God's promises for the suicidal

God is near the brokenhearted, He cares for you
Psalm 34:18 

The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

1 Peter 5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

God doesn't want you to die, you belong to Him
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time?
Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Isaiah 43:1
But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine.
1 Corinthians 6:19  Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

Jesus already died for you
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus bore your griefs and sorrows

Isaiah 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

God offers you life through Jesus
John 10:10b ...I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

1 John 5:11
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

God exchanges your life for Jesus' life

2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Prevent discouragement by keeping focused on Jesus
Hebrews 12:2-3 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.

Accept Christ's death and resurrection as your own
Romans 6:3-4 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Your life is hidden in Christ

Colossians 3:1-4 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

Reckon yourself dead to sin, but live for God
Romans 6:11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

You're God's masterpiece, created for good works

Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

God has given you gifts and talents

1 Corinthians 12:4, 11 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit... But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

Live for Jesus by serving others

2 Corinthians 5:15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

Matthew 25:38-40 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’

Live to declare God's works
Psalm 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord

God has a hope and future for you

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

God will give you strength to go on
Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Let God fill your heart with His love

Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Nothing can separate you from God's love
Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God won't leave you nor forsake you
Deuteronomy 31:8 And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.

Also consider this...
Many bible figures have felt like dying, including Job (Job 3:11), Moses (Numbers 11:14-15), David (2 Samuel 18:33), Elijah (1 Kings 19:4), Jonah (Jonah 4:3), Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:14), and even Jesus (Mark 14:34). Jesus took the burden of all your sins and died so that if you accept His death as your own, then you don't have to die. Also accept His resurrection as your own and live a new life lived for Him.

Also see Ministry of Healing, Chapter 18 "Mind Cure"

Helpful music playlists on Youtube
For The broken heart
Jesus Understands
Courage and Comfort (bluegrass)
Songs for the trials of life (bluegrass)
Songs for the storms of life (bluegrass)

U.S. Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
For a lifeline outside the U.S., find you country in this list of suicide crisis lines

Nebuchadnezzar's Conversion

God wants us to spread the gospel
God is interested in the spread of the gospel. God wants every person in the world to hear about Him, about the plans He has for them, how He wants to save them, and how He's coming soon for them. God wants to use you and me to reach people.

I imagine that God's angels look at each of us and what we're doing, then say to us: "Hey, get with the program! Look! There's a person who's getting ready to walk by that could use an encouraging word or is searching for Christ, if you would just say something, you could move the game plan forward!". Sometimes we listen, but more often that we would like to admit, we get so self-absorbed that we miss opportunities that Jesus has.

God wanted Israel to share the gospel with Nebuchadnezzar
There were multiple ways God wanted to convert Nebuchadnezzar. God placed ancient Israel between three major continents. God set them up so they could be an example to other nations and thus spread the good news about God and His character. For example, in Leviticus 25, God established something called the Jubilee in which every 50 years, all debt would be forgiven. The other surrounding nations were very brutal, it's no wonder that God didn't want His people to be associated with them. Unfortunately though, ancient Israel didn't always cooperate in being the example God wanted them be to due to sin and selfishness. Though they weren't perfect, God tried some other things.

In the bible we learn about how Hezekiah gets sick, he prays for healing and God turns the time back as a sign. God had done something that the whole world could not ignore. It was the Babylonians that came up with sixty seconds in a minute and sixty minutes in an hour.. So then when the Babylonians heard about Hezekiah, they sent two ambassadors to go see him. However, instead of Hezekiah telling them about God, he shows them his stuff, which later gets stolen. This is another example of when God tried to do something big to let other people know about the plan of salvation, but because of pride and unbelief, it went nowhere.

God reaches Nebuchadnezzar through a dream
When you look at what historical records say about Nebuchadnezzar, you'll see he was feeling very unsure about himself and his kingdom. It was in that context we learn about the dream God gave him in Daniel 2. When we don't know what's going on, when we're struggling and depressed, God cares. Nebuchadnezzar was just about to have all his wise men killed because he couldn't find someone who could help him remember the dream and give its interpretation.

God reveals the dream and interpretation
Then comes Daniel who is given time to get the dream and interpretation from God and then tells Nebuchadnezzar about it. This became big news all over Babylon.

God is interested in the spread of the gospel and He has an advertising plan. He tried this various times before, but His people failed to cooperate because of unbelief. Daniel followed through with the adverting plan, thus everyone would know about him and his God. After Nebuchadnezzar is made known the interpretation of his dream, he promotes Daniel as a ruler, but God wanted his heart. There were a few things that Nebuchadnezzar had to unlearn before he could really be a follower of God.

