Things to do when you loose your Peace and Joy

Everything in your life can be going along just fine, and then something happens that gets you all upset. What I do is read the 91st Psalm everyday that I need to. While I read it, I change the words so it becomes more personal to me. Lets take verse #3 as an example:

Psalms 91 

 ³ For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

I read it this way: "For [then] He will deliver me from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence."

The Hebrew word for dwells in the first verse is yashab, and it means to sit down, to dwell, to remain; to settle in the sense of taking up a homestead or staking out a claim and resisting all claim-jumpers; to possess a place and live therein.

This tells me that you can choose to dwell in God's secret place, under the shadow of the Almighty! I choose to, don't you?

When you have a situation in your life, and you have a lot of negative feelings, tell God all about them. David was always very honest with him about how he felt. Ask for his help with your hurts and negative feelings. 

This is something that I do in my personal prayer life when I am feeling down. I ask God to lift me on that Rock that is higher than I am. See Psalms 61:2

The Bible instructs us to direct our thoughts by thinking on whatsoever is true, of good report, and positive things in our life. When you start doing that, your focus comes off of your negative feelings, and you begin to feel better. 


Phil. 4:8 Amplified

⁸ For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].

You have to learn to discipline your thought life, and watch what you say also. The bible teaches that death and life are in the power of the tongue. (Proverbs 18:21) You can still be honest about things, but be sure to follow your thoughts up with a positive thought. A lot of David's Psalms started out with him being in great distress, but by the end of it, He was telling of God's faithfulness and His great power and His Love. 

For example, I have been hurting in my shoulders and lower back. When a friend asked me how I was feeling, I told her the truth, but I told her also that I was believing God to take care of it. A lot of people don't know how to pray for you if you aren't honest with them. You can also say it like this, "I have been having symptoms of my back and shoulders hurting, but by Jesus' Stripes I am healed."

1 John 5:18

 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

So, Child of God, know that He has empowered you to "keep" yourself. He has given you the power to become His son. The Bible tells us, that "Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." You have the greater one living inside of you.

To actually learn what you are "In Christ Jesus" every time you read your bible and you come to a verse with that phrase, simply confess it. A good idea would be to write it down, so it will go into your spirit better. I learned that from Kenneth E. Hagin, while watching some of his videos on Youtube. 

See the link below if you would like to follow up on this subject, or if you feel that you need some additional help in this area.

  Additional Reading

The Disease of Sin

11 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask now the priests to decide this question of law:

12 If one carries in the skirt of his garment flesh that is holy [because it has been offered in sacrifice to God], and with his skirt or the flaps of his garment he touches bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any kind of food, does what he touches become holy [dedicated to God's service exclusively]? And the priests answered, No! [Holiness is not infectious.]

13 Then said Haggai, If one who is [ceremonially] unclean because he has come in contact with a dead body should touch any of these articles of food, shall it be [ceremonially] unclean? And the priests answered, It shall be unclean. [Unholiness is infectious.] Haggai 2:11-13 AMP.

 I found something very interesting tonight in my bible reading. Haggai 2: 11-13. Unholiness is infectious and holiness is not. Sinfulness can rub off on us, like a disease. Another scripture says that it is the little foxes that spoil the vine. Song of Solomon 2:15

You have to work at not catching the sin disease. God loves us so much that he gave us the choice. He doesn't force us to stay free from bondages. We have to decide and choose to do so.

The Apostle Paul wrote to us to lay aside every weight and every sin that so easily besets us. Hebrews 12:1 To me, that implies that we have the power to do that. I found this interesting and wanted to share it with you.

The Bondage Breaker

This book helped me to overcome a habit that I had of smoking. I had been praying about it, and was looking in my bookcase for a recipe book, and my eyes landed on this book, and I knew that the Lord wanted me to read it.

The Bondage Breaker - Neil t Anderson by scott1975

We will Ride video

There is still hope

Like most of you, I was really disappointed when Barack Obama won the election for the second time. I have listened to different comments from commentators and Bill O'Reilly on Fox news had a good analysis. He said that you can't fight Santa Claus.
I have had a lot of people tell me that they were afraid if Romney won, they would lose their food stamps and other government assistance that they were getting. The democrats ran ads against Paul Ryan and Romney constantly portraying them as cutting off their assistance for the poor.
As for myself, I have made up my mind that God can turn this situation around. After all, he can do anything. He can fix our country. We, as Christians, can still pray for God to move in our country. If God doesn't move, then, Barack Obama is lining us up for Jesus to come back even sooner than we thought. So, it is time for us to start praying even harder to get our loved ones saved, and get ready for the great event of Jesus' return.
I refuse to be depressed over this situation. The devil has not won, or will win, because I have read what is going to happen to him and his demons. Don't let him fool you into believing that evil wins over good. Good always wins over evil.
Maybe this is what it will take for the church of Jesus Christ to rise up and be what God intends it to be. Everything works together for the good of them who love the Lord. I am looking in faith to God, for He is the only one that can help our country.

We Will Remember Video with lyrics

Isaiah 54:17 No Weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper

^{Isaiah 54:17} 

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

I was watching Rod Parsley on the Daystar network, and he was preaching about this scripture. To be honest, I hadn't thought of this scripture for a long time, even though I read my Bible everyday. A few days later, I was reading Perry Stone's new book, Purging Your House, Pruning Your Family Tree: How to rid your home and family of demonic influence and generational oppression, and the same scripture was there again.

I think that sometimes the Lord speaks to us in different ways. I think The Holy Spirit was directing me to read this scripture and claim it's promise for the circumstances that has been going on in my day to day life. Perry Stone told a story about a Mayor and his wife who were being attacked and ridiculed by constituents, and the Mayor's re-election was in jeopardy. The wife wrote that scripture down on little notes to him at various places to get her husband to believe that scripture and to get it into his spirit. They won the battle, he won re-election, and some lies that had been told on him were debunked. Praise God!

I have been quoting this scripture for the past three days, and have noticed some differences happening to me. I have noticed that some of my thought patterns about people are changing, and that situations in my life are also changing. I also told a friend of mine about this scripture, and also some family members. My mother has asked me four times where it is in the Bible, and each time, I tell her again. I am going to write it down for her.

When you stand on the promises of God, the Devil has to back down. I have been battling a sickness, with a fever and a sore throat, and have been getting better, I believe, due to this scripture. That is what we have to do, use God's promises and His Word to defeat the devil in our lives. I challenge you today to begin to meditate and use this scripture every day, and see what happens in your life!