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
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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

5 Encouraging Truths To Remind Yourself

1. Have struggles? You're not alone, we all need Jesus

There are no “Super Christians”, everyone has struggles and nobody can live a Christian life without being connected to Jesus, The Vine (John 15:5). As we resist the enemy, steadfast in faith, remember “that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world”. (1 Peter 5:8-9). Also, “consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.” Hebrews 12:3

2. Your identity isn’t defined by what other people think.

What God thinks is what matters: “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.” Jeremiah 29:11. “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.” Psalm 139:17-18

3. What other people do is never your fault

You are only responsible for your own actions and not the actions of another. “The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” Ezekiel 18:20b. Likewise, it's nobody else’s fault if you don’t continually ask God to refill you with the “oil” of the Holy spirit. (Luke 11:13, Matthew 25:8-9). Nobody else can have a relationship with God for you, so use your God-given free choice to seek God for yourself.

Your main concern should be what God does and wants to do in your life, so don't worry about others do or don't do. As disciples of Jesus, we are to follow Jesus, not other disciples, so mind your own walk with Jesus (John 21:20-22). While we are to encourage others to follow Jesus or to stay faithful in walk they already have with Jesus, we can't walk for them (and nobody can walk for you either). Jesus said that if anyone thirst, let them come and drink (John 7:37). We all must come to Jesus for ourselves.

4. Your worth is not based on your performance

Your worth comes from God who made you and redeemed you: “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.'” Isaiah 43:1. “You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18-19).

The Christian life isn't about what we do, it's about what God has done and wants to do through us. "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:10. We need God's Spirit in order to love the way He does (Romans 5:5).

5. God can do great things through you

“With God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26b. Remember when Moses was called by God, he was asked “What is in your hand?” (Exodus 4:1-3). God can use the simplest things for His work. Don't compare yourself to others, remember that everyone has different gifts, but the Spirit and the Lord are the same (2 Corinthians 10:12, 1 Corinthians 12:3-4). Since Jesus is Lord over everything and everything we have comes from God, then how does comparing yourself with others make any sense? (1 Corinthians 4:7). How much can we do without Jesus? Nothing. (John 15:5).

Your life may be broken, but when you give life to Jesus, He can use the pieces to bless others. How is that? It's when we find comfort in Him who bore our own suffering and then share that same comfort with others around us. (Isaiah 53:4, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4). God can turn a mess into a message, a test into a testimony, a trial into a triumph, and a victim into a victory. Call upon God in the day of trouble, He will deliver you from the hand of the enemy and then you will have a testimony to tell that glorifies God for what He has done to help get you through (Psalm 50:15, Psalm 107:2). In order to be powerful witnesses, we need the power of God's Spirit (Acts 1:8, Zechariah 4:6).

There's no thief like fear

The following is a sermon that was done by Dee Casper

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

This implies that fear can rob us of power, the ability to love (God and others) and be loved (by God and others), and to be able to think and make decisions with a sound mind. Fear alters the way that we do the essentials of life.

What is the solution to fear?

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us. -1 John 4:16-19

It is not the fear of punishment, or the hope of everlasting reward, that leads the disciples of Christ to follow Him. They behold the Saviour's matchless love, revealed throughout His pilgrimage on earth, from the manger of Bethlehem to Calvary's cross, and the sight of Him attracts, it softens and subdues the soul. Love awakens in the heart of the beholders. They hear His voice, and they follow Him. -Desire of Ages 480.3

Let the youth see the tender love the Father in heaven has manifested toward them, and the dignity and honor to which they are called—even to become the sons of God— and thousands would turn with contempt from selfish aims and pleasures that have hitherto engrossed them. They would learn to hate sin, not merely from hope of reward or fear of punishment, but from a sense of its inherent baseness. -From Eternity Past 436.3

Love is the only pure and true power that should motivate us in our experience and in our decision making. And the only way to find that love is to encounter God’s love for us. “We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19. God wants us to experience a “faith that works by love” (Galatians 5:6) not a faith that works by fear.

Fear, again, robs us of love for God, and love for others because we’re afraid of being hurt. What we desperately need is a life-course altering encounter with God’s perfectly selfless love for us. To be fully known and fully loved. It drives out all of our fear, and brings us to a deeper love for Him, and the capacity to be willing to love and be loved ourselves.

Some people become atheists because they fear having hope and getting disappointed, We don't need to fear this, the bible says: "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." Romans 5:5. "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13. "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." -Galatians 6:9

So abject fear is not God’s chosen method to reach us, or to motivate us. In fact, fear is in many ways a selfish motivation. It leads us to make decisions to protect ourselves, and to provide for ourselves, instead of relying upon God to protect and to provide for us. Interestingly, in many of the supernatural encounters that the people of God had with Him or with angels they would be greeted with the tender charge to “fear not” or “don’t be afraid”. God doesn’t want our experience with Him to be driven by fear, but by true love. He wants our perspective to shift to something better.

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her; I will bring her into the wilderness and speak comfort to her…And it shall be, in that day,” says the LORD, “That you will call Me 'My Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘My Master,'” -Hosea 2:14, 16. Encountering the amazing love of God leads us to have a shift in how we view Him, and our standing with Him. When He sees that we’re ready to fall in love He then drops to one knee. “I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and mercy. I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the LORD.” -Hosea 2:19-20. “Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, “You are my God!” -Hosea 2:23

No longer are we to feel like groveling slaves who fear they’ll never be good enough. But instead we should view ourselves as loving spouses who have come to know that Christ is enough, and that He is standing in our stead.

