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How to Truly be Anxious for NOTHING and live Fulfilled

Prayer Relay Movement September 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

How to Truly be Anxious for NOTHING and live Fulfilled

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HOW TO TRULY BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING AND BE FULFILLED

The apostle Paul encouraged us to “be anxious for nothing.” This becomes more and more relevant with each day that goes by. We know that this generation is under more pressure than any generation that has come before it. The irony is that this is the only generation that has lived without a world war in close to half a century!

Our luxuries are the greatest source of pressure. Things such as social media keep up flooded with information that we may or may not need. This means that we are worried about things that would have gone unknown in previous generations. We know what is happening on every corner of the globe as it happens. And of course, bad news sells. 

Children across the world are anxious about not being enough. Social media constantly sets standards that are unreachable. By contrast, life is hard. There are those who do not know where their next meal will come from or where they will spend the night. 

How can one be anxious for nothing when there is so much to be anxious about? As I write this, the UK and Europe as a whole are anxious about the outcome of Brexit. The US is anxious about the crisis in leadership that is there today. Some thinking that the wrong leader is in power, and others thinking that there are inadequate leaders working with the president.

There is a vacuum to be filled. The apostle Paul had his own worries and anxieties to be mindful of. He didn’t know if his day would end in prison or with his head on a chopping block. In my opinion, the stakes were higher in his time. 

Anxiety is a telling sign that you are holding on to what you should have placed in God’s hands. If you have placed it in his CAPABLE hands, you have no reason to be anxious, it is well. To be uncertain about anything is never an easy place to be. We find peace in knowing when are how things will occur. One of the lessons I have learned about myself and had to improve on is anxiety.

I am more anxious when I do not have enough money. There is a concern just looming over my head in those times. I am also very anxious when I think that I may disappoint someone. Deep down I am a people pleaser. There are upsides and downsides to this. The upside is that I genuinely care for others. The downside is that I may let people take advantage of me for longer than I should.

Take a moment to reflect on these things for your self. What are you most anxious about?

Philippians 4:6-7 New King James Version (NKJV)

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Paul’s Strategy

Being anxious for nothing is stopping yourself from playing tug-of-war with God. When you have handed him your cares and burdens, you stop trying to play fixer it the background. Is there anything too hard for the Lord? While Abram was promised to be a father of the nation, he and his wife decided to play fixer by giving him his maidservant to lay with. 

God’s ways are higher than ours. Stop trying to be God! Let go and let God deal with things. 

stop trying to be God

Prayer and Supplication 

Prayer is a great place to lay down your burdens into God’s capable hands. It is a great place to let go of anxiety. A supplication is a petition, to humbly and earnestly ask God for something. Do we know what the bible says about earnest prayer? 

James 5:16 TLB Version

Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man has great power and wonderful results.

Other versions say such prayer “availeth much”

With Thanksgiving

I will always contend that gratitude is the purest form of prayer. When you are thankful, the Lord is moved. Do we know his words of the leper who returned? 

Luke 17

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?

No matter what you are going through, be grateful for each day. We have blessings that we take for granted, that others would die to attain. In fact, we have freedoms that others are dying for. There are people losing their lives for their faith, yet we often take for granted the fact that we can pray, praise and worship freely. 

Let Your Requests Be Known to God

One of the most interesting conversations that were ever recorded of Jesus was the one that he had with Bartimaeus. The scripture tells us that this man was blind. When he heard that Jesus was passing by, he would not be silenced. He called unto the master, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”[Mark 10]

What I found amusing was Jesus’ response to him. He answered, “What can I do for you?” This man was clearly blind. He had to be led through the crowd to get to Jesus. Yet, Jesus’ question was a valid one. What can I do for you? We are never to pray amiss. There is power in targeted prayer. Prayers that are tailored to specific situations bear results. Whatever it is that you are anxious about, Jesus is asking you as well, “What can I do for you?”

Some may respond “he knows my needs”. Although this is true, he is not just willy nilly touching situations that you have not explicitly asked him to touch. I encourage you to be bold, to explicit in your requests to God. Let your requests be known to God. 

