SARAH, I am so sorry and I understand! I had fibromyalgia and fatigue for 14 years. Like you I kept the Faith ...i feel for you! One morning so woke up and felt better and I realized that the LORD JESUS Healed me. Now i do all the things i could not do. PRAISE THE LORD!Have hope, Keep the Faith. I love you and will pray for YOU!
I wish that would happen for me. I wait for that day. but waiting seems to go on for eternity. I know we should be faithful and thankful for what we do have. But sometimes it's exhausting and breaks you down. But Christ is there to carry you. I thought about quitting a thousand times but the only thing that got me through was Christ's promise.
What a great testimony of the power of GOD I know of a believer who also suffers from fibermyalgia her name is Pam, keep her in prayer, I also suffer from health issues, and am under doctors care, so I need your prayers, am limited in ministry and my quality of life has been affected. I am an older adult Galations 6,9 really encourages me to keep on keeping on, when I was a much younger believer but now I hold onto the precious promises Iike never before, AMEN GLORY TO GOD!!!!!
Praise God. This is so good to read. I came here because of my recent fibromyalgia diagnosis. Pain, fatigue, brain fog…everything I loved including prayer and spending time in the Word takes so much mental and physical effort and I only do it because I know I need to stand on the truth of God’s Word instead of what I feel. I’m trusting God for complete healing
I gave up hope that God would help me. Maybe you should too. All the recovery stories I see are of people who dedicate themselves to working towards their health and waiting around for a miracle doesn’t seem like a great plan to me.
I also have chronic illness….i will gladly take any and all prayers from my brothers and sisters in Christ….😏. The fight gets overwhelming many days of each month. But I thank my Lord and Savior each day I wake up and I read 1st Peter 3,4, and 5 often. There are many different ways we suffer for the glory of God….it is a battle when your circle of influence gets reduced to a few friends and family because of suffering. No way I’m comparing my suffering to those written about toward the end of 1st Peter…..what I have realized though is when you think you’ve been removed from the battle and you are feeling worthless to others…..that battle of your faith is still going on in the heart and mind to endure and you also realize there’s still a number of family and friends witnessing your battles. God remains glorified even now….sealed for the day of redemption you remain faithful even with tears rolling off your cheeks. There’s no giving up. Liked the upload.
I've been suffering from the invisible disability called Fibromyalgia for about 6 years now and eventually lost my job that I loved and had to move interstate to a warm climate and my adult children chose to stay behind with their friends and extended family. The loss due to Fibromyalgia is enormous and sometimes it threatens to completely overwhelm me with its pain, fatigue, loss of sleep and mental health issues...It's only my faith in Christ that sustains me in this life and one day that faith will take me to my true home where there is no more sorrow and no more pain...Faith is all I have and He is everything to me.
I'm 33. I have cerebral palsy, which causes muscle spasms, joint pain, and chronic fatigue. I managed to work a part-time job for almost 10 years. Then, I had to quit working and get on disability back in 2015. I've spent the last several years trying to understand why this happened and how I can still be useful to God. Your story was a great encouragement to me. I don't feel like I'm going through this alone anymore. I'll pray for you, Sarah.
I have been suffering for 30years, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. I feel like the woman who wrote the letter. I was in new age for many many years after even more years of severe trauma. Then I found Jesus and left everything behind. But the chronic fatigue is harder then ever, I just don't know how to 'live' anymore,I am so extremely tired... Please God I want Your will in my life.....
I have Chronic fatigue caused by a genetic chronic pain condition, and let me tell you, this encouraged me so so much. So did the sermon Pastor John gave on your thorn for the shaming of satan... they both spoke to exactly what I've been walking through the past 4 years- I slowly went down hill and became disabled by it but what Pastor John is saying is so so true... He has worked deeply in it, to where now He's shown me where to serve Him and not only has He directed me, but blessed it and met me deeply in it. While I cannot serve physically during an outreach like I used to, but He does however use me from a hospital bed whenever I'm admitted or end up in an ER. I may not be able to handle being a Children's ministry teacher anymore but I can be a prayer warrior for those Children.
I've been searching for a sermon or words of wisdom on chronic pain for 17 years all I can find is mental pain sermons. How to handle chronic physical pain. Has been so elusive. The guilt of staying away from church and life is now replaced with the task of staying faithful and trusting. Knowing I can still please God even though I miss worshiping at church from time to time has given me peace. Thank you so much.
I needed this so much...Thank you for posting 😊 i'm a Mum to two young children and was diagnosed with MS in 2015... After doing everything I have to do in looking after my Family, most of the time have no energy left for anything (even getting out of bed)! It KILLS me, because I have so many things that i'd love to do for Jesus and the Kingdom...but sometimes I can't even open my eyes... This grieving is not helped by the fact that so much teaching out there is focused on 'what are we DOING, for the Kingdom' and actually seems to be targetting people who just appear to be sitting in the pews - not actively 'doing' anything...(in some peoples eyes)!... This just makes people who are ill feel even more inadequate and depressed than they can already feel... So thanks!! 😂 Well the fact is, sometimes people are not capable of going out on the mission field...working in homeless shelters...planting Churches in timbuctoo etc... BUT... As we lie - confined to our beds and often feeling like prisoners in our own bodies - we can pray for those who ARE... We can offer spiritual help and support for those providing physical help and support...❤💙 Ephesians 6 : 18 "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people." Written to the Ephesians while Paul was in prison... He also wrote to the Philippians "i can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me"... This is a good verse to remember, alongside many others of course! I also often think about the Lords prayer, and how Jesus teaches us to pray "thy will be done" I always pray for healing - of course - but know that if God doesn't heal us (on this side of eternity), then he MUST have a very good reason for it, and therefore a plan...for us. It will be used in some way, but we may not find out why until we meet him face to face! Sarah, I thank you for asking this question of John P. causing him to speak on this issue... I pray that you (and any others out there suffering) will be healed of this awful fatigue, and that you will be physically strong again - if God wills it - in Jesus' name! Much love...Sarah 💚x💛x💜x💙
I have chronic heart failure, insomnia, depression, etc.etc. Attending church consistently is frustrating and I feel useless at times. So I attend live services online and listen to sermons during the week as part of my morning daily devotionals. Thank you, Pastor Piper, for this clarification about what the Christian fight is about. Despite how I feel or what is happening keep my faith and hope in Jesus Christ and He will be faithful to get me home for His glory!!
