I guess we’ve all, at some time or another, experienced knots in our stomach and worries that we can’t seem to control. There are times in our lives that things happen or have happened in the past that bring about thoughts of dread, worry or concern. Some people call it anxiety and others depression but what ever you call it, rest assured that someone greater than you and me has it all under control.
And it is important to note. There is NOTHING that you or I have done that God will not forgive EXCEPT rejecting the Holy Spirit. So, there is no sin that you or I have committed that would keep us from the love of God. As Corrie ten Boom put it: “There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still”. So, we call on HIM to forgive us and we are clean and clear.
The greatest manuscript ever written and THE book that has literally changed the world tells us that our relationship with God is greater than anything of concern in our lives. This manuscript, the Bible is literally “God’s Word” to us. In other words, it is a book that when read, allows us to hear the Creator of the universe speak in our ears and hearts. When we take God’s Word into our lives, we can be certain that God will speak such that we have no need for knots in our stomach or a heavy heart for “he cares for us”.
NO worries my friend. Trust in HIM who loves you. Do not let the devil have his way with your mind and heart. Give your mind to God and allow HIM to fill it with all good and righteous things. Ask God for forgiveness of things done wrong. As the writer once said, “to err is human” so we all make mistakes. The beauty of God is that HE FORGIVES and then gives forth!
Tips to Avoid a Heavy Heart:
..To give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.” Isaiah 61:3
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. James 5
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. …Psalm 139: 1-24.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:17
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. Proverbs 12:25
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. Proverbs 15:14
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. Proverbs 16:24
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. James 4: 8
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! …
A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. I John 4:18
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. I Corinthians 10
Josie
