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Tuesday... We need to do each day what will make a positive difference.


Luke 12:25-26 (NLT), "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And if worry can't accomplish a little thing like that, what's the use of worrying over bigger things?"

Tuesday... We need to do each day what will make a positive difference.

I strive to bring each day a positive thought of encouragement from God's Word. Now some negative verses do have a positive thought behind them. Like Luke 12:25-26 (NLT) which asks, "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And if worry can't accomplish a little thing like that, what's the use of worrying over bigger things?"


Verse 21 says, "Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God." And from there verses 22-23 says, "Then turning to his disciples, Jesus said, 'That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life - whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing.'" Yes, there is a not in there. Yes, worry is a waste of time. Again he asks in verse verse 25, "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?" Can it?

We go to church here in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon at 4:00 pm and then on Sunday morning to a church in north San Diego County on TV. Now this past Sunday the speaker at North Coast Church was Ricky Jenkins who is the pastor of the Wellsprings Church in the Palm Springs area, and he said, "Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things that you cannot change but prayer is a conversation you have with God about things he can change." Such a great thought.

Yes, we need to do each day what will make a positive difference like pray instead of worry. When a worry comes into your mind make that an opportunity to stop and pray. Again, "Worry is a conversation you have with yourself about things that you cannot change but prayer is a conversation you have with God about things he can change." Worry is a waste of time unless it turns us to pray.

Verse 31 says, "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need." Worry is a waste of time unless it turns us to pray.

Again, verse 21, "Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God." and 22-23, "That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life - whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing." Verses 25-26, "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And if worry can't accomplish a little thing like that, what's the use of worrying over bigger things?" and verse 31, "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need."

Yes, we need to do each day what will make a positive difference. So let's choose connecting with God through prayer over worry. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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