Transparent Christian Magazine

If you worry, you didn’t pray.
If you prayed, don’t worry.

Faith is the ability not to panic.

When we get tangled up in our problems, God wants us to be still.  God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.

As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday!

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  Philippians 4:6

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you
are worth more than many sparrows.  Luke 12:7

I sought the Lord, and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears. Psalm
34:4

You will keep me in perfect peace when my mind is set on you because I trust
in You. Isaiah 26:3

“If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you
put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the birds, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, careless in the care of God. And you count far more to him than birds.

Has anyone by fussing in front of the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? All this time and money wasted on fashion-do you think it makes that much difference? Instead of looking at the fashions, walk out into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They never primp or shop, but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them.

If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers-most of which are never even seen-don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality,
God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

Matthew 6:25-34 The Message

Mike Cowart Sr.