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The Power of a Praying Woman
matter how bad things appear to get in your life, you always have hope in the Lord. Ask God to give you hope for your future and an attitude of gratefulness every day of your life. Negative emotions reveal doubt. If we thoroughly trust God, what do we have to be anxious about? Why would we be angry, dissatis?ed, envious, depressed, bitter, or hopeless? Yet we all are susceptible to experiencing these kinds of emotions at some time in our life. So don’t feel bad about having them, but don’t live with them either. Refuse to allow the ugliness of negative emotions to mar the beauty of the life God has for you.
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My Prayer to God
Lord, help me to live in Your joy and peace. Give me strength and understanding to resist anxiety, anger, unrest, envy, depression, bitterness, hopelessness, loneliness, fear, and guilt. Rescue me when “my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is distressed” (Psalm 143:4). I refuse to let my life be brought down by negative emotions such as these. I know You have a better quality of life for me than that. When I am tempted to give in to them, show me Your truth. You have said in Your Word that by our patience we can possess our souls (Luke 21:19). Give me patience so that I can do that. Help me to keep my “heart with all diligence,” for I know that “out of it spring the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Help me to not be insecure and self-focused so that I miss opportu ??F?W2F?f?7W2????R?BW?FV?B??W"??fR????&R6V?6?F?fRF?F?R?VVG2?G&??2??BvV??W76W2?b?F?W'2?B??B?fW'6V?6?F?fRF??6V?b?0??