Text: _Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God._ (Phil. 4:6 NET)
Anxiety and fear will be multiplied as YOU THINK about the problem. The Peace of God will overflow in your heart as you think about His Word for the situation. Take a moment and meditate on the verses in this study, and let them rule your mind all day today. The secret to overcoming worry every day is trusting that God cares for you and that He will take care of whatever is causing you anxiety- “casting all your cares on him because he cares for you”. (1 Pet. 5:7 NET). You cast your cares on Him by trusting Him to make a way out. This is God’s design for you to overcome worry every day. As you trust God, the impossible happens. When you trust, you cease worrying. There is no need for you and God to “worry” about the same thing. You trust and let Him “worry about” what to do with the situation! Of course we know that God does not worry – He solves the issues. Let Him!
Remember that the key to overcoming worry is to DO what God has said. It is not just doing it mechanically but in trust and faith. No matter how long you have prayed or studied the scriptures, nothing happens until you DO the Word. God’s Word to overcome worry is not some tedious commandments like fasting for 40 days that you will think I just cannot do that today. It is simple - “Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God”. (Phil. 4:6 NET). Do His Word today and see that it works. Rather than worry where that money will come from, just do what this scripture says - refuse to worry, pray about it and thank God for hearing you. It sounds too simplistic, right? Yes, because God is the One doing it and not you!
Pray: Ask the Spirit to help you keep your mind on God rather than that financial need, pain, relationship crises etc.