plz pray 4 1 of my bffs, b/c shes been really cynical lately, and its starting 2 really get 2 me. shes also been ignoring me & 1 of r other bffs on and off in favour of 1 her other friends since school started. its really hard 4 me b/c she leaves me out a lot. im starting 2 got really sick of her!!!!! we talked about it in dec., & it got better 4 a little while, but its back 2 her ignoring me again, & me following her around, trying 2 talk 2 her. shes also been saying some rly disrespectful stuff about adults we know (including my parents!!!!!).
also 4 1 of my other bffs (sry i hv a lot of bffs), because shes not that close 2 God. shes even admitted 2 me that shes only a Christian so that she can go 2 heaven - she doesnt care about a relationship with Jesus, or trying 2 b like Him. i luv her a ton, and i dont wnt 2 see her fall.
and 4 another bff...shes been d8ing this guy for about a yr now. hes 1 of the sweetest gyz on earth (ive met him b4, & heard a lot about him), but theyve been going rly far physically, and im starting 2 wry about them. plz pray that they dont got any farther than they already hv!!!!!
ok, last thing. a few wks ago, i got 2 witness 2 some of my friends @ school!!!!! 1 of them was saying "Jesus" as an offhanded exclamation. i rly h8 it when people say that (its pretty common @ my school), so i told her 2 stop (shes not the sort of person 2 get offended by things like that). she asked me y, and somehow that got us on2 a discussion of Christianity!!!!! all of r other friends were listening, and some of them even got involved in the dicussion!!!!! it was rly xciting. i told my parents what i said, & they told me that what i said was accur8!!!!! (theyre rly Christians & know their Bible rly well, so they would know if i was accur8 or not...) hopefully i planted a seed, & that what i said will lead to more questions in the future, & mayb evn a small desire 4 Him!!!!! praise God!!!!!
thx so much evry1!!!!! praying 4 u all.
-elizaclaire

Hello Elizaclaire,

This is shelby...the one you posted something to.
I dont know if you will look back here,but thank you so much! I am going through so much and probably made a mistake by asking him to come back in to my life. But I have not had sex yet,but its just like he has total control over me. I miss him so much...my heart just wont stop hurting! I don't know what to do...I am so scared. I have a friend who knows what is going on, and comforts and listens to me when I need her to.

Thank you for posting what you did..it does help. I just don't know what to do..it seems if I give him part of me (virginity) I will feel better. I want to tell him I LOVE him, but I am scared he'll find out what I would do with him. I cry because I miss him so much! Do you think its stupid I feel this was about him? He's like the only one who can bring me relief. I am just scared if he comes back into my life..I am gonna get hurt again. He is just the kind of guy that makes everything better, that when he walks into the room you might as well kiss your heart goodbye. Its just the way he looks into your eyes, you just want to be alone with him...so he can hold and tell you every things gonna be okay. See my life was already crumbling down, then i found out I can rely on guys, and now you see where that got me...broken </3. I just hope and pray that if he come back, that he will have wings to catch me so I wont fall. Please keep me in your prayers!! just miss him so much! everything and anything I do reminds me of him!

Also because of everything going on in my life (my mom doesn't know about it) me and my mom are ALWAYS fighting! I

