I was employed with Tulane University as a preschool Teacher from 5/96 to12/19/2005. I worked those years at Newcomb Nursery. I enjoyed working for Tulane. However everything changed after Hurricane Katrina destroyed our homes in August of 2005. We had to re-locate to Dallas Texas for five months. Tulane designed a callback to work policy for all employees to return to work on 12-19-200. If you did not return on that, you would be terminated. I want to remind the viewers, the homes werenot safe for inhabiant. We had to follow Tulane Policy. My daughter was very ill during this period. Although I wrote two letters explaining why I could not meet the required date. I was let go after 9+ year. I have tried to find work. I am up-set how everything fell apart. I am trying to start a Home Business.

I have been unemployed for over three months now. It is so hard to keep going on each day. I have two assoiate degrees and no one will hire me. I’m almost to the point that I may have to live on the street. I’m so afraid right now with no were to turn anymore. The State won’t help me. I try to keep faith in god, to so me the way to a new future. Please anyone here me.

I experienced this in mid-’97. The business my then-husband and I were running went bankrupt, and all our savings were used to pay up business debts, which were not enough even. It went on for three months, and we even had to resort to doleouts from family for our day-to-day needs.
Both of us applied for jobs. With our qualifications, though, we were over-qualified for the entry level jobs available, although it was not an issue for me.
i think attitude plays a key role. He became depressive and even suicidal. I looked at it as a way to finally go after what I loved to do most (since no one was accepting me in the traditional job market anyway)– writing.
I sent out word to my family and friends that I was going freelance, but not before I got clear with myself with what I wanted to do by writing my private “business plan” and looked upon my writing as a product, as a business, too, instead of just a hobby…
Well, look how far I’ve come! : ) I thank God now for that!

thanx for sharing such valuable views on fear
regards
Geevarghese

Recently let go after 5 1/2 yrs at employer due to company buyout. Can’t find a job other than at a temp service which is paying almost 4 dollars less an hour than I was making. I don’t have a college degree but years of experience in the field I was working in. I feel I am now being passed over for job opportunities due to my age(49) since I am not asking anywhere near what I was making on my interviews

I was laid off from my job in a health care office after 12 years of dedicated service. I began collecting Unemployment benefits for the first time in my life. My faith helped me through. There were NO jobs opening up, so I did daily devotions & volunteer work. I turned 60 and I’m now a nanny for a teacher who has a newborn…at least until school is out in June. Then I’ll try & find another job. I never dreamed that I’d be caring for a baby….30 years after my own children were babies! I’m trusting in God. I have no health care & pray that my 15 year old car holds up!

I’m praying for all of you, but, Sandra, if you would like to come to Monroe, La., I’m sure you can find a job at Riverside Nursing Home, where I live with my husband. We’re always in need of good, qualified
CNA’s and other staff members. So, why don’t you board the next bus to Monroe and come to 3001 South Grand, which is the address of Riverside Nursing Home, and put in an application? There are also any
number of apartment complexes throughout the city and even in West Monroe, where you might find a job at a West Monroe Nursing Home, but I hope you come here.

Interesting topic. I lost my job in 1994 when they were closing bases. Thanks to our crazy politicians. Close one and
open several more new ones. That was a very hard time, but
I had been away from home and my mom needed some assistance as we had lost dad couple of years before. It was
a wonderful 6 years I got to spend with her. She even lived
with us in the winter until she had a stroke and entered
a care facility. I was taking her back out to live with us
when she had a heart attack due to the neglect .
We lost her a few days later. When the LORD closes
a door HE always opens another window.

I was terminated from the Exeter Job Corps Academy as the Supervisor for the Male Dormitory after four years of dedicated and committed services. I was fired only because I filed a complaint on my boss for calling me a ‘monkey’! I am very hurt and dissapointed. I applied to work with the State of Rhode Island Group Homes and is praying faithfully that God will grant me my wish and desire by favoring me for this job. I am praying for God’s favor upon my life.

I recently lost my job and have been praying and hoping to get a job soon. I am currently living on my savings (which will run out pretty soon) but my faith keeps me going. I am constantly searching and looking for new opportunities. I do believe that things will get better in the near future. I also believe that GOD does not give us challenges that we cannot face. We will ALL get through it in GOD’s name.

When you lose a job it is very hard especially keeping up with the bills. However, look on the bright side that you are alive and fairly healthy.
If you can get a job that’s excellent especially in these hard times, even though the salary is smaller THANK GOD FOR SMALL MERCIES …….remember HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL.
In all things give GOD thanks and praise. Always remember that GOD knows what we need before we ask HIM.
That is some ‘Food for Thought’. God Bless

“Walk in faith, not in fear”, my friends tell me. My CRHP Group prays and prays for me. Have not worked in 3 months and have dilligently been searching online, in my community, through networking and in wanted ads. I work hard at walking in faith and yet, I am losing everything. How may I finally “slay the dragon and free the damsel”? My faithbook is full but my bankbook is empty…..please pray for me and my daughter as we pray for others as well. God’s blessings upon all of you.

