My friend, God doesn’t want you to be fearful, fretful or anxious. Instead, He wants you to “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”
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 don’t 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.
“Pastor Prince, if I am worried about something, how long should I pray?”
Keep on praying. Pray in the Spirit until the worry lifts or dissipates, “and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 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 (see John 16:7).
Later that evening, using his wife’s 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 wife’s computer failed did it suddenly dawn on him that God had “resurrected” 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!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
When you have an advantage in what your doing, what your doing seems easier. We have an advantage In life because we have God's own Spirit in us to lead us and to give comfort. Many times that comfort is the knowledge that things are out of our control and they are in the loving hands of our heavenly Father. When we deal with whatever life throws at us we have the advantage of the creator of the universe on our side. God loves us, He gave His Son to die for us and His Son gave us His Holy Spirit. Our lives are full of advantages, all the advantages in the world. It's always best to turn everything over to God and be anxious about nothing. Most people say that that is easier said that done. The fact these people should know is that it is already done. All that God has done for us, He has done for us already, (He lives outside time). We just have to wait for the manifestation of His love to show up and become the reality in our lives. Today, thank God for all He has done, pray that your miracles come sooner rather than later and be, oh so thankful that you know the true advantage you have.