~Shelby
P.s. Broken girl

hi shelby,
i dont know if u'll c this or not, but i just wnted 2 let u know that im praying 4 u. i also hv a story i wnt 2 tell u.
1 of my best friends, named "hannah", is just like u. when i read ur 1st request, i was like, is that hannah writing w/ a code name??! i did realized that there r some differences btwn u 2(shes d8ed @ least 20 gyz, 4 instance - not something 2 b proud of), but 4 the most part, she struggles w/ the same stuff u do. heres the thing, tho. she met this guy a few yrs ago whos 4 yrs older than her. he started telling her that he loved her, that he would nvr leave her & stay w/ her 4ever, stuff like that. he promised her that as soon as shes 18, they wer going 2 get married. well, she believed him, & this summer she had sex w/ him. she did it 4 the same reasons u would - shes hurting a TON, just like u, & she thought it would make her feel better. 4 like 1 or 2 wks or so, it did. but then he broke up w/ her, (the way he did it was actually rly cruel!!) & shes been soooooooooo miserable evr since. she knows that hving sex didnt make her feel better @ ALL.
so PLZ listen 2 me (& evry1 else)
when i tell u that hving sex WILL NOT make u feel better!!!!! ive been watching "hannah" struggle and hurt a ton 4 several months, & shes not going 2 get over it 4 a long, long time. i hope im not 2 l8, but PLZ PLZ PLZ dont hv sex. we cn both tell u that it DOES NOT make u feel any better - it makes u feel a whole lot worse!!!!!
im telling u all this b/c i luv u so much, and i dont wnt u 2 make the same mistake that "hannah" did. it will scar u 4 life!! PLZ, PLZ, PLZZZZZ dont do it!!!!! i know ur hurting, but this wont help. thing only thing that cn is Jesus, & i know that frm xperience!!!!! throw urself @ him, cry out 2 him, beg him 2 reveal himself 2 u & help u out of the mess ur in. read ur Bible (if u dont hv a good 1, i recommend true images - its gr8), & listen 2 good christian music. "forever" by fireflight is a gr8 song - its basically a cry 2 God, saying, "tell me ur here & that u'll stay w/ me 4ever!!" cry that 2 God!! he'll answer ur prayer.
i luv u, shelby!!!!! i rly hope im not 2 l8. if im not, plz think about what ive said. if i am, think about it anyway. plz remember that i luv u, evry1 here luvs u, & most importantly, JESUS LOVES YOU!!!!!!!!!! i know thats hard 2 believe rite now, but plz try 2 believe it. im praying 4 u!!!!!
love love love,
ur sister in Jesus Christ,
eliza<3

hey catherine,
i was/am k/o going thru the same thing as u, & just wnt u 2 know that im praying 4 u. try reading the bible a lot, & listening 2 good christian music. some good songs are "forever" by fireflight, "indescribable" by chris tomlin, and "with a little faith" by stacie orrico.
doing both of those things has really helped me keep my mind off of stuff im not supposed 2 b thinking about. keep praying 2!!!!!
hope this helps!!!!! im rly sry if it doesnt, this has just wrked 4 me. praying w/ (& 4) u!!!!!
-eliza

please pray for me as i am going through a tough time, i keep thinking about sexual things and i hate it i just want to get rid of them because i want to dedicate my life to the lord and him only and these thoughts that pop up seem to be building a brick wall between me and god
thank you for praying

On Christmas we got a phone call saying one ofour very close family freinds had artery cancer...she was later that week tested and they found she had cancer in 9 of her 11 arteries her family is suffering she has three boys and her husband is a pastor they reley on god so much. She recently went through kemo theropy and lost all her hair. We are praying hoping she gets better but it dosent seem like gods working fast enough.

I having a argument with my mom over a stupid subject which is jeans. There to long so then she hemmed them and I was very grateful now she is saying it was better the other way so we did that and now she is saying to go back wouldn't just be easier to go to a professional or just buy new jeans. I wouldn't mind not getting a replacement. I am having a rough morning already. Bluch!

Dear,Katie
I know that the lord will lead you thorough all of your troubles. If you feel that your boyfriend would leave you if you go to uno then you have a very hard decision. God bless all and hope that you will find the answer in the lord.

I hope that you all just like me pray for all the people in hadie who just lost everything they ever loved or had

plz pray that i get thru midterms!!!!! my 2 hardest-history & science-r 2morrow & im rly rly rly rly rly scared!!!!!!!!! plz pray that i finish, do my best, & get good grades.
also 4 my little sister who is adopted & has severe attachment problems...ive been rly stressed l8ly over skool & last nite she decided 2 throw a temper tantrum (shes 9, but has the body & maturity of a 2 yr old.) well i just couldnt stand it then, so i spent most of the evening crying. this happens pretty often. plz pray 4 wisdom 4 my parents as they deal w/ her, & strength 4 my whole family.
thx so much!!!!! praying 4 all of u:)

how do you know if you really like someone or are just convincing yourself?

ive liked this guy for over a year and i think he likes me to. how do i know if he likes me or not?

Let's pray for the people in Haiti who have gone through a terrible disaster. It was heartbreaking to hear of how extensive their loss was but I saw a video of the people at the hospital singing to Jesus, and that made me wonder if i would be singing if something like that had just taken my home/family.

