When a Woman Discovers Her Dream: Finding Gods Purpose for Your Life

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I am going to write what I am praying for you and your husband —. Strengthen their faith through the Word. Help them see You ruling over all this for their great joy in You. Fill and satisfy them. Provide for their every need. Guide them and give them wisdom. Today show them a sign for good — and quickly bring job offers. One — I do not believe God promises that if we have enough faith, we are guaranteed more and more income or better and better jobs.

So how is that good news? God is in control over employment, income, and possessions — and will give me exactly what I need in order to have the greatest joy in Him. I have been unemployed for 18 months and my unemployment benefits run out in two weeks. Thank you for this encouragement. I have good days and bad, and then horrible days as far as my trust in the Lord goes.

Here are some verses that have encouraged me greatly: I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. This is the Lord, we have waited on Him; let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Wow,thank you for sharing this. This is another bit of cement to my foundation. I am currently unemployed and have been for a few months. I am OK with letting go of possessions. I have put my faith in God and it has been proven that I will be taken care of. I have been blessed with the ability to hand over my life to the care of God — THIS has brought me peace and serenity.

Humbled and thankful, Aliah. Aliah, so thankful to see your growth in faith. We seem to learn more in the hard times than in the times of ease. Truly, Jesus is the answer. Faith is the key. Faith needs an object or focus. Jesus is the one true and eternal focus of all we have, all we need and all we should seek. Thanks for your article. It helps and brings some hope. My husband has been unemployed for over a year and there seems to be little hope. He has a great education and had excellent reviews at his previous job but it came down to a restructuring.

I could be laid off as well in the next year. We have four children and the stress feels so overwhelming at times. I feel sad most days. I will reflect on what you have said in your article and continue to faithfully cry out to the Lord. Thank you for taking the time to comment and share your thoughts. Pour Your love into their hearts. Help them feel the truth that You are doing great good for them through every detail of this season.

Bless them with even greater dependence on You, reliance on You, closeness with You. Draw them together as a family in prayer and the Word. Provide an excellent job for her husband. We ask that You would fulfill Your promises to them — providing for them Phil 4: One other thought — are you part of a small group of believers who could pray with and for you? God can work powerfully through other brothers and sisters as we open our hearts, share our burdens, and pray for each other.

Thank you very much, Steve, for replying to my post. How kind of you and I will ask God to bless you in a special way for such life giving ministry. You asked if we are part of a group of believers who can pray for us and we sure are and we appreciate our friends who pray with us and for us. My husband is ordained as a deacon but there is no remuneration in this — it is volunteer ministry and I work full time in Catholic ministry. In fact, two years prior to my husband being ordained he was ordained in we were hit with 10 to 12 significant and challenging trials while completing our studies at the seminary.

I will keep seeking God but it certainly has been overwhelming. Thanks again for your ministry. I will certainly let you know what God does. God bless you abundantly! Happened upon your site. Thank You for reminding me of what is truly important. I am at the most darkest times in my life. I survived the attacks from ground zero. My first experience with being unemployed.

I was closely walking with the Lord back then. I started a contracting business at 40 years old. God blessed that business for many years. I relocated it to another state to help out family. I took a maintenance job at my kids Christian school. I got my wife a job there. Two years ago my wife informs me she does not love me and wants a divorce.

She feel in love with the Headmaster. She divorced me, lost my house, business filed chapter 7, lost my maintenance job at the school. I have been unemployed since July Homeless, living with a friend. Three children, whom I miss daily. I am learning through this process that God is in control.

As I read and study scripture I find comfort knowing God chastens the ones He loves. Please pray for my family. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story. I will pray for you right now —. Father, I ask that You would meet Mike in a special way. Strengthen his faith in Your precious promises. Help him see Jesus ruling over this entire situation with great love and compassion.

Thank You that what others might mean for evil, you mean for good Psa In this time of tragic pain and heart-break, give Mike sweet times of nearness with you. Satisfy his heart with Your love. Comfort him in Your sovereignty. Give him a taste of the eternal weight of Your glory that He will know in eternity — and console him that his trials now are producing for him even more joy in Your glory forever 2Cor 4: And Father, I plead with You to provide him a job — quickly. Display Your love and power and goodness by providing for him.

