Opening Prayer:
Pray that God would transform your mind today. Ask him to give you the strength to give you peace in your life today.
Read:
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Thought:
There is a premise and a promise in this verse. If we present our request to God (worry, anxiety, distress, circumstances, hardships and more) WITH THANKSGIVING, then there is a promise for us who believe. The promise is that the PEACE of God will guard your heart and minds in Christ Jesus. Isn't that amazingly beautiful.
I do not know about you, but my mind can really bring me down. My thoughts and what I worry about can really stress me out and put me in a place that I do not like to be. But listen to this verse. If I replace that worry and anxiety with thankfulness and gratefulness, then God steps in and gives me a peace I could never experience on my own.
Are you in that place today? Do you need peace? Do you need to trust God with your life and the stress of today? Then simply pray to God and thank him for life and begin to look at the things what He has done for you and be thankful and watch God transform your thoughts to Him.
Response:
What did you hear as you read this short devotional?
What do you think about what you read?
What will you do in response to reading this devotional? Talk with God - share with him what you learned from this devotional.
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