19 – Death / Suicide

Bible Verses

Matthew 18:14 – “Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.” (NKJV)

John 10:10 – “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (NKJV)

Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you” (ESV)

Romans 8:11 – “And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who lives in you.” (NIV)

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”(NIV)

Revelation 1:18 – “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”(NKJV)

Discussion

Genesis 1 & 2 tell how man and woman were made in God’s image, and His own breath breathed life into them. Psalm 139:13-18, tells a beautiful story about God knitting us together in our mother’s womb, ordaining all of our days before one came to be, and how precious His thoughts are toward us; so many thoughts that they could outnumber the grains of sand on the sea shores. The 6th commandment of the Ten Commandments is (Exodus 20:13) “You shall not murder.” Any form of murder of a human being is sin, this includes suicide and abortion of a child. Suicide is self rejection and self hatred resulting in oppression and the murder of self. Abortion which has sadly become very common and is considered a medical procedure by many, is the sin of murder of an already known human being knit together in the mother’s womb by God Himself. The pressures of fear or to escape pain need to lead us to God’s rescue instead of the theft of the thief, who only comes to steal, kill and to destroy.

Prayer

Father God, Please forgive me for my sins and the sins of my ancestors. If I have harbored anger or contempt toward a brother or sister, or toward anyone, I ask You to help me forgive them. I choose now to forgive them. I release them, and I ask that You bless them. I repent and renounce and break every generational curse of murder, death, suicide, suicidal ideation, abortion, genocide, infanticide, worship or sacrifice of children to Molech or Baal, and any other gods, goddesses, or demons. I repent and renounce all shame, fear, rage, anger, revenge, and vengeance or condemnation resulting from these acts. I forgive myself and anyone else involved in the murder of any human being, even in the womb.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.