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When you honestly evaluate your worries, you will find you are doing these: 1) Forgetting that God is your friend. The psalmist said, ‘The Lord is a friend to those who fear him’ (Psalm 25:14 NLT). Friendship with God is built by sharing your life’s experiences with Him – every activity, every conversation, every problem, and every thought. When you don’t, you end up unaware of His presence, oblivious to His voice, resistant to His correction, and out of sync with His timing. And when you live that way, there is one inevitable result – worry! 2) Taking on things you shouldn’t. Peter Marshall prayed: ‘Father…check our impulse to spread ourselves so thin that we’re exposed to fear and doubt, to the weariness and impatience that makes our tempers wear thin; [that] robs us of peace of mind; that makes skies grey when they should be blue; that stifles a song along the corridor of our hearts.’ You lose your song when you add the unnecessary pressure of maintaining your exterior image, increasing your pace to keep up with the Joneses, and trying to fix everybody or live up to their expectations. 3) Failing to understand the difference between the secular and the sacred. Either Jesus is Lord over every area of your life, or He is not Lord over any of it. We tell ourselves certain parts of our lives lie in the realm of God’s concern, but not others. The Bible says, ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight’ (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV). To live any other way is to live a worried life!
© 2024. Written by Bob and Debby Gass. Used by permission under licence from UCB International.
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1475 - You can rise above worry (1) Fri, 17 May 2024
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1474 - Are you hooked on pornography? Thu, 16 May 2024
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1473 - Raising great kids in a troubled world (5) Wed, 15 May 2024
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1472 - Raising great kids in a troubled world (4) Tue, 14 May 2024
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1471 - Raising great kids in a troubled world (3) Mon, 13 May 2024
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1470 - Raising great kids in a troubled world (2) Sun, 12 May 2024
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1469 - Raising great kids in a troubled world (1) Sat, 11 May 2024
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1468 - It’s not too small for God Fri, 10 May 2024
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1467 - The right attitude (2) Thu, 09 May 2024
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1466 - The right attitude (1) Wed, 08 May 2024
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1465 - Moving from failure to success (2) Tue, 07 May 2024
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1464 - Moving from failure to success (1) Mon, 06 May 2024
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1463 - Honour God, and He will honour you Sun, 05 May 2024
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1462 - Believe God for greater things Sat, 04 May 2024
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1461 - Tell the truth Fri, 03 May 2024
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1460 - Come out of that corner Thu, 02 May 2024
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1459 - Going forwards or going back Wed, 01 May 2024
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1458 - Live in the ‘here and now’ Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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1457 - To be conformed is to be creative Mon, 29 Apr 2024
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1456 - Be patient, God is at work Sun, 28 Apr 2024
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1455 - Don’t be so controlling! Sat, 27 Apr 2024
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1454 - Take time to wonder and worship Fri, 26 Apr 2024
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1453 - Be a disciple of Jesus Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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1452 - Make an impact Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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1451 - How to deal with difficult people Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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1450 - God knows what’s best for you Mon, 22 Apr 2024
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1449 - Choosing a leader Sun, 21 Apr 2024
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1448 - Muzzle your mouth! Sat, 20 Apr 2024
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1447 - Finding self-worth Fri, 19 Apr 2024
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