The start of a new semester often fills our lives with a roller coaster of emotions. Through learning new schedules, adjusting to life back at school, planning for the future, deciding on a major, preparing to bring up your gpa, and everything else on your to-to list, it is easy to become overwhelmed. When our hearts, minds, and lives seem a mess, it is important to remember to trust in God. Do you ever wish that you had a cheatsheet to get you through life?? Well, that is exactly what God gave us the bible for. The Bible is the only cheatsheet that will bring nothing but positive results. Take advantage of His word. Look to the bible for the answers to everything that is keeping you from checking items off of that to-do list.
Find help for every emotion:
anxiety/worry/depression
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
Lamentations 3:22-24 esv
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.
Psalm 37:23-24 esv
Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.
Psalm 61:1-3 esv
fear of the unknown
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 esv
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21 esv
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Psalm 121 esv
loneliness/love/worth
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 4:18 esv
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."
John 14:18 esv
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 10: 30-31 esv
guilt/regret/past disappointment
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:17 esv
"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert."
Isaiah 43:18-19 esv
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24 esv
Remember that no matter what life and school may throw your way, God is still greater.