And Mike, do you have a small group of believers who are praying with you and encouraging you through this? I lost everything in But i trusted in the Lord Jesus. But i am still unemployed but i have my daughter and God has blessed me in ways i cannot imagine. I had been working Food service and retail jobs for 10 years, and God led me to a masters degree in govt administration. I graduated from a highly ranked program recently, which also meant job loss I was employed through a co-op. It seems like there are critics and micromanagers everywhere in my family. I have excellent reviews from previous jobs and had a stellar gpa in school.

I Had a job offer, but turned it down because it would have involved deceptive sales practices. I was believing to get married to my sweetheart and have a family. It seems so nonsensical. I feel that I have much to offer any employer, and God has blessed me with a great work ethic. God has drawn me closer to the young men in my church, and been using me in worship and evangelism. I am thankful for that. My prayers for provision have been faithfully answered as a farmer from church has taken me on as a temporary hand.

However, the money is not a live able wage with my expense situation. There are days that I praise God and love just like before. I thank you for your time, the article was encouraging. Thanks Steve for the sharing. Pray for me that God will bless me a job soon. Meantime, I will spend more time praying and discern His plan for me. Thank You for Psalm As she calls upon You, deliver her. Bring her a job. Fill her with peace in You in the meantime. Give her times of joy unspeakable and full of glory in beholding and trusting Jesus Christ.

And give her wisdom — give her next steps to take — guide her into Your perfect will. Thank you for the beautiful prayer. I thought I would reply to update you once the prayer is answered, but I decided to reply now to encourage Michael. I am in similar situation as him. There are plenty of jobs that I could fit in, but I am just not getting noticed. But I believe in God, who is Jehovah Jireh, in His faithfulness and His steadfast love to provide, as He always has been throughout my life.

And I want to echo what Jesus has taught us, to pray fervently at all times. Thanks for encouraging Michael, Agnes. And I love your firm confidence that God is the Provider. Give her even more confidence in You. So — as her loving Father — care for her, meet her need, relieve her, for the glory of Your name. Agnes, thank you for replying to Steve and thank you for thinking of me and for your encouragement, Michael.

There are loads of jobs in my field of work but I cant seem to get through to the recruiters, I feel there is a blockage somehow? It is so encouraging to hear how the Father brought you to this site, Michael. Thank you for sharing it. I will take some time right now to ask the Father to meet you, encourage you, and deliver you Psa Strengthen his faith as he prays over Your Word. Calm his feelings of desperation. Let Him sense Your nearness, love, and power. So I ask for a breakthrough to the recruiters in the next few days. Give him wisdom and guidance. Open doors for him.

Guard his heart and mind in Christ Jesus Phil 4: Are you part of a Bible-believing, Jesus-trusting church family? I know that having brother and sisters around me is so crucial — to encourage and speak truth to me. Share your heart with fellow-believers and let them pray with and for you.

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In answer to your question; yes I am part of a believing church family but I also have a closer network of friends who are supporting me too. I will keep you posted on events and thank you again, Michael. I have completed a security course and have sent out so many cv s. My financial situation seems to be getting worst. All day long I spend my time reading my bible, praying and trusting God. Hello Jennifer, my name is susan and I too am struggling with finding suitable employment.

I have sent out countless resumes. I will pray for you and all the others looking for employment, and pray that they are able to stay faithful and have hope. Steve, In this period of unemployment for Kaz due to him deciding to quit a job that would have severely limited his ability do what God has called him to we cried out to the Lord and wondered greatly His purpose in this.

I felt all along this was a mostly spiritual battle rather than a temporal one, After months of prayer, and others praying for us, today we resorted to the last spiritual tool I knew of: The offer letter that had been promised but held up for over a week showed up today! I used this wonderful blog post to focus on praying today too — thank you for writing it! Maybe you could write a blog on fasting too?

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Why does it help? Why do we save it for the very last resort? If anyone who reads this wants to pray, it will still be 2 months until the first paycheck will show up. I would ask prayer that we will be able to keep the house we live in as our savings are already depleted. I will plan on doing a post on fasting — thanks for the suggestion. You are right that too often fasting is our last resort. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I will definitely be praying. I will also email you personally with some follow-up thoughts. First of all I want to thank God for you and your online ministry.