I have recently lost my job because of bad choices on my part. My boss and friend has graciously let me go because of having to “cut back”. I struggle daily with my choices.. I have found new employment but I pray daily for forgiveness and I thank god for the grace my former employer has shown me.I hope that my new job will be like a new start.

Hello my name is Khalil,and I sympathize with those of you have lost their jobs.But like the most of you have mentioned in some of your responses,leave everything in the hands of God and he will take care of it.As long as we put God first in our lives nothing can go wrong,just think of this as a test in your faith.With that said, I would like for those of you to know that I am Muslim who believes in Allah(God)and that he is the provider for everything that we have. He’s the sustainer. So everything that you and I have today comes from him.In the book that I read called the Holy Qur’an Allah(God)said”Have we not opened your breast for you ( O Muhammad)PBUH. And removed from you your burden,which weighed down your back? And raised high your fame? So verily,with the hardship,there is relief,verily,with the hardship, there is relief(i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs,so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).So when you have finished (from your occupation ) then stand up for Allah’s (God)worship(i.e.stand up for prayer).And to your lord Allah ( alone)turn(all your intentions and hopes and )your invocations.

The perfect solution is the one JESUS offered when HE said, “SEEK FIRST the KINGDOM of GOD and HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS and ALL these things (food, shelter, necessities of life) shall be added to you”
This PROMISE has NEVER been broken in all of human history!

I was laid off from a major package delivery company.I loved this job more than any job i’d ever had.During my employment i had a situation occur. A big one. I got into trouble which in turn,made me a felon. While im able to get this expunged in 14 months from now. I feel that this is going to be a MAJOR problem in my quest for new employment. I am a good person who was railroaded in to pleading no contest in a court case. Im a gulf war vet. A college Grad, and i have a great work history. Now here i am.Unemployed and uncertain about the next year. I am pleading with God for grace.

hello i just lost my job this month and on top of that i was expecting twins with my soon to be wife we lost both babys this month and it has realy hurt our relationship i pray every day i know my angels are always with me and i havent given up im still out there trying to find employment and its realy been the hardest time for me please pray for me and my soon to be wife pray that we will be together for ever and get through this she is liveing in another state so its been realy hard on us to deal alone in 2 states any way i pray everyday for others that have lost a job to have comfort and god to be with them thank you michael in kansas

Thank you for posting this article. It was wonderful and I am going to forward it to my daughter. She is currently job searching after having been laid off.

Thank you for the privilege of allowing us to release our frustration at losing our jobs and careers. I moved from Atlanta, where I had lived over half of my life and was very well established, but my husband had 3 heart attacks and we had to get to a much quieter life style and so we moved to Hilton Head Island. I started all over and began working for a company as a manager of a in-home health care company. I gave it my heart and soul, and worked 24×7, but I really didn’t mind because I loved the clients and the employees so much. I prayed daily for them and their families, and for our company to grow. I prayed for the owner of the company and she treated me well until several ladies were hired that wanted my job, and when I left for several weeks to have two major abdominal surgeries and then a month later fell in front of the office returning from a client’s home, I was released from my job on Valentine’s day of all things. I’ve been 5 months now and a surgery on my leg that was broken in 6 places later, and am in constant pain so badly that I still can hardly walk. I pray for an understanding of what is going on and why this is happening, but I am not able to yet get an answer to those prayers. I contine to pray for the owner as I realize that she has been fed lies and believed them. I have never attempted to speak to her to clear my reputation and good name because if she chose to believe the lies, that is where her heart and mind are clearly and I feel I could never go back there again anyway.
But I do know that God has a plan for me, He never abandons us. He has always been there whenever I’ve needed Him and I feel His presence constantly in my heart and mind. I have the faith that He will see me through anything I must go through in the future. He is my Jehovah!

I voluntarily left a position that was all wrong for me last fall, in 2008, a couple of weeks after my mother passed away at the age of ninety. I had been her caregiver, and the position I had allowed me flexibility according to her needs. When she was gone there was no more need of such a trade-off. I knew the economy was going down, but with my long time faith in God and his good will to me took my chances. Fortunately I had some life insurance from my mother to tide me over for awhile. And I am married, my husband has a job— he has worked for the state for over thirty years. They are having to take furloughs in his department (working for no pay a certain amount of time according to rank & seniority), so the future for him is unclear.
As yet I have not obtained another position. February 2009 was very stressful, as I had interviews, second interviews, and in one instance a third interview for about four different jobs— but did not get any of them! So now I’m fighting discouragement and my own self-doubts, watching my bank account dwindle, watching my husband get nervous as we are nearing retirement age….. or at least he is, because of his length of service, but I have several more years.
It’s hard, but I have learned through the years and having faced various kinds of adversity before— to hold on, just hold on, to the grace of God, and trust that even in change, the change is fulfilling His purposes and His plans. We may not recognize our selves or our lives afterwards— but to be in His hands, there is no better place to be.
So I recommend BREATHING, just breathing, and allowing the Presence of the Divine to become aware to you.