I feel your pain. Besides chronic illness, I have the worst insomnia. It's all so hard to deal with every day and every night, but I'm determined to stop letting myself get discouraged. I hope all is with you well since you wrote this 5 years ago.
@@How.To.Get.Saved.I know all about insomnia. For 20 years I have dealt with it every evening and feeling like a zombie during the day. I am doing much better and still trusting God. Thank you. Daily prayer, bible study, eating healthy and daily exercise helps. I am now healthy enough and physically attending a local church. God has also given me a companion dog to love and care for. It makes a difference. It is okay to feel some discouragement. God knows how fragile we are. Even Peter & Paul experienced discouragement and insomnia. Remember, courage is not the absence of fear it is being fearful but moving forward despite the fear and trusting God to get you through. Trust God (His holy word & promises) not yourself or your feelings!! Soon we will be with our Lord Jesus worshipping him and serving him forever in our eternal home. No more pain or suffering! HOPE!! A life just beginning!!
@@Hisgrace4me I'm happy to hear you're doing so much better, and that you have a companion dog and can go to church now. How great! Thanks for your words of wisdom about discouragement. Tough days and nights keep us close to God and wean us from the world, right? His promises are in my head constantly and get me through. I'm a total zombie too. But every sleepless night and zombie day is a day closer to seeing the Lord, and we'll never be tired again, yay!
I'll be honest I'm pretty pessimistic when it comes to any sort of Christian take on chronic illness. I find most of the people who speak on it can't understand the mental and physical battle it takes on you daily. The typical sayings of "have joy in suffering" or those who practice prosperity gospel always promising healing never really provides any relief. This may be the first time I have ever heard anything that has helped me. I don't know if it will change anything in my life but I know it has opened up my mind to the possibility of focusing more on winning the race.
God bless this person for asking this question...I have wanted to write this EXACT question with just about same dilema!!! Thank you for this message!!
Oh, dearest John, how your perspectives and answers are always helpful to those in need. These words today strengthened and encouraged me so much. It gave me all my questions answered in this one answer! I suffer from MS since 15 years, and it gets more disabling as the years go by. I was saved two years ago, and I could never have endured without Him who carries me every single day. I came to realize the other day that it's all about faith, and now these words by John Piper truly confirmed all my questions, knowing that all my struggle is not in vain. It was never about ME. It was, is and always WILL BE about HIM. /Much love, from Sweden
Karen Eriksen Nicely put! Christ will always reign and be number one. One thing you should also understand is that Christ has given many of us certain gifts in life and it’s our due diligence to use them to help those around us to improve His kingdom. Christ put upper cervical chiropractors on His earth for a reason. But it’s your duty to seek out their help. If you’re curious how they can help those with MS, I would be more than happy to share some information. God bless
Thank you for this. I am sick with Fibromyalgia, and I feel cursed by God with this disease. I spent so much time in my recovery from addiction working towards getting a normal life and back to my first love in Christ and being employable. I did not stand for long and fell at Satan's tricks and I'm worse now than before, I can't help but feeling I have been cursed for my sins/mistakes but God did warn me and I did not listen and I got deceived and devoured in 2019. I am a single parent and I think divorced too now and I feel so bad that I am not working and setting an example for my child. I've also cursed God for this pain in my body,mind,soul. There are day's that I know He isn't cursing me but I am not glorifying God at all. Can we just declare life health and healing and be healed? because to me the healing isn't real unless your healed just like in one of the comments a lady says she woke up and was healed and knew the Lord had done it. In my mind if I can give up disability I hope it will go away but truth is it is there and I can't wish it away. I feel hugely blocked in my faith and prayer life and something isn't right. Does it all just come down to faith? I have not grown through the trails I've gone backward.
Thank you Pastor John. So uplifting and Life Giving. And right now I would like to pray for you Sarah that you would experience God's incredible peace in this season of life. I pray healing to you mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally. You, Sarah, are still running the race❤🕊🙏🙋♀️
You're not useless at all God can do wonders and heroic deeds through any vessel that He calls to do His will, keep asking, seeking, knocking Jesus will respond His love and thoughts towards you are more in number than the sands of the sea, think about that!!!
Same here. I often wonder why the Lord still has me here. but I agree with the other commenter, the Lord uses us anyway and glorifies his name in our suffering.
There are ways you can serve God from your own home or your own bed even - there are people who've done Christian internet blogs or ongoing online discussions about issues we face everyday and helping spread the word online - everyone seems to be online nowadays so you might be able to reach many people. Just an idea - good luck and God bless!
Many thanks to Sarah for this question. I related so much to her comments about feeling useless and like life is slipping through her fingers like sand. I am (so far) physically healthy. But I've been without full time/permanent work for over 10 years. Not months, YEARS. Plus now dealing with a family health situation that is ongoing and severe. I feel trapped and utterly useless in this world. Thank you for not giving just feel-good, vague, "It'll be ok" answers!
