"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
God does not want us to be anxious but instead cast all our cares, worries on him.
So anytime there is an issue to be anxious of at hand, quickly convert that care or worry into prayer and give thanks to God for hearing your prayers. (God always listens to the prayers of Christians [saints]).
About 12 years back, The U.S. Public Health Service estimated that more than 8 million Americans suffer from mental or nervous illness; that one out of every twenty is destined to spend some time in a mental institution as a result of (fears, worries, tensions and the likes).
Some people claim that smoking quiets and soothes the nerves. This is not incorrect. “Chloroform does likewise; a small bottle will soothe them perpetually! Chloroform, nicotine and alcohol all belong to the group of poisons known as narcotics. Narcotics put the brain and nerves to sleep by paralyzing them. They deaden the conscience and senses into thinking things are all right when they are not.
So almost a million people in 2004 joined the smoking ranks as a means of escape! (Escape from - fears, anxieties, worries, tensions)”.
Alcohol, smoking, narcotics etc is never the solution to the problem of worry.
The solution to the problem of worry lies in the lines below:
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
1 Peter 5:7:
"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."
This makes me to remember when I was coding a webpage, I was nervous because the webpage wasn’t responding properly (I had coded for hours but I wasn’t seeing results). After a while I was led to cast my worries on the lord and decided to leave it. Sooner or later I discovered that I had long coded the webpage successfully but only that the internet connection was poor so I was having problems. Thank God I was led to cast away that anxiety.
Yes, this is how effective casting our cares on God can be.
If God is always attentive to our prayers and there is nothing impossible with God”.
I will conclude with this let us learn how to convert all our worries into prayers.
Self consciousness leads to worry, while God consciousness results in peace.
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