Yes, it’s true. Sometimes Christians worry, a lot. Despite knowing and being reminded that—1) we ought to give it to God; 2) that worry is not trusting God; and 3) worry is the opposite of faith—we can’t help ourselves.
Intellectually, believers understand the concepts. Practically though, turning off the worry machine of our brains is hard work. Work that requires practice in the form of praying, asking others for prayer, and staying in God’s Word so that you can do as He says, “casting your anxieties on Him because He cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7)
The people in the Bible, both in the Old Testament and the New Testament, worried too. Their worries of course aren’t our modern-day worries, but they had the same intensity of emotion. The same fears of losing control, the same doubt, the same pain. God’s Word spoke to them, and His Word speaks to us now.
In the spirit of practicing the act of staying in God’s Word so that you find it easier to give your worries to Him, here are nine freeing scriptures for those of us who worry too much:
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
~Matthew 6:34 NIV
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
~John 10:10 NKJV
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
~Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV
Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
~Hebrews 10:36 NLT
But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”
~Luke 10:41-42 NLT
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
~1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
~Romans 8:28 ESV
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
~Psalm 46:10 ESV
"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
~Matthew 11:28-30 ESV
We hope you find comfort in these scriptures to help with the habit of worrying. We encourage you to read your Bible and find scriptures to help you increase your faith and give it to God.