This is one of those renewing my mind guidance from Pastor John e.g...fighting the good fight of faith is not against illness but we fight against unbelief and doubt. And there is a community effort in helping one another finish the race whether we are dealing with chronic fatigue or seasonal fatigue. Thank you Pastor John and praying for all dealing with Chronic fatigue 🙏
Pastor John, thank you for your encouragement and guidance. I am also diagnosed with CFS and are going through many treatment types. Sometimes, I read anger and other things. However, I am blessed that I have been rescued by Jesus, because otherwise I would have not stopped my self-centered and independent way of life. I find the Holistic approach to caring is very helpful with this diagnosis. It takes into account- Spiritual, Physical and Social factors of a patient's condition. I like that I take time to know Him more and to be guided by Pastor John. For our health and happiness.
Sarah’s story was heartbreaking. I pray that Jesus pours his love on her and gives her peace and comfort. So sad. I’m so sorry. I’ve dealt with anxiety and depression before in my life and I can relate in a way. I’m so sorry Sarah that this is happening to you.
Thank you, after hearing this I am so encouraged to continue to fight the good fight of faith against unbelief. I now have a clearer understanding of what journey as a child of God is about.
Sarah, you're not wasting your life. Maybe it seems like it because you were very active in the Kingdom once. I understand how you feel, I'm going through a very similar situation. A feeling of uselessness does not come from the Lord. Those are lies!!! Our value is not in what we do, but in who we are; your value comes from Christ! I know the Lord will provide all what you need in this season of your life. Even if you are not able to pray as you used to, God is still there, fighting for you. God is not limited by our prayers. He knows your sickness and understands your pain and struggle. Keep the faith, keep the hope. His favor is upon you even when you feel useless. As written, the Lord will perfect his power in your weakness.
Oh what a beautiful God yes, He can see everything He understands everything He is in our favor and roots for us as His children but yet does absolutely nothing in a sense of helping/healing. I know people who are basically non functional beings tied to bed in a dark room praying and nothing happens for years on end. I guess thats what His power looks like in our weakness smh...Now I know I shouldn't be mad at God but how tho? Sometimes He is the LAST AND ONLY thing we have and trust Him and yet again not even a smirk of help and healing. I guess its one of those topics that goes under "His will be done" or "Not by my understanding but His" etc...God bless you everyone I hope and pray that we can get some relief one day on this Earth.
Sarah it could be GMO Foods and you could be suffering from leaky gut. Going to have to change your whole diet. I went through something very similar. I had chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia I couldn't leave the house without painkillers. Things that help me are beef gelatin, oregano oil, grass-fed Meats, bone broth. There's a lot of information on leaky gut you're going to have to do an extreme diet change good luck
Also avoiding EMF which is electronic devices plugged into Outlets to close to your body. And Wi-Fi radiation also causes fatigue and sickness in some sensitive people
Forget tests, the medical science on gut bacteria composition is still very very primitive. Maybe in 50-75 years they'll have some proper tests figured out. The best thing you can do for your gut (and many immune conditions) is to try going on a ketogenic or paleo diet (or if you really want results, try a nothing but meat diet) for a month and see how you feel at the end. You need to stick with it and be very strict with yourself. At the very least, try to stop eating sugar and bread/grains and see how you start feeling (note: for the first week you may feel worse but stick with it). I can tell you from personal experience, these diets saved my health and turned my life around. But you must be disciplined and not cheat to see results. Just a touch of sugar can feed your bad bacteria for days.
@Jase I recommend going on a leaky gut diet just cuz you lose weight I think the only way to tell if you have leaky gut is to stick a syringe in your intestines and extract
Done all that, and every other natural remedy including prayer after prayer and continue to feel worse. Like Sarah, I sometimes don't even have the energy to pray. We spent so much money on health and now we're in the red. It's so disheartening because I want to go out to do soul-winning AND be a mother. God confirmed that I should continue to try for a baby despite recurring miscarriages, but I'm also surrounded by unbelievers and we're going into debt so I need to understand whether the fatigue is a deception of the enemy and I should soldier on or whether I should give up on trying to help our family financially or help those lost around me to understand and accept the gospel.
I have chronic fatigue. I can't stand it. I am never really "awake" rather, I can usually just....sleep. As a Pastor this is very frustrating at times.
Chronic fatigue is not unknown to Jesus. He can lead us through it. When we pray we do many useful things for our health. It is slow and progressive but this certainly helped me. By adopting meekness and respect for Jesus and his Father we gently interact with God's Living Waters, which is all around us all of the time and this stimulated my emotional/nervous/electrical/spiritual strength. It seems we emotionally align with God's prayerful frequency. If we adjust our thinking so that we don't waste this energy, we slowly begin to repair, and remain cheerful, and hopeful, and faithful.
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I hear you, and I feel for you. I was diagnosed with bipolar too, but no meds helped, as they only made me feel worse, other than Klonopin, which I always feel guilty about, as I don't know if the Lord approves (I'm a new believer). I know how you feel, when you say your life is a waste. I often feel the same way, but your life is NOT a waste. Take heart. May God Bless You.
I am also bipolar, and have had many hospital stays because of it, can relate how it can rob your joy, make you useless and take even interests you have enjoyed and make them look senseless, but you know what? We serve a big God who will restore and revive us!!! I truly believe that we are victorious in Christ and if we stay faithful in prayer, bible, not isolate, but instead insulate we can do amazing things for our Lord
Here's the sonnet John Piper was referencing for anyone that would like to read along/study: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44750/sonnet-19-when-i-consider-how-my-light-is-spent
It's a common misunderstanding that Chronic fatigue is the same thing as the disease CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). They are not. I absolutely love my chiropractor. He is many times the only one that can get me out of pain but he has not been able to do anything about the CFS. (I have been using chiropractic for over 30 years.)