I AM A RECOVERING ADDICT WITH 5 YRS CLEAN I MOVED FROM NEWARK NJ. FOR A NEW OUT LOOK ON LIFE, AND TO FACE LIFE ON LIEF TREMS, EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE LOSE A JOB IN THE PAST IT WAS MY OWN DOING, SO TO LOSE A JOB THOUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN WAS NEW. TRUELY GREATFUL AND HUNBLE TODAY.I PRAY TO MY HIGHER POWER WHOM I CHOOSE TO CALL GOD. AND PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF THE MAN UP ABOVE. I THANK YOU FOR THE PRAY. AND GREATFUL TO KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH OUT WORK AND KNOWS THAT THEIR A PURPOSE FOR EVERYTHING WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES ANOTHER OPENS. SO STAY STRONG AND LET GO AND LET GOD FPAJP7

My heart goes out to all who have lost jobs recently. My husband died last May after 39 years of marriage, and 14 years being his caretaker. I was really nervous about my future. I will be 65 this year. With being out of the job market for 14 years, and being my age, I didn’t know if I could find employment. I applied for Widow’s Benefit with Social Security, and got 91% of my husband’s benefits. I am living with my daughter and her family. She has homeschooled her boys for several years. Her husband was working for a pest control company. His hours kept getting shorter and shorter, and his pay kept going down. He applied to the Postal service last summer, and was hired in Oct. as a part-time rural Postman. The wages are good, over $18. an hour, but he is only guarenteed one day a week. We have struggled along all fall and winter on his wages, and what I could contribute. We have had our phone shut off several times, and our electric, too, but this last time it was 3 weeks. My daughter got a part-time job working at a church day care center, and my son-in-law got a job working part-time for Subway on the midnight shift so he could keep the Postal job. We found an agency who would pay part of our electric bill and with what we put to it, too, finally got our electric put on. I praise God for all the blessings He has given us. Sometimes it is hard not to feel down, but He is our strength, and our Redeemer.

I have worked since I was 16 years old. I have never been out of work more than two months ( twice in my life time ). It have been six months so far and no interviews in sight. I have applied to several jobs a day, every day. I read the other comments listed and it reminds me of what my mom used to say, “someone else always has it worst than you”. I pray for peace, servicemen/servicewomen, job opportunities, and my family/friends every day. I will add the people here listed; we need to pray for each other in these hard times.

If you will read these verses everyday it will help you get through your job loss fears.
Jeremiah 29:11 I know what I planning for you, says the Lord. I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give hope and a good future.
Pslam 139: 15&16 You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother’s body. When I was put together there, you saw my body as it was formed. All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old.
God know what you are going through, he will do what it takes to get our attention. Does he have yours?

I read everyone’s comments and I see not I’m not alone. God is so good I can’t help but to praise him, eventhough, I’m going through a time in my life where I never thought I would be, but I thank God that I’m still here. I thank God for letting me see that I can ONLY depend on him. I have been at my lowest put, where I thought all hope was lost but God was always there for me. I may not be where I want to be but I’m where God wants me to be so even if it hurts I still trust him. I don’t want to image living my life without God. God knew all of us before we were formed in our mother’s womb, surely he knows our needs. So I would just like to say to everyone who’s going through whatever you going through, you will come out being a better, more changed person than you were. God has a plan for all of our lives and it is something great, all good things come from the Lord.

I also read everyone’s comments since coming here a time ago.I also see i am not alone either.The beautiful comments that was written by “YOUR NAME” @5:31 p.m.on March 29,2009?It is amazing to me how you put that all into such eliquent words.I myself coudn’t have said it better myself.That is exactly what i have been writing about for over a decade now.I personally am in a much better place now in my life because of everything that i needed to go through,no matter what was happening in my life at that time.If oneself doesn’t have a “Real”friend or even a family member,ect in your journey,truly know your never alone,EVER!God truly does have a plan for us all,that’s if you truly”Believe”in him.When you”Believe”then you to will see what beautiful treasures await you along the many paths you will travel throughout your whole life.May God Bless You and keep you close always and forever as long as you “BELIEVE”

I am in the same boat my husband has been unemployed for over a year now he is in construction, I just lost my job, I am scared I am used to working 5 days a week or more this just is aweful i hate this.
please anyone give me any ideas on how to let go of the anger and frustration i feel i pray and its a short term feeling of peace.

I am glad to see that I am not alone in my slow and sometimes tortured job search. I have been unemployed for almost 4 months. It is very discouraging and sort of depressing. I have found myself doubting and questioning my skills and my abilities and whether or not I will ever find a job, however I continue to pray for strength and guidance from God. I know he has a plan and that things happen in his time for his purpose. I read the Bible and I sympathize with the scripture that says “Ye of little faith, why are you afraid?” How can we not believe that God will work things out in ways that we can not begin to understand? Do we doubt him when he says he’ll never leave us and he knows what we go thru, “knock and the door shall be opened”? I pray for all of us that we always lean on God’s understanding.

