{"id":11980,"date":"2025-02-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=11980"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:18:09","slug":"do-not-be-anxious-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/do-not-be-anxious-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Not Be Anxious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Worry comes naturally to me, and I suspect many other people. What to eat? What to wear? All things I\u2019ve spent time agonizing over. But God doesn\u2019t want us to feel anxious over material things or worry about how we will obtain them. As our divine Provider, the Lord knows and plans to meet our needs. We must learn to trust more and fret less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do I worry more and trust less? Especially at 55 years old? The Lord has always provided for me, yet I still have anxiety about it. That doesn\u2019t make sense unless you consider worry part of our human nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I understand why the Old Testament has examples of the people setting up altars to remind themselves of what the Lord did and does for them. Humans have short memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God will provide all our needs. He repeatedly promises to take care of His people. We can give our worries to Him, trusting the Provider to provide. By letting go of the material, we can trust the spiritual and receive the Lord’s blessings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lord,
Thank You for providing all our needs. Please forgive us for worrying about frivolous things, taking our eyes off the main thing: You. Take away our worries as we trust You more and more.
IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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