Stronger than sticks and stones

Lesson #3: Our greatest weapon: the Word

I don't often beg but when it came to my Bible Study leader sharing her experience with the power of the Word, I nearly groveled.

She emailed her story the other night. Knowing that she'd be happy for others to learn from it, I am reprinting it below:

Recently it pleased me to see the effect of the power of God's Word. . .

While meeting with a girlfriend the other day, she began to become 'unglued'. Strange because she is usually a strong and bubbly lady, but all of a sudden her face began to look flushed and as if she was about to cry.  

. . .I asked her 'what's wrong'? She exploded... explaining with so much emotion that up til now she had been fine following the rules and dealing with all this Ebola craziness, but after receiving another anxious call from a relative abroad, and  hearing the dismal report from the head of the CDC upon his quick visit to Liberia, she began to lose hope and become fearful. What was she to do now with a young child, all borders closed and nearly no flight options out of the country? 

Understanding her concerns, but being more at peace with the situation, I asked a man of God in our company to pray with her. He prayed a powerful prayer of grace etc, but that did not seem to totally calm her down, for she began to share her fears almost at the "Amen".  

While trying to talk through her "Buts" and "what ifs", my spirit led me to just open the Bible and share a direct message from Philippians 4:6-7 which says: 

 "Do not be anxious about anything (not even this Ebola or the minimal flights). but in everything (even this current situation), by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God".  I then told her when and after you do this, replay/meditate on it  (vs 7) says "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus".  

Immediately her face lit  up with a smile. Her entire expression changed and I could see the relief, and that was the end of the conversation. We said our good byes and she walked away.  

All first efforts to console her failed, it was only by the power of the Word that did it in an instant!  

For me, it was amazing to see how powerful the Word of God is to transform and restore.  

We must use it often and share it more.  

Be blessed!

What an example of a powerful truth.