I have Chronic Fatigue too. And I was just diagnosed with non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. AND to top it all off I just got fired from my job today. I don't know what to do?! Help.
This too shall pass dear. Just remember Jesus is with you in this and looking for u to trust him and know he will provide and that this will pass. I’ve been fired a million times bc nurses are high risk jobs and they fire you for even things that aren’t true. So trust me God will provide
It's just a suggestion, there is no shame in asking for food stamps I benefit from them, I am very weak with health issues and thank God we we're blessed by FDRs New Deal Social security is a blessing not a waste of tax money
Listen to the prayer from agapekind,love (demonic food in dreams) can cause fatigue and we cant work out why we fatigue,saved my life theese prayers!! God bless!!
My severe weakness, fibromyalgia Took a toll on me this year. Ive been bedbound most of time. I lost ability to pay my home. Stopped working in april 2018. I still dont have proper medicare card to be evaluated. I went to South Austin st David hosp in Austin. Back in April and May 2018.They did not do testing. 2nd visit, They kept me when they had told me they decided to release me . Then i said, i need to know what is wrong or let me go to another hospital. Put an IV, drugged me all nightand sent me home very jaundiced/anemic. I have O negative blood-universal donor. I bet tgey drained my blood since it was clean of infections or drugs. I had been to that hospital twice w no results. They lied in front of my face changing all data in chart. So illegal.When i went to another hospital Rio Grande Regional in Mcallen where my mom resides. They also read all lies from south Austin and RGR lied about me saying i had asked for.poison to die. I quickly tried to get a signature for full code but they refused. I was so ill. abused . i had a UTI and pneumonia . I had also fallen at work and had a hematoma on right side of my head. I was not allowed family and they lied to my family. I will never ever go to another hospital ER. The worst is they discarded my belongings and i had no phone. Security or police commission officer transported me in a police car stopped. I couldnt even open my eyes. I was so weak. The hospital said i was faking. They caused me so many bruises to my chest. Today my sternum still throbs. The cop said while driving that i told him he was the devil. He stopped out in some country area locked the car it was 100 degrees. I heard him say let her die . stinky old bag wasted my day. When i came to, i was drenched in sweat. I was trying to see if i could get out. The cop dragged me out cussing.. To this day they wont give me his name. Mcallen texas. I barely survived. Good thing the rehab hosp they dropped me at, The doctor in charged had worked w and around me in all those valley hospitals . I had worked as an RN in critical care adult & pediatrics. I had never worked at Rio Grande Regional. Dr was nice but he had but little time. Somehow, other doctors gave me levaquin for UTI . Keppra for seizures which i only a terrible reaction to a drug many years ago. When i left that rehab, i developed peripheral neuropathy andpoor circulation to my feet from those drugs. I have been disabled since. I cant walk much. I have to perform different treatments and i pray and cry to God everyday. I have never gone to bars , i hate illicit drugs, Im a people person, i hate sin illicit sex, never in my life dank or smoked. Law abiding. I was raised in a very strict church. Always worked since i was little. I enjoyed paying taxes just to contribute. And recently i couldnt pay my home. I housed indigent people and retired fully from nursing in 2015.
Olga Rodriguez how can u claim to be an RN yet say they wouldn’t let you be a full code or say they probably drained your blood bc it’s o? If they didn’t make you a full code why did you have bruises? Your story makes no sense. It’s true we do get the worst healthcare and they worst retirement if any , yet we are the backbone of healthcare
god wonts you well say this right now over and over jesus said you can have what you say not many Christians know that but satan knows that and he believes it you lay hold on what jesus said and deny that sickness has the right to exist in your body lay hold upon it by faith confess the word of god over it and say i may hurt but in the name of jesus i am healed dont speak nothing eles and you will have what you say amen
now the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is found: radiation of microwaveoven.(magnetron) To stop you have to eliminate the oven out of the house. The plug out of electricity net because the oven has also radiation when it is not in use.And out of the house because the oven has a high voltage capacitor. The distance between an oven and a person is very important.After a 2 weeks without microwaves health becomes better.
@ Cool Boy Which statement in this video did you disagree with, and upon what basis? Give the time stamp. Be gone, troll. Take your filthy mouth with you.
SARAH, I am so sorry and I understand! I had fibromyalgia and fatigue for 14 years. Like you I kept the Faith ...i feel for you! One morning so woke up and felt better and I realized that the LORD JESUS Healed me. Now i do all the things i could not do. PRAISE THE LORD!Have hope, Keep the Faith. I love you and will pray for YOU!
I wish that would happen for me. I wait for that day. but waiting seems to go on for eternity. I know we should be faithful and thankful for what we do have. But sometimes it's exhausting and breaks you down. But Christ is there to carry you. I thought about quitting a thousand times but the only thing that got me through was Christ's promise.
I pray He heals me of fibro & cfs, too! Thank you for sharing. 🙏💚
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Praise God. This is so good to read. I came here because of my recent fibromyalgia diagnosis. Pain, fatigue, brain fog…everything I loved including prayer and spending time in the Word takes so much mental and physical effort and I only do it because I know I need to stand on the truth of God’s Word instead of what I feel. I’m trusting God for complete healing
I gave up hope that God would help me. Maybe you should too. All the recovery stories I see are of people who dedicate themselves to working towards their health and waiting around for a miracle doesn’t seem like a great plan to me.
