Hey friends and welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our reading titled Revelation and Reassurance was written by John Blaze.

Baby gender reveals in 2019 were dramatic.

In July, a video showed a car emitting blue smoke to indicate

it's a boy. In September, a crop duster plane in Texas dumped hundreds of gallons of pink water

to announce, it's a girl. There was another reveal, though, that uncovered significant things

about the world these children will grow up in. At the conclusion of 2019,

U-Version revealed that the most shared, highlighted, and bookmarked verse of the year on its online

and mobile Bible app was Philippians chapter 4, verse 6. Do not be anxious about anything.

But in every situation, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving,

present your requests to God. That's quite the revelation. People are anxious about many things

these days, from the needs of our sons and daughters, to the myriad ways family and friends are

divided, to natural catastrophes and wars.

But in the middle of all these worries, the good news is that many people cling to a verse

that says, do not be anxious about anything.

Furthermore, those same people encourage others as well as themselves to present every request

to God in every situation.

The mindset that doesn't ignore but faces life's anxieties is one of Thanksgiving.

The verse that didn't make the verse of the year, but follows it, is,

And the Peace of God will guard your hearts and your

minds in Christ Jesus. That's quite the reassurance.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Philippians chapter 4 verses 1 through 7.

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