God is Greater Than Anxiety

Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

We live in anxious times that rub off onto us. God cares for you. God cares about all the little things, and He can still see the big picture. Got bills to pay? God cares. Feel lonely? God cares. Worried about your children or grandchildren? God cares. Give all your anxiety to God in prayer. Learn new practices that support the biblical truth that you are profoundly beloved by God separate from your achievement or whatever is going on in your overactive, worrisome mind. Try self- affirmation statements you say to yourself as a meditative breath prayer while driving. It might be: (inhale) God loves me. (Exhale) I am a child of God. (inhale) Jesus take my (anxious thought), (Exhale) I don’t want it back. Meditative, contemplative prayer is an ancient, yet still effective, way to pray about anxiety. Perhaps in addition to these practices, therapy under the supervision of a psychiatrist, is a way God helps us overcome anxiety. God is greater than anxiety. God cares for you! 

In Christ,
Pastor Elyse