I’am so grateful to god for saving me from the sins of this world and for giving me a new focus on life. at first i thought i would not be able to make it through this job loss situation, but being a assistant pastor with no church and out of work in the work force, I’am assured by my lord and savior Jesus christ that this too will pass. we never know what we have til we loose it for whatever the reason may be and i know that Jesus Christ is preparing me for something greater and a bigger blessing is on the way so I say be incouraged my brothere and my sisters for God is still in control of this world and when he allow you to loose one thing you better beleive that he has a plan for something greater in store. My suggestion is to draw closer to the lord and if you beleive just trust Jesus Christ and see him work a miracle in all our lives but we must make a change God is calling people to be saved and be servers for him that we may serve others. Be blessed all of you and continue in prayer for God have not forgoten about his children. I will keep you all in prayer. God Bless.

I’ve been on Disability for over ten years. I’m doing more now in a day than most of the people I know with jobs. My credit card debt hAS BECOME UNMANAGABLE. I guess I knew I was always going back to work, How would I have ever paid the credit cards? I never thought it threw. It was just a solution in front of me with no money and time on my hands. I’m not sure if there is a God. He definately has a sense of humor that I don’t see. If I had a choice; I’d choose karma and get rid of God. He caused all this, now I have to fix it somehow. I’m trying to let God worry about it for me. I’m not even employable. I have to go in for an SSI review. My car is in my name and the insurance. There is npo way you can afford a car payment w/o sheltered housing. ThAT MEANS Repay. My disability is nothing. Pay medicare premiums. I’ll have to quit driving anyway, than I’ll really be employable. I need to do what’s called a PASS plan and go back to school when I go in for the review and start a delievery bringing groceries to shut-ins or meals on wheels and disregard the travel expenses for school. Take up an MSW or something. Its not that I don’t want to… I’m schzeoeffect. I don’t even know if thats a reality… literally speaking. John Nash did it. I could do interventions or something.

As I read all your comments and sharings when it comes to jobloss, I almost cried, I might be going thesame in the next few months, since our company has to end our contract. Every night i was so scared, what if i will loss my job? how can i feed my family? I am a bread winner on the family, im single but i have carried much more struggles in life, family problem, financial problem…etc..now its a job problem…I even blame God for what I’ve been through this life, is this fair??? I’ve been a good servant of the Lord but I had so many struggles, I keep complaining about my life, i also keep comparing my life with others…so many negatives, that will come to my mind, but sometimes, I ask sorry from God ´for all this things…Please help me get rid of all this negative vibes that i have…yes, for a while i can say that I trust God but when times of struggles and loneliness, I forget everything He has done for me..thus, I am begging you guy’s please help me…please…you can email me…please badly needed your help…thank you…

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I just read all your comments and I see we are not alone. This is a very scary time but I guess I am doing pretty good emotionally. I don’t know where we will end up but somewhere inside I feel a little excited I just kind of feel like it will be OK, am I in denial people? The big picture, I feel God is leveling the playing ground. So many people with their noses in the air the last decade. So much materialism I saw in my business which is now all but nonexistent. My husband had a bad year physically and then was layed off and is now officially done, 12 years (thanks for breaking your back for us. You can leave now.) Nothing is for sure in life we just keep plugging along. We have no guarantees. I see it this way. We have to be flexible and evolve or we will become extinct. If one thing doesn’t work in my biz I try another. My confidence is in the toilet but I know I won’t starve.

God has already helped us all! Trust him,He has created the Heavens and the Earth,…there is nothing beyond his control!!! You can do it, and you will be fine, one day at a time, you will get better, your finances will get better,..and you will live a victorious life for God! He still sees you, don’t dispair! Be courageous and stand up!!!

I know what everyone out there is going through. I too, have been unemployed for six months. I always thought with an education, clean background and God on my side, I would have found a job by now. I am emailing about 30 to 40 resumes a week, riding through the industrial park looking for ‘help wanted’ signs. I pray several times a day. I pray, beg God everynight for a job. Sometimes, I wet my pillow with tears. I search my life over the years, trying to figure out what did I do so wrong. I have even applied to a lawn service and drive garbage truck. Neither, have produced any responses. I watch my wife everyday trying to pinch pennies, juggle payments around to make another day. I am at the end of my rope. I have begged God for death so my family can collect life insurance and live. I don’t know my purpose, but for some reason, He see fit to keep me around. I know He loves us and He is still in control. Does He rejoice in watching us suffer? Pray for me and everyone going through difficult times right now.

I am not complainting because God have Blessed me with a part-time job. I know He is able to stretch that little check. He is still the same God that fed the multitude. Sometimes, we allow seen and unseen obstacles to stand in our way. Sure, I would love a full time job but I can’t rush Him, so I will just have to wait on Him and accept His plan for my life. It’s easy to see how great and wonderful God are when everything is going great. We grow Spiritual when we trust Him when things are bad.
I love all of you. I will be praying for you and ask you to pray for me. We have to go back to the basic. “Put God first and love our neighbors”. God have already given us His promises to heal the land, but there are five things we have to do to receive them. II Chronicles 7:14 is our answer.

