Only Believe

Sometimes unanswered prayers are answered prayers. God said that he will not allow more to be put on us than what we can bear. Everyone wants God to bless them, but who do you know that truly submits to God? Our will must be in alignment with God's will. Do we know the mind of God? Do we know what lies ahead of us? There are two forces at work in this world. One is the forces of evil that wants to kill, steal and to destroy our soul and does so through ignorance, and trickery. The other is the one true God in whose image we were created. Your conscious mind and the seat of your emotions; that is your soul. To win this battle you must control your mind and thoughts. You must bring every thought into subjection. The biggest battle for your soul is in your mind. There is hope because the fruit of the holy spirit within us are love, joy, peace, self-control, patience, goodness and kindness. These will come from within when you invite God's Holy Spirit to come into your heart and life. Evil spirits can put thoughts into your mind, but cannot read your mind. Satan cannot read your mind. Only God knows our thoughts.  Learn God's Word and his will and desires for you. Anything that is contradictory to what is in God's Word is a lie. Don't worry so much about whether or not you understand all of the Word correctly, ask Holy Spirit to come into your heart and be your leader and guide; he will. Ask for wisdom. He will give it to you. As we mature more and more of God's Word is opened up to our understanding. Study the Holy Bible using the tools on blueletterbible.com or Greek and Hebrew concordances to learn the scriptures and get a better understanding of God's Word. When Jesus was tempted by Satan he used his knowledge of the holy scriptures to defeat Satan. Take an active part in taking care of your soul. Choose where you will spend eternity. It's as simple as believing that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on the cross for your sins and rose from the dead three days later. Some wonder why a blood sacrifice was necessary. Jesus  Christ fulfilled the Old law, the old covenant between God and mankind after mankind chose knowledge of good and evil over life. Now we have a new covenant and through the blood of Jesus that was shed for us we can become sons and daughters of God. Through praise, worship and repentance we can go before God and petition Him without any sin, guilt or condemnation. We only have to believe and ask God to forgive us of our sins in the name of his son, Jesus Christ and confess with our mouth that we believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead. Then we are saved. We are washed clean like new born babes. And inviting the Holy Spirit into our minds and hearts and allowing holy spirit to produce the fruit of the spirit within us helps us submit to God and live our best life.