{"id":1557,"date":"2022-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/05\/16\/dont-worry-about-anything\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:00:00","slug":"dont-worry-about-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/05\/16\/dont-worry-about-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Worry About Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Don’t worry about anything…What?! That’s easier said than done, right? Worrying is like breathing in<\/strong> and breathing out<\/strong>. You’re not human if you’re not worrying. But how much does worry really add to our lives? Is worry robbing me of the peac<\/strong>e I long for? The peace that exceeds anything we can understand? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philippians 4:6-7<\/a> (NLT) says: “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at some recent statistics from a survey done on worrying in a book I read recently<\/a>… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. 40% of the things we worry about NEVER<\/strong> actually happen. <\/li>
  2. 30% of the things have already happened,<\/strong> and there is nothing we can do<\/strong> about it.  <\/li>
  3. 12% are needless worries about health<\/strong>. Plus, worrying actually counteracts the efforts we put into health. <\/li>
  4. 10% are really just petty, trivial, and miscellaneous i<\/strong>ssues. <\/li>
  5. 8% (if that) are genuine worries<\/strong>, of which HALF<\/strong> are something we can’t do anything about, and the other half we can only do a little about. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    That’s a lot of worrying. I think we’re doing the opposite<\/strong> of “Don’t worry about anything…” What do YOU think? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So, what do we do? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “\u2026Instead, pray about everything…”<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What’s your prayer life like? It’s so easy to fill our lives with busyness and worry<\/strong> that we forget to pray<\/a>. We forget to just talk to God<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here, the verse is encouraging us to pray about EVERYTHING<\/strong>. That’s a lot of praying! What if every time we worried, we prayed? What if we prayed about EVERYTHING<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “Tell God what you need.”<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When you pray, be specific about what you truly need. Be honest with yourself and be honest with God<\/strong>. He already knows our hearts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “And thank Him for all He’s done.”<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It’s so easy to become ungrateful people. Sometimes, I just stop in my tracks when I’m rambling on in my prayers and forget to be thankful. Writing a list of all the ways God provides<\/strong> for you today and has provided for you yesterday will help give you a grateful perspective.<\/strong> We have so much to be thankful for! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.”<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This verse provides a road map for us to experience the peace we long for. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Don’t worry. <\/li>
    2. Pray about everything. <\/li>
    3. Tell God what you need. <\/li>
    4. Thank Him for what He’s done. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Then you will experience the peace God wants us to experience; the peace that exceeds ANYTHING<\/strong> we can understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Thank you, Lord! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Art Garza
      Director of Broadcasting at STAR 99.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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