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This is part of an ongoing series during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. To engage further in the #QuarantineSoulCare<\/strong> series, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n

Paul commands us to have nothing to do with anxiety and everything to do with prayer. Sadly, many of us reverse this and worry about everything, praying only as a last resort! It\u2019s easier to worry, fret, get heartburn, lose sleep, yell at our husband or friends, the kids, or our roommates than it is to pray. We\u2019ve flip-flopped the biblical prescription, not in belief but in practice.
\nNot only are we to pray specifically, we are to pray with thanksgiving. This is beyond difficult! When I\u2019m worried that I have cancer or that my child is uninterested in school and failing geometry or that my friend has hurt me or that pressing problems have multiplied within me, it is hard, hard, hard to be thankful.
\nPsalm 116:17 helps me to understand what it means to pray with thanksgiving:<\/p>\n

\u201cI will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like this reminder because giving thanks when a black tunnel has enveloped my world is definitely sacrificial! \u2026 When confronted with negative circumstances, we have a choice: Will we pray about the problem or will we worry about it? \u2026
\nWe are to practice substituting prayer for worry, the positive for the negative\u2014and<\/em> the God of peace will be with us! \u2026 This was Paul\u2019s process, the path he walked in order to learn contentment. I have been privileged to know some dear women who have walked this path. With Paul they can say, \u201cI have learned to be content in all circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God\u2019s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It\u2019s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
\n–Philippians 4:7, The Message<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nMay today you experience the contentment that comes freely from the God of peace. #quarantinesoulcare <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Today’s reading was taken from\u00a0Calm My Anxious Heart<\/em><\/a> by Linda Dillow<\/a>.<\/h4>\n

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