Dear Depressed, (Posted by depressed | January 4, 2010 9:42 PM)
I know what you are going through, because the same happened to me. You may not believe me but, I had my whole group of close friends including my bf from like preschool all the way through elementary, they all simply woke up one day, and decided to completely ignore me after we were inseparable... . That was the beginning of my jr. Since then I've also had a few other "bf's" who did the same thing, and I know its painful to encounter those people, especially when those looks come your way, and my heart goes out to you so much. I know how much you are hurting right now, and I also know the only way for you to begin to see a new light shining is to cry, and cry until you can cry out all your pain to the Lord. Until you have no emotions from those experiences left that you are holding on to. That is when God will pick you up, dust you off, and begin to heal your heart again. You may not be readily able to trust someone again, but use this time to learn about a potential bf. I think (I'm the same) you won't rush into a friendship once you have gone through this, But I will pray for you that you will be shown kindness by someone who will be loyal to you. Just may sure you do the same to others, and don't let anger live inside you.

I pray for the people in Hadie

wow...that video was totally inspiring :) i'm so happy for God's mercy and grace when I realize that other's may not have what I have (in this case arms and legs) but praise him and glorify him more and better than I do... I've gotta change

I pray that my stupid friend stops being 2 headed.
Sincerly,
Alexis

Plz pray for me because I am 15 almost 16 my brother turned 18 this past august and he left home and he was my bestest friend in the whole wide world and i dont get to see him anymore and when i do get to see him...things have changed and he doesnt treat me the same.Anyways...we're not as close as we use to be. Plz pray for me.

I hav so many dreams and some of them i just hav given up on. I am semi homeskooled and me and my mom hav been fighting ALOT! and my dad always gets in the middle of it he fowards txts to me from my mom about how anoying i am and how im not motivated (the argument of the day) But none of that has anything to do with my dreams. Dream 1: i want to finnish my screenplay and hav it b published and actually b turned into a movie dream 2: guys will actually notice me and look at me and say hi and stuff Dream 3: people at skool will actually xcept me for who i am and that i can show myself. Most of the time i fell like im trapped im trapped in this world this life and most of the time i fell as if im 18 trapped in a 13 yo. body help! and for a long time my mom had been dening my faith saying that i need to hav a better relationship with God even tho i talk to him sooooo much just not the way she does and! (last thing) i feel bad for thinking my parents r Jesus freakes but their all like "U should go to God with all ur problems" I DO BUT CAN I GO TO MY FRIENDS TOO?!?!?

ive been getting tons of hmwk since break ended, & its killing me. im already tired enuf, but getting 2 sleep @ 1 or 2 evry morning doesnt help @ all. plus i hv 3 projects, & midterms r in 2 wks. im freakin out. plz pray that id get my life under control in general. thx u gyz!!

last night i had a vision in my head of a girl cryin and later i had another vision of the same girl laying in her bed crying herself to sleep. i dont know y that came into my head but i prayed for whoever it was and just wanted to tell u that u should pray for people u dont know cuz they still need your help

hey katie,
so im a HS freshman, so u may not care about what im going 2 say, but ill say it anyway. :) i just think its totally amazing & so admirable that ur willing 2 sacrifice everything - including the guy u luv dearly - 4 God. I know id never b able 2 do that, & even tho ur struggling, i think that urs is a gr8 testimony, & im rly encouraged by that. i rly respect u 4 even considering giving up ur bf so that u cn follow God. thats so cool. u set a gr8 xampl 4 younger grls like me:)
im totally praying 4 u!!!!! im rly rly sry that this is difficult 4 u. i rly hope that u get all this straightened out!! hope this helped @ least a little bit.
ur sister in christ,
~elizaclaire

dear depressed,
im not the greatest encourager, but plz plz plz remember that even if the ppl @ ur school dont luv/like u, God still does, always has, & always will. im so, so, so sry that ur "friends" hv betrayed u. that would b horrible 4 any grl 2 xperience.
God created u the way u r 4 a purpose, & even though u h8 it now, i guarantee u will c it as a blessing someday in the future. i want u 2 know that im praying 4 u, & i luv u!!!!!
ur loving sister in christ,
~elizaclaire

