"Rejoice in the Lord always - delight, gladden your heart in Him." Philippians 4:4
So begin right now to delight your mind and your emotions until your body experiences a change. This is God's command to you especially if your heart is heavy or fear grips you. If you are in a negative situation, you will have the PRIVILEGE of bringing your conscious mind, multiple times a day and night, to think on the things that lift your awareness to your heavenly Father/Pappa. I say privilege, because this is the stuff of life that bonds you to Him and allows His Spirit to communicate His thoughts to your heart. His thoughts are not naturally our thoughts about anything we are experiencing.
So, THINK ON THESE THINGS. A list is given by the apostle Paul in his letter to the Philippian saints. Phil.4:8 But let me remind you that you must get God's interpretation for each of these: (what is true, nobel, righteous, pure, admirable, etc.) Our natural bent is to evaluate the situation through our frame of reference, our history, our perceptions and state it as we see it. So with every negative you experience, don't lean on your own understanding of it, but let it take you to Him.
And remember that our Father takes pleasure in causing the worst things in life to work for our good and His glory as we sit at His feet in humility and gratitude. He really does want us to live free from controlling fear. His peace is our strength and confidence. But this does not come without effort and you must contend for it.
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