F4S: Most Americans are unhappy with their life ..and it's mainly in the area of their work. Of those who have work, most have work that they don't like.

Friday, June 5, 2015

Most Americans are unhappy with their life ..and it's mainly in the area of their work. Of those who have work, most have work that they don't like.

You are the only one that can decide for yourself what kind of life you will lead. Many won't choose life. Did you know that 112 suicides happen everyday in the USA?

You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:114-115 msg

 I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word. Psalm 119:25

I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me. Psalm 120:1

Did you know that Americans have the most artificial amusements available to them than any people group of any country, and yet it's been said that we are the most bored and hopeless of all. It doesn't have to be that way! 

What percent of Americans commit suicide each day on average? 

Based on recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), approximately 0.000036% to 0.000039% of the U.S. population dies by suicide each day. An average of roughly 132 to 135 Americans dying by suicide every day. Suicide Statistics (from 2023–2024 show):
  • Daily Average: Approximately 132–135 deaths per day.
  • Total Annual Deaths: Over 49,000 people died by suicide in 2023.
  • Frequency: One death by suicide occurs approximately every 11 minutes.
  • Rate: The age-adjusted suicide rate in 2023 was 14.1 per 100,000 individuals.
  • Demographics: Males account for nearly 80% of suicide deaths, with the highest rates among those aged 85 or older.














Choose life in Jesus. Listen, if you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, come to Christ first. Other help at a healthy church is also available. In the US, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

I say we live to see this changed. God doesn't want any person bored or hopeless. He ain't ever like that. And it troubles me regarding how many here still can't find the employment they desire. Why do we as a people for the most part keep thumbin' our nose at God, pushin' Him out of every area of American society? What will it take for us to learn and return? It's high time we pray-in an awakening.. a biblical revval. Together with Him, we as a people can make a difference here. Check it out... 

 92,986,000 People Are Still Not In Workforce Today.

55,951,000 Women Are Still Out of Work Today.

6,652,000: More Americans Are Working Part-Time, But Not by Choice.

25,098,000 Foreign-Born Employed in USA. 

We indeed want them to have work as well.. if they are here legally.

If you've been wanting to intentionally cause your own death or anothers..Stop that. Why not just die to your old life, to your own way instead and take up your cross and follow Jesus. Take God's way. Jesus is the only way for you. 

Are you satisfied with your life, with your work, with who you are becoming? Not just how you perform on the field, but who you are off it, in the quiet places where no one applauds. God’s Word reminds us that His love for you is not earned by performance. “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Yet love does not mean indifference. God loves us too much to leave us unchanged.

Many Americans are restless and unhappy, especially in their work. Surveys consistently show that a majority of workers feel disengaged or dissatisfied with their jobs. That discontent often spills into despair. Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States, with one death every thirteen minutes. Depression affects roughly one in four adults in a given year. These are not abstract statistics. They are neighbors, coworkers, family members. They are image-bearers.

Scripture never calls a person to destroy their life. It calls us to surrender it.

This is where the Bible’s language of death must be understood rightly. Jesus said, “If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). This is not self-hatred. It is self-denial. Not annihilation, but transformation.

To “die to self” means that the old life, especially its sinful patterns and self-rule, is put to death. Paul said, “I die daily” (1 Corinthians 15:31), not because he was suicidal, but because every day he chose to put Christ on the throne instead of himself. He explained it even more clearly elsewhere: “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me” (Galatians 2:20).

This daily dying is the continual agreement with the Holy Spirit against the flesh. It is the long obedience of saying no to sin and yes to God. It is costly, but it is life-giving. Jesus never asks us to do what He Himself did not first do. At the cross, God truly gave Himself for us. Jesus, fully God and fully man, died in our place, bearing our sin, satisfying divine justice, and opening the way to reconciliation. “He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” (Philippians 2:8).

That is why Paul could also say, “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). He was not longing for escape. He was declaring allegiance. As long as he lived, his life belonged to Christ. Death itself had lost its terror because Christ had already conquered it.

So when despair whispers that there is no way forward, Scripture speaks louder. “I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to Your word” (Psalm 119:25). “I call on the Lord in my distress, and He answers me” (Psalm 120:1). “You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in Your word” (Psalm 119:114).

Ending one’s life is irreversible and leaves a wake of grief and unanswered questions. Dying to self, by contrast, is the doorway to freedom. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matthew 16:25). What feels like surrender becomes resurrection.

If you feel hopeless, overwhelmed, or exhausted by life, hear this clearly. You are not being called to disappear. You are being invited to lay down the false self that cannot save you and receive a new life that Christ freely gives. That is not loss. That is grace.

"Thomas said to Him, 'Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?' Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also..'" John 14:5-7

 Listen, you really have nothing to lose. Do you feel hopeless? Are you despairing, sad, fearful, panicky, or depressed? On a scale of one to ten.. how much so? I don't know all the details of your situation and don't mean to be cavalier or come off as unsympathetic, but suicide ain't really the answer--it's totally selfish. It's sin. 