The Peace of God will Guard Your Heart

We are assured that having done all of this, the peace of God that surpassed all understanding will guard our hearts. Where there is peace, you cannot be anxious for anything. When your mind is at peace, anxiety is absent.

Meditate on His Word

As a bonus pointer, let us highlight the importance of meditating on the word of God. We know that faith is a direct result of hearing the word of God. There is no faith that is birthed away from the word of God. Read the scripture and meditate on it. When you meditate on the word of God you are reminded of who he is and what he can do.

How can you remain anxious, when you are aware of his love and of his power?

Christian Quotes About being Anxious

I am no longer anxious about anything

“I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where He places me, or how. That is rather for Him to consider than for me; for in the easiest positions He must give me His grace, and in the most difficult, His grace is sufficient.”- Hudson Taylor

Hudson Taylor’s quote is profound. He refuses to be anxious, based on realising that Christ is faithful to see his will come to pass. The Bible tells us that he watches over his word to perform it. Not a single word that he utters returns to him void. He sends his word out, and it performs that which it is sent out to perform.

Hudson goes on to say that God’s will is his will. When you tie your will to God’s you know that it shall come to pass. No matter when or how it will come to pass. We are blessed to be carriers of the grace of God. His grace is sufficient, no matter the situation. There is no reason to allow anxiety to settle in.

the beginning of anxiety is the end of faith

“The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.”- George Mueller

What an amazing quote by George Mueller. We have already mentioned this, faith and anxiety cannot co-exist. One will eat at the other one until there is only one left. Where there is true faith, anxiety has to come to an end.

“Whenever a man allows himself to have anxieties, fears, or complaints, he must consider his behavior as either a denial of the wisdom of God or as a confession that he is out of his will.”- William Law

William Law simplifies it all is a very provoking and sobering quote. The presence of anxieties, fears or complaints is a testament of denial of the wisdom of God. If this is not the case then it is a confession that you are walking out of his will. If you are walking in God’s will, why would you be anxious about anything?

Thomas A Kempis anxiety quote

“What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?”- Thomas a Kempis

What has sorrow ever resolved? Think about it. Sorrow adds more sorrow where there is no sorrow. Sometimes it adds more sorrow where there is none, and will never be. You will find that some of the things that we are anxious about never come to fruition. We spend too much time worrying about what could happen, and it doesn’t always happen. Even if it were to happen, would anxiety bring a solution?

Charles Spurgeon Anxiety quote

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”- Charles Spurgeon

The quote by Charles Spurgeon is on another level. It is similar to the one above by Thomas Kempis. Whether you worry or not, the sorrows of tomorrow will come. The only difference is that by worrying today, you are not only going to endure the pain of tomorrow’s sorrows but the worry of today. There is no strength in anxiety!

Prayer to be anxious for nothing

Father, we pray for every reader or listen to this. As they go through this, may your peace that surpasses all understanding overcome them. Grant them renew hope. They will no longer be anxious for anything. May your grace be known to them in everything that they do. May they see and know your glory in the land of the living. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen

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Prayer for Anxiety

Prayer Relay Movement September 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

Prayer for Anxiety

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In this article, we cover how to say a prayer for anxiety. We have included bible verses and some accompanying commentary. Just as fear is, anxiety is a thief. It comes to steal, kill and to destroy your joy. In the battlefield that your mind often is. When you start to lose this war, it is hard to carry on. There are many factors that contribute to anxiety.

Prayer for Anxiety

Philippians 4:6-7 New King James Version (NKJV)

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The Bible verse above is an illustration of how God feels about you being anxious. We are commanded to be anxious for nothing! Not a single thing! I will be first to admit that it is not something that you can simply switch off. We are wired to worry. Our minds are always racing to try to find solutions to problems that are not even problems yet. We are often anticipating that things may happen a certain way, which puts us on the edge.

