INSTEAD OF WORRYING, PRAY                                 Philippians 4:1-7

Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (v6)

One Bible teacher writes: ‘The pressures of our times have many of us caught in a web of the most acceptable, yet energy – draining sin in the Christian family worry.  Chances are good you woke up this morning stepped out of bed, and before doing anything, strapped on your well-worn backpack of anxiety. You started the day not with a prayer on your mind, but loaded down by worry. What a dreadful habit! Jesus challenged His followers with the question, “Who of you by being worried can add  a single hour to his life? (Matthew 6:27)  Worry solves nothing. It creates unrest and uneasiness, and if left unchecked it can churn our waves of anxiety into a perfect storm of emotions. And a little imagination and creativity, and our worst fears come to life in Technicolor brilliance. The stress from worry drains our energy and preoccupies our minds, stripping us of our peace… We fret over big things and little things. Some of us have a laundry list of concerns that feed our addiction to worry. It’s very unattractive addiction, yet we somehow manage to make a joke out of it. I’ve heard people say with a smile, “If I don’t have something to worry about, I get worried about not having something to worry about. “Anxiety has become a favourite past time we love to have. And worse, we’re passing it on to our children. As they see the worry on our faces and hear it from our lips, we’re monitoring them in the art of anxiety. “So what’s the answer? Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything (TWFT)

PRAYER LINE: Father, You prayed for Peter, please pray for me. Please strengthen my faith.

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Feeding your faith helps stave your fears