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This week, our prayers and Scripture readings each day will focus on asking God for peace. Invite a friend to pray with you by sending them this link.

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VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God… casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.” (1 Peter 5:6–7)

The very essence of anxiety is the imagining that we are wiser than God and the thrusting of ourselves into his place to do for him that which we dream he either cannot or will not do. We attempt to think of that which we fancy he will forget or we labor to take upon ourselves that burden which he either is not able or willing to carry for us.

Now, this impertinence, this presumption—what if I say this audacity—has in it the very nature of sin. To attempt to know better than God, to snatch from his hand the helm by which he guides affairs, to attempt to correct his charts, to remap his providence—this indeed is such an impertinence that as the guardian Scripture pushes back the intruder it demands of him, “Are you also one of the King’s counsel? What do you do here? He took no counsel with you when He made the heavens and the earth and balanced the clouds, and stretched out the skies like a tent to dwell in. How dare you come here and offer advice to perfect wisdom and aid to omnipotent strength?” Often anxious worry is the very nature of sin.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Pacoh of Laos.

In this tribe of 25,000 people, there are zero Christians now. There has never been a Christian among them. They will not ever enjoy Christ unless missionaries come to them.

Pray that missionaries would go to the Pacoh of Laos.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Real Hope for All Your Fears and Anxiety

This week, we are praying that God will fill us with peace.. Unfortunately, our lives are often more filled with FEAR than peace. We won’t grow past our fears unless we address them with solid biblical truth.

That’s the point of Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest by Ed Welch. This book offers a biblical perspective on fear and worry in general and then zooms in to offer biblical hope for some of the most common fears (e.g., fear of money, fear of people, fear of death, etc.).

Reading Running Scared will give you more confidence in God and his Word that will help you deal with your own fears and to share the hope of the Bible with others too.

Buy Running Scared:

• Amazon (Paperback, Kindle, or audiobook editions)

• ChristianBook (Paperback edition)