Is anxiety interfering with your work or sleep? You do not need to be a victim of worry. Reduced to its simplest form, what is worry? It is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental habit.<\/p>\n
You were not born with the worry habit. You acquired it. And because you can change any habit and any acquired attitude, you can cast worry from your mind. Use these five faith-filled steps to help you find peace and comfort by truly giving your worries to God.<\/p>\n
1. Write the source of your worry on paper. <\/strong> 2. Relieve your stress.\u00a0 <\/strong> 3. Search the Bible for passages that express great faith. <\/strong> 4.\u00a0 Trust and believe in God with all your heart<\/strong>. 5.\u00a0 Surrender your anxiety. <\/strong> Then tear up the paper and let the pieces fall into the waste-basket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is anxiety interfering with your work or sleep? You do not need to be a victim of worry. Reduced to its simplest form, what is worry? It is simply an unhealthy and destructive mental habit. You were not born with the worry habit. You acquired it. And because you can change any habit and any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":31021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[391],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[629],"class_list":["post-24766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayers-for-strength"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nGive specific details. A fear that may seem enormous bottled up in your mind can assume quite normal proportions when put in words before you.<\/p>\n
\nSit in a chair and breathe deeply, slowly. Find comfort in John 14:27: “I am leaving you with a gift\u2014peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” Continue this exercise until you\u2019re sure the tension has drained out of you.<\/p>\n
\nCommit these to memory. Say them over and over, until they take hold of you, as they will, until finally they completely dominate your thinking. Example: \u201cI sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears\u201d (Psalm 34:4). Another is: I will fear no evil: for thou art with me\u201d (Psalm 23:4).<\/p>\n
\nDraw from Proverbs 3:5: \u201cTrust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.\u201d Regardless of what goes wrong, you must believe that God loves you and cares what happens to you.<\/p>\n
\nTake the sheet of paper with your fear written on it. Ask God to help you.\u00a0 Begin: \u201cLord, I have brought this matter to Your attention. I am leaving it in Your hands.\u00a0 I\u00a0 know now that with your help I can release my worry and anxiety. I put my trust in You.\u201d<\/p>\n