How to Handle Disappointment | Study the Bible with Me
I think it's fair to say that we've all been there before we've all been
disappointed whether it is disappointed by a friend
or a family member or even a situation in your life that you thought was going
to go one way but it ended up turning into something completely different
trust me I I can definitely relate
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not be anxious about anything but in every situation by prayer and petition
with Thanksgiving present your requests to God and the peace of God which
transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus
Philippians 4 verses 6 through 7 definitely one of my favorite scriptures
I know some people follow along in their journals with me so if you are one of
them feel free to pause the video and you can
copy this disappointment is something that we all experience
beginning part of the scripture do not be anxious about anything that's how
this scripture starts off so God wants us to be calm I feel like the opposite
of anxious is calm so relax be calm no way we can wear this is do not worry
about anything but in every situation so every time I see a butt in the scripture
I feel like that's kind of a pivot point so don't worry about anything but
instead in every situation by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your
requests to God in all situations all of them every there's no situation that is
exempted from this whether you lost your job or there's somebody in your life who
keeps saying they'll change but they just don't a friend or a family member
who has hurt you or disappoint you all situations apply but in every situation
by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your requests to God
so in all situations first we must give thanks and then number two we can
present our requests to God and we do both of these by prayer things you
remember is we don't have a God that doesn't know what it's like to have her
in pain we have a God who left his heavenly throne and came down to earth
as a man who took on what we deserves he knows our pain and he knows our struggle
so when we are feeling disappointed it's an opportunity for us to just lean more
heavily on him do not worry about whatever it is that you're going through
whatever that disappointment is but in all situations first give thanks and
then pray to God ask him for whatever it is that you need at that time when we do
that the word says the peace of God transcends all understanding so no
matter what situation it could be you know the worst situation and I can't
imagine what some people have to go through I've been in some pretty bad
situations myself in life but no matter what it is that you're facing today when
you think God and ask him for whatever it is you need he will give you peace
and it what makes sense so you can still be living in the middle of whatever
disappointment but God will give you peace the scripture doesn't say that the
peace of God will fix everything no it doesn't say that in fact it says
the peace of God which transcends all understanding so maybe your
circumstances won't change right than in there maybe things will get worse but
leaning on God and being thankful praying constantly he will give us peace
and it'll be the type of peace where other people will look at our lives and
be a little bit confused as to why we're so peaceful it will transcend all
understanding once we have that peace it will guard our hearts and minds in
Christ Jesus like I said before notice that the scripture doesn't say
anything about God and fixing everything even though he can you know we have a
great God and he can do anything but sometimes God will allow certain things
to happen in our lives for us to learn from it and to grow there are certain
situations in my life that I really wish never happened but because of those
situations I have been so much of a stronger person especially stronger in
my faith with Christ I was listening to Joyce Meyer and she said if we have
things that are a little bit too easy then humans will tend to think that we
don't need God and so we go through disappointment and hurt in order to just
realize that we need to lean on him I know some of my hardest trials is when I
grew so much in my faith and while I won't ever want that to happen again I
do appreciate the lesson learned and the spiritual growth that happened during
that time and even though there's some disappointment in my life now and it
hurts and I'm not saying that it doesn't hurt but when we cling to God he will
give us the type of peace that doesn't make sense it's it doesn't make sense
the situation doesn't change but it's at peace it's all about your mindset and
leaning on Jesus the Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in
spirit so God is near us when we are feeling crushed and broken um 30 verse 5
for his anger lasts only a moment but his favor lasts a lifetime and this is
the part of the scripture that I wanted to focus on weeping may stay for the
night but rejoicing comes in the and that brings so much hope my 29:11
for I know the plans I have for you plans to prosper you and not harm you
plans to give you hope in a future God has a beautiful plan for each and every
one of us even though it may hurt right now it's all a part of his plan weeping
may stay for the night but but there will be joy in the morning it will come
to an end nothing lasts forever nothing on this earth lasts forever I remember a
couple of years ago in particular I was going through a really hard time God
actually asked me to let go of a few things in my life
and it was hard but at that time even though my situation was so difficult I
thrived off of the word I mean I would wake up in the morning and I would need
to read the Bible and listen to sermons and just all day I could not just exist
without Jesus because I just felt so overwhelmed so anxious and I really
needed God's Word and God to pull me through that situation and even though
that was a hard time now I look back at it and I think of that as one of the
best times of my life for several reasons but the most
important reason being is I grew so close to God during that time I've
always had a relationship with God at least since I was a teenager but going
through hard times in particular I've just strengthened my relationship with
him it changed a lot of things in my life and I realized that a lot of our
life and how we enjoy it or not depends on how we do our circumstances so even
though that time in my life was rough I had so much joy and so much peace and I
feel like if people knew what I was going through I would they would
probably question why are you not panicking
why are you so peaceful and I really did experience this firsthand it was that
peace of God and it didn't make any sense
but it allowed me to get through my day and now I can look back at
and be so grateful that I even went through that because if I hadn't I don't
even think I'd be sitting here making this video today
quite honestly yes I would still love Jesus but I had it changed my life
forever and also be hopeful because there will be joy in the morning so if
you're going through a hard time I just want to encourage you lean on God and I
will pray for you I'll pray that you'll have this peace that doesn't make any
sense like always thank you so much for
watching and I will talk to you next time bye