In His Presence..........

Philippians 4:6 ‘ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.’ NKJV. I remember reading this verse of scripture earlier this year and it was as if a light bulb lit up in my head. ‘So why have I been anxious all these years?’ I thought 'if my life is in alignment with God’s will and I have thanked God genuinely from my heart and made my request known to him I need to trust that God is in control'. Before then, I had spent time with God and prayed all night about some issues but I was still anxious about some things after all the prayers. Aren’t we all like this? When we have bills to pay and don’t know where the money will come from, when we have unmet targets and the deadline is coming soon, unmet expectations, for women feeling we are not pretty enough or slim enough, for the

The oxford dictionary describes servitude as the state of being a slave or being completely subject to someone more powerful. Matthew 20:28 ‘ For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many ." Philippians 2; 6-7 ‘ He existed in the form of God, yet he gave no thought to seizing equality with God as his supreme prize.   Instead he emptied himself of his outward glory by reducing himself to the form of a lowly servant. He became human!’ TPT. Jesus Christ who is God came to serve humanity, he who is God and whom the universe serves came to serve. Psalm 119; 89-91. If God who is King of all kings, the one who controls everything, the one who has a covenant with night and day, and established the laws of heaven and earth, the one who commands the morning, the one who is our Lord and teacher came to serve, then my dear sisters and brothers who are we that we cannot serve? A man that cannot serve God and humanity can never