Philippians 4:6—7: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God. Daniel 9:23

Beloved, can you accept that Christ takes very personally the unfair things that happen to you?

Instead, we feel like ashes, leftovers from a bygone fire, blown aimlessly by the wind. We feel like we're not even important enough to be forgotten, because we were never known in the first place.

What a relief to know that we'll never battle anything out of God's jurisdiction.

How could this congregation of Christians so unthinkingly absorb the world's fearful anxiety and hateful distrust—and so easily?

I don't believe that rejection, in and of itself, is a stronghold. It's our reaction to rejection that determines whether or not we become bound by it.

Something I always try to practice is be anxious for nothing, but let your request be known to God.

Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.

Cast your burden on the LORD, and He shall sustain you;

God doesn't want us carrying anything that is unnecessary because it will weigh us down and hinder what He has called us to do.

We all have human feelings, emotions, and thoughts. If we don't spend time with the Lord, we become dominated by them. But when we spend time with God, our unforgiveness, doubt, lust, hate, anxiety, and sadness becomes forgiveness, faith, purity, love, peace, and joy. When we delight ourselves in the Lord, He gives us the desires of our heart. When we commit our ways to the Lord and trust in Him, He brings our desires to pass as we pray about them (Psalm 37:4-5).