Tag: anxiety
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Medicine for anxious hearts (Zechariah 12-14; Psalm 94; 2 John)
“When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.” (Psalm 94:19) What a beautiful verse, for who doesn’t know the pain of many cares or anxieties of heart? The Psalmist finds relief and even joy amongst all the troubling thoughts in the consolations of the LORD, his stronghold, his rock of…
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The kindness of God (Obadiah; Jer 40-42; Ps 147; 1 Pet 5)
How kind and gracious our God is! What other God invites His people to cast their anxieties on Him? The gods of religion make demands on their people, place burdens on them, but our God offers to take our burdens of us. Listen to God’s gracious invitation in 1 Peter 5:7 “casting all your anxieties…
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Getting away from it all (Amos 4-6; Psalm 55; Matt 14)
Do you ever wish you could just get away from it all? From all the pressure, all the burdens, all the pain. David felt this, listen to his words in Psalm 55: “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; yes, I would wander far away…” David…
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A quiet heart (2 Chr 22-23; 2 Kin 11; Ps 131; Matt 8)
There’s a lake near where I live that is stunning. In the background you can sometimes see Muckish mountain, sometimes the water is rough, other times it is so calm that the hills and even the clouds reflect in it. If your heart was a lake, what would it look like? I imagine that for…
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Do not be anxious (2 Kings 7-8; 2 Chr 21; Matt 6)
I love Jesus’ words in Matthew 6:25-34. What peace He offers to a world full of trouble and anxiety. If only we would listen! It’s so easy to get caught up in worry and anxiety. I remember talking to someone who said it was hard to have to learn to stand on their own two…
Light and Momentary Troubles 