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Pray About Your Problems

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  Philippians 4:6

 

What do you do when you have a problem? Do you worry? Most of us do. But does worrying solve the problem? No, it does not. So if worry doesn't solve the problem, why worry?

The Bible's account about Hezekiah gives us an idea for problem solving: "Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth" (2 Kings 19:14-14).

Instead of turning to God as a first resource, we so often turn to Him as a last resort. Follow Hezekiah's formula. Turn to God first with your problems, for only He is capable of handling them in a way that will be in your best interest--and according to His perfect will.

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.