Have you ever wanted to just flee the country?  Run away to an island somewhere and just forget the worries of the day?  I know I have!  Sometimes, the stuff we deal with...the pressures of life...are just too much.  Job felt it.  (Job 3:11)  David felt it.  (Psalm 55:6-8)  Elijah felt it too. (1 Kings 19)  

The world tells us to focus on the positive!  It tells us that we must control our emotions and feelings.  We are made to feel like we must not be doing it right if we are experiencing overwhelm and challenge.  STOP!

God asks us to give him our worries, troubles, fears, anxieties, etc.  He doesn't expect us to do it by ourselves!    True joy is a gift from God.  We can't get it by ourselves.  We have to turn and take it from God's hands.  

1- Stop negating,  ignoring and avoiding the difficulties.  Recognize it.  Face it.  Define it.

2-PAUSE and ask God about it.

3-Look up the word, phrase, feeling or idea in www.openbible.info/topics

4-Read through the scriptures and ask God what He wants you to learn, where you need to grow and what needs to change?

5-Speak over your life, your feelings, your thoughts, etc....until you feel peace.