3 INCREDIBLE WAYS TO COMBAT SUICIDAL THOUGHTS

“GOD? THIS IS AN EMERGENCY; I NEED AN AMBULANCE!!!! Mayday… MAYDAY!! HELP! I NEED HELP, GOD.. PLEASE SEND HELP!!. I SURRENDER!!.. I CAN’T DO IT!”

I remember screaming those words while reaching up to the sky. I was suffering from a traumatic loss; a loss of hope, lost dreams, and a loss of my grounding and life that I knew. The feeling of emptiness of having to pick myself up and start over, felt unbearable. God gave me way more than I could handle- but, did He? They say the enemy fights you the hardest when something good is about to happen, right? It sure didn’t feel like anything good was about to happen.

It was the first time in my life that I actually planned how I was going to do it. I gave God 30 days to change my life or I was going home. Wow- I really did that. I needed a spiritual ambulance to save my life. I needed God’s intervention. I needed God to realize I was having an emergency. No treatment could help me or save me- it had to be God. There was a point that I would cry all day and couldn’t go on. Then, God sent me the ambulance. When my life at the time felt completely hopeless and better off without me, I started seeing miracles happening around me. God was carrying me and performing miracles before my eyes. He awakened me to my life purpose. He showed me that I, indeed- could handle it, and this struggle was meant for a reason. It was meant for my testimonial to show the world that God is good in the middle of a traumatic storm, and he can turn those negative thoughts, and loss of hope into unconditional love. He sent me a friend, then another friend, then many friends and family who prayed for me and prayed over me. I had an army of prayer warriors praying for me, and an army of angels surrounding me. Suddenly my suicidal thoughts dissipated, and love filled my heart. My heart felt warm and so full of God’s love. I needed to experience that level of sadness and loss of hope, so that I only turn to God to help get me through my mental emergency. I know now that the mind is powerful thing, and if we’re not careful with our thoughts, our mind can cause us extreme harm. Filling your mind with positive thoughts, loving thoughts, and positive affirmations will help cancel out the negative thoughts and change the channel in your mind. If it wasn’t for that traumatic moment in time, I wouldn’t have awakened to my destiny. You see, the struggles give you strength. God doesn’t give you more than you can handle- He knows what you can handle and helps make a way when you can’t see the way.

These are the 3 Incredible ways that helped me look at life differently and helped me combat those suicidal thoughts:

1. Cry out to God for a spiritual ambulance. Surrender to God. You must surrender to Him. Sometimes we put people or things in first place instead of God. We idolize that person or thing instead of God. When there’s an imbalance like this, it means that you need to direct all your focus on first and foremost- God. Someone once told me, “No one and nothing can fill the void in your heart- only God can fill that void.” That is the almighty truth. We can fill up our hearts with material things, addictions, substances, and promiscuities; However, these are all temporary fixes and vices. They are the band-aid to what is really going on in your heart and mind. Try directing all of your focus on God and awaken to the bad choices and habits that you put before God.
2. Call your prayer warriors. “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:24. If you don’t have prayer warriors, you can submit a prayer request on several non-denominational websites. One prayer request website that I’ve used before is through the Joel Osteen Ministry. – You can track the responses to your prayer request. Trust me- there is power in prayer and my prayers were answered.
3. Change the channel in your mind. Change it to loving thoughts, positivity and positive affirmations is a key component to loving yourself. This is the key to combat those suicidal thoughts- you must practice and learn how to completely love yourself. Loving yourself means to put yourself first before other people, friends, and family. Loving yourself is setting boundaries, and caring for your body, your physical appearance, and your happiness. Loving yourself means finding hobbies and activities that truly make you happy. Meditation and yoga can help with this process, so you can be one with yourself. You don’t need anyone to love you- I learned that the hard way. You only need God and He is love. You need to love yourself and remember that you are also love and you are loved.