I am unemployed and have been for 16 months. I just received a letter today stating that by May 12th my benefits would be ending. I am so thankful to God for my next reaction; usually I would start fretting and worrying, but not this time I started looking for scriptures and sites that would help me with my faith walk and praise be to God, there you were.

I know that God has me in a place where I can get closer to him and I am thankful to God for this time of my life. To God Be the Glory. Good to hear from you, Diane. I am so glad that your first response to the bad news was to turn to Christ — and I will pray that His grace and comfort strengthens and sustains you — AND that He will quickly provide work for you.

Thank you that she is turning to You. Thank You that she is trusting You. Thank You for her heart to pray for others. And thank You that You are a loving and compassionate Father. So I pray that You would quickly provide Diane with the job she needs. Hello, looks like most of these posts are a few months old but I will post anyway asking for prayer. State help is over and savings is down to a couple of months. I know that God has sustained me and will rescue me from my situation Isaiah I feel as though God is waiting on me to do something???

At times, I am really confused as to what I should be doing. With that said…my story is too long and complicated so I will just ask for prayer. I am going through something very similar and I am still looking for work. I will pray for you now. Heavenly Father, please look after ms Gadson and bring your peace to her now. You are a good Dad and want only the best for your children and ms Gadson is one of your precious children.

Please meet her needs right now, help her to find a job that is suited to her and please help her to prosper, in Jesus name I ask this for her, Amen.: Thank You that You have never broken a promise. Give him wisdom about steps to take. Open the right doors. And keep him strong and encouraged in the meantime. Thank You that you love her so much that you were willing to deliver up Your own Son to pay for her sins.

Thank You that the Cross proves that you love her, care for her, and are committed to helping her. Pour Your love into her heart. Let this time of need become holy ground — full of Your glorious presence. Give her fellow-believers who can pray, support, and encourage her. And provide for her every need — as You promise to do. Michael, thank you for your prayer. Today is a better day and I know that change is coming soon.

I will post a message of praise when my situation changes. Heavenly Father, I pray that you will open up the windows of heaven and not just bless all those on this blog but bless them beyond anything thing they could dream or imagine. I lost the plot yesterday as it has been nearly six months unemployed now and I am still reeling from my stupid actions.

It would mean I would be separated from my home, family and friends living in digs unable to visit because of distance. I know my identity is in Christ and not in a job but I feel so useless, unemployment is an evil scourge on our society. Michael — I am sorry to hear about how hard things have been. My heart goes out to you and your tough situation.

He calls you to come to Him as you are — He will welcome you, help you, love you, forgive you, and give you everything you need. Then fight the fight of faith until you can see more clearly and feel more deeply all that God promises to be to you in Jesus Christ. Thank you so much for responding Steve. I will keep you posted I promise. I will look to Jesus and I will go to him as I am. I have been avoiding prayer because of guilt but your words have encouraged me to do so. Agnes, thank you for showing me this scripture I will hang on to it.

Tomorrow I travel hundreds of miles for a job interview. I have however set myself to fully trust God in this endeavor but it is difficult for me. Michael, I am sorry to hear about your incident. But glad to hear that you have turned back to God. HE is a forgiving God. In whatever you do, keep Him close. I am still holding on and expecting change. My favorite passage that has gotten me through month after month is Proverbs 3: Trust in the Lord with all your heart.

Lean not on your own understanding. In all of your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. God bless all those on this site for your prayers and caring words. I must say that I am feeling much better at the moment since I stopped fighting the circumstances. Things went very well on Friday and I am now back at home. I also found out that the chap interviewing me was a Christian too. All members are Christians and share the same vision for reaching the lost in the music circles in which we work.

Recent times have witnessed God moving on our behalf to bring us to a place of favour within the industry and we are on the precipice of something big. All members and support crew have jobs locally except for me and if I have to move away then this scuppers things to a degree. I have waited nearly 30 years for these times and now it looks like I might have to miss out. You all may understand that as I went for the interview on Friday, I felt somewhat like Abraham when God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac.

I just felt that the whole thing was sooo crazy!


