Tag: depressed

If . . .

Nothing changes

Nothing changes

If my life is not what I want it to be I have a choice.
I can complain,
blame others, (they don’t understand me, they don’t help me, . . .)
blame God, (He made me this way, He doesn’t care about me . . .)
blame my bad luck, (good things happen to others but not to me, this always happens no matter what I do . . .)
blame obstacles in my way, (I have tried, but I just can’t, it is too hard for me, I’m not smart enough, I’m not going to lower myself and do that, . . .)
blame the Government, (it is their job to take care of me, to give me a job I like and have fun doing, to decide hard questions for me, . . .)

OR,

I can go to JESUS.
I can read His message for me in the Bible.
I can believe Jesus’ words.
I can DO what the Bible says by the power of Jesus’ Spirit.

But I don’t understand the Bible.

Jesus says in the Bible that The Holy Spirit of Jesus will teach you all things. Ask Him to do that for you.

But I don’t understand the thee’s and thou’s, etc.

Read a modern translation like the New American Standard Bible; or the You Version Bible free online from Life.Church.

I read the Bible but nothing happens.

Start in the Gospel of John, the fourth book in the New Testament. Find it by using the Table of Contents in the beginning of the Bible. Read starting in the third chapter, the 16th verse: For God so loved the world (that’s us) that He gave His only begotten Son (that’s Jesus), that whoever believes in Him (trusts Jesus and does what He says) will NOT die but have everlasting life (be with Jesus forever).

Do what the Bible says to do.
It says to Believe God when He says He loves you. Don’t consult your feelings. Your feelings follow your thoughts and are NOT reliable as True Reality. First Choose to Believe God when He says He loves you. We all start our lives believing the lies of satan as Reality. God tells the truth, it is opposite of satan’s lies. We can Choose to Believe God. We can ask Him to help the parts of us that don’t believe Him and He will. Once you believe Jesus’ words and trust Him the Holy Spirit of Jesus will exchange your old dead spirit (which dies on the cross with Jesus when He died) and gives you a new spirit from God that loves God and wants to do what God wants (which He gives you when you rise with Him (figuratively) from the grave.

You then are joined to Jesus and become one with Him forever.

Keep reading the Bible and being taught by the Holy Spirit of Jesus.

Find a church that believes the Bible.

Ask God what He wants you to do.