Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down
Questions to recognize if you may be living with an anxious heart:
Are you rattled?
Do you often worry about things that are beyond your control?
Do you lose sleep over pressing issues?
Is it hard to turn off your mind?
Does the unknown intimidate you?
Do you often imagine the worst case scenario?
You are never in full
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Two biblical principles about the fear of losing control (worry)
We must take our
Worry never changes anything for
Matthew 6:22-31
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. 25 “For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27 And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31 Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’
We must fix our
Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
You can’t control your life and be a
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32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Fear of control is an opportunity for God to show us His
33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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