On last Friday, my Company did a another lay-off! Ou second one since the beginning of the year. We are told that there will probably be another one this summer. I have been laid off before, so I’m not as afraid as I was before. I learned how to be frugal. I have not saved as much as I would have liked to, but thank God that I don’t have a house payment this time. I don’t have any bills at all, so I am ready this time. I cried for the people that were escorted out of the facility. Some of them were totally shocked that they were the chosen ones. I pray everyday that the economy will turn around. I’m older (60 yrs old) this time, and know that finding a job will be very competitive with all the young people out there now. May God have mercy on our soles.

Today as I awoke, the first thing I need to do is thank God for the gift of life. Although I have been unemployed for over six months. I had my 7th child and when I returned to work full time, I was told that “it just wasn’t going to work”. The firm knew I was the sole provider for a family of 7, but had to make the tough call anyway. I do not fault them, but also thank them for the opportunity of a job which gave me insurance so that I could have my baby (now 1 year old). We are living on $1,000.00 a month (in Miami) and have had to ask for food stamps. But, my children eat well, my husband (ill) has been trying to look for a job for the last 3 years and, not having a degree (niether of us do) seems to make it that much harder. However, at the end of the day, I still have to thank God for giving me the time to spend with my family, to enjoy the very, very simple things in life, for re-focusing my energy on what really is important, and for giving me the strength to endure this trying times. Please do pray for my husband, myself and my family. I know we will get through this, but it’s the “in between” time that is so fragile for us all. Please keep the faith, continue praying for yourself and for everyone and know that God has a plan for us all. We may not know it, it may be years before we discover our talents, but our heavenly father knows where we belong. Keep the fath and peace to you all.

MY MOTHER TAUGHT US TO BE FRUGAL
HOWEVER SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR US WHAT EVER THE NEED
BECASE WE HAD SO LITTLE – MOM WORKED TO SUPPORT AND FEED AND CLOTHE US AND PROVEDE WITH A PLACE TO LIVE. SHE WAS WAS ALWAYS CHEERFUL.
WE ALL LEARNED HOW TO WORK AND SUPPOT OURSELVES AND NOT LEAN ON MOM WHO SO LITTLE TO BEGIN WITH.
ME, LEARNED ALL THAT I WORKED, WENT TO COLEGE AT NIGHT WHILE RAISING AND SINGLE HANDEDLY SUPPORTED MY FOUR CHILDREN. AND MY MOTTO WAS ALWAYS ‘HAPPINESS IS BEING ABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY MY BILLS’
YET, HERE I SIT AT AGE 74, TWO CHILDREN DIED TRAGICALLY, A THIRD HAD A SEVER MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND HAD TO GO TO JAIL AND REHAB AND IS FACING INSURMOUNTABLE BILLS WHEN SHE COMES HOME.
MY PENSION HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF – I CANNOT MEET ALL THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS I HAVE AND WILL BE LOSING MY HOME SOON. AND I CANNOT HELP MY DAUGHTER. MY HEALTH IS FAILING ALONG WITH INCREASING COSTS I CANNOT COVER.
SO YES, I DID TRY TO HELP MY CHILDREN – MY OLDEST IS DEAF, WORKS PART TIME AND LIVES WITH ME. WE WILL ALL BE TOSSED TO WOLVES IF I DO NOT FIND A SOLUTION. I REACHED OUT BUT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO ANY ANSWERS.
YES THE POOR ECONOMY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MY RUIN – EVER INCREASING TAXES, UTILITY BILLS, LOSS OF INCOME ETC..
PAT D.

I pray and pray every day. I have been out of work for 2 yrs do to a broken back and a broken heart the loss of one of my small children. My husband being the sole provider. Right before christmas he was laid off hoping and praying it wouldent last long weeks turned into months and now All our savings gone what were we going to do we have 3 small chidren to keep a roof over then last week GOD answered my prayers blessing my husband with a job better than the last and giving me the strength to get back to work. when we feel like we cant handle any more and we dont no what else to do remember GOD will not give us too much we have to rember that our blessings are not on our time there on GODS time and belive it or not there always right on time also remember we never no were our blessing will come from GOD puts people in our lives for reasons seasons and life times and hopefully I can be a reason for some one out there. Keep your head up put GOd first and help will come. visit http://www.worldwideworkathome.com/customerservice.html
or http://beginkgb.com/challenge
you may find somthing to help
LET GO AND LET GOD
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU I WILL KEEP YOU ALL IN MY PRAYERS

FOR ALL THOSE WHO FEEL ALL HOPE IS LOST THEY NEED TO RECHECK THEIR FAITH IN THE LORD! I HAVE ALSO LOST A JOB THAT I KNOW THAT I LOST DUE TO NOT TAMING THE TONGUE (JAMES 3). MY FAITH HAS NOT FALTERED NOR MY TRUST IN GOD. I KNOW THAT JUST AS GOD HAS MADE A WAY FOR ME TO GET THAT JOB , HE WILL MAKE A WAY FOR ME TO GET ANOTHER;BECAUSE HE PROMISED — HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME; HE WILL PROVIDE MY EVERY NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES AND GLORY! REMEMBER ROMANS 28:8 ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED FOR HIS PURPOSE….