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I was thinking that if I get this job how can anything work? I have applied for jobs in my area and the doors just slam shut! The doors that are opening are hundreds of miles away, this is just nuts! It brings peace somehow when you stop struggling. I will keep you all informed of how things progress and I would like to thank you all again for your prayer and support here, Michael.

Praise the Lord for His enlightenment and for renewing your spirit. Although many times, I am confounded but I hang onto His promises and His steadfast love.

I have lost my business to a business partner, who is a Christian and I am in a family of non believers. But I believe He will restore my career and the situation in my family. Our Gracious God has restored my health and gave salvation to my father before he passed away. So, I strongly believe only He is in control. Continue to do our part but also rest in His love. I am glad you are feeling more encouraged — and I will continue to pray that the Father works in such a beautiful way that you look back stunned at His goodness and wisdom.

You are not alone in having a season of darkness. Joseph had years in a dungeon. Abraham had years of childlessness. David had years running from Saul. I am ready to throw the towel in with God. My life has gotten worse since I go to church. If God wants us to prosper, why does He make live so difficult.

I have been looking but have not yet found anything. I keep asking the Lord to lead me to a job and ask for wisdom, guidance, and direction. So far nothing yet. What am I doing wrong? He will give you the wisdom you need James 1: You ask if you are doing something wrong. It sounds like you are sincerely seeking the Lord — and that He has not revealed anything to you that you are doing wrong. Are you part of a community of believers who can pray with and for you?

I find that crucial to keep fighting the fight of faith. Hi Greg, like you I am still unemployed after 6 months even though there is a great demand for my skill set. In this world peoples entire existence and self worth is in their job, e. Take away the job and their whole life implodes. Hi, I have been recently let go due to being off work for a while with a health condition, I was writing a blog about living in faith so I googled it and it came up with your blog! The one thing that has struck me most is the part where you say that God has a plan for every day that I am unemployed, I have never thought about it like this before and have recently been wasting my days away.

But from now on I will seek God in the morning and ask for wisdom as to what He wants me to do with the day He has given me. Just to let you all know that I got knocked back for the job I went for. Strange really when I think how well we got on in the interview and that the chap was so impressed with my previous experience.

We also found out that we were both believers. I have another interview in Birmingham tomorrow. Thanks for the update, Michael. How far is Birmingham from where you live? Hi Steve, thank you. Birmingham is about two and half hours from where I live. Thank you for this post. My husband has been laid off twice in the past year — both times due to budget cuts — the first layoff came after 19 years on his job with 8 months of unemployment.

Then he received a new job, which laid him off after just under one month — also because of budget cuts. During the period of time he had the second job, he turned down a job he had waited to hear from for over five months because he had just taken that second job, only to have that one lay him off again, in just under a month of worth there.

My own job will end in five and a half months. My husband gets lots of interviews and has come very close to another job or two recently — he just needs to have faith to hang on until God blesses him with the right opportunity at just the perfect time. Thank you for giving us the faith and strength to continue to hold on as we both seek jobs.

Thanks for sharing your story, Vicki. I will pray right now for God to pour strength and comfort upon you and your husband — and for God to provide your husband a new job quickly. I will be sure to keep you updated on both of our job searches, and I would love to hear more of your message and your preaching. You are so welcome, Vicki. Thank you so much for the words of encouragement. My husband did eventually get another job — in a completely different field. I now find myself without a job my boss retired so all of us lost our jobs as a result.

I know that God will, in His perfect timing, provide me with the job in which he wants to place me — and I want to continue to trust in His will for my life and to be an encouragement to others who are also looking for their next job. I will continue to pray for all who have shared their stories here, as I have been doing; and I am so uplifted when I hear that jobs and financial mercies from God are being shared through this site. God is, indeed, worth all of our love, trust, and faith.

I am in Chichester at the moment working on a five week contract. Its too far from home to go back at weekends so I am having to stay for the whole period. Went to a great church this morning where they prayed for me to get work nearer to home. I will be looking for work again in 4 weeks. Good to hear from you, Michael. May He pour His grace out upon you — comfort you and your family — and provide you a job closer to home. Thanks for the encouragement you give, it means alot. There are bad days like today when I wished I would die rather than go through this suffering,thank God for ministries like yours, they are indeed life giving.

