[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-1008":3},"OCTOBER 8\r\nDo not begin to be anxious (Phil. 4:6, P. B. V).\r\nNot a few Christians live in a state of unbroken anxiety, and\r\nothers fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily fife is a secret worth knowing. What is the\r\nuse of worrying.? It never made anybody strong, never helped\r\nanybody to do God's will; never made a way of escape for anyone out of perplexity. Worry spoils lives which would otherwise be useful\r\nand beautiful. Restlessness, anxiety, and care are absolutely\r\nforbidden by our Lord, who said: \"Take no thought\" that Is, no\r\nanxious thought \"saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink,\r\nor wherewithal shall we be clothed?\" He does not mean that we are not to take forethought and that our fife is to be without plan or\r\nmethod; but that we are not to worry about these things. People know you live in the realm of anxious care by the lines on your   face, the tones of your voice, the minor key in your fife, and the  lack of joy in your spirit Scale the heights of a fife abandoned to God, then you will look down on the clouds beneath your feet.    --Rev. Darlow Sargeant.\r\nIt is always weakness to be fretting and worrying, questioning and\r\nmistrusting. Can we gain anything by it? Do we not unfit ourselves    for action, and unhinge our minds for wise decision? We are sinking by our struggles when we might float by faith.\r\nOh, for grace to be quiet! Oh, to be still and know that Jehovah is\r\nGod! The Holy One of Israel must defend and deliver His own. We may be sure that every word of His will stand, though the mountains\r\nshould depart. He deserves to be confided in. Come, my soul, return unto thy rest and lean thy head upon the bosom of the Lord Jesus.\r\n--Selected\r\nPeace thy inmost soul shall fill Lying still!",1783499793924]