i am 12 yrs old and in 7th grade im the 2nd youngest in my class im also the shortest. i hav a bone age disorder size wise im 9 yrs old. i get teased mercilessly by all the tall guys and girls. no one wants to b friends w/ me cuz im 2 "short" "weird" & "lame" i had a best friend that i relyd on so much in 3rd and half of 4th grade but then she made frends w/ the "pops" ther that grou of girls who always has the coolest cells, itouches etc. as soon as she met them she flushed my down the toilet she even RETURNED the "Friends 4evur" necklace i gave her. now if i walk by her she gives me a snotty look. i never did anything 2 her i wuz completely honest w/ her and never mean."did i mention she 4'9" im only 4'2") now i hav a "bff" who i luv 2 death but is frends w/ grls who hate me. she even admitted that she was mean just 2 fit in w/ her "friends" i dont no who i can trust. they all backstab me eventually. wen we had r 1st evur skool dance someone STOLE my mascara & lipgloss! pls pray 4 me. i cry myself 2 sleep evry nite bcuz all i cant think about wen its quiet is "no wonder nobody wants 2 b my frend! they all think im a short little FREAK! y did u do this 2 me God? my 3rd grade bro is almost taller than me! thats not normal!" im so desperate to grow & b able 2 fit in wen i go 2 highskool that im taking 11 pills 3x a day rite now 2 prepare me 4 growth hormone xlrtr wich basically POSSIBLY makes me taller. i really need help. it makes me so sad i almost FAILED math last year. i barely pulled a D+. PLS PRAY 4 ME!!! :o(

Okay plz help me cuz this yr i've decided 2 give up something thats become rly hard for me. I have a problem with lying. I know its horrible, but its so easy cuz whenever I lie I can take control of my life and make it whatever i want it 2 be, @ least for a moment. Plz pray 4 me 2 b able 2 stop. also if any1 has any ideas on how i could start stopping they would b appreciated.

Whoa! I just learned that all sins are the same 2 God. That might just be the scariest thing ever :(

pray for my walk with god because its getting hard to put him as number one in my life sometimes even tho i love him . thanks guys!

I'm seventeen years old, and I'm a senior in high school. I'll start at the beginning. During June of 2005, I went on a mission trip to New Orleans, about six hours away from home. I fell in love with everything about the place. I was so passionate about the people there, and truly felt called to be there, even at the age of 13. I went back for the next four years every summer, and would return home with my heart still there in New Orleans. I had all these ideas about attending the University of New Orleans and becoming a teacher in an inter-city school, because that's where I really felt called...to the children of that city. Flash-forward a few years. I'm now dating my boyfriend of three years. I know that I love him, and he's a very special part of my life. He's 3 years older than I am and plays college baseball. He chose his college in order to be closer to me, and has sacrificed a lot just for me. I still dreamt of living in New Orleans until he went two summers ago with me. There was nothing he liked about the place. Not even realizing it, after that I let my dreams slip away. I thought about them time to time, but always justified it, thinking that if he was able to make sacrifices for me, surely I could make some for him. Tonight, though, my Mom came to me in tears. She talked about how I used to have so many dreams about going to school in New Oreans and living there. She said I seemed to have just let them all slip away. She then asked me if I was sure I didn't want to apply to UNO. Now this is coming from the woman who has been insisting that I attend the local community college because I'm not ready to move out! And now she is telling me that if God is calling me to NO that she won't stop me. I don't know what to do. I know 100% that attending UNO would mean breaking up with the boy who has become such an integral part of my life. I'm going to pray about it, and I know that this will be one of the hardest decisions of my life. That's why I'm asking you to pray too. Pray that God will give me wisdom to know what to do and the strength to do what needs to be done.
If you've read all the way through this, then kudos (:

Dear Shelby,

I'm with you on the music thing, it realy helps me calm down. Try listening to Christian music, like Measure of Beauty by Lindsey Kane, and Barlowgirl by Superchick. When you feel down, refuel by praising God. I am 13 also, but I am in 8th grade. Remeber to praise God with your actions, and just keep being honest, if you don't you will ruin your life, and who knows what else.

Gods humble servent,
Maddie

dear :) show him the love of God. in other words be his friend hangout with him. then as he feels more comfortable God will give u the opertunity to witness to him. once your friends with him invite him to church. but dont juge him like the others do thats not a christian. we r suposed to help people not put them down even more. i just read the scripter John 1:23 "i am the voice of the one calling into the desert" that spoke to me that we all r supose to go out umong the world and teach Gods word. and God works through us to save lives. believe for this guys salvation!! IT WILL COME.

