Kathi Pelton: "Will You Enter the Breakthrough Challenge?"

Be Anxious for Nothing

Many years ago, the Lord began to teach me how to deal with the circumstances that hit all of our lives, which can produce stress, anxiety and cause our thoughts to be fixed on the things of Earth. He challenged me to "take Him at His Word!" Then He led me to Philippians 4:6-7 which says, "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" (Philippians 4:6-7).

He then broke it down for me in order to teach me how to live from Heaven to Earth rather than Earth to Heaven. First, He highlighted the words, "Be anxious for nothing." My thought at the time was, "Wow, thanks for starting with the hard part!"

The Peace of God That Surpasses All Understanding

Then He said that the key for being anxious for nothing was in verse 7, which reads, "...and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

He showed me a vision of His peace being placed over my heart (soul) and mind (thoughts). Since anxiety is rooted in our thoughts and emotions first, causing our bodies to react, I realized how much sense this made. I began to pray each day, sometimes numerous times a day, for His peace to guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.

Through Prayer and Supplication...

Then I went before my Prince of Peace and through prayer and supplication made my requests known. Supplication is merely the act of humble and earnest asking. Some definitions of supplication call it "begging" but I discovered that in the absence of anxiety and the presence of peace, it remained a humble posture of asking. Begging is attached to anxiety and doubt that the one receiving the request will respond.

"...With Thanksgiving!"

Lastly and most importantly, "...with thanksgiving!" We don't enter into thanksgiving only when we see results, but we enter into thanksgiving by faith and because He is worthy of all of our thanks. We finish our personal prayer for breakthrough in both peace and praise. It's like a holy sandwich...prayer and supplication held together by peace and thanksgiving!

These two verses transformed my life! Discovering a life of peace in a world of trials and tribulations changed everything. It didn't happen overnight, but as I took the Lord's challenge to "take Him at His Word" it caused His Word to become a part of who I am and it rewired my emotions and my mind to be aligned with peace, prayer, and thanksgiving.

Every time I find myself feeling the weight of circumstances or experiencing the rumblings of anxious thoughts I go back to praying daily for His peace to be the guard upon my heart and mind. Then I take my requests humbly before Him and spend the rest of my time in thanks and praise. I honestly see amazing breakthroughs in my life and around my life because I have taken Him at His Word and it never comes back void!

Today will you enter into this breakthrough challenge? Will you take Him at His Word and apply it to your life until it becomes a part of who you are? If you do you will mark this day as the day that you began to live in peace and continual breakthrough. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Kathi Pelton
Inscribe Ministries
Email: jkpelton@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.inscribeministries.com

Jeffrey and Kathi Pelton live in the greater Portland, Oregon area. Jeffrey is a writer, teacher and book editor. Kathi is an author and prophetic voice to the Church. They walk with nations and individuals to see God's original intent fulfilled. Their ministry, Inscribe Ministries, was founded upon the verse from Habakkuk 2:2 that says, "Then the LORD answered me and said: 'Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.'"

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