Pray About Everything… Worry About Nothing

Pastor Beth Mason – Medicine Hat Family Church

Consider what life must have been like for this single young woman, Mary, when the angel appeared to her and announced that she would conceive and give birth to the Saviour of the world.  Jesus came to bring peace to the earth and during the Christmas season when we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the enemy tries to bring stress, worry, fear, and anxiety into our lives through the need to decorate, bake, shop, wrap presents, clean, plan for guests, buy extra groceries, plan Christmas dinner, buy the “right” gift for everyone, etc.  Think about Phil 4:6-7 from the Amplified Bible which says, “do not fret or have anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.  And God’s peace (shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace) which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”

“Pray about everything… worry about nothing.”  Joyce Meyer