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"The Christian life is too hard to live"

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Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding gives favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.

Favour which makes the Christian life easy is given when you have good understanding of the life but your life rather becomes hard when you don't live the Christian life.

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Matthew 11:28 "Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

The light burden of the Christian life is the solution to any hard life.

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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Christian life is the only true life all others are not but are dead. The Christian life is a gift and gifts never make life hard.

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1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."

The seeming difficulties of the Christian life are bearable to any man. The greatest difficulties in this life are not above you.

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James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

Submission to God by being a Christian is the only way to resist and escape the evil one and his burdens on your life.

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Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."

1John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

The Christian life is the only life that truly gives us a chance to start anew each time we fall.

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"The persecutions are unbearable"

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1Peter 4:14 "If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified."

Persecutions for Christ's sake glorifies me and brings evil upon my persecutors.

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Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you."

Persecutions can't take the most important thing in my life which is God's presence but can make the most of the most important thing in my life.

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Psalm 27:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Isaiah 41:11 "Behold, all they that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with you shall perish."

John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

Persecutions have no real power to harm me.

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Psalm 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Psalm 55:22 "Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never permit the righteous to be moved."

Proverbs 24:16 "For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity."

2Corinthians 4:17 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."

You receive the great honour of God's honourable before God when you bear persecutions for His name's sake. God's honourable people are made through persecution.

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1Peter 3:14 "But if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and, Be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;"

James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him."

Bearing persecutions is a sure way of proving your love for God which shall be greatly rewarded.

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James 1:2 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;"

Persecutions enrich your joy in the Lord making your joy in the Lord to count more.

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Psalm 18:17 "He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them who hated me: for they were too strong for me."

Psalm 35:10 "All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto you, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that plunders him?"

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"I am giving up, it is just unbearable"

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1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."

Anything that tempts you to give up is under your control. Your way of escape is the way of faith in the faithful God.

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2Peter 2:9 "The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:"

Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Proverbs 24:16 "For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity."

I am the righteousness of God It can only be unbearable for the wicked.

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Job 5:19 "He shall deliver you in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch you."

Psalm 91:10 "There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling."

Proverbs 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with trouble.

Matthew 11:30 "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

Any burden that seems unbearable is evidence that we are not carrying the yoke of Christ for His yoke is easy because no ill shall befall the righteous so I must and can bear it is the yoke of faith.

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Isaiah 58:6 "Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?"

Troubles only overwhelm the wicked and Burdens will become unbearable when there is no repentance from dead works unto faith in righteousness of God.

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Isaiah 10:27 "And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing."

The absence of the power of God through faith gives way to unbearable burdens

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Matthew 23:4 "For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers."

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"This curse is from a very powerful source, I can't do anything about it"

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Galatians 3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:"

Christ redeemed us from all curses because the curse of law He redeemed us from is the source of all curses

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Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.

No curse can prevail against the one who belongs to God because all power belongs to God

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"I can do this because I have done it before/done a similar thing before"

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Judges 20:32 "And the children of Benjamin said, They are struck down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways."

Benjamin lost their third battle against Israel because they were confident they will defeat them because they had done so earlier

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1Thessalonians 5:3 "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."

Our weakness is the confidence in ourselves that we are strong

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"To show compassion or sense of pain is a sign of weakness"

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Psalm 78:38 "But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath."

Psalm 86:15 "But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth."

Matthew 9:36 "But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd."

John 11:35 Jesus wept.

Mark 12:29 ,29 "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:",30 "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment."

Luke 19:41 "And when he came near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,"

Lamentations 3:22 "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not."

Zechariah 7:9 "Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother:"

1Peter 3:8 "Finally, be all of one mind, having compassion one with another, love as brethren, be tender hearted, be courteous:"

Luke 6:38 "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your lap. For with the same measure that you measure it shall be measured to you again."

Matthew 7:12 "Therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."

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"Anger is a sign of strength People who don't get angry are weak"

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Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.

Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"

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"I can't control the way I feel no matter how hard I try"

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Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

my feelings depends on what I continually set my mind on. I habe full conttrol over my feelings because I have full control over what I set my mind on. Because I set my mind on God's word I have nothing but godly feelings

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Philippians 4:6 ,6 Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.,7 "And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

The control over the soul depends on the ability to cast all cares through prayer upon the of God peace(2Th 5:23) because prayer is the platform we receive grace (Zec 12:10) for the peace of our souls. Everyone can pray because prayer is not the expression of our abilities but the expression of our dependance on God's abilities. I have full control over my feelings because I have the power of prayer

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3John 1:2 "Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers."

It is possible and indeed the wish of God that we will have control over feelings because the prosperity of the soul is seen in the control we have over our feelings.

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The control over our emotions is the prosperity of the soul and this depends on the prosperity of our spiritual life.

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2Timothy 1:7 "For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

All the resources has been made available in the Spirit of God for our complete control over the way we feel

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Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

When I set my mind on Christ and His ability in me I set my eyes on the Spirit and when I set my eyes on the Spirit I allow life and peace to flow into my emotional life.

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Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whosoever keeps the commandment shall experience no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

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"It is weakness to submit to a junior"

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Psalm 18:32 "It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect."

My strength is only rooted in the strength of my dependence on God and my dependence on God is seen in my obedience to His word which admonishes me to be humble and do everything as worship to God or unto God and not unto men.

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Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"

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"I can't help him because I am not strong enough"

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Psalm 62:11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs unto God.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts."

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,"

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"I can't stand the oppositions if I do this"

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John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

John 16:5 "But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Where do you go?"

1John 4:4 "You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."

Philippians 3:10 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"

Zechariah 4:7 "Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth its headstone with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it."

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"I am not that smart enough to contend with my peers and the challenges of this life"

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Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts."

2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"

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