October
ANXIETY IS A RESULT OF envisioning the future without Me. So the
best defense against worry is staying in communication with Me. When
you turn your thoughts toward Me, you can think much more positively.
Remember to listen, as well as to speak, making your thoughts a
dialogue with Me.
If you must consider upcoming events, follow these rules: 1) Do not
linger in the future, because anxieties sprout up like mushrooms when
you wander there. 2) Remember the promise of My continual
Presence; include Me in any imagery that comes to mind. This mental
discipline does not come easily, because you are accustomed to
being god of your fantasies. However, the reality of My Presence with
you, now and forevermore, outshines any fantasy you could ever
imagine.
Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your
life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than
food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or
reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more
valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his
life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?”
LUKE 12 : 22 – 26
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and
in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
EPHESIANS 3 : 20 – 21