Dealing With Disappointment

Written by Daniel N. Brown


Have you experienced any disappointments lately?

What a dumb question, huh? Life is full of disappointments. But, it’s not so much what happens to us, but how we handle it. When you receive dashed expectations, it will be at that moment when you decide how to react.

When things don’t prosper or succeed according to our plan,repparttar first thing we feel is disappointment. This is normal. There is nothing wrong with feeling disappointed. But, we must know what to do with that feeling, or it will move into something more serious.

The devil would like for nothing more than for you to lie inrepparttar 126649 pit of disappointment for as long as possible. This way he can causerepparttar 126650 seed of discouragement to grow. From there, he will plant seeds of depression, and so on.

Here arerepparttar 126651 progressive evil D’s in order:

1. Disappointment 2. Discouragement 3. Depression 4. Despondency 5. Despair

Disappointment, if left undelt with, will inevitably lead to discouragement, then to depression, then to despondency, and then on to despair. It’s in despair where people have lost all hope and could eventually commit suicide.

Lessons From James

Written by Alan Tutt


Lessons From James by Alan Tutt http://www.KeysToPower.com

I don't talk much aboutrepparttar messages contained withinrepparttar 126648 Christian Bible, mostly because I don't want anyone thinking that I am only a spokesperson for that religion. However,repparttar 126649 Christian Bible is a good source of information on Power and how to tap into it for effective prayers. One very powerful book ofrepparttar 126650 Bible isrepparttar 126651 book of James. This is a relatively small book inrepparttar 126652 back ofrepparttar 126653 Bible, not far fromrepparttar 126654 book of Revelations. Only 5 chapters long, but packed with some intriguing messages.

The book of James speaks much onrepparttar 126655 proper focus of mind, to focus your mind on spiritual things and not on physical things. This isrepparttar 126656 kind of focus necessary in order to tap into Spirit and its Power. Some people see this book as saying that we should give up all physical pleasure and welcome hardship and suffering in our lives. Although this is one possible interpretation, I do not believe that it isrepparttar 126657 correct one.

The most basic principle of Power is that it flows from your spiritual essence and createsrepparttar 126658 equivalent of your thoughts and feelings. This isrepparttar 126659 way we humans were created. "And God gave man dominion overrepparttar 126660 Earth".

One ofrepparttar 126661 problems that many people get into is that they focus on what they see; such as their problems,repparttar 126662 obstacles to success, andrepparttar 126663 lack of what they desire; and by focusing on these things, they unconsciously direct Power to create more of these things. They do not realize that their focus of mind directs Power to create future events and experiences. James is trying to teach people to focus their minds on spiritual matters and on concepts of justice, fairness, generosity, and control. Anyone who focuses on these things will be directing Power to create these conditions in their own lives, whether they are conscious ofrepparttar 126664 process or not, and thus will haverepparttar 126665 quality of life improved.

Inrepparttar 126666 first few verses ofrepparttar 126667 4th chapter, James mentions something about prayers not being answers because of havingrepparttar 126668 'wrong motives'. I thinkrepparttar 126669 'wrong motives' that James is talking about here isrepparttar 126670 motive of gaining what is considered a limited supply. This isrepparttar 126671 context in whichrepparttar 126672 passage was written. If you ask for money, thinking that there is a limited supply of money inrepparttar 126673 world, then your request is not granted because you have come from a position of limitation. Inrepparttar 126674 Step by Step course, I refer to this phenomenon as underlying assumptions.

The central message ofrepparttar 126675 New Testament is that your mental focus must be right in order to receive answers to your prayers. You must focus not on what is physical, but what is not physical and is spiritual in nature. To focus on what is spiritual in nature doesn't necessarily mean to denyrepparttar 126676 pleasures of life, but to realize that nothing is limited and God isrepparttar 126677 Source of all good things. There is no reason to covet what another person has, because everyone can have all they want. All throughrepparttar 126678 Bible,repparttar 126679 message is that God has given us everything we could ever want, includingrepparttar 126680 Power to controlrepparttar 126681 world as we see fit.

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