Avoid "Overthinking" by "Thinking Over" God's Word Instead. Believe Jesus Christ. And experience His peace. -Stacie Ruth

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Welcome! We are so glad you've joined us to pray. As you know, PrayingPals.org offers a way for thousands of Christians

worldwide to gather online and pray for prayer requests.In addition to church, it's a great way to get extra prayer. Please share about it with your friends. Take part in our weekly prayer time in three easy-to-apply steps:

1) Focus on God's Word.

2) Pray for all prayer requests.

3) Send in your prayer request or praise report.

Click here to listen to "The Praying Pals Radio Program (with Stacie Ruth)."

Or tune in on the radio! KCHE 92.1 FM airs it every Sunday. Listen as you get ready for church. And remember to pray for your pastor today.

Devotional

"Take God's Word For It" is a weekly devotional by Stacie Ruth Stoelting Hudzinski.

Avoid "Overthinking" by "Thinking Over" God's Word Instead. Believe Jesus Christ. And experience His peace. Today. -Stacie Ruth

Do you feel like you're at the end of your rope and about to fall off of a mountain? Remember, fellow believers, that you don't rely on your rope: God is holding you. You'll have a mountaintop experience with the Lord again. Trust Him. Enjoy Psalm 118:13 with me: "I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me."

At times when we face obstacles, our tendencies can be to overthink our problems and overthink until we make problems. Rather than overthink, choose to think over Scripture.

Dwell on the Word and He will help you dwell in this world without being conformed to it.

Creative people can tend to overthink -especially if not busy with creative projects. Use your God-given creativity to create things for His glory. And think over how to bless others instead of allowing yourself to overthink.

As Zig Ziglar, a Christian motivational speaker, aptly said, "Overthinking [is] the art of creating problems that don't exist."

Ephesians 2:10 reminds us that we are God's workmanship and that He has prepared good works for us, as born again believers, to do. Exciting!

"For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above-spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

So let's be "thinking over" that Scripture instead of overthinking. Amen?

-Stacie Ruth for Praying Pals (www.PrayingPals.org)

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Prayer Tip of the Week

Ask the Lord to guide you about how to use what He's given you. And, instead of overthinking, think over His Word and how to share what He's given you so that others will know Him. If you're in a nursing home, encourage the people around you and those who work there. Pray for them. Be kind to them. If you're a teenager working at a grocery store, work for the Lord and use whatever talent He's given you. Start a project to encourage others and point them to Him. Every life stage includes opportunities to give Him praise and share His love. You're never too young or too old.

Weekly Prayer

"Lord, we praise You still even as we face everyday pressures. We thank You for the gifts we received, but, Lord, we want You most! We repent of our sins such as excluding You from our daily lives. Please open our eyes and our hearts whenever we open Your Word. Grant us grace to give grace, please. Heal us so that we enjoy You most and bring glory to You. We pray for all members of Praying Pals, too, and ask for Your best for each prayer request sent. We hand over everything to You. Thank You, Jesus, for coming so that we can come close to You for eternity. We love You. In Jesus' Name, Amen."

Prayer Requests

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If you have a praise report, please send it by e-mail

instead at info@prayingpals.org.