I also have chronic illness….i will gladly take any and all prayers from my brothers and sisters in Christ….😏. The fight gets overwhelming many days of each month. But I thank my Lord and Savior each day I wake up and I read 1st Peter 3,4, and 5 often. There are many different ways we suffer for the glory of God….it is a battle when your circle of influence gets reduced to a few friends and family because of suffering. No way I’m comparing my suffering to those written about toward the end of 1st Peter…..what I have realized though is when you think you’ve been removed from the battle and you are feeling worthless to others…..that battle of your faith is still going on in the heart and mind to endure and you also realize there’s still a number of family and friends witnessing your battles. God remains glorified even now….sealed for the day of redemption you remain faithful even with tears rolling off your cheeks. There’s no giving up. Liked the upload.
I've been suffering from the invisible disability called Fibromyalgia for about 6 years now and eventually lost my job that I loved and had to move interstate to a warm climate and my adult children chose to stay behind with their friends and extended family. The loss due to Fibromyalgia is enormous and sometimes it threatens to completely overwhelm me with its pain, fatigue, loss of sleep and mental health issues...It's only my faith in Christ that sustains me in this life and one day that faith will take me to my true home where there is no more sorrow and no more pain...Faith is all I have and He is everything to me.
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I'm 33. I have cerebral palsy, which causes muscle spasms, joint pain, and chronic fatigue. I managed to work a part-time job for almost 10 years. Then, I had to quit working and get on disability back in 2015. I've spent the last several years trying to understand why this happened and how I can still be useful to God. Your story was a great encouragement to me. I don't feel like I'm going through this alone anymore. I'll pray for you, Sarah.
I have been suffering for 30years, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. I feel like the woman who wrote the letter. I was in new age for many many years after even more years of severe trauma. Then I found Jesus and left everything behind. But the chronic fatigue is harder then ever, I just don't know how to 'live' anymore,I am so extremely tired... Please God I want Your will in my life.....
I have Chronic fatigue caused by a genetic chronic pain condition, and let me tell you, this encouraged me so so much. So did the sermon Pastor John gave on your thorn for the shaming of satan... they both spoke to exactly what I've been walking through the past 4 years- I slowly went down hill and became disabled by it but what Pastor John is saying is so so true... He has worked deeply in it, to where now He's shown me where to serve Him and not only has He directed me, but blessed it and met me deeply in it. While I cannot serve physically during an outreach like I used to, but He does however use me from a hospital bed whenever I'm admitted or end up in an ER. I may not be able to handle being a Children's ministry teacher anymore but I can be a prayer warrior for those Children.
This blessed my life more than you will ever know. Thank you.
I’ve been suffering from severe GI issues for 3+ years and have only added more health issues. This is encouraging
I've been searching for a sermon or words of wisdom on chronic pain for 17 years all I can find is mental pain sermons. How to handle chronic physical pain. Has been so elusive. The guilt of staying away from church and life is now replaced with the task of staying faithful and trusting. Knowing I can still please God even though I miss worshiping at church from time to time has given me peace. Thank you so much.
I needed this so much...Thank you for posting 😊 i'm a Mum to two young children and was diagnosed with MS in 2015... After doing everything I have to do in looking after my Family, most of the time have no energy left for anything (even getting out of bed)!
It KILLS me, because I have so many things that i'd love to do for Jesus and the Kingdom...but sometimes I can't even open my eyes...
This grieving is not helped by the fact that so much teaching out there is focused on 'what are we DOING, for the Kingdom' and actually seems to be targetting people who just appear to be sitting in the pews - not actively 'doing' anything...(in some peoples eyes)!...
This just makes people who are ill feel even more inadequate and depressed than they can already feel... So thanks!! 😂
Well the fact is, sometimes people are not capable of going out on the mission field...working in homeless shelters...planting Churches in timbuctoo etc...
BUT... As we lie - confined to our beds and often feeling like prisoners in our own bodies - we can pray for those who ARE...
We can offer spiritual help and support for those providing physical help and support...❤💙
Ephesians 6 : 18
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people."
Written to the Ephesians while Paul was in prison... He also wrote to the Philippians "i can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me"...
This is a good verse to remember, alongside many others of course!
I also often think about the Lords prayer, and how Jesus teaches us to pray "thy will be done"
I always pray for healing - of course - but know that if God doesn't heal us (on this side of eternity), then he MUST have a very good reason for it, and therefore a plan...for us.
It will be used in some way, but we may not find out why until we meet him face to face!
Sarah, I thank you for asking this question of John P. causing him to speak on this issue... I pray that you (and any others out there suffering) will be healed of this awful fatigue, and that you will be physically strong again - if God wills it - in Jesus' name!
Much love...Sarah 💚x💛x💜x💙
I have chronic heart failure, insomnia, depression, etc.etc. Attending church consistently is frustrating and I feel useless at times. So I attend live services online and listen to sermons during the week as part of my morning daily devotionals. Thank you, Pastor Piper, for this clarification about what the Christian fight is about. Despite how I feel or what is happening keep my faith and hope in Jesus Christ and He will be faithful to get me home for His glory!!
I feel your pain. Besides chronic illness, I have the worst insomnia. It's all so hard to deal with every day and every night, but I'm determined to stop letting myself get discouraged. I hope all is with you well since you wrote this 5 years ago.
@@How.To.Get.Saved.I know all about insomnia. For 20 years I have dealt with it every evening and feeling like a zombie during the day. I am doing much better and still trusting God. Thank you. Daily prayer, bible study, eating healthy and daily exercise helps. I am now healthy enough and physically attending a local church. God has also given me a companion dog to love and care for. It makes a difference.
It is okay to feel some discouragement. God knows how fragile we are. Even Peter & Paul experienced discouragement and insomnia. Remember, courage is not the absence of fear it is being fearful but moving forward despite the fear and trusting God to get you through. Trust God (His holy word & promises) not yourself or your feelings!! Soon we will be with our Lord Jesus worshipping him and serving him forever in our eternal home. No more pain or suffering! HOPE!! A life just beginning!!
