Daily Devotional

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. – Philippians 4:8 (NLT)

We’ve been talking a lot about anxiety this week. Sometimes one of the best defenses against anxiety is learning to guard your thoughts. The battle against anxiety is often won in our thought life.

Any time you begin to feel anxious, you can begin to learn to guard your thoughts. When thoughts of anxiety come, we can begin to swap those thoughts for good ones.

Challenge yourself to think about things that are true, honorable, right, and pure. That might mean that you have to pay attention to what you watch. TV and other media can bring anxiety into your life if you’re not careful, so don’t be afraid to turn things off that aren’t causing you to be at peace.

Finally, be sure to take care of yourself. Get enough rest. Often anxiety can be heightened by lack of sleep or self-care. Don’t ignore basic self-care in times of stress and anxiety. Be sure to eat and sleep as much as you can to help yourself feel good.

Challenge: Guard Your Thoughts

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Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. – Phil 4:7 (NLT)

With everything going on in the world, it’s easy to be anxious. In fact, it’s almost expected. Everywhere you go, you hear and see people dealing with anxiety. However, as Christians, we don’t have to live our lives in a state of anxiousness. Instead, we can exchange our anxiety for God’s peace.

As God’s children, we can expect to walk in peace. God has provided peace in His presence for us to enjoy.

Sometimes, there can be things that are stopping that peace in your life. For you, that might mean turning off the news, staying off some social media outlets, or switching some of the TV you’re watching. If there’s something in your life that you’re watching or hearing that brings you to fear, change it up. Starve the anxiety out. Then expect to walk in the peace of God in your life.

God’s best for your life is peace. So today, expect to walk in that peace. Know that Jesus provided you with peace. Let that peace guard your heart and mind each day.

Challenge: Expect Peace

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and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor. – Isaiah 61:3

Anxiety can be challenging to shake. Sometimes the problem that is making you anxious seems more real than God’s word. What do you do in those times? How do you help shake the anxiety that just won’t seem to leave?

One way is to begin to praise. You can easily find a praise playlist on YouTube or your favorite music platform. Begin to sing and listen to those songs. They will help remind you of the goodness of God. As you praise, it does something wonderful for you. It begins to help anxiety and despair go from your life.

That’s what today’s Bible verse is saying. That as you praise, it helps you feel better. There’s something powerful about singing to God. So if anxiety has you feeling down, begin to praise. Know that God has your answer and praise knowing that it helps anxiety leave.

Challenge: Praise when you feel anxious.

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Don’t you hate being anxious? Especially when you’re feeling that awful feeling in the pit of your stomach that just won’t seem to go away. Anxiety is something we all seem to deal with from time to time. Let’s look today at some truths about how God wants us to handle anxiety.

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?… – Matthew 6:30 (BSB)

In today’s verse, we see that God really shows us that He will take care of our day-to-day needs. It’s so easy to begin to worry if you’ll be able to stand in front of your class and give a presentation, but if you’ll focus on God and His help for you each day, you begin to see that you can make it.

The truth is, when we’re anxious, we’re really not trusting God. God’s best for our lives is to trust Him and rest in His goodness. That’s often really hard to do. We’d rather carry our worries and concerns. It takes faith to trust, rest and believe that God’s really got the solution to the things that make us anxious.

Challenge: Practice Resting Knowing God’s Got It!

Pray: God, I thank you that you have the answer to the things that make me anxious. Today I choose to rest and trust that you’ve got the answer to my anxiety. Amen.

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Have you ever felt anxious about something? Maybe you had a test in History class that just seemed too overwhelming, or maybe it was whether you’d be asked to the Homecoming Dance by your crush. Whatever the case, anxiety can affect us all.

Sometimes anxiety is so bad in your life that it’s all you can think about. When that happens, anxiety can just feel overwhelming.

As Christians, we should be challenging ourselves to do what today’s Bible verse says, be anxious for nothing.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. – Philippians 4:6 (NIV)

The idea of not being anxious can really seem almost impossible. What about if you don’t get asked to the dance? Isn’t that going to be bad for your social life? How about that History test? If you fail won’t that mean that you don’t pass the class? How do you really go about life not being anxious?

The answer lies in today’s verse. We should be going to God with our concerns. Instead of being anxious, we are to present our requests to Him. We should be letting God do the carrying of the things that overwhelm and consume us.

So today, challenge yourself to not be anxious. Instead of anxiety, choose to focus your attention on Jesus.

Challenge: Change the focus from the problem to the answer, Jesus.

Pray: Jesus, today I choose to not be anxious. I’ll take my problems to you in prayer. Help me to see that you’re the solution to the challenges I face, in your name I pray, Amen.

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