There’s a peace about her, even when life is disappointing and hard.
Her secret?
She prays.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).
Here’s what they did: O Lord, in distress they sought you, they poured out a whispered prayer (Isaiah 26:16).
Here’s what they knew: O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done all our works (Isaiah 26:12).
My father-in-law* sat in his Florida home, waiting and watching for Hurricane Irma to arrive.
Every time I spoke with him he quoted Philippians 4:6-7. “In everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds.”
He found this to be true.
So can you.
*His home and neighborhood, though buffeted by winds, were virtually unharmed by the storm.
Prayer brings peace.
Let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).
I have often thought about what my greatest surprise will be when I go home to be with the Lord. After much pondering, I have concluded that it will be the tremendous power and peace that was available to me this side of heaven—and how infrequently I used it.*
*Richard Burr, Developing Your Secret Closet of Prayer, p. 8.
The glory and peace that angels proclaimed (see Luke 2:13-14) when Jesus was born are realized today when we pray.
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son (John 14:13).
Let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God will guard your hearts and minds (from Philippians 4:6-7).
My biggest problem is not my situation. It’s that I worry about it.
The Lord perceives my anxious thoughts. He offers me His peace as I pray (from Psalm 139:2,23; John 14:27; Philippians 4:6-7).
When they cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord raised up a rescuer to save them. There was peace in the land for forty years.
When they cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord again raised up a rescuer to save them. There was peace in the land for eighty years (from Judges 3:9-30).
Make their story yours.
We pray. God gives peace.
May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way (2 Thessalonians 3:16).
Oh what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.*
In everything make your requests known to God in prayer and petition with thanksgiving. Then the peace of God . . . will guard your hearts (Philippians 4:6,7 NEB).
*Joseph Scriven, What a Friend We Have in Jesus.
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