@@Hisgrace4me I'm happy to hear you're doing so much better, and that you have a companion dog and can go to church now. How great! Thanks for your words of wisdom about discouragement. Tough days and nights keep us close to God and wean us from the world, right? His promises are in my head constantly and get me through.
I'm a total zombie too. But every sleepless night and zombie day is a day closer to seeing the Lord, and we'll never be tired again, yay!
I'll be honest I'm pretty pessimistic when it comes to any sort of Christian take on chronic illness. I find most of the people who speak on it can't understand the mental and physical battle it takes on you daily. The typical sayings of "have joy in suffering" or those who practice prosperity gospel always promising healing never really provides any relief.
This may be the first time I have ever heard anything that has helped me. I don't know if it will change anything in my life but I know it has opened up my mind to the possibility of focusing more on winning the race.
God bless this person for asking this question...I have wanted to write this EXACT question with just about same dilema!!! Thank you for this message!!
Oh, dearest John, how your perspectives and answers are always helpful to those in need. These words today strengthened and encouraged me so much. It gave me all my questions answered in this one answer! I suffer from MS since 15 years, and it gets more disabling as the years go by. I was saved two years ago, and I could never have endured without Him who carries me every single day. I came to realize the other day that it's all about faith, and now these words by John Piper truly confirmed all my questions, knowing that all my struggle is not in vain. It was never about ME. It was, is and always WILL BE about HIM. /Much love, from Sweden
Karen Eriksen Nicely put! Christ will always reign and be number one. One thing you should also understand is that Christ has given many of us certain gifts in life and it’s our due diligence to use them to help those around us to improve His kingdom. Christ put upper cervical chiropractors on His earth for a reason. But it’s your duty to seek out their help. If you’re curious how they can help those with MS, I would be more than happy to share some information. God bless
Thank you for this. I am sick with Fibromyalgia, and I feel cursed by God with this disease. I spent so much time in my recovery from addiction working towards getting a normal life and back to my first love in Christ and being employable. I did not stand for long and fell at Satan's tricks and I'm worse now than before, I can't help but feeling I have been cursed for my sins/mistakes but God did warn me and I did not listen and I got deceived and devoured in 2019.
I am a single parent and I think divorced too now and I feel so bad that I am not working and setting an example for my child. I've also cursed God for this pain in my body,mind,soul. There are day's that I know He isn't cursing me but I am not glorifying God at all. Can we just declare life health and healing and be healed? because to me the healing isn't real unless your healed just like in one of the comments a lady says she woke up and was healed and knew the Lord had done it.
In my mind if I can give up disability I hope it will go away but truth is it is there and I can't wish it away. I feel hugely blocked in my faith and prayer life and something isn't right. Does it all just come down to faith? I have not grown through the trails I've gone backward.
I didn't feel like this answered how we can serve God when we are chronically ill. What is the theological answer to not being able to serve Him?
Thank you Pastor John. So uplifting and Life Giving. And right now I would like to pray for you Sarah that you would experience God's incredible peace in this season of life. I pray healing to you mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally. You, Sarah, are still running the race❤🕊🙏🙋♀️
Titles funny but so true.
Thank you thank you! I suffer from chronic fatigue and feel so useless in God’s kingdom here on earth.
You're not useless at all God can do wonders and heroic deeds through
any vessel that He calls to do His
will, keep asking, seeking, knocking
Jesus will respond His love and
thoughts towards you are more
in number than the sands of the
sea, think about that!!!
Same here. I often wonder why the Lord still has me here. but I agree with the other commenter, the Lord uses us anyway and glorifies his name in our suffering.
There are ways you can serve God from your own home or your own bed even - there are people who've done Christian internet blogs or ongoing online discussions about issues we face everyday and helping spread the word online - everyone seems to be online nowadays so you might be able to reach many people. Just an idea - good luck and God bless!
Many thanks to Sarah for this question. I related so much to her comments about feeling useless and like life is slipping through her fingers like sand. I am (so far) physically healthy. But I've been without full time/permanent work for over 10 years. Not months, YEARS. Plus now dealing with a family health situation that is ongoing and severe. I feel trapped and utterly useless in this world.
Thank you for not giving just feel-good, vague, "It'll be ok" answers!
Praying for God to meet all your needs
such an encoragement... i never thought about my sickness situation this way....thank you!!!
I can really relate to the person who has asked this question. I've also known God's peace in the situation he is good.
This is one of those renewing my mind guidance from Pastor John e.g...fighting the good fight of faith is not against illness but we fight against unbelief and doubt. And there is a community effort in helping one another finish the race whether we are dealing with chronic fatigue or seasonal fatigue. Thank you Pastor John and praying for all dealing with Chronic fatigue 🙏
Thank you Pator John
Pastor John, thank you for your encouragement and guidance. I am also diagnosed with CFS and are going through many treatment types. Sometimes, I read anger and other things. However, I am blessed that I have been rescued by Jesus, because otherwise I would have not stopped my self-centered and independent way of life. I find the Holistic approach to caring is very helpful with this diagnosis. It takes into account- Spiritual, Physical and Social factors of a patient's condition. I like that I take time to know Him more and to be guided by Pastor John. For our health and happiness.
Sarah’s story was heartbreaking. I pray that Jesus pours his love on her and gives her peace and comfort. So sad. I’m so sorry. I’ve dealt with anxiety and depression before in my life and I can relate in a way. I’m so sorry Sarah that this is happening to you.
Thank you, after hearing this I am so encouraged to continue to fight the good fight of faith against unbelief. I now have a clearer understanding of what journey as a child of God is about.
