134/365: When The Worry Gets Heavy

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. ~ 1 Peter 5:6

When the screws are tightening and the pressure is mounting, keep yourself in check. Stay true to who you are and don't veer away from your steady faith.

Even though your current situation may get heavy, remain patient.

If it helps, think of patience as a "waiting" game - like a waiter... who waits on others.

Offload your worry into serving others. It works.

GO DEEPER: 1 Peter 5: 6-10

NEXT STEP: Try "waiting" on God by serving His people while you expectantly wait for God to show up in due time.... His time.

Chidi King

on 05/15/2023 at 07:45 AM

The best way to wait patiently is to find something doing while waiting patiently.

Elliott

on 05/14/2023 at 09:44 PM

Thank you Mike J I appreciate you 🙏

Ethan Rogers

on 05/14/2023 at 07:01 PM

So true, today's next step. This life is a learning experience , it is to test our choices. Jesus commands us to love one another. I do find good deeds and being of service as a healing to today's stress and corruption. " If you love me, you will keep My commandments. " I need to love Jesus more. I need to get out of the flesh. Prayer is real for me, prayer works. Jesus provides hope. Praise the God of all understanding...

Mike J

on 05/14/2023 at 03:39 PM

Praying for you Elliot. Everyone has a bad week and you got this. God is good.

Elliott

on 05/14/2023 at 03:15 PM

Good morning brothers, I am writing this and I am very emotional. i had my sad story all typed out then I ran out of space couldn't write any more then I thought that I needed to just give it all to God. He is going to help me I can trust him, love him. But waiting for him to answer my prayers is a test of my patience 😵‍💫. he knows what I can handle but WoW I need help Brothers. I just need prayers 🙏. I love you brothers, you help me every morning with your testimonials. My Faith is strong, I just had a very hard week. time to go to church have a blessed day brothers.

Ashley Jarvis

on 05/14/2023 at 03:09 PM

1 Peter 5:8-9 “8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” When I worry, or stress, I am not trusting God. I must let go of things I can not control, things I’m worrying about, quoting scripture and God’s promises. “I will trust in the Lord with all of my heart. I will not lean on my own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5. Whatever I’m worrying about, it’s is because deep down I know I can not control the outcome, and I have not laid it down before God’s feet, then trusting Him and His will to know best. Whatever happens, is as it’s suppose to be. Then, and only then, can I begin to accept and consider how God’s path is far greater than my own. I can begin looking through that lens of my experience and truth the countless times that I know God’s plan was greater then mine. If it was greater all those many times, than why not this time? The few times things worked out the way I wanted, was it really at all because I was willing it so, or because God’s will and mine happened to be aligned? Serenity, is getting my will behind God’s, always. Serenity, is staying in a posture that, no matter what it is, I WANT God’s plan to unfold. Now, I am an observer, rather than an orchestrator.

Brandon Pembleton

on 05/14/2023 at 02:49 PM

You ever notice the more useful you act the better you feel. That’s at least how I am. If I’m being useful to my colleagues, family, friends, even strangers than I generally feel pretty good inside. Like I’ve got purpose. And for me and what I’ve learned from myself is that when I feel like I’ve got purpose I feel good, happy, and balanced. It’s when I get too wrapped up in only what I want that I begin to lose purpose and my desire to help others wains. Then I get grumpy then I don’t want to help others and before I know it a negative feedback loop is established. So in short help others whenever I see the chance to and I can while also maintaining current obligations. Pretty simple and straightforward way to live. Thank you God for a purposeful life. I love you God amen 🙏

Matthew Brown

on 05/14/2023 at 02:30 PM

Michael v Finning I’m sorry but I have to put a warning here on reading those kinds of books. If it sounds scripturally aligned but doesn’t quote scripture then it’s not scripturally aligned. Also if it’s based on mysticism then it is mysticism. Remember what the Bible says “2 Corinthians 11:14-15. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.” Also if it’s the scripturally aligned stuff that helps then why not just read Gods Word? Hope this doesn’t sound like I’m trying to beat you up or make you look bad but I care about my you and all my brothers here and it worries me when I see something that could cause us men to stumble

Robert McFaddin

on 05/14/2023 at 02:14 PM

That’s Psalm 27:13-14

Robert McFaddin

on 05/14/2023 at 02:14 PM

I need to wait on the Lord.——————- “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!”

Boyce Moses

on 05/14/2023 at 02:01 PM

Worry, stress, frustration, all tools the evil one loves to use against us. When we fill them moving in on us, step back and go to the Father to be calmed and get a fresh look at things. Love you Jesus! 💛🤎💙🧡

michael f vinning

on 05/14/2023 at 01:46 PM

I am currently rereading a series of books that I read over a decade ago but somehow forgotten the lessons within. The Secret-and all it’s spin-offs. It tries to present itself as mystical but anyone who knows God and His word can easily tell it’s spiritual. Basically about the power of negative thinking to destroy yourself physically, mentally…all the “-ally’s” and vice versa, how positive thinking can change your life, even as far as people healing themselves of incurable diseases through the power of the subconscious mind. Anyone suffering from self-esteem issues and negativity and plagued by stress and chaos resulting from that-very much worth the read!! It’s very much scripturally aligned if you know Gods word!!! Strength, courage and hope my brothers!!

Ladd Paulson

on 05/14/2023 at 01:15 PM

sorry, hit too soon almost as if I was reading something I wrote myself. I think we all have situations where we should realize God wants to help us if we just ask him. I know in my life there have been times I stopped to ask God please what do I do and the solution just appeared. He loves us more than we can imagine and wants what is best for us. We simply have to remember that when times are hardest and we don't know where to turn.

Ladd Paulson

on 05/14/2023 at 01:06 PM

Tommy, God bless you brother. As I read your note this morning it was if I was reading

Tommy Williamson

on 05/14/2023 at 12:34 PM

Over my years I have found that worry leads to stress and stress leads to health issues, which I for one do not need anymore of. It also leads to anger that in me builds up to a point that I would explosively release it on the unfortunately on the that put on the final straw. Over the last almost 28 years has unfortunately been my wife and my trans-daughter. Lately I began to learn to not sweat the things that I am not able to change aka the things that are not part of my own life. It’s like a couple days ago when I caught myself getting frustrated at not being able to locate my bulk weed trimmer cord so I stopped and prayed for the Lord to help me find it and sure enough I looked down in a place I had already looked at least 3 times and there it was. Later my wife and I were trying to set up a new canopy we had bought for our shows. She was getting so frustrated that she was getting shaky and decided to come upstairs and get something to eat. I said s prayer asking the Lord to help immediately turned around and saw that we had been fighting against ourselves and already done what we were trying to do. Most of the time we just need to let God take care of even the smallest of things so they don’t snow ball into huge balls of worry.

134/365: When The Worry Gets Heavy

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