Day 9: Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Mar 9, 2017 | by Congregation Members | series: Lenten Devotionals 2017

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Day 9: Thursday, March 9, 2017 Philippians 4: 4-6

“Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone ‘the Lord is at hand’. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

So I looked through some old notes I took and came upon a section about prayer and how to pray. I came across Philippians 4:4-6, and it seems fitting with the many struggles I have encountered in my life. Some of these include:

¨ Impatience

¨ Inability to ask others to pray for me and with me

¨ Being humble and asking God for help, releasing the flesh

¨ Being thankful for what God has provided for me at all times

These are fitting verses for a common struggle I have, and I understand that struggle more now than I ever did before. What do the above verses mean to me? Be thankful to God in everything about my life, seek out fellowship in prayer for my struggles and the struggles of others, and let the Lord work in my life for His glory.

Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, I give You thanks for the bounties You have given me and pray that I can use Your love to glorify You in all ways. Humble me Father and fill my spirit with the desire to seek You out in all ways for myself and for others’ needs and desires. Continue to work in my life, steer me in the direction to become the son I am meant to be. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Contributed by a FUMC Killeen Parishioner