Let it Go! by Tony Evans

Author:Tony Evans [Tony Evans]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8024-8040-8
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2005-01-14T17:00:00+00:00

WORRY ABOUT NOTHING; PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING

To show you what is involved in prayer, and what prayer can do for a worrier, I want to go to Philippians 4:6–7. It says in verse 6, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

When worry rears its ugly head, the first thing you need is not a pill to calm you down. Instead, God says we must make a shift in our focus, because whoever or whatever controls our minds controls us. Instead of focusing on and being controlled by worry, God wants us to focus on Him and allow His Word and Spirit to control us. That’s why prayer is so important.

The formula here is simple. Worry about nothing, but pray about everything. The general word for prayer is used in Philippians 4:6, and the word supplication refers to asking for the answer to a specific need. So we have the general and specific, which is another way of saying we ought to pray about everything.

Some Christian homes used to have a framed motto on the wall that said, “Why worry when you can pray?” That’s the right idea … though I think it should read, “You can’t worry and pray.”

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