13/05/2023

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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Oppong Boateng, a Young Evangelism Officer at Cliff College, Derbyshire Good Morning. Over the last three years, it’s easy to see why so many people are feeling physically & mentally fatigued. We’ve dealt with a once in a generation pandemic- COVID-19. There is war in Europe, and the cost-of-living crisis is still impacting millions of people. If I am completely honest, there are times when I feel like watching the news is too much for me as it adds to my worries. I try to spend time reading the Bible regularly as I finds this helps to give me peace and perspective. I remember a particular day, I found myself drowning in worry. I turned to a passage in the Bible and came across this question that Jesus poses to His listeners and felt like it was being directed personally to me: ‘Can any one of you by worrying, add a single hour to your life?’ This question really grabbed a hold of me, I have never found that worrying helped the situation, in fact, worrying usually made my situations worse. I read on a little further and this jumped out at me: “Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” As I sat in silence, I felt that I had gained a secret game plan for dealing with all the worries that I had... take one day at a time, trusting in God to give me all that I need for that day. God, I pray for all who are listening to this, especially for those who are dealing with stress and anxiety. Please help provide comfort and relief and help guide us through all our worries. Amen.