Mary Anna (5
Sep 2013)
"Turn Your Cares Into
Prayers Philippians 4:6 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God; Daily Grace
Inspirations from Pastor Joseph Prince Ministries on
9-3-13"
My
friend, God doesn¹t want you to be fearful, fretful or anxious.
Instead, He wants you to ³be anxious for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let
your requests be made known to God².
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 don¹t 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.
³Pastor Prince, if I
am worried about something, how long should I pray?²
Keep on praying. Pray
in the Spirit until the worry lifts or dissipates, ³and the
peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus². (Philip 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 wife¹s 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 wife¹s computer failed did it suddenly dawn on him
that God had ³resurrected² 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!