Top Ten Ways to Tame Your Worry
Habit
10. Separate toxic worry from genuine concern. Determine if you can do
anything about your situation. If so sketch a plan to handle it. (Commit your works to
the Lord and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3)
9. Don’t worry alone. Share your concerns
with a friend or a counselor. Talking about your fears often reveals solutions.
(The
heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Proverbs 27:9 nlt)
8. Take care of your physical body. Regular exercise and adequate rest
can define a lot of worry. Healthy bodies handle stress better and react more
appropriately. (Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who
lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought
you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 nlt)
7. Do
what is right. A guilty conscience causes great anxiety. Do your best to
live above reproach. Confess quickly and seek forgiveness. (In view of
this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before
God and before men. Acts 24:16)
6. Look
on the bright side. Consciously focus on what is good around you. Don’t
speak negatively, even about yourself. (Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good
and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear
them. Ephesians 4:29 nlt)
5. Control
your imagination. Be realistic about problems, but try to live in the “here
and now” not in the “what might be.” (“Energize the
limp hands, strengthen
the rubbery knees. Tell fearful souls, “Courage! Take heart! God is here, right here, on his way
to put things right and redress all
wrongs. He’s on his way! He’ll save you!” Isaiah 35:3–4 msg)
4. Prepare
for the unexpected. Put aside a cash reserve and take sensible measures so
you’ll be ready if difficulties arise. (There is
precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man swallows it up. Proverbs 21:20)
3. Trust
God. Keep reminding yourself to put God in your equation. When fear knocks
send faith to answer the door. (They do not fear bad news; they
confidently trust the Lord to care for
them. Psalm 112:7 nlt)
2. Meditate
on God’s promises. Scripture has the power to transform our minds. Look for
scriptures that will help you answer life’s difficulties with God’s Word. (For by these
He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you
may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that
is in the world by lust. 2 Peter
1:4)
1. Pray!
Joseph M. Scriven’s hymn says it all: “O what peace we often forfeit . . . all
because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.” (Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in
it with an attitude of thanksgiving. Colossians
4:2)
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