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Can you really have a merry
Christmas even when you have a thousand and one pressures bearing down
on you? Yes, you can—and you don't have to leave the country to do it.
No matter how intense or how trivial the problems are that you're facing
right now, you can have the most wonderful, most carefree Christmas
season you've ever had in your life; and you can start having it today.
As
a believer, you're probably familiar with that scripture that says to
be anxious for nothing. But, have you ever taken it seriously enough to
put it into action? There's a good chance you haven't because you
haven't understood just how dangerous those anxieties are. You probably
haven't realized that they're a deadly part of the devil's strategy
against you.
That's right. Worry is one of the chief weapons of
his warfare. If he can get you to worry about them, he can use the
financial pressures and family pressures and scheduling problems that
are just a "normal" part of everyday life to weigh you down and drag you
into more trouble than you think possible.
Medical science tells
us that a high percentage of the people hospitalized in the U.S.A. are
there with ailments caused by worry and tension. Yet, a great many
believers worry without even thinking about it. They'll worry about
being too short or too skinny. They'll stew over this and that and not
even realize they've been sinning.
"Sinning, Brother Copeland?"
Yes!
For the born-again, Spirit-filled believer who owns a Bible—worrying is
a sin. So, even if the Christmas cards are late and 45 people are
coming to your house for Christmas dinner, don't worry.
Instead,
do what the Bible says to do. Pray, making your request known to
God...and praise Him for the answer. Then you'll have peace.
Now, go ahead and have a truly merry Christmas, you carefree thing you!
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