Read the bible and pray?

Question: I see this as an answer a lot to peoples questions when they are feeling depressed and bad about life. My question, is how does that help? I've tried praying, and reading the bible. The bible doesn't make sense to me. I've tried to understand it, but never get far. Is there a better place to start than at the beginning? How does it make you feel better? I believe in God, but when life feels so bad, I often question my belief. God hasn't seemed to help me out in my life very much. How do you just be happy, how do you just enjoy being alive? I've never enjoyed life much, and I'm 42, can I ever change that?

Answers:
You need to ask God to open your heart to His word and make it come alive to your spirit. The Bible says that if we seek Him we WILL find Him. Try going to Psalms.David wrote many of the Psalms, and many of them address feelings you described. Your soul is thirsty for water from a living God. Only Jesus can fill that void in your spirit. Dig into the meanings of the scriptures.buy a concordance and a commentary, or find one free online.and ask God to speak to your heart.

Other Answers:
OKay this may sound very very stupid, but please just do it! Okay make a list of everything in your life that make you happy. Anything that makes you happy like walking, being with family, playing with animals! And make those things a bigger part of your life! Do them, get a pet and take the best care of it you would ever take care of. Go visit you family. Travel. Go.Be HAPPY!

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You should read this webpage. It has info from top psychologists and from religion which is easy to understand. Maybe you will learn that it is others confused not you. This has the secret of life.

http://phifoundation.org/life.html

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IMO, God is on no one's side. I think he's imaginary and makes some people feel better when their life is crap. If you haven't enjoyed life up until this point then maybe you just aren't meant to enjoy it. But what do I know? ^_^

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