Be content with what you have.
Heb 13:5: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Cast the shadow of burden behind you! All things are entrusted to Jesus.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. - Matthew 11:28 Weariness derives from burden and weakens the fortitude God grants Christians. Before you can obey God's commands and walk with Jesus, you must cast burdens behind you. Fortunately, this is not difficult. Jesus, who is drawn by the needs of people, tell us he will willingly accept those burdens for us.
Faith is a way of viewing all experiences through Christian eyes.
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. - Hebrews 11:1 Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. It's a conviction of certainty about what cannot be seen. Faith serves as a filter through which Christians view their life experiences. The opposite of faith – doubt – binds and restricts our ability to experience the startling results Christianity offers us. When in doubt, don't.
Don’t let anyone tell you it’s not possible to wipe the slate clean and begin anew.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! - 2 Corinthians 5:17 God doesn't count our sins nor bind them to us – we have a choice – and nobody understood starting over better than Paul who went from Jesus' worse persecutor to his wildest fan. When we choose to follow Jesus, the slate is wiped clean and we begin anew, freed by our choice, and commitment, to live a Christian life.
The answer to every worry it to trust God.
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:7 It's refreshing to recognize that Jesus is willing to take responsibility for the things we worry about. However, we must "cast" our worries on him – a decisive act to forego the burden. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Worry looks around, Faith looks up."
God does not expect you to be perfect.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. - Romans 3:23
It’s actually pretty easy – confess your sins and you will be forgiven!
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9
There’s only one path to God.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - John 14:6
You are NEVER alone!
And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. - Matthew 28:20
Despite our shortcomings, God loves us!
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. - Romans 5:8