Bible Verses for Worry
I mean, how awesome is this quote!
”worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but it gets you nowhere.”
So good and so true. And we all fall into the downward cycle of worry at different moments in our life. Some more than others. And worry comes in all forms! So we found 5 simples passages to recite and memorize when different worries come a knockin’.
When you feel anxious
Phillipeans 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
When this world feels like too much
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
For a troubled heart
Psalm 55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
Worry of the unknown
Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Worry and fear
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
What We Look For
What we look forward is what we will see. What we see determines our perspective. And our perspective becomes our reality.
Our blog is full of book perspectives right now! But I love what I’ve been reading. I heard Lysa TerKeurst speak on her new book Forgiving What I Cannot Forget two years ago at the Thrive conference and have been dying to read it. I finally got it when I saw it in the Hobby Lobby check out line. Impulse buy… yes please. I started reading it and this section spoke to me and I wanted to share it. It uses an analogy we’ve heard so many times on finding hope.
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The possibility of hope is what I want to look for so that hope is what I will see. A when I start to notice it, that noticing has a multiplying effect.
Have you ever decided you liked a certain kind of car, and though you haven’t noticed it very much before, the next time you’re out driving you look for it? And when you look for it, that same car seems to be everywhere. You see two in your neighborhood, another at the stoplight beside you, and then several more when you pull into a parking lot of where you’re going. How can it be that you never noticed it, and then suddenly this car seems to be everywhere? It’s not that those cars just appear on that day. Chances are they’ve been zipping around you for our while… but if you are looking for them, you probably aren’t noticing them.
That’s the multiplying effect of making the choice to look for some thing, you’ll start to see it more and more. In the case of hope, the more you see evidence of it, the more assured you’ll be that it’s there. When your sure it’s there, a new perspective forms. And even better, the new perspective becomes a new reality.
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You can substitute Hope with love or kindness, or any word. The more you look, the more you see, the more you emulate and do.
What we look forward is what we will see. What we see determines our perspective. And our perspective becomes our reality.
Glorious Future Quote
When we realize the glorious future that awaits us, we will find the strength to face our present difficulties.
I just love that quote. Absolutely love it. Our hope is not in this world but the one yet to come. These hardships, trials and difficulties as hard and taxing as they are, are but a moment in time. Our eternity last forever and that is where the glory will be.
So keep going my friend. You got this. Live life out for your forever. Because that future glory is going to be like no other.
Oh, For A Touch Of Flame
"A touch of enthusiasm would be the salvation of many a man's religion. Some Christians are good enough people: they are like wax candles, but they are not lighted. Oh, for a touch of flame! Then would they scatter light, and thus become of service to their families. 'Let them shout for joy.'...
there are times and places where a glorious outburst of enthusiastic joy would quicken life in all around. The ungodly are not half so restrained in their blasphemy as we are in our praise."
-Charles Spurgeoun
I thought this quote rather interesting and convicting on so many levels. It made me think about my enthusiasm for my religion. My faith. Do I get as excited about God, church, or a saved soul as I do about earthly things... like let's say, a sport? or an amazon package that came? of the season premier that is about to start?
Be honest.
What is the temperature of your faith? Are we just wax waiting to be lit or are we the flame that lights up the room! More yet, are we the candle that tips over to light another?!
Reminders to Be The Light
Jesus is our light that dispels darkness. And if Jesus is light and he lives in us. We are a beacon for others who don’t know Jesus. We are to be the light that draws them in to the Savior.
Be Reminded and Show Whose You Are