Topic: Reflecting Heaven in Your Home [Part 4]
Dear Reader,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It is my pleasure to welcome you to a wonderful time of encounter with the Word of God today. I started this teaching by explaining to you God’s design for your marriage. We also saw how you can bring down heaven in your home by the instrument of joy and praise. Last week, I told you that your marriage is not designed for shame. This week, I want you to Free Your Home from Anxiety.
It is important for you to know that man has not always been plagued with anxiety. In the beginning, it was not. The fall of man brought about fear, uncertainty and anxiety. When God created man, he was created fearless and was to exercise dominion. The Word of God says: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion… (Genesis 1:26).
The enemy always uses anxiety to steal your joy, kill your peace and destroy your confidence in God. The Word of God says: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). But as he comes, Jesus also comes to supply more joy, more peace and more confidence in God! Anxiety-causing situations will arise, but what it takes to overcome them is already deposited within you. This is because Jesus has given you power and authority over all situations and circumstances! Since anxiety has its roots in the spiritual, its remedy is also spiritual. To overcome anxiety, you need the following keys:
The Word of God
The Word of God being the Manufacturer’s (God) manual is the all-time cure for anxiety. Jesus, our example, was able to judge situations, circumstances and crisis by the Words that were spoken to Him by the Father. He was able to deal with everything that would have caused anxiety. The Word of God says: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). This scripture can be paraphrased thus, “And you shall know what to do when anxiety wants to strike and the knowledge of what to do, when applied, shall make you free from anxiety’s grip!”
Most often, anxiety arises as a result of concern about what to eat, drink or wear, but God has made provision in His Word on how to receive them. For instance, the Word of God says: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things (Matthew 6:31-32). You may be wondering about what your family will eat and wear for Christmas; the Lord says you should not think about them. When anxiety knocks on the door of your heart, speak the Word of God that is relevant to that situation.
“After my first child in May 1981, I went from church to church in search of another child, not really knowing the Word of God. I was anxious, desperate, worried and lacked good relationship with people. This almost caused me my marriage, because my husband did not believe.
However, I got another baby in December 1991, (10 years later), and I thought peace had come to the home. However, it was short-lived until I started coming to this church in July 1994. When I gave my life to Christ in October 1994, I started hearing God’s Word in a different way I had never heard it before! I started seeing changes in my home and in the relationship between my husband and I. Peace, joy, harmony and great love were restored to me.
However, I was still anxious for another child, since my baby was now over four years old. Then I read the book, ‘You Can Overcome Anxiety’, and anxiety died in me, because I now know God is able to do all things. My husband, by His grace, is now a man, husband and father. There is now peace in my home, office and my relationship with other people is excellent.” –Hart, C. I.
Put Your Trust in God
Anxiety does not increase anyone; it only reduces your confidence in God. If you lose confidence in the One who is for you, you open the door for all that are against you. The Word of God says: Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward (Hebrews 10:35). Confidence is an uncompromising trust in God. Be confident that He will supply all your needs as He has promised in Philippians 4:19; His Word does not fail. Since you know the origin of the truth that Jesus has dealt with it, you should be confident that you have what it takes to be absolutely free from it.
Cast Your Cares on Him
I want you to know that God cares about all your needs as a family. He wants to reach out to you, but there is a door which must be unlocked if you want Him to intervene in your situation. Cast all your cares upon Him. The Word of God says: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you (1 Peter 5:7). The way to cast your cares on Him is through prayer. The Word of God says: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not (Jeremiah 33:3). When you call out in prayer, God answers with a solution to the anxiety- causing situation. Prayer is necessary for anxiety to be uprooted.
To be free from anxiety, you need Jesus. This is done by confessing your sins and accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. If you are ready for this new birth experience, please say this prayer:
“Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today, I am a sinner. I cannot help myself. Forgive me my sins, cleanse me with Your blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living God. I believe You died for me and on the third day, You rose that I might be justified. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Make me a child of God today. Thank You for accepting me into Your Kingdom.”
Congratulations! You are now born again! All-round rest and peace are guaranteed you, in Jesus’ Name. Call or write, and share your testimonies with me through contact@faithoyedepo.org; OR 07026385437 and 08141320204.
For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores:
Marriage Covenant
Making Marriage Work
Building A Successful Home
Success in Marriage (Co-Authored).
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