What about “fear God and give glory to Him”? First of all, that’s not where the sermon begins. It begins with the Everlasting Gospel being preached to the world. “Fear God and give glory to Him” is the appeal of that sermon, and it’s also the logical response to the Everlasting Gospel.

"The love of God ever tends to the fear of God—fear to offend Him. Those who are truly converted will not venture heedlessly upon the borders of any evil, lest they grieve the Spirit of God and are left to their own way, to be filled with their own doings. The Word of God is the Guidebook; turn not from its pages to depend upon the human agent. That Book contains the warnings, the admonitions, from God, the rebuke of every evil, the clear definition of sin as the transgression of the law which is God’s great standard of virtue and holiness.... Not one who will study the Word of God and apply its teachings will miss the way." – The Upward Look 371.7

So abject fear robs us of a clear picture of the love of God, and an absence of a godly fear can rob us of a true perspective of our relation to God and how to follow Him.

What does fear do to us? If we use fear in our approach to this beautiful set of beliefs God has given us, or in the way in which we raise and counsel our children, it causes harm and paralysis. When you mix Biblically conservative principles with a fear based approach (even if it’s done in a gentle, loving fashion), it leads to analysis paralysis and misery in the religious experience.

You may be able to scare someone into a pew, but it won’t keep them there. This is one of the reasons why we as Seventh-day Adventists reject the teaching of eternal torment. A teaching that has brought about abject fear into the hearts of many, along with a hatred of God, and a rejection of Him. Regarding the topic of eternal torment: “If this is sound Bible truth, instead of preventing the salvation of sinners, it will be the means of winning them to Christ. If the love of God will not induce the rebel to yield, the terrors of an eternal hell will not drive him to repentance. Besides, it does not seem a proper way to win souls to Jesus by appealing to one of the lowest attributes of the mind,—abject fear. The love of Jesus attracts; it will subdue the hardest heart.” -Ellen White’s Mother, Life Sketches 49.4

We need to ask God how fear is ruling us and shaping our lives. “Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason…” -Ecclesiastes 7:7 Even people with wisdom can be beat up by fear and in turn make decisions and develop ideas that aren’t reasonable. This is why we need God to open our eyes, and to allow His love to set us free from our fear. Fear can make us create standards and rules that aren’t Biblical to try to save ourselves and protect ourselves. And it also leads to additional shame, because it’s more standards that we fail to measure up to when we mess up.

God’s solution is; "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” -Ephesians 2:1-10.

In every command and in every promise of the word of God is the power, the very life of God, by which the command may be fulfilled and the promise realized. He who by faith receives the word is receiving the very life and character of God. –Christ’s Object Lessons 38.1

One of the reasons we deal with fear is because we are insecure in our connection and dependence upon God. We’ve gotten behind the wheel and feel like we may run off the road. And we are in danger of that if we’re not letting Him drive, and if He’s not sitting in first place in our life. Whatever we are afraid of losing can’t bring us any more security in our identity or freedom or happiness than He can. Only He can give us our identity, acceptance, and purpose.

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me. -Psalm 56:3-4. This implies that fear affects our ability to trust God. And I believe this is why many of us have self protective tendencies

What the bible says about overwork and being hasty

Mark 6:31  And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Luke 10:38–42 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”  And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord God:  Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.

Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

Proverbs 19:2 Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge, And he sins who hastens with his feet.

Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.

Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.

Proverbs 18:13 He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 29:20
Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 25:8 Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?

James 1:19-20 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

Also see How to use your time
Also see Swift to hear, slow to speak

Model Prayer With Promises

The following comes from Steps to Personal Revival

Father in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus our Savior. You said: Give me your heart. (Prov. 23:26) I want to do that now by submitting myself to you today with everything I am and have. Thank you that you have already answered this prayer according to Your will, because Your word says that if we pray according to Your will we know that we have already received it (1 John 5:15). And you also said that you would by no means cast anyone out who comes to you (John 6:37).

Jesus said: “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.” (Luke 11:13)

You further said that you would give the Holy Spirit to those, who believe in you (John 7:38-39), who obey you (Acts 5:32), who let themselves be renewed with the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5:18) and who walk in the Spirit (Gal. 5:16). This is my desire. Please accomplish this in me. For this reason I sincerely ask you Father to give me the Holy Spirit today. Since it is a request according to Your will, I thank You that have given me the Holy Spirit now (1 John 5:15). Thank You that I have received Your divine love at the same time, because Your word says: “The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.” (Rom. 5:5; Eph. 3:17) I want to say with the psalmist: “I will love You, O Lord, my strength.” (Psalm 18:1) Thank you that I can love my fellow human beings with Your love.

Thank You that through the Holy Spirit the power of sin has been broken in me (Rom. 8:13, Gal. 5:16). Please save and protect me today from sin and from the world, give me protection from the fallen angels, save me from temptations and when necessary snatch me and save me from my old corrupt nature. (1. John 5:18)

And please help me to be Your witness in word and deed (Acts 1:8). I praise You and thank You for hearing my prayer. Amen.

Also see Conditions to receiving the Holy Spirit
Also see Carnal Christianity: Our Central Problem
Also see The Solution To Our Problems