Righteousness, peace and joy

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit …Romans 14:17 The context of this verse is actually with regards to cleanliness of foods and what one must or must not eat. Bu
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Cast your burdens

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for
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Dealing with depression

1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me for ever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 3 Look on me and answer, Lord my Go

Dealing with rejection

28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. Luke 4:28-29 This is as early as L
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Dealing with dissapointment

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. Gal 1:10 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for
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Dealing with guilt and shame

We all have things in our past, when there recent or distant, that always try and come back to cause us to live with regret. When this happens we live with guilt – feeling bad about what we did and shame – feeling bad about ourselves. God calls u
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Dealing with habitual sin

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. Romans 7:15 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do – this I keep on doing. Romans 7:19 You need to read this whole section in R
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Dealing with fear

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Tim 1:7 I’ve heard my wife say, “The thing about the truth is that it always remains true whether we believe it or not”. And that there is tr
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Dealing with anxiety

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Ph
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