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A Prayer to Release Anxiety and Embrace TrustBy Chelsey DeMatteis Bible Reading"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." – Genesis 50:20 Listen or Read Below: Last fall was a big milestone for me in my walk with Jesus. A stronghold that I had struggled with for 10 years had finally been broken. I had incredible anxiety when it came to driving. It got to the point where I no longer would travel on the freeways but find a “back way” to get where I needed to go. While that worked for the most part, there were many ways this hindered my ability to go places. This got in the way of ministry opportunities, fun adventures with my children, and, for a time, seeing my family till they moved closer. For years I prayed and prayed that God would free me from this bondage, however, my situation kept not changing. Then, one morning, the Holy Spirit washed over me that I was setting an example of fear and anxiety over my life for my children. If that comes across as a condemning tone, please know it wasn’t. It was gentle, patient, and tender, just as our Heavenly Father speaks. Here, I’d spent the last seven years praying my children would never endure an anxiety like mine, yet I couldn’t release the anxiety I faced and trust God in my own life. So, on that beautiful fall morning, I called my mom and asked her to ride with me while I took her and my youngest to lunch. It was about a twelve-minute drive on the freeway, but it was the most freeing 12 minutes and a major breakthrough for my life, both presently and spiritually. It gave me a part of my life back that I had somewhat given dominion over to the enemy, though I didn’t do this intentionally I allowed him to use it as a way to warfare against me. Genesis 50:20 says, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” While me being able to drive on the freeway isn’t saving lives. It’s enriching the ones He has entrusted to me. It’s given me the ability to be there for people in a way I couldn’t be for a decade. It’s opened doors for me to travel for ministry and share the Word of God with hundreds of women. What the enemy meant for evil, God worked out for His good and His glory. Releasing my anxiety and trusting in the One who holds all my days showed me, yet again, the great gift we have in Jesus. He meets us right where we are and continues to offer us more and more freedom. New life in Christ means the rest of our days will be ones filled with releasing what gets in the way of Him, putting off what was in our former lives, and then getting to relish in the goodness He has for us. Oh, what a Savior! Sharing this story gets me excited all over again. The good news of the gospel changes everything. It changes our spiritual lives, of course, but because of that shift comes all the changes in the physical realm as well. Jesus went to the cross for every sin that hinders us, and anxiety has been one of those thorns in my side. Ultimately, my lack of trust in God to get me safely from point A to point B was my choice not to believe He would be good. Even if one of those drives was the end of my days here on earth, He would still be good, and He would still get the glory. Irrational fear and anxiety are among the many ways the enemy tries to shackle us. As believers, we serve the One true King. His ways, plans, and purposes for our lives will never be thwarted. We have to trust Him because He knows best. He does care for you and me, our families, and those we love. He is a good God, and He doesn’t want us stuck in strongholds. Lean into Jesus and be set free. Let’s Pray: Father, thank you for setting us free from the chains that hinder us. Convict my heart of the things in my life that have caused a stronghold. Help me see that you are there, waiting for me to turn to you with full trust and assurance that you are good and have good planned for me. I pray to release all anxiety to you in Jesus’ name, amen. Photo Credit: ©iStock/Getty Images Plus/Marsell Gorska Gautier Chelsey is the voice behind the Living with Less Podcast and author of the 52-week devotional More of Him, Less of Me: Living a Christ-centered Life in a Me-centered World. She writes devotions for Lifeway Women’s Journey Magazine, Crosswalk.com, and iBelieve.com. She also writes Bible reading plans for the YouVersion Bible App. Chelsey lives in Ohio with her husband and two children. You can connect with her on Instagram @chelseydematteis and at her website ChelseyDeMatteis.com. Related Resource: Remember God’s Enduring Love for You in this Guided Meditation on Psalm 100! This guided Christian meditation from Psalm 100 will help you experience and praise God for his unending love for you. Become aware of God's presence with you, and praise God for his loyal and enduring love from the beginning of time and into the future. Listen to every episode of the So Much More Podcast on LifeAudio.com, or subscribe on Apple or Spotify so you never miss an episode! Now that you’ve prayed, are you in need of someone to pray for YOU? Click the button below! The post A Prayer to Release Anxiety and Embrace Trust – Your Daily Prayer – October 7 appeared first on GodUpdates.

October 7, 2024 Divinely Provided Strength JAMIE C. FINN Lee en español "... My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9a (NIV)  Most nights, I limp to the post-bedtime finish line. The day is long and hard. I wake before dawn and then give-and-go nearly every moment till dark. Nighttime is a minefield for my kids - fear of isolation and abandonment, overstimulating hygiene routines, nighttime monsters, darkness and its frightening shadows, anxiety for the next day, and the terrifying quiet that invites intrusive thoughts. My exhaustion is bone deep - soul deep. The Apostle Paul surely must have known this level of weariness, but he saw it as an opportunity to experience God in a new way. It's not that Paul wanted to experience hardship; in fact, he "pleaded with the Lord to take it away" from him three times (2 Corinthians 12:8, NIV). But God reminded Paul of His own sufficient grace and perfect power. God used the weakness-inducing challenges of life to invite Paul to experience Him in a new, fulfilling and complete way: "But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Corinthians 12:9-10, NIV). I often pray away my exhaustion, asking God to take it away, to make it better: Don't keep me living at the edge of myself, Lord. I want a life that is free, full and abundant. And God answers me, based on His words to Paul, with an invitation: Boast in your weakness. Delight in your weakness. Rejoice in coming to the edge of yourself because it is there that I am found. Weakness is limitation, incapacity, inherent not-enoughness - part of our humanness. Because of our weakness, we can admit and glory in the fact that we are not God, and we can run to God to find all that we need. We boast in our incompleteness so that we can experience the glory of Christ's power resting upon us. This changes the paradigm for all of life, especially the hard parts. Insults, hardships, persecutions, difficulties and weaknesses - they don't need to be avoided, fought against or prayed away. Instead, they can be delighted in. Because anything that brings us more of God and His all-sufficient grace and perfect power is a gift. So today, I'm not only anticipating exhaustion, not only practicing awareness of my weakness, but I'm also preparing to meet strength - the kind of supernatural, divinely provided strength that's found only in my weakness. Because when I am weak, then I am strong in Him. Lord, thank You for loving me enough to bring me to the end of myself so that I may know You and Your sustaining strength. Help me to seek joy humbly in my weakness and to experience Your power giving me all that I need. In Jesus' Name, Amen. OUR FAVORITE THINGS You can find more gospel hope for Christian foster parents by picking up a copy of Jamie C. Finn's newest devotional, Filled: 60 Devotions for the Foster Parent's Heart. ENGAGE Connect with Jamie on Instagram! Enter to WIN your very own copy of Filled by Jamie C. Finn. To celebrate this book, Jamie's publisher will give away 5 copies! Enter to win by leaving a comment here. {We'll randomly select 5 winners and then notify each one in the comments section by Monday, October 14, 2024.} FOR DEEPER STUDY Isaiah 40:28-29, "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength" (ESV). What is something you've been praying away that is actually bringing you into a deeper dependence on God? How has God provided the sustaining strength you needed in the past? © 2024 by Jamie C. Finn. All rights reserved. Proverbs 31 MinistriesP.O. Box 3189 Matthews, NC 28106 www.Proverbs31.org The post Divinely Provided Strength – Encouragement for Today – October 7, 2024 appeared first on GodUpdates.

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