I know it’s not easy not having a job and especially when you have children and are the sole provider for them. I have been in that situation. It was really HARD but what take me through is PRAYERS. ALOT of PRAYERS. IT works and it does help. Remember, that no matter what happened, GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL. I will pray for all of you and remember GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.

I have been laid off since January 6th 2009. I relocated from another state in 2006 to take a job in the state I currently reside and where I was currently laid off. I have no family here and no friends. I attend job fairs but what have been happening is many companies plan on being in attendance at these job fairs and when you go its only a handful that actually show up. I have applied for several jobs, I have registered with the unemployment job search in the state where I live and to date no avail at this time. I pray and ask the LORD to provide me with a job that he see’s fit for my life. What good thing that has transpired since being unemployed is I have gotten closer to the “LORD”. Prayer has kept me sane. Reading the BIBLE on a regular basis has brought me more closer to the LORD. SO if it took me being laid off and unemployed to get closer to the LORD, then all I can say is Thank you Jesus for all you have done and I know that a blessing of employment will be coming soon.

GOD HAS A WAY OF WORKING THINGS OUT FOR HIS GOOD, EVEN IF WE DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY ME. DON’T WORRY STAY BLESSED

well 4 started.i am looking 4 a job so bad that.i know that the lord will provide a jod 4 me it just take time 4 nit to happened.i am just waiting 4 it to happened to me a mircles.

I TELL YOU GOD IS GOOD , ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TRUST THE PROGRESS, I RESENTLY WROTE ABOUT ME BEINNG A RECOVING ADDICT WHOM HAD LOST MY JOD MARCH1,2008 WHILE WHEN I SAY LET GO AND LET GOD THAT IS JUST WHAT I MEAN, TODAY I WRITE TO YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SAME JOB THAT LAID ME OFF THE FIRST OF MARCH HAS CLL ME THIS DAY AND ASK ME TO RETURN BACK TO WORK TOMMORROW, GREATFUL I AM YOU SEE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE YOUR TROUBLES TO GOD AND GIVE HIM CONTROLL AND TRUST THE PROGRESS

I AM A SINGLE MOM WHO GOT LAID-OFF IN OCT, 2008 AND HAD A MAJOR CAR WRECK IN NOV 2008. AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A JOB THAT WILL PAY GOOD SO I CAN AFFORD MY BILLS AND STILL BE ABLE TO LIVE.I LOVE WORKING WITH PEOPLE I HAVE BEEN PRAYING EVERYDAY THAT ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED.
I KNOW GOD HAS A PLAN FOR ME, SO I PUT ALL OF MY TRUST AND FAITH INTO HIM, BECAUSE I KNOW HE WILL LEAD ME TO A GOOD PAYING JOB AND WATCH OVER ME AND PROTECT ME FROM HARMS WAY. FOR THAT I AM SO EVER GRATEFUL FOR HIM. HE HAS BEEN THERE TO GIVE ME STRENGTH AND HELP ME FACE ANOTHER DAY.THANK YOU GOD FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHINE SOME HOPE ON ME.

you know GOd is a great man. If he who provides for a sparrow to be able to live and not have it worrying about where is next meal is coming from or where he is going to lay his head down or shelter where he can go to in bad weather than how can YOU sit there and not know that HE isn’t listening to your needs and necessities like he does that sparrow. Somethimes we need to go through trouble times. Because it’s a season of change Obviously God wants us to grow and not grow stale. The devil likes to mess with us by making our troubles to mountains. It’s in these times we should say I rebuke you and I take authority over this matter and give it to GOD! God sees our weakness and makes us hard so that problem won’t hurt us next time the enemy decides to put negative thoughts about our abililties. Once we have our weakness become hard we can overcome it by his grace. And the next time the enemy throw it in our face. We won’t even get upset or worry about it and even come to the point that we shruggle it off. And it is then that we have conquered the lesson and the enemy. It will see that it won’t have a hold on you and never bring it up again. And at that time is when God sees you not only have you overcome the hold but no longer in bondage. But that your mind is free from worry. And then can you really receive his blessings which he is about to instill in you. Until you can come to the grips that only God can overcome your situation ,you will never be where he has chosen for you to be. You don’t need to understand or see his plans for you but you do need to know that he knows and in time he’ll show you what he has planned for you. Be thankful for what you have some of us don’t even have the basics for everyday living and even they know to trust in God otherwords they would of given up by now and been found dead. And many have are you going to be one of those found dead because of your belief.I hope not. God Bless everyone

I had a serious back injury in 2001. God healed my back and now am looking for employments. if he can do that, I’m not worried, pray changes things….pray without ceasing and surrender all to God. He can take it! He’s God!!!!!

I HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED SINCE JULY 30,2008. IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT THIS FOR. I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT JESUS WILL SEE US THROUGH. I LOOK AT MY SITUATION AS TIME TO DEVELOP MY RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. IT AS BEEN A GLORIOUS RIDE SO FAR.FATHER GOD I ASK IN JESUS’ NAME THAT YOU STRENGHTEN YOUR CHILDREN DOING THIS RECESSION. WE PUT OUR COMPLETE TRUST IN YOU. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT’S BETTER FOR US THAN WE DO OURSELVES.FATHER WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ANOINT, STRENGHTEN,PROTECT,AND USE US FOR YOUR GLORY IN JESUS’ NAME I ASK AND PRAY,AMEN.

I do not know what to do, I need some advice from someone. My boyfriend and I are spliting up after 9 years of being together. The worst part of it is that I run his business and were starting a new business that is just getting off the ground that I have spent 8 months developing. When it is quits for us it is quits for all my hard work in having build these business’s for him. He notified me that I am now unemployed from the first business which I helped him build for 9 years. I am tired, broke, worn to the bone, used and abused in every way humanly possible. My financial status is at and end. Before I met him I had no bills and a home that I paid off. Now I am in debt to the tune of $60,000.00 from helping my family and supporting every one around me. I am unemployed and do not know who to turn to or what to do. I can hardly beleive that God would let me end up this way after a life time of doing for others, giving and giving until physically and metally I have nothing left to give. I know it is for a reason he always has a reason for what he does to me (God that is). But, I am too tired now to continue down this road, he has with out a doubt given me more this time than I can handle. I cannot recover from this, I am too weak and to warn, I am on my knees. I pray to him but does he hear my prays any more? I need spritual & financial help desperatly what should I do?

March 30,2009
I truly know that God is Great in all of his ways. And to know him is to know what seems big to us is small to him. To believe in him in your difficult times is like already having what your believing in him
for. He truly does know us better than we know ourselves.

God can work through the natural to accomplish his purpose and he can use the supernatural, if he needs something more. With God all things are possible. I’m retired, but my youngest son, 52, has lost his job.
We are trusting God. Just before his last paycheck, his house sold, while others around it are not selling. We believe it is God’s response to our confidence in his love and provision for us. He has been faithful and God never changes.

To the woman looking for help…..you have rights to the business you help to build. You should consult an attorney. Call the Bar Association in your area – and they will direct you to the right person who will help. Nothing is too much to bear – and you WILL get through this. Be grateful that you learned the heartlessness of this man before marriage. Your life is too lovely to waste on such ugliness. Be strong and just Believe.

Thank-you for the prayer. It was very helpful. God Bless.

SORRY, FOR THE YOUNG LADY THAT HAS BEEN DROPPED LIKE A HOT POTATO, I DID THE SAME FOR A FOREIGNER I WAS MARRIED TO FOR 15 YRS AND HE BURNED ME WITH THE IRS. BECAUSE I DID VERY LITTLE IN THE BUSINESS JUST MY NAME AND SS# ON THE PAPER WORK. AND I MOVED ON STILL OWING THE IRS, ENDED UP WITH A MAN THAT FOR THE PAST 5 YRS ABUSE ME VERBALLY OVER NOT KEEPING A JOB. BECAUSE I AM SO BEAT DODWN BY HIS WORDS I ASKED GOD TO DO A MIRACLE FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE NO FRIENDS WHERE I AM NOW AND NO CHURCH, I LIVE IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH HIM. I HAVE NO WARDROBE OF DECENSY, NO CARS, NO BUS MONEY NO SAVINGS, NO FAMILY, NO ONE THAT EVEN CARES. I WALK INTO DEPT STORES AND APPLY FOR A JOB AND THEY OF COURSE LOOK AT ME LIKE YEAH OK, WE WILL CALL YOU. SO THAT GIVES THE NEW MAN OF MY LIFE MORE FIREWOOD TO BURN ME WITH. HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT YOUR APPEARANCE IS TO GET A JOB. AND I HAVE TO WALK AND I USE THE INTERNET. BUT NOTHING YET. I WANT TO MOVE BACK HOME TO FLORIDA BUT I HAVE NO HOUSE THERE ANYMORE. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS HOW I CAN GET TO FLORIDA AND GET A JOB AND A ROOMMATE PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL. DEBORAH

Please have Deborah to contact me.
I too am from Florida with lots of Family there.
I am willing to make calls to help her.
But I must ask her to be willing to do a background
due to me nor the ones I can refer help does not either.
If she’s seeking employment I possible know of several companies
that I am willing to be a referral.
Someone please contact me if my help is desired.
Clarice

Thank you for inspiration and motivation because I have been unemployed since January, and not lucky in finding a new job, but after reading this was a reminder that God will help me, keep my faith and not be depressed

Thank you for the prayer. I really needed and love this article because I just lost my job in January and I am still looking for a job right now. God bless you all in don’t ever loose your faith in god…

How do you deal with the depression that comes with a job loss, I feel I really need to go back to school and get training for another direction but I need help either with a grant or some kind of financial aid.
Thank you,
Phyllis

I was laid off do to the writers strike last year. I have had a few interviews, but no jobs. I have run out of money and unemployment . I am working with the work sourse center but no luck yet can any one help. I can do bookkeeping office work.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR SEARCH FOR EMPLOYMENT. STAY BUSY. DEPRESSION CAN’T HIT A MOVING TARGET!!

