Anxiety
🧵 Peace when you are anxious
Eight places to turn when worry crowds in — each a small step from fear towards trust.
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Philippians 4:6-7
Pray about everything, thank him in advance, and let his peace stand guard over your mind.
6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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1 Peter 5:7
Not "try to cope" but "cast" — hand the weight over, because he cares.
7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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3
Matthew 6:25-27
Worry adds nothing to your life; the birds are fed, and you matter far more to your Father.
25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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Matthew 6:33-34
Aim at God’s kingdom first, and take tomorrow one day at a time.
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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Isaiah 26:3
Perfect peace belongs to the mind that stays fixed on him.
3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
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John 14:27
Christ’s peace is a gift — not the world’s kind that depends on circumstances.
27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
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7
Psalms 94:18-19
When your foot slips and your thoughts multiply, his comfort brings joy to your soul.
18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. 19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
