Today’s Encouragement is, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.” Philippians 4:6-7a NLT
Instead Pray –
This passage proscribes the process of peace.
Do you see it?
Don’t Worry – consciously choose to turn your thoughts away from worry. Worry destroys peace.
Instead – choose prayer over worry. Worry focuses on what might happen and what we need to do, and worry is rooted in Fear. Worry and Fear feed upon each other. Turn away from these to Prayer. Prayer and Faith feed upon each other and strengthen and support each other.
How to pray: Tell God what you need and thank Him for all that He has done. Please don’t neglect the latter! A thankful prayer is focused on what God has already done. We are saved! Eternally freed by faith in Jesus, not by any other means. We have an eternal home that Jesus called Paradise, which awaits us! This we can all be thankful for!
Then, after 1) turning away from worry, 2) praying about everything, 3) telling God what we need, and 4) thanking Him… the inevitable result is… God’s Peace!
When we go through this process, we will experience God’s Peace, which is so great that it is beyond our human understanding.
Father, we are thankful that you have given us so many wonderful blessings, but there are too many to recount. And You have provided us with this simple process of turning from worry to peace! You are so kind to us! Strengthen us to reject worry, pray, and experience Your Peace.
When God’s People Pray
Wayne Watson