A prayer for thankfulness when you're anxious, by Tiffany Tabault, read by Leah Martin.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,

let your requests be made known to God, Philippians 4.6.

Not a single day goes by when there isn't some discouraging news, some concerning thought,

some distressing information, or some worrying reality.

Struggle, expectations whether they're real or imagined, obligations and responsibilities,

they make up the reality of living in this world.

I love the words used in this Philippians Bible verse.

It starts by telling us to be anxious for nothing, nothing.

We are not to be anxious about anything.

That of course seems like such an impossible statement, first to go through our days,

not being anxious seems a bit far-fetched and even actually ludicrous.

This statement though is absolutely not one of a brushing off or ignoring of our concerns.

It's not a don't worry about it or things always work out somehow, kind of statement.

This be anxious for nothing is actually a challenge that's being offered for those

who dare to try it out.

It's a spiritual exercise that requires you to take every single fret, worry and stress

and then lay it out before God in prayer.

The Bible verse continues by telling us the secret to not being anxious, where to take

our requests to God in prayer and supplication.

Supplication actually means to beg on your behalf or for someone else.

So often our prayers are ones of gently asking God for help, guidance, provision, healing.

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