Max Lucado Daily Devotional 1 July 2021 – Be Anxious for Nothing
Max Lucado Daily Devotional 1 July 2021, Thursday Message
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Topic: Be Anxious for Nothing
Anxiety is a meteor shower of what-ifs. The sky is falling, and it’s falling disproportionately on you. Anxiety ain’t fun!
One would think Christians would be exempt from anxiety, but we’re not. It’s enough to make us wonder if the apostle Paul was out of touch with reality when he wrote in Philippians 4:6, “Be anxious for nothing.” Is that what he meant? Not exactly. He wrote the phrase in the present active tense, implying an ongoing state. As if to say: “Don’t let anything in life leave you perpetually breathless and in angst.”
Yes, the presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional. Could you use some calm? Of course you could. We all could. We all could use a word of comfort. And God is ready to give it.
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Max Lucado Daily Devotional 1 July 2021 Thursday Message. Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and best-selling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his message is for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, and the discouraged: God loves you; let him