Sarah, you're not wasting your life. Maybe it seems like it because you were very active in the Kingdom once. I understand how you feel, I'm going through a very similar situation. A feeling of uselessness does not come from the Lord. Those are lies!!! Our value is not in what we do, but in who we are; your value comes from Christ! I know the Lord will provide all what you need in this season of your life. Even if you are not able to pray as you used to, God is still there, fighting for you. God is not limited by our prayers. He knows your sickness and understands your pain and struggle. Keep the faith, keep the hope. His favor is upon you even when you feel useless. As written, the Lord will perfect his power in your weakness.
Oh what a beautiful God yes, He can see everything He understands everything He is in our favor and roots for us as His children but yet does absolutely nothing in a sense of helping/healing. I know people who are basically non functional beings tied to bed in a dark room praying and nothing happens for years on end. I guess thats what His power looks like in our weakness smh...Now I know I shouldn't be mad at God but how tho? Sometimes He is the LAST AND ONLY thing we have and trust Him and yet again not even a smirk of help and healing. I guess its one of those topics that goes under "His will be done" or "Not by my understanding but His" etc...God bless you everyone I hope and pray that we can get some relief one day on this Earth.
Wow, I haven't been searching on youtube about this topic at all. But in my time of need, I've found this video in my recommend screen.
Same :)
Wow. This reoriented a years long struggle. The fight is faith, not to be able to do the works. #spoonie
His voice is so soothing my God🥺🙏🏾
God bless you guys this is an amazing word!
This is a very valuable message. Thanks for sharing!
Sarah it could be GMO Foods and you could be suffering from leaky gut. Going to have to change your whole diet. I went through something very similar. I had chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia I couldn't leave the house without painkillers. Things that help me are beef gelatin, oregano oil, grass-fed Meats, bone broth. There's a lot of information on leaky gut you're going to have to do an extreme diet change good luck
Also avoiding EMF which is electronic devices plugged into Outlets to close to your body. And Wi-Fi radiation also causes fatigue and sickness in some sensitive people
Forget tests, the medical science on gut bacteria composition is still very very primitive. Maybe in 50-75 years they'll have some proper tests figured out. The best thing you can do for your gut (and many immune conditions) is to try going on a ketogenic or paleo diet (or if you really want results, try a nothing but meat diet) for a month and see how you feel at the end. You need to stick with it and be very strict with yourself. At the very least, try to stop eating sugar and bread/grains and see how you start feeling (note: for the first week you may feel worse but stick with it). I can tell you from personal experience, these diets saved my health and turned my life around. But you must be disciplined and not cheat to see results. Just a touch of sugar can feed your bad bacteria for days.
@Jase I recommend going on a leaky gut diet just cuz you lose weight I think the only way to tell if you have leaky gut is to stick a syringe in your intestines and extract
Done all that, and every other natural remedy including prayer after prayer and continue to feel worse. Like Sarah, I sometimes don't even have the energy to pray. We spent so much money on health and now we're in the red. It's so disheartening because I want to go out to do soul-winning AND be a mother. God confirmed that I should continue to try for a baby despite recurring miscarriages, but I'm also surrounded by unbelievers and we're going into debt so I need to understand whether the fatigue is a deception of the enemy and I should soldier on or whether I should give up on trying to help our family financially or help those lost around me to understand and accept the gospel.
Also did all that and it solved nothing. Just money down the drain. If it's God will for me not be healed right now then so be it.
I have chronic fatigue. I can't stand it.
I am never really "awake" rather, I can usually just....sleep.
As a Pastor this is very frustrating at times.
Dorina I miss you
Chronic fatigue is not unknown to Jesus. He can lead us through it. When we pray we do many useful things for our health. It is slow and progressive but this certainly helped me. By adopting meekness and respect for Jesus and his Father we gently interact with God's Living Waters, which is all around us all of the time and this stimulated my emotional/nervous/electrical/spiritual strength. It seems we emotionally align with God's prayerful frequency. If we adjust our thinking so that we don't waste this energy, we slowly begin to repair, and remain cheerful, and hopeful, and faithful.
Amen to that
Thank you so much for this encouraging message!!!
I have bipolar and I feel like my life is wasted. when I can’t get out of bed 🛏 and my mind is very cloudy all the time. Lost dreams and lost hope. I know I have a living hope but losing relationship because of it.
Please see a doctor and take medications asap medications will clear your mind up and help you
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Thanks for your concern. I do takes meds and see my doctor all the time.
I hear you, and I feel for you. I was diagnosed with bipolar too, but no meds helped, as they only made me feel worse, other than Klonopin, which I always feel guilty about, as I don't know if the Lord approves (I'm a new believer). I know how you feel, when you say your life is a waste. I often feel the same way, but your life is NOT a waste. Take heart. May God Bless You.
🙏💙
I am also bipolar, and have had many
hospital stays because of it, can relate
how it can rob your joy, make you useless
and take even interests you have enjoyed
and make them look senseless, but you
know what? We serve a big God who
will restore and revive us!!! I truly
believe that we are victorious in Christ
and if we stay faithful in prayer, bible,
not isolate, but instead insulate we
can do amazing things for our Lord
Here's the sonnet John Piper was referencing for anyone that would like to read along/study: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44750/sonnet-19-when-i-consider-how-my-light-is-spent
@ Joshua
Thank you!
See an upper cervical specific chiropractor 👍🏽when the head is misaligned from the neck, the body cannot function normally hence chronic fatigue
It's a common misunderstanding that Chronic fatigue is the same thing as the disease CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). They are not.
I absolutely love my chiropractor. He is many times the only one that can get me out of pain but he has not been able to do anything about the CFS. (I have been using chiropractic for over 30 years.)