Philipian 4 gives us a sort of blueprint of how to deal with anxiety. Our response to feeling anxious should be:

  1. Prayer
  2. Supplication
  3. Thanksgiving

In the simplest of terms, we are to lay everything bare before the Lord. What is it that is worrying you? Does the Lord know about it? If he does, do you trust him enough to let him handle it?

We often find that we have a tendency to play tug-of-war with the Lord. When we give something into his hands but keep trying to figure it out ourselves. It goes back to that old statement, “God helps those that help themselves.”

Although there is some truth to it, it is not universal. God is the God of the helpless. He is God of those who have reached the end of their wit! If you are in a position where you are saying, “I cannot do anything anymore!” that is God’s perfect ground for birthing a miracle. If it can still be done in your own might, it is not yet in the realm of the miraculous. God is a God of the impossible.

If you would pray, offer supplication and thanksgiving, God’s promise is that he will give you peace that surpasses all understanding. Beyond that, he will give you a long-lasting solution, by guarding your heart and mind so that the fear you have had to deal with would not return.

why worry entrust it to god

Casting Away Fear

Joshua 1:9 New King James Version (NKJV)

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

You see, courage is a commandment. It is not a suggestion or recommendation. It is what the Lord expects from us. In return, he promises to be with us wherever we go. I will take that deal any day. It is not easy to be courageous. Our God is an enabler! Let us pray.

Prayer

Dear God, I know you have commanded me to be courageous. I am trying right now but it is not easy. Help me! Help me! Give me the strength to be courageous, as you have commanded me to be. I want to, but my heart and mind are failing me. Yet, I hold on to the truth that you can do it for me. Amen

Affirmation: I am not anxious

Joel 3:10 New King James Version (NKJV)

10 Beat your plowshares into swords

And your pruning hooks into spears;

Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”

This is an incredible one in moments when your heart is filled with anxiety. Our words hold creative power. It is through the word that what we see become. God spoke things into existence. Your situation may say that you are anxious, you are weak, but God says to refuse to acknowledge it! Here are some affirmations for anxiety:

I am calm and collected in Jesus’ name.

My heart is filled with the peace of the Lord.

I am not anxious, fear is not my portion. In Jesus’ name.

It is well with me! It is well with my mind! It is well with my soul! In Jesus’ name! Amen.

it is well with me

We do not have the Spirit of Fear

2 Timothy 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV)

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

God, more than anyone knows what you are made of. Fear was not one of the ingredients. It was power, love and a sound mind that he put in you instead.

Prayer

Dear God, I know you did not place fear in me. I refuse to accept this lie. Fear is not my portion, I will walk in boldness. My feet stand in the truth that there is no fear in my being. There is hope in my every fibre, there is courage in my veins. In the mighty name of Jesus! Amen

Prayer for anxiety and worry

If you have God why are you worried?

Romans 8:31 New King James Version (NKJV)

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Outside of God, there is none greater. There is not a single reason you should let worry creep into your heart if the Lord is for you! Romans 8 throws this out there, almost as a statement of defiance. Who can be against us? There are obviously many that can be against you, yet these are of no significance.

Prayer

Lord, I know that I should not worry, but I come before you consumed by worry. There are things that are not going the way that I would like them to. Uncertainty makes it hard not to worry. Yet, I come before you because I accept that I need your help in this. I cannot live in worry. That is not your will for me. Take that worry away from me, in Jesus’ name! Amen

Anxiety and Depression

Depression is often a result of seeing no hope in sight. The sad thing is that sometimes we fall into it and never realise it. This is something that the church never takes time to address. If you have read our post about pastors and church leaders, you will know how prevalent this is among leaders in the church. Yet, it is often swept under the rug.

I found myself in this position once, due to grief and the pressure of ministry.

Prayer

Lord, we pray for those suffering from anxiety and depression. Open our eyes and hearts as the body of Christ, that we may note their plight and extend our open arms to them. Grant hope to those who have lost it.

I pray for myself as well. Depression is not my portion. Father pull me out of any prolonged state that I may not recognise as leading to this. You are my God! My restorer. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen

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