Christians go further.
“But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.”
– Luke 6:32-34 NKJV
You can’t blame circumstances. “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts.” – Colossians 3:15
[Judges 7:4] And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
[Psalm 33:18,19] Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
[Matthew 12:36,37] “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will…”
Not all wants are wrong, but… “Hell and Destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.” – Proverbs 27:20 (NKJV)
He has the final say! “My word … shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” – Isaiah 55:11