Day 6

Test me and point out all my anxious thoughts.

Psalm 139:23 (NIV)

Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.

I Peter 5:7 (AMPC)

Anxiety. Worry. Fear. These are the feelings we get when we’re thinking about a situation with a “what if” attached to it. “What if” they leave? “What if” I lose my job? “What if” the test results come back cancerous? It’s natural. It’s normal. It’s awful.

There’s nothing pleasant about anxiety. And there’s a better way to live.

We feel anxious and overwhelmed when we are more enamored with the problem than we are with the promise. When we live focused on the mountain instead of the Mountain Mover. Worry thrives when we compare the problem to our own lack of ability instead of comparing it to how big our God is.

It’s also the feeling we feel when we think of those all around us who are lost, and it steals our peace. God is bigger than anything we will ever face, and He loves our family and friends and all the lost people in the city of Warren even more than we do. He longs for them with an everlasting love. And He knows how to reach them.  

Let’s pray together.

PRAYER POINTS FOR ME

• Father, I choose to remember how powerful You are and I choose to see my problem as it really is, tiny in comparison to my God.
• Father, help me cast this care on You and trust You to work it out.
• Father, I choose to kick worry out and replace it with faith because You are faithful.

TODAY’S PRAYER FOR THE LOST IN WARREN, OHIO

Father, give all the Lost in the city of Warren a revelation of who You are and how big You are and let Your peace be tangible every time they hear about You. You know how to reach them. I ask You to move in their lives and draw them towards You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

Let’s pray for Warren just a little bit more: Father, I pray that there would be a boldness in the church with fresh ideas to reach the lost and a big heart for the lost with a strong sense of community to build the kingdom. In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

We will see you back here tomorrow to pray together again.