Today's Devotion Lord, take control of our worries. One of the things that I realize in life is that when we are faced with challenges, some people put worrying over praying. If you have time to worry, you have time to pray. When worry gets the better of you, the devil will take advantage of you.

 

When you feel like worrying, try praying instead. Worrying only creates more stress, but praying creates more peace. God is bigger than whatever is stressing you out.

 

Do not worry about the things that you can't control. Sometimes you just have to pray and leave it in God's hand and leave it alone. Turn your worry into worship and watch God turn your battles into blessings.

 

If you prayed as much as you worried, you would have less to worry about. We all have different problems that we face in life. One person may be having financial problems and another may be having relationship problems.

 

Problems will always be a part of our lives and we can fix it by God's intervention, not by putting ourselves into depression. The job that you desperately want, leave it to God. The child that is giving you problems, leave it to God.

 

The sickness that is costing you more than you imagined and you don't see things getting better, leave it to God by fasting and praying. In Psalm 55 verse 22 it is written, Cast your burden on the Lord and He will sustain you. He will never permit the righteous to be moved.

 

And in 1 Peter 3 verse 14 it is written, For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. Heavenly Father, you said in your word, For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

 

Lord, help us to stop focusing on the problem because you are our problem solver. Help those who are unable to sleep and eat all because their minds are burdened by the problems that they are going through. Please remind us that you are in control and give us the strength to replace worrying with praying without ceasing.

 

In times such as these, Lord, I ask you to grant us a great amount of strength, faith and courage to remove doubt and fear from our mind. Help us to focus on you and you alone.

 

All these we ask in Jesus name, Amen.