I have been praying for you and I know God is helping you. He helps everyone who asks.

1John 3:21-22 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

James 1:2-8 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

I hope things are better between you and your new friend. When you want to give a person a gift just make sure it's a gift that's appropriate for the level of your relationship. Then choose a time when you can both enjoy the experience. If she is the one for you then God will make it all work out. If she is the one for you then God will make it work out. If she's not then He will show you who is best for you. Always trust in the Lord and ask his advise about your relationships then wait for the Holy Spirit to show you favor with the right people. Where God is there is always favor, a sense of his divine nature working for you.

If Jesus is in your heart as Lord of your life then when you ask him for help He picks and chooses what's best for you. He causes your standard of living to become much higher than what you could have done on your own. This method of asking God and receiving His best will work throughout your whole life whether you are dealing with someone to by a car, to get a job or looking for a new place to live. Yes, it also works in choosing relationships with girls. In fact it works in making new relationships with anyone.

God wants your life to increase, to be full of peace and contentment as well as joy. Entering into the right relationships and conducting those relationships according to God's word will prevent a lot of trouble later. God knows whose personality will fit nice with yours, he know where they are at all times and He's wise enough to know just when to bring them into your life. God knows everything about everybody.

The fear you had for that particular girl was not from God. God wants Christian boys and girls to be attracted to each other, to have holy relationships that grow with his kind of love; then to eventually get married and raise their children to live righteous in God's sight.

The fear you experienced was something you weren't used to and you just didn't know how to recognize that particular kind of fear, or how to handle it. God has knowledge and the wisdom of how to handle every situation in life. He loved us enough to recorded all of it down in his Bible. When we pray and read to find the answers God reveals them to us and they work in miraculous ways.

Since you go to church I am assuming you're saved. That you have repented of your sins and been born again with Jesus living in your heart. If you're not born again then go to our Salvation Prayer page and give your heart to Jesus. There is power in the Lord to put fear as well as other wrong feelings out of your life. After being saved then go on to receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit, as it's written about in the Book of Acts. Jesus gave this as a command because the fullness of the Holy Spirit in our life is where we receive God's supernatural power to fight life's battles. Being taught by the Holy Spirit is how we gain the knowledge to receive all the blessings and increase that God has promised us.

Salvation is the first portion of God's power for us. It saves us from sin, death and eternal hell. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit, which is the in-filling or fullness of the Holy Spirit is the second, stronger in power portion that God gives us. If we rely on him (the Holy Spirit living in us) along with learning God's Word we give the Holy Spirit the freedom to work inside our mind, heart, soul and body to accomplish God total deliverance for our lives in every situation. He can prevent us from making wrong decisions and lead us into situations that are good for us. Continually staying submissive to the will and instruction of the Holy Spirit, by hungering after his knowledge, allows us to obtain the most in a full and prosperous life.

Receiving the fulness of the Holy Spirit is a separate event from repentance and salvation. It has happened within minutes for some people but at a later date for most. The Disciples of Jesus were already saved and baptized in water when He said to them: