People fret over all kinds of issues, from safety and job security to election results. For many people, (and maybe you are one) have anxiety woven so tightly into the fabric of their day that they’ve learned to live with it.

We treat worry like a nonthreatening emotion when in fact it can be harmful. Anxiety clouds our thinking, divides our focus, and robs us of concentration. To complicate matters, the body can react to prolonged pressure on the psyche. Stress can manifest physically through tension headaches, elevated blood pressure, and even heart attacks.

Drifting through an exhausting life is not the Lord’s plan for us. Our challenge is to take anxious thoughts captive (2 Cor. 10:5) and replace them with God-pleasing ones by dwelling on that which is pure, good, and right.

The best way to remove stray threads of worry is to crowd them out with something positive. We do this by weaving Scripture into our mental grid instead. God has something to say about everything that concerns us. If we’re feeling weak or under-qualified, Philippians 4:13 assures us we “can do all things through Him who strengthens [us].” If we fear the salary won’t cover this month’s expenses, Matthew 6:31-32 reminds us not to be anxious, “for [our] heavenly Father knows that [we] need all these things.”

Jesus said worry adds nothing to our life (Matt. 6:27). In fact, we actually waste time and energy dwelling on concerns instead of affirming our trust in the Lord. We must choose to set our minds upon Him before anxiety leaves us feeling frayed.

Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 103:2-4
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

Romans 10:13
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

IT IS WELL. GOD BLESS

Wow!!! Yommyuk, I must really commend your relentless efforts in preaching the Gospel. Such a very long time and you are still at it, wow. May the good Lord bless all your efforts and reward you abundantly.

To say that I'm impressed is an understatement. Keep the fire burning brother.

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Matthew 6:26

skeendyke:
Wow!!! Yommyuk, I must really commend your relentless efforts in preaching the Gospel. Such a very long time and you are still at it, wow. May the good Lord bless all your efforts and reward you abundantly.

To say that I'm impressed is an understatement. Keep the fire burning brother.

Just doing my bit for the Kingdom.