I will write down all those scriptures and read them everyday starting today. There have been bad days like today that I just wanted to die…. Thank you for your ministry…. I will write down the scriptures quoted in this blog and read them everyday. Thank you for stopping by and for taking the time to share your thoughts. One day not so long ago I was having a hard time and felt completely abandoned by God because i felt as though my prayers were going ignored and unanswered. Truly — He never leaves us or forsakes us!

My wife and I met up in Gloucester about 10 days ago as it was a half way house for us both. This is what has come to mind of late. That is very encouraging. I am rejoicing at how God has given you grace to persevere in faith. Keep fighting the fight, brother — and keep us posted as the Lord works. What an unjust God he is. There is no justice anywhere and truth lies fallen dead in the streets. I will give a more detailed response when I get back from vacation — but maybe others can share their thoughts in the meantime.

I can understand but God works in mysterious but perfect ways all the time and in His time. You only need faith the size of a mustard seed to trust that He will bless and provide for you. I came from a poverty and hopeless family, so I could testified to His love and power.

Even as I am struggling to land a job now, and witness people around me even those who worship other gods getting blessed with jobs, I continue to persevere till He brings His will to pass. In the meantime, I occupy myself with His work at church and His online community. I pray for you that God will give you the grace and strength during this difficult period. I understand your thoughts. It is not favouritism, it is just their own path in the world.

A natural domino effect of freewill. However, those that love you will always be there to comfort you, a promise that you are not alone to endure, your favourite song on the radio, a tub ice cream you didnt know you had, getting a little closer to a mother you never really seemed to get along with, a dream of the warmth of someone holding your hand.

These little things that i can say oh thats just coincidence, i truly believe are the comforts that i am given when i get rejected again and it gives me a little hope to get me up the next morning. They are there if I trust him enough to see them. I see that, for example, in Gen God has purposefully allowed him to be unemployed now Eph 1: Only Adam knows what his situation is, but i am also on my third year now of unemployment and in that time, i have gained a deep interest in creative writing.


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That there is always a positive if we are willing to find it. All i could focus on was how angry she was making me and how upset I was in that moment. I just hoped i could give him something or make him focus on what there was to be hopeful about instead of the bad. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.

I have not experienced anything like that, but my heart goes out to you. Not to give you easy answers — but to give you a framework from which to see your situation. In Psa 73 the author is struggling with why the wicked prosper vv. He feels like his faith in God has been in vain v. Either way — God showed Him three crucial truths —. And third, that even when he goes through trials, God is being good to him v.

I am praying for you, Adam. I hope this helps some, and would welcome any response, feedback, or questions. I am now unemployed for 6 months and I really need wisdom to keep myself meaningfully occupied till the day when there is a job offer. It can be really dreadful when I wake up each day not knowing what I can do other than sending resume. I am just too used to the hectic routine at work that even a holiday can be a pain for me. However, my wife and I have been at peace since the decision was made to terminate my employment.

Thanks for sharing your situation and asking for prayer. I will pray right now — and please keep us posted. Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: However I understand how you feel and similar thoughts have gone through my own mind during times of unemployment. I now have temporary contract work but I am separated from my wife and family. Take heart Adam, sometimes life deals us hard blows. If you can get this word from Paul in your heart it can lighten the load you carry;.

Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. In particular I was always troubled by the passage in Mathew 7 vs 21 — 23, but you have cleared this up for me now, thank you. I thank you for this encouraging article as I am now in-between jobs for almost 6 months.

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My last employer made me redundant in April this year. This came to me as a shock because prior to this, I was told my contract would be extended. Despite attending many interviews since April, at least once a week, I did not get any offers. I was discouraged when God did not respond despite my prayers and cries for my employment. With faith, I have just invested a bulk of my savings for a part-time masters program and other programs that may help in my employability.

My savings are finite and I have 2 old parents to take care. Because of Jesus, the Father loves you and is rejoicing to do you good with all His heart and soul Jer He will be faithful to care for you. Thank you for the blog. I recently graduated from graduate school a couple months ago, but have had difficulty finding a position in my field — education — or in finding even temporary work.

