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Are you worried? Pray
By christon | November 23, 2011
Bring your vulnerabilities to the One who has the power to do something about them. When you wake up at night worried about your sister or your job or your little boy, pray. Train your mind to stop and redirect all the energy from worry, which is destructive, to prayer, which is constructive. Ask God to help, to intercede, to convict, to open a door, to work the kind of miraculous change only He can work.
When you’re overwhelmed by the frightening prospects of the future, pray. Express your apprehensions to the Lord. Turn them over to Him. While you’re waiting for a traffic light and you’re worrying about paying the bills, pray. Ask God to provide, then move on. God hears your prayers.
In an article in Focal Point, a publication of Denver Seminary, Paul Borden gave a good action suggestion for worriers. He recommended making a worry list. When you’re worried about something, write it down. Perhaps it’s the health of your aging mother, or replacing the refrigerator, or changing churches. Write it down. It will help you when you see that specific worry in black and white.
Next, turn that worry list into a prayer list. Pray about those things you are concerned about. Pray about them specifically. You’ll be pleased at how much that will help keep those worries from crippling and controlling you.
Then Borden suggested that you turn that prayer list into an action list. As God gives you insight and confidence, do something about those cares. Even if you only do a little, you’ll soon find that a paralyzing anxiety is replaced by a healthy, manageable concern for the responsibilities of life.
Are you worried? Pray. If you’ve done that, pray again. Use the energy of worry to pray instead.
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