Grateful and Thankful 1, My Morning Prayer, Reflections on Philippians 4:6-7

Grateful and Thankful 1, My Morning Prayer
Roy Lessin and Marina Bromley

Hello Friends!

This month we will turn our focus to "Grateful and Thankful" in our devotions. Although not all of you live in a place that celebrates Thanksgiving at the end of the month, we pray that this will help align our hearts with an attitude of "thanksgiving" in our hearts and minds. May you be encouraged and blessed!

Grace and peace,
-Marina

Reflections on Philippians 4:6-7
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 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 (Philippians 4:6-7 NLT).

Anxiety—don’t carry it, walk with it, eat with it, live with it, or go to bed with it. Don’t entertain it, support it, encourage it—not in big things or little things, present things or future things, pressing things or perplexing things. It is a foe not a friend, a downer not an edifier, a binder not a freer. It will quickly introduce you to its close cousins, fret and fear. When anxiety knocks at the door of your heart or mind, be sure to renounce it, reject it, and refuse it any place.

Instead of being anxious about anything, you can begin to pray about everything. Prayer means that you have a God to go to and to talk to, who hears and answers prayer. Mix your prayers with thankfulness. Thanksgiving reflects an attitude of gratefulness to God for inviting you to come to Him, and it shows that you truly trust Him to take care of you, regardless of your circumstances.

As you pray and trust God to work, He will give you the assurance that He is in control. He will do this by giving you His peace. God doesn’t give you circumstantial peace, but His peace, a peace which remains constant and undisturbed through every circumstance.

God’s peace is His answer for anxiety. His peace will quiet you and calm you; it will minister health to your nerves and rest to your spirit. God’s peace is more powerful than anxiety, fear, or worry, and His peace will defeat any foe that tries to attack your heart and mind. At the heart of these attacks is an attempt to have you to turn your faith away from God and to focus instead on your needs and circumstances. God’s peace strengthens you from these attacks by giving you the assurance that God is for you and that no weapon formed against you will prosper.

Never turn away from God’s peace. Yield and surrender your heart and mind to His peace. Say, “Yes, Lord, I receive Your peace.” You do not need to understand why certain things are happening in order to have God’s peace. His peace transcends your understanding. God’s peace is the same peace that Jesus said He would give to you. It is a peace that the world cannot give you. His peace belongs to you because you belong to Him.

My Morning Prayer

-Marina Bromley

Yes, Lord, I receive your peace. I desire your peace. I NEED your peace! I do not need anxiety, stress, fear, faithlessness. I need more of YOU, God! Thank you for providing a place to lay down all the things that keep me from resting in your peace. Thank you for being available for me to lay down in your rest. Come Holy Spirit, and replace my weaknesses with your truth and strength. In Jesus's name, amen.

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