CounselingChristians

Q: I am a widow with an empty nest. For the first time in my life I am all alone.I’ve never been so lonely in my life. My older sister said she was going to come live with me but there are so many obstacles in the way. Please pray for God to open the way for her to be able to make the move. I really don’t want to be lonely anymore. Since my husband died I’ve been feeling a lot of fear. My husband passed away in November . Fear of leaving my home, especially by myself. I’ve developed agoraphobia really bad, it has affected every aspect of my life. Sometimes I feel like a prisoner in my own home. Please keep me in prayer 🙏 A:  Hope you also find community and friends at your local church.  I know a pastor who had that for 3 years, and overcame it. Even wrote a book on it. Are you having any biblical counseling for this? Some can come to your home or do by zoom. Highly recommend.  Anxiety, worry, depression and fear helps here will be good to go through. It will encourage...

Q: I’ve always had faith but I haven’t been on the path like I should be. I dont go you church and I dont pray.  I am worried that God doesn’t come into my life. I want to really try to live right.  Also, I struggle with agoraphobia and I’ve been praying for help but it hasn’t seemed to help. I just want the relationship that you guys have. And be able to do things. A: Avoiding Bible and prayer is 1. What the unsaved do even if they profess but live as idolators, 2. what leads to  problems in a believers life; robs their joy, makes them anxious and full of worry & fears. Not reading the Bible, not praying and not going to church are not behaviors of a believer. It is possible you obeyed the Gospel and have been saved but are a weak believer. You need to examine yourself to find out, and go from there.  Let's look at this by Illustration of a believer: You have a fiance whom you love and you delight in writing letters to communicate your thoughts, feelings and des...