TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: Philippians 4:6
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;"
My friend, God doesn’t want you to be fearful, fretful or anxious.
Instead, He wants you to “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made
known to God”. So when you have a care or worry, straightaway, turn that care or
worry into prayer.
That is supplication. And when you are troubled by a
care or worry that you don’t know how to pray for, pray in the Spirit or
tongues. And in the midst of that prayer, thank God that He is already
your healing, provision, good success and victory. That, my friend, is
thanksgiving.
“Pastor Prince, if I am worried about something, how long should I pray?” Keep on praying.
Pray in the Spirit until the worry lifts or dissipates, “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”. (Philippians 4:7)
This was what one of our church members did when he found himself
anxiously trying to access
some important data in his USB flash drive.
After a whole day at it with no results, he finally stopped himself from
being anxious and instead, turned his worry into prayer, asking the
Lord to settle it for him. As he prayed in tongues, he was also
thankfully repeating in his heart that having the Holy Spirit—the
Helper—with him was to his advantage. (John 16:7)
Later that evening, using his wife’s computer, he succeeded in
accessing the data in his flash drive after a few attempts. He quickly
backed up the data. It was only when subsequent attempts to use the
flash drive on his wife’s computer failed did it suddenly dawn on him
that God had “resurrected” his flash drive that one time, just for him
to recover his data!
Beloved, I believe that we would all worry a lot less and enjoy our
lives a lot more if only we realized this truth: Our Abba Father is so
strong that there is nothing He cannot do, and He is so loving that
there is nothing He will not do for us!
