How to Train the Human Spirit !

How to Train the Human Spirit : God told Joshua that if he would meditate in the Word, his way would be prosperous and he would have good success. A "doer of the Word" will do that. If you love someone, you would steal from them. You wouldn't lie about him or her. Paul the apostle said that love is the fulfilling of the law. If you walk in love, you won't break any law which was given to curvb sin. Being a "doer of the Word" means that we are to do primarily what is written in the epistles. They are the letters written to us, The Church. As an example of doing the Word. Let us look at some instructions given us in one of the epistles. "Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition [definite requests], with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God." (Philippians 4:6) the amplified Bible. We don't mind practicing part of this--- the part that says to pray. But if you practice just that part and not the first part, you are not practicing the Word of God. You are not a "doer of the Word." The amplified translation of (Philippians 4:6), begins, "Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything . . ." First we are told not to fret. If you Fred and have anxiety is, it isn't going to do any good to make requests. That kind of praying doesn't work. An over anxious prayer full of fretfulness doesn't work. I feel very sorry for people who come to me some time. Because sometime people want you to sympathize with them. It doesn't give a man or woman the answer just to sympathize with him or her. Storms and test or in all of our lives. And many develop upset stomachs. Many can't seem to get off to sleep, and their nerves become short because of a particular incident. When they come to me for help. I began to tell them what the word said and how to pray about it. When I encourage them to take this scripture we have just read and do to it, they rebelled and said, "Oh, yes, but everybody doesn't have the faith that you have." I tell them the hand that it was not a matter of having a lot of faith, but a matter of endeavoring to practice the faith of the Word of God. I tell them that you they would practice the Word of God, their faith would be build up. And I tell them how I practice this particular verse. When I get along, I read this verse are not allowed. And I tell the Lord that His Word is true and that I believe it. Then I tell the people that they would be tempted to say they couldn't help worrying and fretting, but God has not asked us to do something we cannot do. When God said not to fret or have any anxiety about anything, that means we can keep from it. God is a just God, and He will not ask us to do something we cannot do. When I first began practicing this verse, it was easy to believe that I could make my requests known unto God, but it was hard to believe that I could not fret. I over, since God says that he we don't have to fret, I would say, "I refuse to fret or have any anxiety about anything." I tell the Lord that I bring my requests unto Him and then I thank Him for the answer. This should quiets my spirit and pacifies the troubled attitude the devil tries to make me have.