Open Heaven 29 October 2024 Topic: WORRIER OR WARRIOR?
Memorise: Matthew 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Read: Matthew 6: 25-34
25 “Therefore, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Open Heaven for Tuesday 29 October 2024
Open Heaven 29 October 2024 Topic: WORRIER OR WARRIOR?
In life, there are worriers, and there are prayer warriors; you have to choose which one you want to be.
Matthew 6:27 says that worrying does not add one cubit to you. You gain nothing from worrying, absolutely nothing.
However, when you are a prayer warrior, as issues arise, you will cut them down in the place of prayer because you are a champion that is more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37).
Some people are too anxious about tomorrow. Before they get into the university, they worry that they may never be admitted.
After graduating, they become worried that they may not get a job. When they get a job, they worry that they lose the job.
If they don’t lose the job, they worry that they may not be promoted. When they are promoted, they that someone might want to take the position from worry them.
Read: Open Heaven 28 October
They worry that nobody will marry them. When somebody shows up to marry them, they worry whether he or she is the right fellow.
When they finally get married, they worry about whether they have taken the right decision and if they will ever have children.
They are always worrying about the future. Honestly, all that worrying will not solve anything.
When you read Philippians 4:6-7, you will see what you should be doing instead of worrying. It says you should be thanking God in everything by prayer and supplication.
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Don’t thank God only when things are going the way you like; thank God in everything by prayer and supplication, and then let your requests be known to God.
Don’t just sit there and worry; go to God in prayer, thank Him for the things He has done for you, and then make your requests known to Him.
His peace will replace every form of worry in your heart. So, rather than worry, pray to God, and He will meet you at the point of your needs.
Read: Open Heaven 30 October
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and have surrendered your life to Him, stop worrying. Jesus has already given you His peace that passes all understanding, as we see in John 14:27:
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Open Heaven for Tuesday 29 October 2024 Key Point
Become a prayer warrior, not a worrier.
Hymn: Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
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