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To Make My Worry Work for Good

Providential Lord,
Don’t let our worry be wasted. Worry betrays our trust in you to care for us and provide for our every need. However, as you are able to work good in all things, I also pray that you help me take a win away from my worry. My worry reveals what I value. Since we don’t ever bother worrying about what is unimportant to us, when we do worry, it exposes potential idols in our hearts. Whenever I find myself worrying, in addition to turning to you in repentance for my lack of trust, let me also pay attention to the object of my worry, so that I may determine what good things are becoming god things in my life. When I identify them, let me replace them with what is most important: seeking your kingdom and righteousness above all else. When this is my priority, I worry less and less and see more and more how you keep your promise of providing for my daily bread.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Those Feeling the Weight of Worry

Powerful Lord God,
We are often overwhelmed by worry. Some have difficulty imagining anything other than worst-case scenarios playing out in their lives. At that level, virtually anything all day long can be cause for concern. Such worry is not only harmful physically, but it also fertilizes the seeds of doubt that seek validation when worries play out as the worrier feared. That kind of worry turns us from, not to you, Lord.  

Remind those weighed down by worry that you are always in control, and that you promise to bring good out of all things. You will always deliver us from harm, either around it altogether, through it to the other side, or home to heaven as a result of it. With that confidence, we have nothing to fear. Suffocate our worry with a deeper trust in your Word, where we learn to lean on your promises and where our troubled hearts find peace in you. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.