Apr. 14, 2009 - Prayer...
First of all we had a wonderful Easter, the service at church was great! And then we had a great day with family...although a bit sad since my grandma is still in the hospital and was very missed by all. School is going great, we took off Thursday, Friday and Monday for Easter, so back to work tomorrow. We are all ready to get back into our routine....to many days off and we have a very hard time getting back into everything.
So as for my title "prayer', I am feeling like I need some lately. I find myself really struggling with just "letting go", I have been really trying to not "be anxious" and let God take care of things, knowing full well that he can do SO MUCH BETTER THAN I COULD EVER DREAM OF! So why do I let myself stress about "stuff" and get so anxious? I keep giving these unspoken requests to God, then I am taking them back, by lettin myself worry about whatever the issue is. So that is my request tonight, please pray with/for me as I work on this. Without going into details, I just have so much on my mind lately and it really is ridiculous, knowing that there is NOTHING I can do, besides give these things to God, and wait.
Comments
Apr. 15, 2009 - You are not alone....
Posted by gnjlopez
<<<So why do I let myself stress about "stuff" and get so anxious?>>>
You allow yourself stress about stuff because you are only human. Don't beat yourself up....God knows our heart. Continue to pray and know that I am also praying with you.
Blessings,
JEN
Apr. 23, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by 2boysmom
In my greatest times of anxiety I search the scriptures. This has been a greater comfort to me than anything else, even praying. When I struggle with fear, I look up scriptures on fear. When I struggled with too much on my mind and felt like the devil kept whispering thoughts into my head, I looked up scriptures on having a sound mind (there are more than I ever knew).
The fact is - God wants us to have a sound mind, be self controlled, not fear, and trust in Him. When our minds are clouded with confusion (which the scripture says comes from the "enemy") then we know we are giving the devil a foothold.
As Joyce Meyers says "The Mind is a Battlefield" and that is where the trouble starts.
Don't let anxious thoughts and fear consume you. Read God's word and anytime an anxious thought begins to creep in, quote scripture out loud until that thought vanishes. Keep doing it until you are free from worry.
Of course, this is an ongoing practice that we all have to go through from time to time, but it works.
Have a blessed weekend.
