Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.
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.”
John Lancaster Spaulding was an American author and poet. He was a prolific writer about Christian themes and education.
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.”
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.”
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
From Psalm 94:19: “When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul.”
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.
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.”
The art of living . . . is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other.
No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.
The thing that preserves a man from panic is his relationship to God.
From Proverbs 12:25: “Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.”
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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.”
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