Jerry Bridges Quote

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The great antidote to anxiety is to come to God in prayer.  We are to pray about everything.  Nothing is too big for Him to handle, and nothing is too small to escape His attention.

From Philippians 4:6-7:  “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 your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Jerry Bridges (1929-2016) was an American Christian author and speaker.  In his autobiography, God Took Me by the Hand, Jerry said, “When I was seventeen years old, it seemed as if God took me by the hand and said, ‘Come with Me.’  And for more than sixty-five years, God has, as it were, continued to hold my hand and lead me in the path He has marked out for me.” 

Father’s Caring Breath

From 1 Peter 5:6-7:  “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”

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Our world will sometimes

Turn upside down

Filled with anxiety

Peace faces meltdown

 

Life’s heavy anchors

Worry weighs down

Sinking ever deeper

Hope lifts at sundown

 

Father sees darkness

Brings forth His grace

Therefore, humble ourselves

Peace comes to embrace

 

Father’s mercy beams

Light’s bold outlook

Always caring for us

Hope’s warming chinook

 

Father’s caring breath

Calls us to cast

Every despondent thought

Faith always steadfast

 

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From Psalm 94:19:  “When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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God personally cares about the things that worry us.  You are His personal concern.  He cares about those aching thoughts that are like heavy anchors dragging you down.

From 1 Peter 5:6-7:  “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 

Charles Swindoll Quote

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How wonderful that God personally cares about those things that worry us and prey upon our thoughts.  Not a single nagging, aching, worrisome, stomach-tensing, blood-pressure-raising thought escapes His notice.

From 1 Peter 5:6-7:  “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”

Charles Spurgeon Quote

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Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

From 1 Peter 5:6-7:  “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time.  Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”