[petermaumau]

As humans our emotions inevitably come from our thoughts...so that if we are happy It Is because we are thinking Happy thoughts,and If we are sad ,it Is because we are thinking sad thoughts and the same seems to apply for all emotions..Hate,hateful thuoghts..depression,..depressing thoughts..
So we have a tremendous power to live happier lives the circumstances not withstanding...And how good that is...So if we choose (and It is alawys a choice) to dwell on what is so wrong with our situation,why do you expect to be happy about It..
Thank the great God who gave us choices..such that ,come what may ,we can choose to fill our minds with positive and uplifting thoughts and see our happiness and contentment increase, believer or not..
But as believers in Jesus ,we have an additional significant benefit..By seeking our feelings of importance from him( Since He loves Us and always has),and not from other people_whoever they may be- we can be immune to the emotional highs and low..Since God as we know Is stable from everlasting to everlasting..He said he will never leave us nor forske us..

Do not let the devil steal your joy by filling You with bitterness from yesteryear,or other negative thoughts..Choose the good Thoughts..
Our ability to choose good thoughts is evident from paul's writting on Phillipians 4 where ,after instructing us to pray for all things he advices on what kind of thoughts to dwell On
thoughts that are true,Honest, Just, Pure,Lovely , Of good report,virtuous thoughts,and praiseworthy

Jesus said....I have given you life and death...CHOOSE life...

[ET]

your likeness is what puzzles the pple i know and interact with.u still think theres someone out there who will die for you;dont u feel anything as a human?dont u have thoughts?are ;u afraid to interact with other pple;or u just want to be with what makes u feel good and safe.
if u are human it wouldnt change what u would do or think or say,so why are you concerned about what you read or learn?what i do is what makes me feel happy and satisfied.in the mean time u are free to express who you are,and its worth noting.

[Jeddy-w]

I think that feeling bad and negative sometimes is something we all have to go through. Everyone has that time when, things get crazy and its hard to focus on the good.

Alot of the Psalms have prayers for God's intervention in the hard times and i think that the hard times and the pain that we go through during this time is what makes us grow.

Am not saying that all we will have in our lives as christians is pain and hence bad thoughts, just that what i have learnt is a coward is not really defined by the fear he/she experiences its the ability to not run despite the fear.


Dont get me wrong, am not saying that we should be deepressed all through, just that i have found christians who want to be happy all the time and if they are not they think that something's wrong with their relationship with God. and thats not true, we are human, just that he who is in us is greater than he who is in the world.

[firestarter]

wellhell there are 3 emotions among others they are, anger, love, and fear, which occur either as an immediate response to external stimuli or are the result of an indirect subjective process, such as memory, association, or introspection. they are there form the womb to the grave. to check how poerful each one is all you have to do is check your temparature,pulse ,respiration and blood preesure whenever any of them happens. but i bet you fear will have ur blood pressure to south of zero. anger will have your blood pressure boilling, first time love will have ur heart beats beating like talking drums of west africa and have you breathing like an ox. to avoid all this the creator made all this into a package. so that you exprience all of them at the same time. so never think of a life with just one of this it alwayz gonaa bee the whole package. but rember any war fought against fear, fear wins.God said fear him.