“ANXIETY!”

MeMaw Thoughts
Number 458
January 7, 2020///

Philippians 4:6-7 (KJV)
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)
6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.
7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

One translation says “Do not be anxious about anything…”

Do you ever long for living without any worries or concerns. Many times we say we do not worry, we are just concerned but if we followed the scriptures above and understood that God longs to give us Peace and a sense of wholeness maybe even what we call concern would give way to walking in constant Faith and Victory.

I have noticed that when I am feeling Peace and Power with almighty God, I wonder why I would ever fret or doubt. Then if I am not diligent to guard my heart, I will find myself frustrated, agitated, and in turmoil inside because of some circumstances.

Have you been there? At that point each of us need to stop and recognize where the turmoil comes from and let the God of Peace fill us once again with the assurance that He is with us!

Psalm 46:10 (AMP) Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!

We need to immediately cast our cares on Him!!

1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

When our bodies do not want to cooperate with us or are in pain, He cares!

When our prayers seem fruitless, He cares!

When our child is sick, He cares!

When our family members are not honoring God, He cares!

When a loved on has died, He cares!

When the bills become due before the money is there, He cares!

When some people we love disagree and argue, He cares!

When the job we dedicated ourselves to is gone, He cares!

When our home seems to be in shambles, He cares!

When the phone call comes that we never want to get, He cares!

“Does Jesus care….oh, yes He cares!!!”

When we don’t feel Him, He cares!

Just keep walking and praising and casting all those concerns on Him. He has great big shoulders and great big hands and with His word He commands, and it is so.

But God needs you to Trust Him. Fear and doubt leave us without!

James tells us:
James 1:8 (KJV)
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

The answer then is to fill ourselves with the truth of His promises, fellowship on a continual bases with the Father, and meditate on His declarations and promises.

Then when we lose our peace, we just begin to repeat those promises and praise the Lord God Almighty that He has all things under control and our hearts will settle back into the rhythms of Grace and Peace.

My desire and declaration is that I will lay hold of this truth and walk in divine Peace even when the world is falling in around me. Praise in the Good and Praise in the bad!

Oh, what a Savior who made a way that we can travel through this life with the Peace and Power of Almighty God flowing through us!

Join me this year as I declare the Peace of God my constant companion!
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Father, you made the way for my Peace. I ask your forgiveness for when I have allowed turmoil to replace that Peace. It is not your will for your children to ever be out of Peace because you are with us! What a Joy to know I can lean on you and you will fight for me! I declare my Trust and Dependence on You, Father God and receive and walk in your Peace. Grant your Peace to all who read this! I ask in Jesus Name, Amen!

I desire you walk in Peace!
Love, MeMaw