It is so difficult not to react with anxiety to events
occurring in our life and in our world. Also, due to childhood experiences that
we suppress in our subconscious mind, we are plagued with apprehension all of
our life.
We read verses and memorize many of them in order to
reprogram our mind with God’s truth. We constantly wonder why we cannot
experience the peace of God ruling in our heart (Colossians 3:15-17).
However, those suppressed experiences continue to affect
us every day of our life; because hidden within every traumatic memory is a lie
from Satan, which our soul believes.
God graciously led me to a counselor who used prayer
rather than his advice to help people. He taught me to sit in God’s presence
and to allow God to shine His light on these hidden issues (1 Timothy 5:5).
( www.theophostic.com )
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As we wait on the Lord in prayer, He reveals Satan’s lies
and dispels them with His personal word of truth to our soul. As God’s truth
disperses the anxiety in our soul, we are able to surrender all of our cares to
Him in gratitude (1 Peter 5:7).
Then God’s peace, which comes regardless of our human
understanding, guards our soul and spirit from any further lies and abuse
through the presence of Christ in us (Philippians 4:6-7).
This peace only comes as we totally surrender to God and
allow Him to make our way smooth and peaceful (Proverbs 3:6), as we continually
give Him thanks for the victory we have through our Lord Jesus Christ (1
Corinthians 15:57).
Prayer:
Father God, teach us to pray in the Spirit during every
moment of our day. We also need to remember to pray for fellow Believers as we
face the issues of our individual lives (Ephesians 6:18; 1 Timothy 2:1). We
trust in You in every area of our day.
Thank You for listening to us as we pour
out our heart to You (Psalm 62:8). Remind us that You will establish our
thoughts as we commit our thoughts, words and deeds to You (Proverbs 16:3).
When we are tempted to worry, remind us to live in the
moment and to commit each future moment to Your safe keeping rather than
worrying about it. You have our best interest in Your heart and You will work
out every detail for our eventual blessing (Romans 8:28).
Thought for the Day:
Jesus told us: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry
about anything, because worry cannot add one positive aspect to your life."
– Matthew 6:25-34