~shelby
just stay friends with this jay guy if u dont it may ruin your friendship with him. dont have sex please dont it will ruin everything dont.guys want you to have sex with them for their own pleasher and then they leave you heart broken and they take a peice of you with them. if u save sex for marriage it will be sooooo special and so much more. i know u dont want to hear this but u need to get a good relationship with God and the holy spirit WILL become your comforter! if u have a bible read it! Girl u have let the devil defeat u and its time to take back your authority from him!!! whatever is bound on earth will be bound in heven and i bind the devil off u! You are a child of God the king of all kings and therefor YOU are MORE than a conquer. find a scripture and say it out loud every night before you go to sleep. pray and ask God for what you need then after that first time thank him for it because once you have asked he has given it to you why ask him for something that you already have? it may not feel like your prayer has been answered but it has now its on its way. take one night and just thank God for all that he has done for you and if you cant fine anything he has done for you thank him for how he made the earth.. how the sesons change and for how he put everythink in its place. GOD LOVES YOU and dont ever forget that nomatter what!!

Idk wat 2 even do. There is this guy who goes to my school who I met through one of my closer friends. I don't "like" like him or anything lol, but we do have the same interests. However, I am worried because he is not Christian. I'm pretty sure one of the reasons is that its most of the kids in our class who are popular completely reject him because he is not like them. They call themselves christians, but they don't even reach out to him or try and be examples, all they do is talk about how wrong he is. I want to tell him about God, but I don't want to be preachy or act like I'm judging him. I don't know if my friend has ever said anything 2 him and I'm worried that she will think I'm judging him 2. Any thoughts? :)

Hello everyone,
I am going through a lot in my life right now.
I am only 13 years old. My life is just falling apart and I am so sick of it all!

1. I hate myself so much.
2.I have so much pain,and brokenness in me.
3.Me and mom are fighting (yelling) alot more than we used to.
4. I find my strength,hope,love,basically everything in guys.

Let me explain. (the numbers will be the problems)

1. (refer to #1 above and come back down here) I have starved myself before, because I will look unto a mirror and just want to cry. Clothes are so difficult to find for me.
I wish I could be not pretty but beautiful like my friends.

2. I started to drift away from god in fourth or fifth grade. My church split apart (I dont know how that changed me but it did). I am in seventh grade now and dont "really" want anything to do with god. Everyone says hes the answer, but how, he cant fiscally be there with me and hold me?

3. when god left the fighting moved in, I am so sick of her yelling at me, and when i say that she says your the only one who can fix it. By the way my parents/family have no idea whats going on with me at all!

4. (this one will be long, and the guys have nick names)
When I was in fourth grade "Sebastian" was in my life. We were not dating, but I think he was my real first crush. I wanted him to notice me so much! Then (he was in fourth grade) he went of and had sex. That made me think, if I started getting involved in that maybe he would notice me (i am still a virgin)?. So my mind started wandering off into that stuff.

Then "Tyson"
came along (he had always been their, but he was just a key part in my life at that time....and still is). But he has made me cry,laugh,basically has played with my emotions. by the way I haven't dated him either (I haven't dated anyone at all). But I don't understand why I like him....or keep coming back to him. He usually will only text me, when he knows I am the only one who can give him the information he wants, or hes bored. He feels comfortable around me for sure!

Then in walks "Jay" (this recently like in middle of 09)
My heart had been badly damaged before (just cause),and he would always come to my rescue, without knowing it! We would bring him to my church every sunday, but he has been gone for like two and a half months, way to long. But anytime he would come around the pain,worries,stress,everything would just disappear! He was/is my comforter. I miss him so much. I wish he would come back. I could type so much about him but I won't (just what you need to know). Sometimes he would come over to my house and play with my little brother (sometimes me). Just his smile,touch,smell,and voice is just so comforting (to me at least), but he has no idea how I feel. Should I tell him?

I have decided anytime a guy wants to have sex I will, have sex with him.
But my two heros guys&music.
But music I just escape into and leave this world for as long as I can.
Please rely back I need to know someone cares.
I have gotten my own article,that I read a lot!
But most of yall know who I am, I am the girl who post prayer request all the time,cause I need something!
If you need to know something else ask me. (use simply~shelby as my name if you wright back to me)

~shelby

Lets pray for our world to work together 2 glorify God, and that those who do not already know Him, begin to build a relationship with Him this year. :) God Bless You this yr.