I have felt myself being anxious about alot of things lately. So God brought me back to Phil. 4 where Paul instructs us to be anxious about nothing. I wasn't making much progress until I looked the verse up in another version; the Message. "Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life." That's powerful stuff. In todays vanacular, it would be "chill out in the faith."
Don't worry, be happy really can work when you allow God's peace and strength to calm your apprehension. The anxiousness comes in when we become impatient with God and force our own hand.
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It is so amazing to see how God will continue to speak to me through so many different ways. I have really been struggling with this exact topic of stress and worrying too much! I guess I'll just have to remember Paul's mentality of "Don't worry, Be Happy" :)
I needed that.Thanks!
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