The Path from Worry to Peace
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Everyone faces Worry
Everyone faces Worry
Finances, health, family & future
Prayer is not just a last resort, its God’s Prescribed path to peace
Prayer is not just a last resort, its God’s Prescribed path to peace
Do Not Worry
Do Not Worry
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Anxiety is the thief of joy & peace
Anxiety is the thief of joy & peace
Jesus commands us not to worry...
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Worthy is essentially carrying tomorrow’s burdens with today’s strength
Worthy is essentially carrying tomorrow’s burdens with today’s strength
Pray About Everything
Pray About Everything
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
“in everything” = nothing is too small & nothing is too big
“in everything” = nothing is too small & nothing is too big
Take everything to God in prayer
Take everything to God in prayer
God’s Promises us His Peace
God’s Promises us His Peace
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Peace is not the absence of problems, but the presence of God
Peace is not the absence of problems, but the presence of God
“Unexplainable Peace”
“Unexplainable Peace”
Guard = protect, watch over
Guard = protect, watch over
Worry pulls us apart but prayer pulls us together
Worry pulls us apart but prayer pulls us together
