Outsource your worry to God
I’ve been praying all this time, telling the Lord about my problems. ~ 1 Samuel 1:15b (CEV)
Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. ~ 1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)
KEY THOUGHT:
Let God do all your worrying.
PRAYER:
Caring Father, thank you for listening to my rambling concerns. I take on too much worry -- thinking that I'm so powerful I can actually change the situation. In my moments of anxiety help me to see who is really in charge and who has the ultimate power over the situation. I'm going to let you do all my worrying. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