Through much grace, God humbled me in graduate school by introducing me to wonderful Christian friends and an equally wonderful church, all of which helped me grow in my faith. I am incredibly grateful God led me down this path before my unemployment. God has blessed me with so much — my friends, my family, my significant other, my faith — that I constantly remind myself of the need to be grateful for being so undeservingly prosperous. Your post helped me collect my thoughts during these trying times, and I want to say, Thank you. And I pray for your ministry and for those who, like me, are currently unemployed.

Good to meet you, David. Thanks for sharing your story, and for letting me know that the post was helpful. And it is good to hear how God strengthened you in Christ during graduate school — so you are more equipped to deal with the trial of not finding a job. He is so wise and good. I love this site. I have been unemployed for six months, and then two weeks ago my savings and checking account got garnished from a long ago bill of 12 years ago.

I have no money, but I have a lot of peace so far. I sent off a very nice resume today, and I am feeling good about this position.. When this happened I just shook a lot because I was so afraid. I asked God to give me peace one night, and in a few seconds I was so peaceful. I just keep reading the psalm when I get scared and it works. I am going to a healing session at my church tonight and I am going to be prayed over for a job and some type of money, because I have two dollars left. When I get home I plan on reading Matt. I feel that God is really speaking to me a lot, and I love what He is saying.

I was interviewed by four people and the interview seemed to go very well. Please pray for favor and direction. Great news about the second interview. So glad you felt like it went well. I am going to be interviewed for a different position later this week at a university near my home — the job description appears to have been uniquely written for me. The job appears to be ideal, but the starting salary is rather low. Thanks so much for the update, Matthew.

Thank you for your article. My problem is that I have been laid off twice in the past three years. I struggle with thoughts about God. I sometime wonder if he is so full of compassion, why does he see my tears and anguish and not make a way for me to get a job. Yes, he has been providing, but he leaves me in this state of unemployment. He promises peace and joy, but all I have is heartache and dissappointment.

Where is he in all this mess. What father would watch his child suffer and not do something about it. Thank you for taking the time to share your story. And even though you see very little evidence of this in your circumstances, I want to encourage you that God does love you and is full of compassion. As you know, the Bible does not say that the more God loves us, the fewer trials we will have. In fact, God promises that His beloved children WILL have many trials — but God also promises that His loving purpose in every trial is to bring us even more closeness with Him.

Fight the fight of faith to believe this. I think you might find them helpful. And feel free to follow-up with comments or questions — and keep me posted on your situation. I will be praying for you — and there are other prayer warriors who read the comments on this page who will pray as well.

After 49 days of unemployment, I just received a call with an employment offer. I have fasted and prayed over the past three weeks and asked the Lord some very specific things all of which were granted. My new boss was even able to offer me more money than was budgeted because she was so impressed with my credentials. God is amazing and oh, so faithful! Thank you for praying for me and for this wonderful website. For those of you who are unemployed and reading this blog, be encouraged.

The God of Heaven and Earth hears your cries and will never leave or forsake you! Encourage yourself in the Lord by reading His Word and meditating upon scripture. Do not lose hope and stay in constant fellowship with other believers. I have met with the same brother for the past six weeks praying each week that God would provide me with a breakthrough. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Combined with fasting is a powerful combination! Thank you SO much for sharing your story — and for your encouraging words to those who are still unemployed. And now im really concerned. In about 2 weeks my family will be without money, no place to live, already been using savings and no prospects. So, i have been praying and proclaiming. And at this point im just disappointed. I feel that im really alone and was delusional to believe. I imagine things look pretty bleak right now. But He does promise to orchestrate everything to bring you the greatest closeness to Him 2Cor 4: He is the prize.

And He will take care of your finances in whatever way He chooses in the meantime Mat 6: But you can turn to Jesus just as you are, trusting Him to help you, comfort you, and strengthen your faith. Then in that strength, keep praying for a job, keep networking, looking, doing whatever you possibly can. AND keep fighting off unbelief — and fighting to trust His precious promises. I am praying for you right now. And there are prayer warriors who pray for those posting comments on this unemployment page.

Thank you, prayer warriors! Just this past Friday I was fired from my account assistant job I only had for 8 months. I loved this job and because of a error I was let go. Prior to this job I was unemployed for a year and half due to a lay off at my last place of employment.

