PEACE AND COMFORT

Read Philippians 4:6-9

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

~James 5:16~

One evening as I was preparing supper for the family, a saucepan full of boiling milk poured out onto my right leg — from my knee down to my foot. I cried out and ran to put my pain-wracked leg under running water. When I remembered that I was scheduled to speak the very next day at church in my village and then three days later at a church in another town, negative and fearful thoughts and questions began to surface. How will I walk to speak at church tomorrow? Should I send a message to the town church and tell them I cannot come? These thoughts were joined by mental images of being in the hospital with a suspended leg. I was even thinking I might need to wear stockings all the time because of the big scar.

Then suddenly I realized that I was not listening to the Lord. So I switched to reading Bible verses that talk about healing and started to pray. At this point, I could feel the pain even deep inside the leg, and it was excruciating. Yet, by the time I finished praying, all the pain was gone and no scar was left on my leg.

When we face difficult situations, worry and fear quickly grip us. But they do not solve any problems. What peace and comfort prayer and faith in God provide!

Praying solves more problems than worrying does.

Charity M. Kiregyera(Kampala, Uganda)

Dear Lord, when we get into trouble, help us to look to you in faith and prayer instead of worrying. In Jesus’ name. Amen

Jesus is coming soon! Are you ready?