Don’t 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’s wholeness,
everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s
wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
(Philippians 4:4-7, The Message)
Monday, November 6, 2017
the god of peace
Opening
Prayer: Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel
in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you’re on their side,
working with them and not against them. Help them see that the Master is about
to arrive. He could show up any minute!
Scripture: Philippians 4:4-11
Journal: Where in your life are you experiencing the peace of God? Where in your life are you experiencing the
God of peace? What is the
difference? How does prayer enter into
that?
Reflection:
When we give our anxieties to God in prayer,
we know the peace of God. And
when we meditate on the beauty and wonder and excellence of God, we know the God
of peace. Knowing the God of peace,
it would seem, can lead us to knowing the peace of God. And we get to know the God of peace by fixing
our hearts and souls and minds—and prayers—on him. When we focus on God, and the character and
nature of God, rather than on our own anxieties, it does something really good
within us. It makes us the best version
of ourselves. It allows us to live and
love in trust and freedom, rather than scrambling and controlling and grasping
and jockeying. Christ becomes the center
of our universe, not our worries.
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do
best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable,
authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the
ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned
from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes
everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.
(Philippians 4:8-9, The Message)
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