STOP WORRY

When your worry begins twisting out of control, you can catch it and turn it into a discussion with God. Try these four prayers to get started: 

1.     God, whatever the day brings, help me to focus on you. Guide me today and calm my worries.
Philippians 4:6-7 says: "Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart. And God's peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus" (GNTD).

2.     God, no matter how busy I am this week, remind me that you are the center of everything. In you I find my peace.
Galatians 2:20 says: “…so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me" (GNTD).

3.     God, I know you’re watching over me. I trust that you have great plans for me. Help me to stay in your Word and in relationship with you, so that you may pour happiness and hope into my heart, replacing any anxiety that’s there now.
Ephesians 3:19-21a says: “May you come to know his love—although it can never be fully known—and so be completely filled with the very nature of God. To him who by means of his power working in us is able to do so much more than we can ever ask for, or even think of: to God be the glory" (GNTD).

Thanks for the Gift

4.     When just thinking ahead (either for the next hour or the next year) turns into unending worry and compulsory worry, recall that God: the almighty one who can calm your worry, diffuse your anxiety and give you hope for your future.

Philippians 4:10-13: In my life in union with the Lord it is a great joy to me that after so long a time you once more had the chance of showing that you care for me. I don't mean that you had stopped caring for me you just had no chance to show it. ¹¹And I am not saying this because I feel neglected, for I have learned to be satisfied with what I have. ¹²I know what it is to be in need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learned this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little. ¹³I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.

Have a wonderful weekend!