Don’t Worry …Be Thankful!

Philippians 1; Philippians 2; Philippians 3; Philippians 4
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Scripture

Philippians 4

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Observation

Don’t worry …Be Happy …No…Don’t Worry Be Thankful! Paul says, “Don’t worry about anything, instead, pray about everything.” Then he says, “And thank Him for all He has done.”

He uses two words, “anything” and “everything” which are like “always” and “never” all of which are very hard for us to do.

So what are you worrying about? Paul says to pray about it and thank God in advance for taking care of that concern. You can’t worry about something and pray about it at the same time. Every time you catch yourself worrying about something you need to stop and take a moment to pray about it.

One thing that will help us not to worry is to thank God for all that He has done for us in the past. Looking back at how God has met our needs in the past and thanking Him for His kindness is a good cure for “Worry”.
When we pray this way we will experience God’s supernatural peace, which Paul says, “exceeds anything we can understand.”

Application

I will pray and not worry and I will thank God today for everything He has done for me in the past.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank you for taking such good care of me. There is not one thing that I need to worry about.

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