Calm the mind

How to calm the mind

1. Memorize verses

2. Repeat those verses

when you are tempted to get angry

1 Corinthians 13: Love is kind and thoughtful.

Love is not rude or self-seeking.

Love bears all things.

Love does not end.

When you are afraid

The Lord is my shepherd.

Put on the full armor of God

Ephesians 6

When you feel hurt

Philippians 4:8 -- when you want to snap back or start to gossip...

Whatever is true, honest, just, lovely, pure and of good report, THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

The fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, inner peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, faithfulness, humility and self-control

(Galatians 5)

3. Open the Bible daily.

Find another person who reads the Bible daily. Talk with that person about your feelings, worries and verses that you are studying.

How to say "no" to the rebel

Joyce Meyer has an excellent essay about rebellion and the ego. Me me me me me me

The full essay by Joyce Meyer appears here

My rebellious attitude developed throughout my childhood. I vowed to myself that I would never let anyone tell me what to do. So it took years for me to let the Holy Spirit to teach me how to submit to the authority that He put in my life.

Rebellion is an attitude. It resists authority. The good news is that God can change your heart to be submissive to His authority. If you will be flexible in His hands, then He will give you what you need.

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Give yourself over to the Holy Spirit

You no longer move independently of God. You are no longer quick with opinions, views and ideas. All the times you just spoke your mind, or said what you felt, no longer occur. Your mind, will and emotions are in control of your spirit. The spirit man is in control.

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