If they confess their sins...

"On the other hand, if they confess their sins... their treacherous betrayal, the defiance that set off my defiance that sent them off into enemy lands; if by some chance they soften their hard hearts and make amends for their sin, I'll remember my covenant... I'll remember the land... in spite of their behavior... I won't reject or abhor or destroy them completely... For their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors whom I, with all the nations watching, brought out of Egypt in order to be their God.  I am God."  Leviticus 26:40-45, The Message

It is never too late to turn your life around, to turn back to God.  So, if you have fallen by the way-side and have made more problems for yourself and for those you love (and/or don't love for that matter), then you can get it all turned around, and the first step is surrendering your life to God.  No, it won't be a walk in the park, and it won't happen overnight, but the moment you let God take over, things will begin to turn around, and somehow, someway, the messes you've made will, one day, be turned into blessings that you forever treasure - God will make sure of it.

Speak to that rock!

“… Speak to that rock that’s right in front of them and it will give water…” Numbers 20:7-8, The Message

When problems (rocks) come across your path in life, don’t back down, don’t run away, and don’t fear, instead, stand firm and speak directly to that rock trying to stop you.  The moment you do, God starts smashing it, and whether it be piece by piece or all at once, that rock has no chance with you ~ one way or another, victory is yours!!

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Peace made perfect in you through Christ

Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]

John 14:27 AMP

Perfect peace is found only in God.  So, if you want relief from your worries and anxieties, (and absolutely anything else that puts darkness in your heart), then the only sure way to find relief is to run to God, grab hold of him and never, ever, let him go!!

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Constant peace

“You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind is stayed on You because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.” 

Isaiah 26:3

When we fall out of peace, I can guarantee it is because we are focusing on our problems (fears, worries, woes, and the like) more than we are focusing on God.  Again, I can guarantee it!  Therefore, no matter how impossible a situation may seem, however big the problem may be, turn the focus on God and take it off of the problem at hand.  We must remember that our problems are miniscule in the eyes of God, as a matter of fact; I truly believe that He lets us go through problems so that we can live the blessings that will come from them.

So, boldly embrace your problems, accept them as they are, acknowledge your feelings, and then graciously, confidently, and with hope and thanksgiving, hand them over to God, (feelings, problems, and all; the moment you do, God’s glory will begin to surround you, flow through you, and give you the perfect and constant peace that is talked about in the verse above.