 So many people send themselves into the pit via this route. Irreversible. Why get totally hopeless away from love in there? Perhaps it's the most selfish thing one can do. Why get revenge, or hurt your loved ones ..and or those you don't even think care about you. You can decide to have a living, a lasting, and a lively hope right now.  
  • There is one death by suicide in the US every 13 minutes. (CDC)
  • Depression affects 20-25% of Americans ages 18+ in a given year. (CDC)
  • Suicide takes the lives of over 38,000 Americans every year. (CDC)
  • Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US for all ages. (CDC)
  • Suicide among males is 4x’s higher than among females. Male deaths represent 79% of all US suicides. (CDC)
  • An estimated quarter million people each year become suicide survivors (AAS).
  • There is one suicide for every estimated 25 suicide attempts. (CDC)
  • There is one suicide for every estimated 4 suicide attempts in the elderly. (CDC)

Many Christian men—and women as well—carry a sincere longing to be deeply effective in ministry, reaching both believers and non-believers with the gospel of Christ. This desire is often born not out of ambition, but out of love for Christ and compassion for souls. For some, it brings great joy and contentment. For others, it creates tension—especially when the calling of ministry collides with the realities of providing for a family.

Many believers would gladly choose full-time Christian ministry as a lifelong vocation if circumstances allowed. They hunger to disciple others, shepherd hearts, teach Scripture, and live poured out for the Kingdom. Yet Scripture reminds us that faithfulness to Christ includes faithfulness to one’s household:

“If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith” (1 Timothy 5:8).

This can leave some believers feeling torn—loving ministry, yet laboring in secular work not because they lack calling, but because they embrace responsibility.

There are also many who carry a deeper sorrow. They once served effectively in full-time ministry, saw fruit, and walked closely with others in discipleship—but now find themselves unable to return to that season. Age, health, financial demands, family obligations, or closed doors have altered their path. What they grieve is not lost status, but lost opportunity—the sense that their best days of usefulness may be behind them.

Yet Scripture gently corrects that fear.

God does not retire His servants—He reassigns them.

The Bible never equates effectiveness with a paycheck from a ministry. Some of the most powerful servants of God ministered in seasons that were unpaid, unseen, or constrained by circumstance. Paul made tents. Priscilla and Aquila worked with their hands. Older saints discipled quietly, prayed faithfully, and bore fruit in ways no ledger could measure.

The call of God is not always to a position, but to a posture—availability, obedience, love, and faithfulness.

No believer is sidelined from the Kingdom because of age, occupation, or life’s demands. The question God asks is not, “Are you in full-time ministry?” but,

“Are you faithful with what I’ve placed in your hands today?” (Luke 16:10)

A man working a secular job who loves his family, walks humbly with Christ, disciples one person, prays faithfully, and shares the gospel as God opens doors is not second-class in the Kingdom of God. He is obedient.

And for those who ache to serve more—God sees that desire. He honors it. He is able to redeem every season and use every willing heart, even when the form of ministry looks different than before.

The Kingdom of God is advanced not only by pulpits and paychecks—but by faithful lives, surrendered hearts, and disciples made wherever God has placed His people.

Scripture says cuts against the grain of our culture: we’re told we deserve fulfillment, advancement, and dream jobs. The Bible says something far more humbling—and far more hopeful.

“The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
Left to ourselves, we deserve judgment. Yet Jesus stepped into our place, bore our sin, and gave us life we did not earn. Everything after the cross is grace, not entitlement.

That truth reshapes how we view work.

God never promised a dream job—but He promised provision

Scripture is clear:

“My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
Needs—not wants, status, or self-actualization. Paul wrote that from prison, not a corner office. He also said,
“I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content” (Philippians 4:11).

Biblical contentment isn’t passivity—it’s trust. We work faithfully, but our joy isn’t tethered to a paycheck or title.

Seeking first the Kingdom reframes vocation

Jesus said,

“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).

Notice He didn’t say seek first the perfect career.
The Bible presents work as assignment, not identity. Sometimes temporary. Sometimes seasonal. Sometimes invisible.

Scripture is filled with people who had multiple vocations:

  • Moses: shepherd → deliverer → shepherd again

  • Paul: rabbi → tentmaker → missionary → prisoner

  • David: shepherd → warrior → king → fugitive → psalmist

God calls us to faithfulness, not permanence.

What God literally calls us to do—regardless of job

Across every season, Scripture is consistent:

  • Work heartily as unto the Lord (Colossians 3:23)

  • Provide honestly (1 Thessalonians 4:11–12)

  • Do good works prepared beforehand (Ephesians 2:10)

  • Bear fruit that lasts (John 15:16)

  • Serve the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12)

Some seasons the workers are paid.
Some are volunteers.
Some are hidden.
Some are short.

None are wasted when done for Christ.

Happiness doesn’t come from employment—it comes from alignment

The world says, “Change your job and you’ll be happy.”
Jesus says, “Abide in Me… that My joy may remain in you” (John 15:11).

As we age and walk with Christ, the Bible gently pulls us away from striving and into fellowship:

  • Fellowship with Christ (Psalm 16:11)

  • Fellowship with His people (Acts 2:42)

  • Fellowship in His purposes (2 Corinthians 5:20)

A believer doesn’t need to love every job to love their life.
Our joy is anchored not in what we do—but Whose we are.

In Christ, work becomes worship, seasons become stewardship, and contentment becomes possible—even in a world that’s never satisfied.

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