31 Aug 2014
Thoughts#3304
Don't worry about
anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget
to thank him for his answers.
Philippians 4:6
Hezekiah received the
letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the
Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
2 Kings 19:14
Ask, and it shall be
given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7
Thoughts on Today's
Verse...
Very often when we have a problem, we worry about it until we
are at our wit's end. Then when all else fails, we pray.
Hezekiah
gives us a good example to follow. In 2 Kings chapter 19, he received a letter
from a messenger of the King of Assyria, challenging him to surrender Jerusalem
or be destroyed. When Hezekiah read it, he went to the house of the Lord and
prayed, asking the Lord to save Jerusalem. Through the prophet Isaiah, God had
already promised deliverance. Hezekiah followed instructions. His prayer was
answered. Instead of worrying, Hezekiah saved his energy by turning to God
first.
Like
Hezekiah, we, too, can turn to God first and ask, rather than wasting all our
time and energy in worrying about the situation
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