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Facing Towards God
Hey this is Steve and welcome back to another segment of Press On. This is called Facing Towards God.
Apostle Paul in a letter to the church in Phillipi writes this:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Paul lays out a course to counter abnormal levels of anxiety…it’s...
Through the intentional acts of prayer, petition, and requests all packaged in an attitude of thanksgiving Paul is instructing the readers of his letter how to correct their worrisome behavior. At first glance the word prayer seems obvious as to what it means...but it’s always about context.
In this context the word prayer means to “face toward, a believers approach towards God.” Think about it for second. When we worry our full attention is towards the current crisis...it consumes us, our time, our thoughts, our energy, our hearts and minds. It separates and distracts us. In fact the biblical definition of worry is to divide
On September 11th of 2001 we were at a theme park in Florida when the events of that terrible day began to unfold. We were given small amounts of information then told to evacuate the park. Needless to say there was a great deal of confusion and fright in the eyes of many..including my own.
In my head I was making escape and survival plans...that’s all I could think about. Then someone in the group said “let’s pray.” What those words did was to redirect our approach from ourselves, our solutions, our worries to God. Prayer causes us to turn and face him and in doing so away from ourselves.
There is much more to this story but for today when you start to worry, the kind that enslaves you, stop, turn and face God. Look at Him in the eyes (spiritually) and ask Him to help by receiving your anxious thoughts and then rebuilding a trust in him rather than yourself.
Remember this isn’t magic it’s hard work by relearning a new behavior by trusting in the one who created us. Jesus.
This is Steve and until we meet again, Press On.
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Hey this is Steve and welcome back to another segment of Press On. This is called Facing Towards God.
Apostle Paul in a letter to the church in Phillipi writes this:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Paul lays out a course to counter abnormal levels of anxiety…it’s...
Through the intentional acts of prayer, petition, and requests all packaged in an attitude of thanksgiving Paul is instructing the readers of his letter how to correct their worrisome behavior. At first glance the word prayer seems obvious as to what it means...but it’s always about context.
In this context the word prayer means to “face toward, a believers approach towards God.” Think about it for second. When we worry our full attention is towards the current crisis...it consumes us, our time, our thoughts, our energy, our hearts and minds. It separates and distracts us. In fact the biblical definition of worry is to divide
On September 11th of 2001 we were at a theme park in Florida when the events of that terrible day began to unfold. We were given small amounts of information then told to evacuate the park. Needless to say there was a great deal of confusion and fright in the eyes of many..including my own.
In my head I was making escape and survival plans...that’s all I could think about. Then someone in the group said “let’s pray.” What those words did was to redirect our approach from ourselves, our solutions, our worries to God. Prayer causes us to turn and face him and in doing so away from ourselves.
There is much more to this story but for today when you start to worry, the kind that enslaves you, stop, turn and face God. Look at Him in the eyes (spiritually) and ask Him to help by receiving your anxious thoughts and then rebuilding a trust in him rather than yourself.
Remember this isn’t magic it’s hard work by relearning a new behavior by trusting in the one who created us. Jesus.
This is Steve and until we meet again, Press On.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.