Chosen Vessel

What are you feeling worried about right now? How has God been part of your process of working through your stress? Have faith and turn it over to God. I know you have considered every option a thousand times in your head, but have you really prayed? Have you stopped to consider God's character or the promises of his Word. What truth or truths about God might help you respond to stressful situations with rest and peace? Spend some time praying through the issues that are troubling you.

Parents, if you love your children, do all that lies in your power to train them up to a habit of prayer. Show them how to begin. Tell them what to say. Encourage them to persevere. Remind them if they become careless and slack about it. Let it not be your fault, at any rate, if they never call on the name of the Lord.___John Ryle

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Be careful not to dismiss your dream too quickly! It may be a vision of your future that God has dropped down inside your spirit.

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Think of it Before there was an earth or any part of creation, God was already looking into the future, anticipating your life. Jeremiah 29:11 declares "for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of PEACE, and not of EVIL, to give you an EXPECTED end.

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he Bible teaches that God had plans for you long before your parents conceived you. He was making plans for you even before you were formed in your mother's womb! In fact, God chose you before the first layers of the earth's foundation were laid (eph. 1:4)

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We must put on the mind of Christ and arm ourselves to do whatever God is saying, regardless of the challenge that may be involved.

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A self-under-control person takes ownership for what they can control in God's power.

• I can't change others but I can change myself
• I can't control certain situations, but I can control my attitude
• I can't look to others to keep my controls in place; I must really desire to control myself
• I can't depend on others to fix me; I am responsible for my own growth

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