross. Jesus "was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised from the dead to make us right with God." (Romans 4:25, NLT)

God doesn't want you to have just any life. Jesus says he wants you to have a full life: "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (John 10:10) Please pray for wisdom as you continue this study, and please take your time as you answer the questions below.

What have you been dealing with that has led you to feel like ending your life?

Be as honest as you can. Your mentor needs to know where you hurt to be able to help.
Have you ever felt this way in the past? Who have you turned to for help? (Friends, family, a teacher, professional counselors ...)

Often speaking with a qualified professional counselor can help. He or she can speak with you confidentially and it's often a good idea to contact a professional who can advise you.
How would committing suicide affect those who know, care, or love you?

Have you told those who love/care/know you how you're feeling? Would they want to help you? If you don't know anyone you could talk to, please visit the link at the top of this study.
Do you think God created you for a purpose? Why does God so highly value your life?

Even if you don't know what that purpose is, God knows. Consider Jeremiah 29:11: "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."
What are some options other than committing suicide? Could your problems someday, somehow, be solved?

Is it possible that some good might come from enduring certain suffering rather than ending your life? The apostle Paul says that "you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering." (2 Thessalonians 1:5), and Peter says that "those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good." (1 Peter 4:19)
Where in your life can you see beams of hopeful light breaking through the dark clouds?

God loves you so much. In John 3:16 He says "For God so loved the world, the he gave his one and only son, so whoever believes in him will not perish, but have everlasting life."
Consider how much God loves you ... Have you accepted His love? Why or why not?

The apostle John explains God's love this way: "God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love-not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins." (1 John 4:9-10, NLT)
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