A prayer for cares and concerns by Crystal Evans Hurst.

Casting all your anxieties on him because he cares for you.

1st Peter 5.7.

Our key scripture in 1st Peter says that we ought to cast our cares upon God. The word cast means to throw

forcibly and it's used in scripture it implies more than a casual placing of our concerns at Jesus' feet.

Casting our cares upon God gives us a picture of forcibly tossing our cares and troubles

as far away from us as they will go.

Trusting the God who loves us can catch them and knows exactly how to deal with all that

concerns us. The amplified Bible version of that same verse. that

the amplified Bible version of that same verse says, casting all your cares, all your anxieties,

all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all, on him, for he cares about you, with deepest affection and watches over you very carefully.

I must be consistent and deliberate about noticing the little things that concern me and placing them at the Father's feet in prayer.

And I must talk to him about those things verbally or by jadding them in my journal to symbolize giving those things to him. Cast or throw them

with all your might at the feet of Jesus. Pray with faith, believing God does care and he is fully capable of

handling your requests. Will the cares and concerns of this life keep cropping up?

Yes, they most certainly will.

But as you consistently and deliberately cast your cares on him, but as you consistently

and deliberately cast your cares on him, you'll begin to see how far anxiety, fear, stress, or worry move away from you as you learn to trust in him.

Philippians 4, 6 through 7, says,

do not be anxious about anything,

but in everything by prayer and supplication

with Thanksgiving,

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