God is our refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble.Psalm 46:1
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Philippians 4:13
So that we may boldly say,the Lord is my helper,and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.Hebrews 13:6
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear,but of power,and of love and of a sound mind.1 Tomothy 1:7
Yea,though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil:for though art with me;thy rod and thy staff they comfort me Psalm 23:7
O my God,I trust in thee:let me not be ashamed,let not mine enemies triumph over me.Psalm 25:2
Lead me in thy truth,and teach me:for thou art the God of my salvation;on thee do I wait all the day.Psalm 25:5
Why is it that I see in churches and christian chat rooms so much fear,anger,depesion and wory?It is simply this the person hasn't accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal saviour or they arent spending enough time reading and studying ther bible,in prayer or going to church.So they have never realy developed a strong faith,or they have slacked off in one or more of those areas and their faith is weekend because of it. Studies show that a small percent of depressed people have a genetic disorder the rest can be over it and totaly off medication in three to six month by changing their thinking and their lifstyle,most non christian psychologist just throw medication at the problem and never realy get at the root of the problem because they want to keep you comming back.Romans 10:17 says,So faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Why arent our prayers being answered?Maybe it is because we arent praying in faith believing it will be done.We pray Lord help me with this problem,then turn around and say I cant do this,i'm a loser and always will be.Is that faith believing?No it isnt.And some times we have to put work behind our prayers because God isnt a welfare program.Pray like it all depends on God and work like it all depends on us.If there is nothing we can physicaly do about the situation due to circumstances thats one thing,but if we can I believe he expects us to do it with his guidance and let him be responsible for the results.
HERE IS SOMETHING THAT HELPED ME
I came up with this 3 step program a few years back it realy helped me to go from being negative and down to being positive and up most of the time.I have turned many enemies into friends using this program it works,of course there are those who want to be your enemy and nothing you can do will change that,but thats their problem not yours doing these things with Gods help over a period of time you fill find you will deal with it better and say oh well thats their problem not mine.I will tell you when I did this program I only used positive quotes and it helped a lot,but the results would have been a lot faster,better and longer lasting had I used scriptures.If you dont know Jesus as your personal saviour you need to do that.This program can help a little or a lot here on earth depending on your personality without doing that but the results will be a whole lot better and faster if you do.And this program will not get you to heaven only faith in Jesus will get you there.The bible says be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. How do you renew your mind?The only way I know is to change what you put in it.Studies show that five years from now you will be a unique blend as far as your thinking, attitudes and habits go of the people you spend the most time with,the books and magazines you read,what movies you watch and the lyrics of the music you listen to.
You see what happens is whatever goes in through the ear and eye gates over a period of time becomes part of your thinking processes,you put mostly good in mostly good will come out.You put mostly garbage in garbage will come out.Others will notice the changes long before you will.It starts out as subconcious thought and is well established in your mind by the time it becomes concious thought.As the the thinking changes your whole demeener changes starting with the attitude and body language,the way you cary yourself and then your actions and habits change for the better or worse depending on what you put in your mind.The bible says that what so ever a man thinketh so is he.Lets go to step one.
Step one
Get some 3" x 5" cards and your bible.Look up all the scriptures you can find about the subjects of love, charity honesty, courage, strenght, wisdom, salvation, hope, kindness, giving,serving,and any other areas you may nead to work on.Write several verses on each subject on the 3"x 5" cards,you can add positive quotes if you want but make sure at least two thirds of cards are scripture.You can depending on how large you write or how short the scriptures are get one to five on a card.Now for six months keep the caeds with you in your pocket or purse and when you are on lunch break,in a waiting room or at a traffic light take the top card out and read it out loud if you are someplace were you can if not read it silently,but it registers better if read out loud because you are getting it throu both the ear and the eye gates then put it on bottom of pile.Read as many as you can in the time you have.If you do this consistently you will be so saturated with it will have become an automatic part of your thinking processes.Do this along with the other two steps and you wont be the same person you are today.You will be stronger mentaly, emotionaly,and spiritualy.Things wont bother you as much as they dod now because you will have more inner strength do deal with them and you will be happier as well.You will still have challenges and hard times but you will be able to weather them better.
Step two
Starting imediatly after the cards are made out.For the nest 30 days every thing you think,say or do ask yourself questians like,is this what I would want said or done to me?If no is it necessary for the betterment of the other person or the group as a whole?if yes do it if not dont do it.Is it honoring to God?is it something he would have me say or do.Am I being totaly honest with them and myself or am I a lier and deciever?Does this show integrity,or lack of it?Was that comment or action rude or unkind?Is it conducive to sucsess or failure in this situation?Does it help or make things worse?Am I a whiner and complainer?Am I trustworthy?Am I doing this for the right reasons or am I doing it out of pride?Am I on a ego trip?Am I selfish?Add other questians of your own.Get a small pocket note book and on each page draw a line down the middle,on one side write negatives on top and write positives on the other side.When you say or do something unkind or not right put it in the negative side and put the extra nice things on the positive side and total up at end of day week or month to see how you are comming along.Do this through steps two and three.
Step three
For the next thirty days ask yourself the same questians only now you ask before you say or do it.And you may have already started doing that by this time.By now you will have learned some things about yourself you didnt know,some you will like and some you wont.But you cant fix it if you dont know about it.Now you start reading all the scriptures and books you can find on the arias you need to work on,bake sure most of the books are bible based.Ask God to help you with it and it will be done.Now every two or three months spend a day or two in steps two and three to check up and see if you are still on track.
Salvation
The sinner
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.Romans 3:23
The sentence
For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Romans 6:23
For Gos so loved the world that he gave his only begoten son,that whosoever believeth on him should not perish,but have everlasting life.For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world;but that the world through him might be saved.John 3:16 and 17
But God commendeth his love toward us in that,while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.Romans 5:8
Behold now is the accepted time;behold now is the day of salvation.2 Corinthians 6:2
Gods wor says,every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus Christ is Lord.You can do it here and now or after you die,but you will one day.If you wait it will be to late.You will be cast into outer darkness were there will be weeping and wailing and nashing of teath,a place called hell were the flames will burn and the screems will pierce your ears constantly for all eternity.Or you can walk the streets of gold and have eternal joy,peace and comfort.No more pain or suffering through all eternity.The choice is yours,please don't wait.You may have five minutes or fifty years left to live.Dont take the chance of waiting to long, do it now.He is standing there waiting with open arms for you to come to him.His love is unconditional.He will accept you just as you are.Dont wory about changing yourself first accept him and let the power of the holy spirit do the work.:)For mor info on this very imoportant subject click here page 5.Salvation how to get it.
Pray this simple prayer
Lord Jesus,be merciful to me a sinner.I am opening my heart up to you and I now recieve you as my saviour and Lord.Amen
A few more scriptures
And now,Lord,what wait I for?My hope is in thee.Psalm 39:7
Why art thou cast down,O my soul?and why art thou disquieted in me?hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenence.Psalm 42:5