Be careful for nothing; but in everything
by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God. (Philippians 4:6).
In 3 John 1:2, the Apostle John writes,
"Beloved, I wish above all things that
thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth." The Lord
actually desires for you to live a stress-
free life, and not one that's fettered and
troubled by the cares of this world.
Our opening verse tells us to be careful
for nothing. This is because, in Christ, you
already have everything you require for
an extraordinary life (2 Peter 1:3).
However, out of ignorance of the Word,
many today suffer depression occasioned
by stress. Some are so depressed they've
had to resort to pills to get by each day,
instead of acting on the Word.
The Apostle James attributed stress,
conflicts, and wars in the lives of some
Christians to the carnal cravings that lurk
within them: "From whence come wars
and fightings among you? Come they not
hence, even of your lusts that war in your
members?" (James 4:1). Embrace the
Master's invitation to a stress-free life. He
said in Matthew 11:28, "Come unto me,
all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest."
Prayer:
Dear Father, I thank you for bringing me
into my place of rest, success, victory, and
dominion in Christ Jesus, where I reign
and rule as a king in this life. I'm kept in
perfect peace, having set my gaze
continually on your eternal Word, in Jesus'
Name. Amen.
Further Study: Matthew 11:28: Come
unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 6:25-32: Therefore I say unto
you, Take no thought for your life, what
ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor
yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the
body than raiment? Behold the fowls of
the air: for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye
not much better than they? Which of you
by taking thought can add one cubit unto
his stature? And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do
they spin: And yet I say unto you, That
even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.Wherefore, if
God so clothe the grass of the field, which
to day is, and to morrow is cast into the
oven, shall he not much more clothe you,
O ye of little faith? Therefore take no
thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall
we be clothed? (For after all these things
do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things.
1 Year Bible Reading Plan: Matthew
14:13-36; Genesis 49-50
2 Year Bible Reading Plan: Acts
10:44-11:3; Job 13-14

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Glory to God.