When He touched people then, He will do it now. He is risen from the dead and sits at the right hand of the Father. Throw all your troubles overboard, give them to the Lord in prayer. You don't have to say a formal prayer, just call upon Him the way you would talk to me. He hears you alright.
Outward changes are only apparently good.
Temporary relief may be provided, with no lasting effect. Outward change may appear good to others, even to oneself, when in God's sight it is not. External changes that do not follow an internal change of heart, toward God, always move a person further away from the Lord. So change that is socially good may be religiously evil. Change has to be satisfactory to God, not merely socially good .