We tend to be anxious about many things in our lives. We worry about our jobs, our families, our bank accounts. We wonder if we have offended people by saying the wrong things or not saying anything. We worry about the weather and whether WVU will make a bowl game.
Unfortunately we don’t like to admit that we worry about anything at all. So we tend to be defensive about our anxieties, fighting against revealing them to other people and sometimes even refusing to admit them to ourselves. If we can’t admit them to ourselves, it is difficult to raise them with God. Then again, once we do admit them, we sometimes obsess about them to the point that we think about little else.
So our prayers about our anxieties need to have three parts. We need to pray that God helps us to recognize honestly our fears. Then we need God to restrain us so that we do not place too much energy worrying them. And, of course, we need to pray for God’s help in overcoming our fears.
Today's Prayer Prompt: Pray for God to help you name your anxieties so that you and He can work on calming them.
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