An anxious and a worried mind is not normal. Do you know what is normal for a Believer? Peace. That’s our normal atmosphere that we’re supposed to live in. The peace that surpasses understanding. Watch Joyce explain.
Joyce Meyer, one of the world’s leading practical Bible teachers and New York Times best-selling author, shares encouragement and advice to help us enjoy our daily lives.
With a heart to share Christ and love people, Joyce’s messages help people in all walks of life to grow in their faith, learn to study the Bible, find healing from the wounds of life, get answers to life’s questions and encounter the love of God in a powerful way.
an anxious and a worried mind is not
normal
do you know what is normal for a
believer peace
oh that’s our normal atmosphere that is
the atmosphere
of heaven that’s the atmosphere that we
are supposed to live in
the spiritual atmosphere is the peace
that passes
understanding
why are we going to pray if we’re going
to just keep worrying
it’s just silly it’s just wasted effort
if you’re going to worry don’t pray
when i try to teach i’m not worrying
i finally got to the point where i
thought you know lord this is useless
for me to teach i’m not worrying because
people are going to worry anyway i heard
all the messages i’m not wearing and i
wore it anyway
so i finally just kind of got down with
god and study and i said
when are people going to stop worrying
and here’s what i’ve learned
i can stand here and tell you i’m blue
in the face not to worry but you know
what you’re going to worry
until you finally realize that
it’s useless it doesn’t help your
problem
doesn’t solve your problem all it is is
us saying
i think if i think about this long
enough and worry about it long enough
i can figure something out
that’s not going to work sometimes i
bring a rocking chair i didn’t bring
that this weekend
worry is like rocking in a rocking chair
all day it keeps you busy but gets you
nowhere
at the end of the day you’ll still be in
the exact same spot just
going back and forth back and forth back
and forth
and i would say that worry is a pretty
huge problem for a large majority of
people
it is do i ever worry yeah there’s
sometimes when i do but i tell you i
don’t
nothing like what i used to my goodness
god has brought me a long way
i’m not where i need to be but thank god
i’m not where i used to be
i’m making progress and you can get to
the point
where you don’t worry all you have to do
when you’re worried is just think about
something else go get your mind on
something
else get your mind on something good and
just say out loud this is not going to
help me it’s not going to do me any good
it’s useless it’s a waste of time how
many of you believe that you’re more
valuable to god than a bird
you believe that you’re more valuable to
god than a bird well we know what
matthew 6 says
look at the birds
they don’t worry they’re not frustrated
they’re not concerned about anything and
yet god keeps feeding them
are you not worth much more
than a bird why waste your time worrying
about something that’s going on in your
life today because tomorrow you’re going
to have something new that you can think
about
if you want to so let’s pray and let’s
really believe
when we pray that god hears us and
that’s one of the things that has really
helped me i really have come to the
point where i truly believe when i pray
that god hears me and that he will do
what needs to be done about it in his
timing
and if it’s not my timing i’m going to
have to be happy with it anyway because
my
upset is not going to make god hurry
come on