Do not be anxious about anything, 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 in Christ Jesus.
Every action is good. Do your best in everything
Wholehearted effort. It means pouring all your heart and energy into one place.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Korean roller skating speed men’s national team lost the gold medal after being defeated during the baptism ceremony. Seeing this, I thought that people should do their best and live humbly until the end. When people get used to it and think they have won, they relax. This caused great disappointment not only to himself but also to the people of our country. This is because you are exempt from military service and have to go to the military, and your colleagues must also serve military service. I did not receive a pension, and I disappointed the people of my country because I lost the gold medal when I was competing with Japan.
The team consists of In-ho Choi (Nonsan City Hall), Gwang-ho Choi (Daegu City Hall), and Cheol-won Jeong (Andong City Hall). I led until the last lap. Jeong Cheol-won (Andong City Hall) celebrated prematurely by raising his arms in front of the finish line, but the Taiwanese athlete who came behind him did not give up until the end and stuck out his left foot to give him the gold medal. The Korean record is 4 minutes 5.702 seconds, second place, and the first place Taiwanese record is 4 minutes 5.692 seconds. It’s only 0.01 seconds difference. He mistakenly thought he had won and held a Taegeukgi ceremony, but when the official record came out late, he was unable to hide his embarrassment and left the stadium in tears without responding to requests for coverage. After confirming the results, Korean officials were unable to raise any objections to the referee and were only embarrassed. In the comments: If you fuss, you’ll die, you have to do your best until the end. Comment 2: You stupid bastard is obsessed with the fantasy of winning! Serve in the military for 18 months and live up to your expectations! Comment 3: Refusal of exemption, deep meaning to fulfill military service obligation,,, military-colored hair,, and that too with colleagues,,,
1 Corinthians 10:12-13 So then he who thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to man. But God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also help you escape. He will make a way so that you may be able to bear it.
Don’t worry about anything.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
The Black Death in 1350 caused so much damage that one-third of humanity lost their lives.
At the end of the 15th century, many people died from smallpox.
In 1641, the plague led to the fall of China’s Ming Dynasty.
Due to the coronavirus that began in 2019, the number of confirmed cases was 690,261,873, the number of deaths was 6,906,476, and the number of deaths in Korea was 35,812, as of September 2023.
It is a disease that causes fear of dying from the Black Death, smallpox, plague, or coronavirus. Even if you have difficulty digesting food, it is a disease that raises concerns that it may be stomach or colon cancer. The disease of anxiety that begins to build up in my heart is the disease of worry. Worrying prevents you from sleeping, which is also the cause of mental illness, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and gastrointestinal diseases.
Quote from columnist Lee Han-gyu
On Long Park Hill, Colorado, USA, there is the remains of a large fallen tree. Botanists say this tree may be about 400 years old. If so, this tree was a small sapling when Columbus first landed in San Salvador, and it was only a small tree when 102 Puritans from England landed in Plymouth aboard the Mayflower. Since then, as time has passed, it has grown steadily. However, this tree did not grow smoothly for 400 years. In the meantime, the tree was struck by lightning 40 times, suffered from repeated avalanches and storms every year, and withstood these adverse conditions well each time. Even when all the nearby trees fell, this tree persevered and grew into a huge tree. But I collapsed.
This is a tree that never seemed like it would fall. One day, this giant tree, which survived despite all hardships, collapsed without strength. This tree was felled by lowly beetles. The beetles peeled off the bark and burrowed into the tree, little by little, until the huge 400-year-old tree fell. It was destroyed from within, not by the external environment but by small bugs.
Countless people have died due to coronavirus. But the number of deaths is 35,000. Everyone, the number of deaths in our country is 372,939 last year. JoongAng Ilbo editorial writer Kang Joo-an wrote this in an opinion piece. There are more suicides than people who died from COVID-19 in the past three years. The number of suicide deaths in Korea per year is 13,352. Over the past three years, approximately 40,000 people have died from coronavirus, which means that the number of deaths from coronavirus is greater than 35,000.
It means that you die because you are unable to keep the thoughts of your heart and worry about yourself.
Some pastors say worry appears 365 times in the Bible, while others say it appears 550 times. It is used six times in just one chapter of Matthew 6. What are you concerned about? Most people are concerned about food, clothing, and shelter issues in the future.
The Greek etymology of worry is used to mean to split the heart or split the heart. It is what separates and splits our faith in our thoughts about God.
In the animal kingdom, when lions, cheetahs, and tigers catch animals, they always bite their necks and suffocate them. If you bite somewhere else, it may run away. This bastard, the devil, bites the windpipe of our thoughts and makes us give up on ourselves and prevent us from praying on our own.
Martin Luther said, “Birds may pass over your head, but they must not make a nest on your head.” ‘We cannot avoid the many evil thoughts that pass through our minds every day, but they stay in our minds. ‘Don’t let them build a nest’
In the thoughts of worry, hatred, anger, fear, nervousness, anxiety, and worry come. If we guard our heart, we can block all the evil things that come from worry.
