Listen: Chris Witts presents Morning Devotions.
In this segment over the years, I’ve spoken quite a deal about worry. Why do I keep coming back to it? Because it’s such a problem for so many people.
It’s hard to define what worry is, but many of us indulge in worry activity each day. We’re faced with so many decisions and pressures, we sometimes get caught up in anxious thoughts. I read recently where a doctor from John Hopkins University said: “We do not know why it is that worriers die sooner than non-worriers: but that is a fact”.
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Lent is the time of year when we are encouraged to give up something to remember what Christ gave up for us, but what do we gain in giving up? Well, Psalm 37:7 says: “Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.” To ‘be still’ means to be both quiet and still without movement. In other words surrender yourself to the LORD, but surrendering to God isn’t passive resignation, fatalism, or even an excuse for laziness. And it’s certainly not accepting the status quo. Actually, it may mean just the opposite. You may need to sacrifice yourself, your way of living in order to change what needs to be changed.
WORD OF THE DAY
Iceblink [ahys-blingk] (noun) a yellowish luminosity near the horizon or on the underside of a cloud, caused by the reflection of light from sea ice.
FILM FACTS
In Disney s Cinderella, why wasn t Cinderella able to complete her dress for the ball?
A. The mice and birds didn t allow her in the room because they were making it for her.
B. She wasn t allowed to go to the ball.
C. Her stepmother and stepsisters kept her busy.
D. Her stepmother locked the door to the room holding her dress.
(Answer at bottom of column)
NUMBER TO KNOW
Born to Die
Monday, December 21, 2020 @ 7:11 AM
The wise men gave Jesus the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Each of these three gifts corresponds to aspects of Jesus’s identity and redemptive mission in the world. The gold is symbolic of Jesus’s royalty. Jesus wasn’t the King of an earthly empire, but the King of the cosmos. He is the one through whom and by whom all things were created (Colossians 1:6). He is the preeminent One; the Son of God. He is the Prince of Peace and King of kings. It is by his word that the universe is upheld (Hebrews 1:3).