I am totally blindsided because I did not see this coming at all. I am currently in state of shock, embarrassment, and anger. Just as I was collecting myself financially again from my last job. I only have my insurance which was free by the way till the end of this month. On top of that the next time I get paid the majority of that check will go to rent.

The thought of going back out there and filling out apps, then playing the waiting game is disheartening. I need prayer to go on…. Thank you for sharing your story. To be unemployed for a year and a half, then get a job, but then lose it after eight months — wow. Plus the financial pressures, and fear of how others will look at you. Do you have any believing friends you could talk and pray with?

Are you part of a Bible-believing church that has small groups? And even more important — know that God promises to give you everything you need to sustain, comfort, guide, and provide for you through this trial. Pray over promises like 2 Corinthians 9: Read the post on how to fight the fight of faith — and let us know what you experience the Holy Spirit doing in your heart.

I can relate to what you are going through. I have been laid off twice in the past three years. The organization I worked for laid me off after almost 8 years due to the county budget crisis. After 18 months of unemployment, I finally got another job that paid less than half of what I was making. But, I was glad to be employed again and felt like maybe my life would get back to normal. Then out of the blue, on a Friday, my boss called me into his office and gave me the bad news that I was being let go.

This was only 90 days into my new job. On the 29th of September it will be a total of 3 year of unemployment with the exception of the 90 short days I worked. I am so discouraged and sometimes angry at God that he would allow such heartache. So, I know what you are facing and going through.

We will have to pray for each others and many more that are Unemployed. If you are physically able, I would encourage you to consider fasting. I conducted a partial fast for three weeks little to no food during the day and prayed during meal times. God met with me, spoke to me through His Word, and provided a job with benefits.

I have been through four periods of unemployment in my twenty year career and I can speak from experience: He will never leave or forsake you. Please stay in fellowship with other believers. I prayed every week with the same brother and he encouraged me by calling me, e-mailing me, etc. One of the pastors at my church prayed with my wife twice during this period of unemployment and e-mailed me every week to check up on me. The enemy will want to condemn you for losing your job — but there is NO condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. God has a plan for you and He will rescue you and provide you with a job.

He knows your needs. Read the Word daily to see the promises of God and pray them back to the Lord. His Word will not return void.


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Thanks for this website and thanks for listening to us who are unemployed. Michael is right about having fellowship with other believers. I was reading through a book by Tina Zahn. She is a believer who almost committed suicide but was saved by the police. She was going through physical pain and other problems but sisters were praying for her. See what the power of prayer through beloved brothers and sisters in Christ can do James 5: I actually cried it out with God today.

I had been holding it in trying to put on a happy face for my family since Saturday was the day of my mothers wedding. Please continue to pray for us who is going through this thing called unemployment. I was totally blessed, and from my point of view, solely because I used good common sense and had a good moral upbringing in the church. One of the positions I held, I went from being storefront, to being in quality, to being lead of quality, to manager of operations within an 8 month period.

Since that time I have had a very hard time finding gainful employment. As I said the last position I held laid me off in I did and was very successful in my studies. I graduated just before Christmas this past year. Just after Christmas my husband physically abused me and we had to separate. My year-old son was really affected by this and began acting out. I spent 4 months working with my son and I believe he is on the right path now, turning to God and trusting Him.

I have applied for more than jobs, that I am qualified for, and have only had 4 interviews. I have been turned down for each position, but each interviewer has told me they felt I was totally qualified for the position and I did everything perfect, but they needed someone who already lived in the area, or I just needed a little bit more experience, or too qualified etc.

The difficult thing is that you spend 6 to 8 hours a day searching for employment, 4 hours a day with God up until a month ago , asking for direction, guidance, asking for confirmation that you are doing exactly what you need to be doing and hearing only silence. Mary was exposed to evils that could destroy any child's soul.

Later, she became a victim of sex trafficking and prayed for God to make a way out for Joe never lost hope as he suffered from cancer for two years, even when doctors were not optimistic. At pounds, Justin felt like he was in prison. He surrendered to God, and with his newfound identity came a new body. They got to a point where they struggled just to have money for gas to get to work.

Then she took a financial When a year-old's appendix bursts, a routine surgery yields complications. Ruth returned to her village in Peru to find only smoke and ashes. Before the fire, she supported her children by baking and selling items in the Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.

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