Everything by Prayer

“Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in
 everything by prayer and petition [definite requests] 

with thanksgiving continue to make your wants known to God.  And God’s peace [be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding, shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” 

               Philippians 4:6,7 Amplified

“Everything by Prayer”
What a great motto that would be for life.

       Everything by PRAYER; not by striving, not by using your own common sense or trying really hard to figure out your life and the lives of those around you, not by trying to stay in control and manipulating, and not by self-determination, but by prayer.  Everything! The big and the small details of life. 

      Lord, we want to be all yours: to truly surrender all our worry and anxiety, and in every circumstance and in everything, PRAY:  praying definite, specific requests, voicing our wants to You rather than just agonizing over them in our souls.

         Our worry does not accomplish a single positive outcome and only does us harm; it harms our faith and feeds our fears.  Somehow we think within ourselves that holding onto a situation in worry means that we still have some control over it, and letting it go seems almost ‘irresponsible’.  What lies!  The very lies that keep us bound to worry and anxiety.   

       

        Help us to let it go, to fling it upon You.  We are Your sheep, and sheep are not weight bearing animals. Right now, we give to You, our Great Shepherd, all that concerns us the most, and we ask You, in Your all-sufficient strength, to carry and accomplish it.

        
      In every circumstance and in everything by prayer, we let our requests made known to You: the big and the little- the little details that make up most of our days. 

           
      The ‘daily-ness’ of life is where we most often stumble and lay down the motto, “everything by  prayer”, and seem to take up another, “Be ye overwhelmed!”  Help us to take our thoughts captive and make them obedient to You.  The power is in prayer.
               
        With thanksgiving, Lord, we continue to make our wants made known to You.  Garrison and mount guard over our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

"..casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." 2 Peter 5:7