We have choices!
I see so many people who have trouble with happiness. No one is in charge of your happiness but you. Happiness is being content, cheerful, or merry and this does not depend on circumstances or people. It’s a choice! When we have Jesus Christ in our life, we can be happy no matter what is going on around us. Here are some promises from God to stand on!
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. (Proverbs 15:13)
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast. (Proverbs 15:15)
So many times we allow depression to enter our life; then we go to a doctor and he/she gives us a prescription! I am not against doctors and medicine but every medicine has warnings. Read the label. And most of the time the warning is worse than the actual thing wrong with us. The best prescription we can ever have is from Dr. Jesus and His words of wisdom and power. It is a decision on our part to stay happy and have a merry heart.
We Christians have no reason to fear or be depressed! We cannot be in fear and faith at the same time and we cannot be depressed and happy at the same time. It is our choice which of these we allow in our life. What I choose today will affect my tomorrow!
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