STOP! DROP & PRAY!

I slid out of the bed onto my cherrywood scuffed floors. Ugh, my back and my mind were on two different pages but I made myself stand straight up, even though it felt like a ton of bricks had hit me. I quietly staggered down my narrow whitewall hallway, not to wake my family, I just could not shake this horrible headache. Yes, my head was spinning and my nerves were all over the place. “A pandemic,” I thought as I made my way downstairs. I wanted to cry out to God but I could not wrap my head around what was actually happening in our world. I quickly nestled myself on my dark brown couch, turned on the CNN news channel and sat for hours watching every detail of the news unfold. I could literally feel the anguish and fear that was beginning to sweep across our nation through my television. I began to think, my God, what is going on? Are we going to make it out of this alive? Then It dawned on me that I should “STOP, DROP and PRAY..¨ I wanted answers from God, so I had to get a grip and halt my fears to listen to him. With the uncertainty of what was to come next, I did what many individuals would have done. I froze in my tracks.

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).

Fear and doubt are weapons the devil uses to keep us in a cycle of praying ineffective prayers. He desires for us to stay busy in our pool of emotions, to side track us from seeing whatś coming down the road.. In that moment I recalled to my mind Philippians 4 verses 6-7 ¨¨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). This world will present us with many things that we will need to pray into. Things that concern our families, our careers, our world, even our ministries.

In times such as this you must first STOP, acknowledge that you are struggling to deal with the crisis. Recall to mind the Word of God concerning the situation. Next, you will need to DROP down to your knees in humble submission to seek out Godś help and wisdom. Lastly, PRAY like never before for God to work on your behalf.. In 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. God's ear is attentive to his people, so stay focused and don't stop praying.