How Bible Principles Apply to Your Life - EMOTHIONAL DISTURBANCES

 Is anxiety a problem?  Then practice love, love of God and love of your fellow man. "Practice giving, and people will give to you.  They will pour into your laps a find measure, pressed down, shaken together and overflowing.  For with the measure that you are measuring out they will measure out to you in return."  Remember, too, Jesus' counsel:  "Quit being anxious about your souls  as to what you will eat or about your bodies as to what you will wear.  Who of you  by being anxious can add a cubit to his life span?   If therefore, you can not do the least thing, why be anxious about the remaining things?"  And, as Paul pointed out, Jehovah has promised  his servants: "I will by no means leave you nor byt any means forsake ytou."  Thus, to the true Christiansm anxiety should be no problem. - LUKE 6:38; 12:22, 25, 26; Hebrews 13:5, NW.

Are you hostile, having personal hatred toward others?  Then follow the instruction:  "Let the sun not set with you in a provoked state."  Do byou feel inferior?  Then remember: "God chose  the one who are poor respectin the world to be rick in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him,  did he not?"  Do you envy others?  Then remember: That that we have that is of real value comes from God, and if we have his favor we have the greatest thing. And remember, also, that the  antidote for envy is generosity, loving one's fellow as  oneself.  "Love is long-suffering and obliging.  Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury."  How many of today's  problems love would solve! - EPHESIANS 4:26; JAMES 2:5; 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4, 5, RS.

Such love allows no room for hostility, inferiority or envy, and removing these things from the mind improves not only  your mental but also your physical health, because the mind has  a great effect upon the body's well-being.  Thus, it is true that "a liberal man will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered."  And "A man who is kind benefits himself."  - PROVERBS 11:25, 17 RS.

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