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"I have forgotten about my desires, I don't think they can materialize"
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Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
Mark 11:24 "
John 16:24 "
Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 23:18 For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
2Corinthians 8:15 "As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack."
It is not about what I have or don't have but about having God. Reval lack is the lack of God and not the lack of things.
Luke 22:35 "And he said unto them,
I can't lack anything for God owns everything I need.
Nehemiah 9:21 "Yea, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not."
Job 36:11 "If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures."
We obey God by walking and asking in faith in His riches for our lives.
"I am sad and frustrated because nothing is working to please my desires"
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Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
My joy is not in the fulfilment of desires but in the Lord for God is the fulfilment and reality of my fulfilled desires. I don't have to have my desires fulfilled to have joy but I need to have joy in God to have my desires fulfilled.
Psalm 4:6 "There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us."
True Joy comesis a gift from God and not from the fulfilment of desires.
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
My joy can only be complete in God.
Psalm 17:15 "As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness."
Joy is in seeking and beholding God. True Satisfaction and joy is obtained by beholding God's goodness with the right attitude of faith. God is the fullness of joy as I behold Him I become like Him being full of joy.
John 15:11 "
The word of God received by faith is the source of true joy. True joy is in the words of Jesus received in faith for the words of Jesus imparts the joy that lives in His heart. This joy is the fullness of joy for Christ is the fullness of all good things.
John 17:13 "
1Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice evermore.
Joy is the way of the spirit-filled life.
2Corinthians 6:10 "As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."
"I am sad and frustrated because nothing is working for me"
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Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
The Lord is the all-time source of my joy.
Psalm 4:6 "There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us."
I have the greatest thing anyone can ever have-God's joy. It is greater than any of my desires.
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
The fullness of joy is always in me because God is always with me.
Psalm 17:15 "As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness."
Joy is the result of beholding the face of God in the right attitude of faith.
John 15:11 "
The joy that lives in the heart of God lives in me.
John 17:13 "
The joy of the Lord overwhelms completely the world of sadness around me.
Habakkuk 3:17 "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:"
Genesis 15:1 "After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying,
I have something far greater than the fulfilment of my desires-God Himself.
Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
My eternal dwelling place is goodness and mercy.
John 10:10 "
I have more than enough more than my desires by faith in Christ.
"I am afraid if I submit to God, I will lose the fulfilment of my desires"
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Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
Until we submit to God our desires can never be established. Until we delight ourselves in God our desires cannot be fulfilled because God is the source and reality of those desires
"If I serve God, I can't do the things I want to do"
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Song of solomon 2:15 "Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes."
Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a foul odor: so does a little folly to him that is respected for wisdom and honor.
Matthew 5:19 "
Amos 6:1 "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!"
Proverbs 27:1 Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
Micah 6:7 "Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"
"If I serve God, I won't be able to do what I want"
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Matthew 6:33 "
When we use our time and energy to follow God passionately all other things including quality time to do business will be added. The little time we spend doing business will be most effective because we sought the kingdom first. One day we spend doing business will be as powerful as a thousand years doing business but a thousand years doing business without first following God will only be equivalent to one day. 2Pe 3:8
Psalm 139:2 ,2 "You know my downsitting and my uprising, you understand my thought afar off.",3 "You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.",4 "For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.",5 "You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.",6 "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.",7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?,8 "If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.",9 "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;",10 "Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.",11 "If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.",12 "Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.",13 For you have formed my inward parts: you have covered me in my mother's womb.,14 I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.,15 "My frame was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.",16 "Your eyes did see my substance, being yet unformed; and in your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them."
There are a lots of people in the world but GOD has time for each and every one of us. So u can also have some time for HIM.
Luke 12:24
John 10:3 "
Mark 12:29 ,29 "And Jesus answered him,
The first and foundational law of all-round prosperity is total submission dedication and commitment to God who is the source of our lives along with all it's abilities potentials etc.
Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
To delight yourself in God is the sure way to fulfill any desire on your heart
"God is only interested in answering to my needs and not my wants"
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Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 7:7 "
Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,"
The upright walk is about walking and asking God in faith in His goodness. This shall always be rewarded.