Let your gentleness show in your treatment of all people. The Lord is near. ~ Philippians 4:5 (CEB)
Kind and powerful God,
THANKS: I'm thankful that you are never far away. You are close by and raising people up through your kindness.
REGRET: I worry too much. And I worry because it makes me feel important -- like I'm in charge -- and that I can actually control the situations over which I worry.
INTERCESSION: Help me to realize how little power I have. Help me to enjoy the freedom that comes with lacking power. And help me to treat everyone with the kind of gentleness that comes from knowing how powerless I am.
PURPOSE: I refuse to worry about things over which I have no control. You are powerful and you'll give me the words to cheer others up. I'm no longer going to drag myself or others down by focusing on worrisome events.
Amen.