{"id":2440,"date":"2014-03-04T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2014-03-04T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T18:28:11","slug":"march-4-devotional-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/?p=2440","title":{"rendered":"March 4 Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I love that song sung many years ago by Bobby McFerrin, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. \u00a0It has a catchy little tune, nice beat and the message is clear. However, Mr.McFerrin doesn’t really tell us\u00a0how<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to truly not have any worries. \u00a0He tells us in the song the\u00a0results<\/span>\u00a0of worrying…troubles double, face will frown and, in general, you’ll bring everybody down. \u00a0But beyond that, there are no answers to our worrying problem. \u00a0The Bible has a couple of real worry-defeating techniques: give your worries and problems to God and be thankful in all things. \u00a0Read on for inspiration and go from being a “worrier” to a “warrior”! \u00a0Peace and Love, Scott
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Refuse To Worry!<\/strong>\u00a0In this world there will always be something enticing you to worry. That is the nature of a fallen, fractured planet:Things are not as they should be. So the temptation to be anxious is constantly with you, trying to worm its way into your mind. The best defense is\u00a0continual communication with Me,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0richly seasoned with thanksgiving.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Awareness of My Presence fills your mind with Light and Peace, leaving no room for fear. This awareness lifts you up above your circumstances, enabling you to see problems from My perspective. Live close to Me! Together we can keep the wolves of worry at bay.<\/p>\n

Luke 12: 25-26 “Who of you, by worrying, can add a single hour to his life? Since you can not do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Be joyful always, pray continually;\u00a0give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ\u00a0Jesus.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span>Daily Devotional “Jesus\u00a0Calling” from Sarah Young<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Friends, I love that song sung many years ago by Bobby McFerrin, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. \u00a0It has a catchy little tune, nice beat and the message is clear. However, Mr.McFerrin doesn’t really tell us\u00a0how\u00a0to truly not have any … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drscottferrell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}