WORRY
PSALM 31:15 (CEV)
My life is in your hands.
LUKE 12:25 (CEV)
Can worry make you live longer?
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Once we acknowledge that ultimately we are powerless over the future, we can relax and leave our lives in the hands of God.
PRAYER
Responsible God, thank you for remaining at the helm and guiding me through these stormy waters. I admit that I worry a lot about what's up ahead. Help me to give up my worrying and to trust you. Just as you are already my Savior I'm going to have faith that you will continue to save me. 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)
