Sometimes I have questioned the Apostle Paul and his exhortations to enter into Christ’s ministry of suffering. But if I am honest, my trials and difficulties have always strengthened my faith and my worship of God. From Servants of Grace…………
https://servantsofgrace.org/suffering-our-greatest-teacher-to-stronger-faith/
Anxiety is a fact of life in this world — even back in Jesus’s day! But we don’t have to stay in a state of constant anxiety. Here is some help from Crosswalk.com………..
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/things-youre-doing-that-are-keeping-you-anxious.html
I know that I should give my worries to Jesus, and I really do try to do that, but I often just wind up reaching back for my worries a few minutes or hours later afterwards! How to stop? This article doesn’t exactly answer that hard question, but it does exhort us to not look to take those worries away from Jesus once they are handed over! From Core Christianity……………..
We all have occasion to worry. That is why the Bible is full of admonitions to not worry! But how? Here are some thoughts along those lines from ReasonableTheology.org……………………….
How can we find peace when our minds and our bodies are racked with anxiety and worry? With Christ, there is a way! Here is a takeaway for me: “Peace comes amidst overwhelming anxiety when we take our eyes off the earthly circumstances and put them on the eternal things.” From Pastor Kelly………….
I am a nervous person, so I need to keep these in my back pocket at all times! Helpful info from Crossway………….
One of the reasons I get anxious is either because I think there is something I must do to handle a situation, or because I don’t know what to do. But for the Christian, the very best thing we can do with our anxiety is to pray. When you have poured out your concerns to the God of the universe, and then trust your heavenly Father to attend to your concerns, what more can a child of God do? From Christian Crier……………
Yes! Absolutely, yes!! From Randy Alcorn…………………….
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