If you are truely a child of God. God’s grace, God’s love and God’s protection will see to it that you are sustained even in the worst of financial situations. Look for the mirical in the tribulation.

Dear Beliefnet – Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts. They have really helped me out during my job loss. I haven’t done the walking but I am going to start soon. Prayers and mediating have helped me tremendously. Prayers to all of us to get through this time.

Phyllis,
I am a single mother of one beautiful boy and I too lost my job in Nov. of last year, but I heard about a 15 month Nursing Program and applied for it as soon as I heard about the mass layoff. I began school on Dec. 1, 2008 and will graduate Feb. 2010. It was probably one of the best decisions for me to make because it gave me hope, but I too deal with job loss depression because the decision of going to school only put me into more dept. It is and has been very hard, but knowing that I have God on my side and that he only gives you as much as you can handle has helped me a lot. There are many sources of financial aid out there. Some for starters are FAFSA, a federal student loan and grant, and also your local Job and Family Service office will have grant, scholarship, and loan applications available for you to check into. Just remember that if it asks for money up front, then it is probably a scam, and that is the last thing anyone needs to deal with. Good Luck and My Prayers are with you.
Dawn

im a 50 year old women with a 5 year old and a 16 year old and no job and not much skills please pray for emploment for me to support my family i have heart problems to so please pray for me and my family im in 60 thousand dollars in deph i dont know what im going to do im loosing my house yo forcloser and no car so please pray with me to god for his help janet

My son lost his job he loved at norfolk and southern railway in Illinois. He thought this is it a job he loved and retirement to get married and have a family. we have prayed and he has fasted and prayed, for gods answer,and to lead him.. my other son is loosing his job at catapillar next wk, he has had health issues now. they are both living in sin with their girlfriends but they have work. so they are helping eachother.he is trying to do right too.my youngest son is obstaned from sex and wants to get married, but we want it to be on gods time. We know it is gods will be done for them both.but being a mother I feel their pain, so I need prayer for my faith to be stronger and not to worry.

Times are hard and like others I have prayed for a solution. recently I started my own online health business. I am hoping that I can help others with their health issues. Please pray for me and my family during these troubled financial times. My husband has been laid off quite a bit during this year and is currently laid off now. so please keep us in your prayers and we’ll keep you in ours. God Bless you and keep you in his care.

I just learned my daughter, BA,MA, Food Science has just lost her job due to downsizing. She is in shock. We the parents are in shock.
We are thankful that she has skills, experience, and she is in a field that will not go away or downsize…we all have to eat (and in many cases, we eat too much.) This is the 1st week. She did receive severance from her job and she is not in a tremendous amount of debt (thank God she listen to us on this one). She lives locally and we are able to pay her condo ($800), if it comes to this.
I am trying my best to remain positive, but I have a pain in the pit of my gut that is eating me up. I exercise, work (teacher nearing retirement–husband is retired) eat regularly, but I find myself sleeping every chance I get (depression??) I am trying to be supportive to my daughter (age 28, single, no children) while allowiing her to determine the most appropriate next steps…this is hard! Help! JLL

Hello all i lost my husband on jan 17,2009 to lung cancer a 7 month battle i had to guit 2 part time jobs. I really need to get back to work now i have sent out 5 email resumes per day for the last 2 weeks and nothing i pray that my hubby Joe and God will help me and daughter get through this she is 20 and going back to college for the summer she had to take leave in jan when her dad passed. It is hard on both of us i hope i will catch a break soon. We are both going to grief counseling but i need to get back to work i hope everyone will pray for us. Thank you Mary

Yep, well that Prayer for Employment is certainly going to be really useful, especially the line that goes “You have blessed me with a healthy body and a keen mind for which I am grateful.” That certainly applies to me, since I am stroke disabled, with short term memory loss.
Sadly, those of us who are already disadvantaged in the employment market cannot be helped by this prayer.

Hello all. I have been trying so hard to rely on God’s will in this very difficult time of unemployment. I suffer from anxiety, insomnia and depression and can not afford my medication. I send many resume’s out every day and pray that I will be called soon for a position. I work in the legal industry which only adds to my stress level. I have three children who live with their father and I am unable to pay my child support obligations at this time. I live in fear that I may be put in jail because failing to pay child support is a misdemeanor where I live. I am behind on my rent and fear I’ll end up living out of my car. I need your prayers. Thank you.

THANK YOU! I NEEDED THESE WORDS OF ENCOURAGMENT TONIGHT!