GOD BLESS YOU PASTOR
Welcome to the club
I have fibromyalgia and a bad back. I have served in ministry but I got so weak I can't do that anymore.
Standing makes me tired and I just sit or lay down. How can I do what God wants when I'm so tired and weak.
I have Chronic Fatigue too. And I was just diagnosed with non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. AND to top it all off I just got fired from my job today. I don't know what to do?! Help.
I'll pray for you.
Dunduckuty Thank You. I appreciate that.
Jesus is coming. Seek God and trust Him. Bless you!
This too shall pass dear. Just remember Jesus is with you in this and looking for u to trust him and know he will provide and that this will pass. I’ve been fired a million times bc nurses are high risk jobs and they fire you for even things that aren’t true. So trust me God will provide
RisingDawn Thank You.
I needed this. Thank you!
That was excellent, very he!pful.
Amen...thank you y god bless..💕
It's so hard when u don't have income to buy the things I need to really recover
I hope you get a windfall ✨
It's just a suggestion, there is no shame
in asking for food stamps I benefit
from them, I am very weak with
health issues and thank God we
we're blessed by FDRs New Deal
Social security is a blessing not
a waste of tax money
Thank you for your wisdom brothers
Listen to the prayer from agapekind,love (demonic food in dreams) can cause fatigue and we cant work out why we fatigue,saved my life theese prayers!! God bless!!
Amen to that
if u have cfs u need to get ur mitochondria tested, look up dr myhill's work. hope this helps
My severe weakness, fibromyalgia Took a toll on me this year. Ive been bedbound most of time. I lost ability to pay my home. Stopped working in april 2018. I still dont have proper medicare card to be evaluated. I went to South Austin st David hosp in Austin. Back in April and May 2018.They did not do testing. 2nd visit, They kept me when they had told me they decided to release me . Then i said, i need to know what is wrong or let me go to another hospital. Put an IV, drugged me all nightand sent me home very jaundiced/anemic. I have O negative blood-universal donor. I bet tgey drained my blood since it was clean of infections or drugs. I had been to that hospital twice w no results. They lied in front of my face changing all data in chart. So illegal.When i went to another hospital Rio Grande Regional in Mcallen where my mom resides. They also read all lies from south Austin and RGR lied about me saying i had asked for.poison to die. I quickly tried to get a signature for full code but they refused. I was so ill. abused . i had a UTI and pneumonia . I had also fallen at work and had a hematoma on right side of my head. I was not allowed family and they lied to my family. I will never ever go to another hospital ER. The worst is they discarded my belongings and i had no phone. Security or police commission officer transported me in a police car stopped. I couldnt even open my eyes. I was so weak. The hospital said i was faking. They caused me so many bruises to my chest. Today my sternum still throbs. The cop said while driving that i told him he was the devil. He stopped out in some country area locked the car it was 100 degrees. I heard him say let her die . stinky old bag wasted my day. When i came to, i was drenched in sweat. I was trying to see if i could get out. The cop dragged me out cussing.. To this day they wont give me his name. Mcallen texas. I barely survived. Good thing the rehab hosp they dropped me at, The doctor in charged had worked w and around me in all those valley hospitals . I had worked as an RN in critical care adult & pediatrics. I had never worked at Rio Grande Regional. Dr was nice but he had but little time. Somehow, other doctors gave me levaquin for UTI . Keppra for seizures which i only a terrible reaction to a drug many years ago. When i left that rehab, i developed peripheral neuropathy andpoor circulation to my feet from those drugs. I have been disabled since. I cant walk much. I have to perform different treatments and i pray and cry to God everyday. I have never gone to bars , i hate illicit drugs, Im a people person, i hate sin illicit sex, never in my life dank or smoked. Law abiding. I was raised in a very strict church. Always worked since i was little. I enjoyed paying taxes just to contribute. And recently i couldnt pay my home. I housed indigent people and retired fully from nursing in 2015.
Olga Rodriguez how can u claim to be an RN yet say they wouldn’t let you be a full code or say they probably drained your blood bc it’s o? If they didn’t make you a full code why did you have bruises? Your story makes no sense. It’s true we do get the worst healthcare and they worst retirement if any , yet we are the backbone of healthcare
Great video
Why aren't more able-bodied Christians reaching out to their Christian brothers and sisters?
People are healing chronic fatigue syndrome
god wonts you well say this right now over and over jesus said you can have what you say not many Christians know that but satan knows that and he believes it you lay hold on what jesus said and deny that sickness has the right to exist in your body lay hold upon it by faith confess the word of god over it and say i may hurt but in the name of jesus i am healed dont speak nothing eles and you will have what you say amen
now the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is found: radiation of microwaveoven.(magnetron)
To stop you have to eliminate the oven out of the house.
The plug out of electricity net because the oven has also radiation when it is not in use.And out of the house because the oven has a high voltage capacitor.
The distance between an oven and a person is very important.After a 2 weeks without microwaves health becomes better.
Interesting because I grew up without one and never microwaved my foods and I have chronic fatigue
@@mirandataylor6385 you dont have to use the oven. When he is there he sends waves day and nigt also when not in use
Dirk Katz Then wouldn't my parents have chronic fatigue?
I had this disease for 15 years before I ever owned a microwave.
@@mirandataylor6385 has yours gone away yet. I'm feel so tired and worn out drained hope GOD heals us all who watched the video
I don't get off my fucking ass and do nothing. But okeyyy
@ Cool Boy
Be gone, troll.
You are servants of God right? Then fucking help out.
@ Cool Boy
Which statement in this video did you disagree with, and upon what basis? Give the time stamp. Be gone, troll. Take your filthy mouth with you.