Morning Prayer, Friday, September 4, 2026 - WORD(S) OF THE DAY: LIFE’S TROUBLES

Father God, it is hard sometimes to release what I can’t fix to You but I want to.  Help me to trust You enough to let it go.  Amen

“[6] Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.”  (Philippians 4:6-7 MSG)

“You may feel helpless about something today, but with God, you are never helpless. He is an ever-present help in the day of trouble! Call on Him and watch what He will do on your behalf!”  Trouble is the one thing you cannot block, hinder or delay.  It comes at the most inopportune time.  Just like the rain, we wake up one day and there it is, imposing itself upon our lives.  It does not always show up as a whammy.  Sometimes, it hits light.  We do not live our lives in fear of its arrival, but know that at some point in your life, you will come face to face with trouble.  No matter how powerful we may feel, how strong we are or how many degrees are under our belt, there are some afflictions and tribulations too big for us to handle.  You will need help from a higher power.  Not the police, the President or your neighbor.  There are some things they have the power to help with but those troubles that hit you hard in the gut, only Jesus can fix.  He said to us in Matthew 16, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”  We do not have to carry the heavy load of our troubles.  Walking the floor at night worried about how you will make ends meet, overwhelmed by the phone call from your doctor, or having just got laid off from work and can’t find a job is not really your problem.  God wants you to give it to Him.  He wants us to lay all of our burdens at His feet and then step back.  You can’t put it down and then before you walk off pick it back up.  Let it go.  “God is greater than whatever you face.”

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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  John 3:16