Keep a
journal of things you worry about through out the course of a day. Spend each
night before you go to bed asking God to give you a peaceful heart. Do not ask
God to take away the things that worry you, but instead, ask God to teach you
to trust him with the things that cause you anxiety. Do this everyday for a
week.
Through out my week I have been reading Matthew 6:25-34. In
my bible there is a little heading that says Seven Reasons not to Worry and
then it gives a reason and a verse from that section in Matthew to support it
Day 1:
I realized I worry a lot about what people think of me. I
base most of my decisions on what people think of me rather than what I want
for myself. I ask myself many questions through out the day on how I like, or
what is that person thinking or saying about me. My life is centered around the
opinions of others rather than the opinion of God. I realized this is not how I
want to live my life and I started looking up ways to try to stop yourself from
thinking about other people’s opinions
1.
Stop overthinking
2.
Put things into perspective
3.
Be confident- one thing I am lacking
self-confidence
4.
Control your emotion- another thing hard to do
as a girl
5.
Love who you are- so hard to do based on the
society around where if you aren’t tan or skinny or blonde or straight haired
or curly haired or tall or short, whatever you is not acceptable
·
One thing to help increase your love for your
self is everyday write down 5 things about yourself that you appreciate about
yourself, that makes you you, or makes you someone special
6.
Stop apologizing- I apologize for everything
even if it isn’t my fault
7.
Do things because they matter to you “reclaim
your identity”
8.
You notice your flaws more than anyone else
9.
Forgive yourself
Then I read a couple of verses about what God wants for you
Gal 1:10- obviously I am not trying
to win the approval of people but of God. If pleasing people were my goal I
would not be Christ’s servant
Phil 2:7- instead he gave up his
divine privileges, he took the humble position of a slave and was born a human
being
Phil 2:3- don’t be selfish; don’t
try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves
1 Peter 5:7- give all your worries
to God, for he cares about you
John 16:33- I have told you all this
so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and
sorrows. Bu take heart I have overcome the world.
Proverbs 12:25- worry weighs a
person down, but an encouraging word can cheer someone up
1 Samuel 16:7- Don’t judge by hi
appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the
way you see them. People judge by outward appearance but the Lord looks at the
Heart
Day 2:
My worry
was a concern for a friend who is going through some life changes. The friend
has made some bad decisions in their life and I believe they really want to
change but they are having trouble due to the friends they have. I believe if
they had better friends they would be able to do it. But help me lead them to
the Lord and hopefully they will turn their life around.
Day 3:
I struggle
a lot with meeting the expectations of my parents some worries I had today were
·
Not being good enough
·
Never making the expectations
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Not being able to do my best
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Being unsuccessful
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Not being in good enough shape
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Not being who my parents want me to be or
perceive me to be
·
Not having enough money
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Not going to college
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Getting my heartbroken
I try to hold it all together all the time for everyone and
most of the time I can. I try to be that friend that people can cry on their
shoulder or come to me when they need advice or if something is wrong. But
lately I haven’t not been able to handle it well, and I have been the person going
to cry on someone else’s shoulder. I need God to give me peace and strength
Day 4:
Again
praying for my friend
Day 5:
I worry
about not having enough time to do everything or not studying enough, when ever
I think about Time I always think back to Ecclesiastes chapter 3 where it talks
about there being a time for everything.
Day 6:
One
of my main challenges is trust because I have been lied to so often, I never
believe what people say. I trust people too soon and sometimes not at all, but
once your break my trust you will never get it back because I have had such a
rough past with it. I love to trust people and be able to trust people but it
breaks my heart when my trust is broken, it makes me think what else did they
lie about, or say about, or just anything that makes me think twice about you.
I ask God to grant me someone to trust again, to reach out of y comfort zone
and trust people again.