Nebuchadnezzar ignores the interpretation and forces worship
Next, according to historical records, we find out that there was a rebellion in Babylon and this was the context behind the golden image of Daniel 3. Nebuchadnezzar had set up this image so that people would prove their allegiance to him by bowing down to it, but if anyone didn't, they were thrown into a fiery furnace. Daniel's three friends refuse to do this (Daniel wasn't present at the time), God spares their lives, and then Nebuchadnezzar makes a death decree against anyone who speaks against their God. The death decree wasn't what God intended though, God doesn't want anyone to feel forced to follow Him, He wants our hearts.

Nebuchadnezzar has another dream and forgets about God
Nebuchadnezzar's heart still hadn't changed, he became proud. In Daniel, 4 Nebuchadnezzar had a second dream and he goes back to the same source of knowledge that failed him in Daniel 2. Instead of going to God, he goes back to the same source that didn't help. That's an easy mistake for us to make too. Sometimes we have a problem in an area or something and instead of taking it to God and saying 'God what is your will, help me to be humble", we go to the same release that has been used of Satan before. And we're like, "let me try this, let me work on this, let me do something".

God wanted Nebuchadnezzar to repent
Daniel explained that God wanted Nebuchadnezzar to repent and to show mercy to the poor. Instead, Nebuchadnezzar becomes proud, as if to say "I made Babylon great again". In spite of Nebuchadnezzar's pride and sin, God was merciful. If God wanted to, He could have just said, "You know what Nebuchadnezzar? Your time's up, next!". We should be thankful that God is merciful to us because we're all sinners too.

God humbles Nebuchadnezzar for seven years
What God did next was to basically put Nebuchadnezzar in time out for seven years. After seven years of eating grass, he would learn to be humble before God. Now this isn't what God really wanted to do. Nebuchadnezzar should have learned about God's mercy to the poor (with the Jubilee), and to the sick (like with Hezekiah), and to people who are concerned about their future (like Nebuchadnezzar himself). God had a plan for Nebuchadnezzar and it took a little while for him to finally accept it.

The last we hear of Nebuchadnezzar:

Eusebius records these words of Nebuchadnezzar:

I, Nebuchadrezzar, announce to you the future calamity which neither Bel, my ancestor, nor our queen Beltis, can persuade the Fates to avert. There shall come a Persian, a mule, who shall have your own gods as his allies, and he shall make you slaves. Moreover, he who shall help to bring this about shall he the son of a Median woman, the boast of the Assyrian. Would that before his countrymen perish some whirlpool or flood might seize him and destroy him utterly; or else would that he might betake himself to some other place, and might be driven to the desert, where is no city nor track of men, where wild beasts seek their food and birds fly hither and thither? Would that among rocks and mountain clefts he might wander alone? And as for me, may I, before he imagines this, meet with some happier end!

God has a work for you and me today
God has a work for you and me today. There may never seem to be a perfect time for evangelism, the enemy makes sure of that. But God can't bless a bible study that you don't give. God won't bless a door that you don't knock on. The gospel isn't just about getting to heaven, it's about the betterment of our lives here.

Remember how others reached out to help you get to know the gospel and think of how you can also do likewise by reaching out to others to know the gospel too. The enemy will try to make it seem like evangelism isn't important, that's his game plan. But Jesus also has a game plan and He's working in a thousand ways we can't understand.

God has a work you and me today, but you won't experience the blessing until you go forward into His work.

Let Jesus be king in your heart

"And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me." Matthew 25:40. Notice that Jesus responds to the righteous as King, but when He responds to those on his left hand in verse 45, He doesn't. Unless Jesus is our King in our hearts, then we are not truly serving Him. 

How it is that we are serving Jesus when we're providing for other people's needs? It's because Jesus bore the suffering that everyone would ever experience, all at once (Isaiah 53:4). Therefore, when you relieve the suffering of others, you are in essence, relieving Jesus from suffering because He already bore it.

Chapter 43 of Isaiah reminds us that Jesus is our Maker and Redeemer, we belong to Him, so why not let Him be king of your heart?

Who has the heart? With whom are our thoughts? Of whom do we love to converse? Who has our warmest affections and our best energies? If we are Christ's, our thoughts are with Him, and our sweetest thoughts are of Him. All we have and are is consecrated to Him. We long to bear His image, breathe His spirit, do His will, and please Him in all things. SC 58