Feeling Discouraged... please help!

I have been taking steps to improve my relationship with Jesus and have been spending more time with him. But, I have also been struggling with things and will feel sad, discouraged, and confused. Sometimes I'll be crying in my room and so I'll pray and feel better about things. Unfortunately, this has been happening repeatedly and while I'll feel fine for a while, I feel discouraged again and just altogether not peaceful. I have also been reading quite a few Christian books including the God Girl Devotional, The Power of a Praying Teen, and Loved. I've taken the advice from those books and also I read about God completely breaking people down and that you can't be fully surrendered to God until you have nothing left. Personally, I want to fully surrender to God, but I don't exactly want to have nothing left. Is that wrong? I've also been doubting things and worrying about things. I've decided to trust God with these things, but I still feel worried about them. I feel like some of this might be Satan, but probably a good part of it is just my sinful nature and coming from my own head. I don't know what to do to fix this.

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Comment by Lisi on July 25, 2012 at 8:24pm: I sent you a friend request so I can send you a private message

Comment by Marie-Sophie B. on July 21, 2012 at 6:07am: Hey :)

I kinda know how you feel, i struggled (and still do from time to time! ) a lot with that so i wanna help you a little bit ; ) . First, the books...It's only "additional" and you should be very carefull with what you read when you cannot take distance from it yet because it's written by human people so there's always a part of "not very true/ Personnal vue on something"...Bible is your n°1 book and has ALL you need to know!!! Like Kandace said, anything that's not peace, love or trust is not Godly, not from Him so everytime you feel like that...RUN to your Bible and read verses like the armor of God in ephesian 6 (hehe...forgot the verse!) or joshua 1.9 b ; they really help me a lot . If you doubt, it's in a way normal because your human, you sin ...well , your flesh sins but you must trust God! Of course you can be worried from time to time but He gave up His only son for you! He will listen to you and not abandon you because He is a faithfull God! About Satan, I guess you already had the lesson "evil is a real as Godly" so... STOP thinking about him, SATAN IS POWERLESS ! (he cannot read your thoughts by the way!) Jesus has been given authority on earth and heaven!Satan has NO power (unless you give him some...) and cannot go against the name of Jesus. Every day and every night, just say "my night/day is yours God, protect me from evil" and God will listen to you! If you go to him, he will not let evil touch you because you are His property and He loves you! Hope that helped, be brave, be courageous because you are His daughter! :) He will show you the right way ; )

Comment by Kandace Anne on July 20, 2012 at 10:41pm: One verse in scripture really sticks out to me: "The Lord did NOT (I repeat, did NOT!) give YOU a spirit of FEAR, but of LOVE, POWER, and a SOUND MIND." - 2 Timothy 1:7

Take this promise hun, and claim it, God has given this verse specifically to you.

Do not worry, God has given you victory. It is never easy to follow God, but do not be troubled, for it is never lonely. God came to give you life to the full (John 10:10), and wants give you His peace, to experince HIs peace, and He will give it to you if you ask Him. You might not feel it right away, but remember, your relationship with God is not based on feeling, but in faith, confident in what you hope for and assurance about what you do not see.(Hebrews 11:1) Be at peace friend, God is right here holding your hand. His peace He gives you, and His peace leaves with you. He will not give as the world gives, He will give you more. (John 14:27)

Surrender is hard, but don't worry hun, desiring it is the first step. Ask him to help you. Its a day-to-day work in progress, but God will help you. When you give your all to God, He will give you much more back. He gives you His love, His strength, His peace, His heart...

Have patience, don't give up, keep going,

I will pray for you,

God bless,

Kandace.

Comment by Hannah Marie DeForrest on July 20, 2012 at 10:24pm: The main thing to do is tell God your desire to be closer with him and give him complete control!!!!! Once you take your own hands off of it, his hands will be on it and he will help you!!!!!!!!!!!!!