Guarding the thoughts of your heart means a watchman guarding a castle. It’s like a guard guarding a country. Guarding your heart and thoughts is the source of life.
Beginner drivers cannot hear what is happening next to them, which makes driving uneasy. However, those who have been driving for a long time can hear everything said next to them and drive comfortably. The same goes for practicing godliness. If we practice reverence a lot in our religious life, we can hear God’s voice and live in peace.
To guard your heart and mind
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
You must first guard your heart.
One day, two boys went to visit the old man with a small bird, promising that they would make a fool of him. Will the bird die while a boy holds it in his hand? I asked, “Shall I buy it?” The old man answered. Baby, if I tell you that the bird is alive, you will spread your hand and kill it, and if I say the opposite, I will open your hand and send the bird flying away. Therefore, the bird’s life is in my hands.
Proverbs 23:7 For as a great man thinketh in his heart, so is he: and though he bid thee eat and drink, his heart is not with thee.
Chairman Kim Jong-un dined with former President Moon Jae-in. They would have served the highest quality food. President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un had a meal. We are eating together, but if our thoughts are elsewhere, the meal is meaningless.
Apostle Paul is physically imprisoned. But his thoughts and heart were not confined. If even his thoughts had been trapped, he would have committed suicide while thinking about death. A healthy mind and great faith led Apostle Paul to become an apostle of the gospel.
However, no matter how good the Garden of Eden is, if you have negative and arrogant thoughts there, you will become corrupted. The devil took advantage of that gap.
Genesis 2:17 You shall not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day you eat from it you will surely die.
Genesis 3:3 As for the fruit of the tree that was in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’
The devil makes us doubt our hearts. The devil is similar but speaks differently.
Guard your thoughts.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
The Pygmalion effect refers to a phenomenon in which people’s beliefs, expectations, and predictions actually occur. This is an experiment conducted in 1964 by Robert Rosenthal, an educational psychologist at Harvard University in the United States. Rosenthal and Ford conducted a psychological experiment at university where students were tested on rats to find a maze. The group where the students raised the rats with care had good results, as expected, while the group where the students had neglected the rats had poor results. I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be the same between teachers and students?’
The name Pygmalion comes from Pygmalion in Greek mythology. Pygmalion came to truly love the female statue he had sculpted, and Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, who watched him, granted his wish and her statue became a person.
The placebo effect refers to the psychological effect that follows the form of administration rather than the ingredients of the drug. A placebo is a medicine that is administered to a patient by disguising it as if it contains a specific active ingredient. It is effective by taking advantage of human psychology. If you take the medicine after hearing, “If you take this medicine for a month, you will lose your appetite and lose weight quickly, my friend and I also saw great results,” then you will truly lose weight.
Proverbs 18:14 A man’s spirit is strong enough to overcome his illness, but if the spirit is broken, who can raise it up?
Those who were cured said that those who have faith are saved by hearing faith and confessing it with their mouth. We can overcome the disease by hearing the word of God and believing it with our hearts. If you think you can’t get treatment, you can’t get it. You will receive treatment only if you think you are being treated.
You don’t know how important the thoughts of your heart are.
Last year, I went on a trip to Cheorwon. If you go there, you will find Cheorwon Plain and Baekmagoji. This is where the ROK Army and the Chinese Army fought to take over this hill. It is a fierce battlefield that has changed owners as many as 24 times. The Battle of Baekma Gogi, which lasted for 10 days, resulted in approximately 300,000 artillery shells, 14,000 casualties, and the disintegration of two Chinese divisions.
Proverbs 16:32-33 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who controls his spirit is better than he who takes a city. The lot casts a lot, but the decisions belong to the LORD.
Conclusion
– Guarding your heart and mind means praying and asking without worrying.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Ecclesiastes 7:13. Look at what God is doing. Who can make straight what God has made crooked? 14. Rejoice in the days of prosperity and look back in the days of trouble. God puts these two things together so that a person can plan his future. He did not allow them to know.
He said that he gave both things in parallel.
Ecclesiastes 3:2 2. A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pull up what is planted; 3. a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; 4. a time to cry and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance… 8. A time to love and a time to hate, a time to war and a time to be peace.
In life, we don’t know when to laugh, when to cry, when to be at war, or when to be at peace. It is said that God gave these two things in parallel. But one thing is clear. It is about guarding your heart and mind and praying. This is the bottom line.
We can’t make our height one letter taller just because we’re worried. White hair cannot become black just because we worry. Material problems or disease problems will not be solved just because we worry. When will it be resolved? It’s about praying when you’re worried and not worrying.
When a shower of disease, a shower of material goods, or a shower of children comes, just as we take shelter under the eaves of the rain, we must take shelter under the eaves of prayer and under the eaves of Seongwon Full Gospel church.
