Today’s (February 18) selection from Beth Moore’s book Breaking Free Day by Day tells me I am in good company. If you missed my KT Paraphrasing post, click HERE.

Beth paraphrases too! Read and enjoy — well, it’s a negative paraphrase which should give us real incentive to go positive with it.

The peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

I decided to bring home the impact of this passage by paraphrasing it from a negative standpoint, turning this prescription for peace into a no-fail prescription for anxiety. My result looked like this:

“Do not be calm about anything, but in everything, by dwelling on it constantly and feeling picked on by God, with thoughts like, ‘And this is the thanks I get,’ present your aggravations to everyone you know but Him. And the acid in your stomach, which transcends all milk products, will cause you an ulcer, and the doctor bills will cause you a heart attack, and you will lose your mind.”

There you have it.

Good Company.

Praying for These   — Please remember we added Iris to our list yesterday.

Thank You, ABBA, for Beth and for the insights You have given her. I pray each of us will take Your Word to our hearts and live in Your Peace every day; refusing to give up the Peace You have provided for us.  Thank You for loving us and for receiving our petitions and our praise. We declare here and now You along are worthy of worship and praise. And we thank You for tending our prayer charges and our IDOK Troops. We have no doubt You will do right by each of them in JESUS Name. Amen and amen.

Until then + + +
Kathie