“Rejoice in the Lord always. It will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, 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” (Philippians 4:6-7.
Rejoice.
Do not be anxious about anything, instead in every situation, pray with thanksgiving.
And the peace of God will guard your hearts and minds.
The Apostle Paul penned these words over two thousand years ago. Science has finally developed enough to support what Christians have known for two thousand years: anxiety and peace cannot coexist, negative outlook and thanksgiving cannot coexist.
Seriously. They literally cannot coexist. When our brains are giving thanks, complaints and anxiety cannot be present. One necessarily cancels out the other.
Carey Nieuwhof is an author, coach, and one of the leading thinkers about the church. Nieuwhof recently wrote in one of his posts, “The people who complain the most often give the least, and the people give the most (almost) never complain.”
Yup. Science proves it. And the Bible has told us so for over two thousand years.
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