{"id":788,"date":"2025-10-02T00:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=788"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T02:34:52","slug":"standing-on-the-promises-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2&#8211;Standing on the Promises: ANXIETY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>A Precious Promise regarding ANXIETY<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cBe anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.\u201d <\/em>Philippians 4:6,7<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Thoughts<\/u><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Anxious means: distressed, uneasy, fearful, worried, concerned, disturbed, or apprehensive.<\/p>\n<p>We could be anxious about something bad or even about something good\u2014however, God says we should not be anxious about anything!<br \/>\nInstead, we should pray about everything, giving thanks to God, letting Him know what it is we need.<br \/>\nHe promises, if we do this, that we will receive His peace which will guard our hearts and minds.<\/p>\n<p>These are very important and helpful verses and ones which we should keep in our minds and hearts daily. Let\u2019s not be anxious about anything, but pray about everything, thankful for His promise to us, trusting in Him, and we will live in God\u2019s peace as He guards our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Prayer:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Dear God,<u style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\n<\/u>It is hard sometimes to live in this world without becoming anxious about things but\u00a0am going to make it a point to pray about everything that might cause me anxiety instead of becoming anxious about things.\u00a0 I am very thankful for this promise God, and I want to claim it daily so I can live in the peace You provide.\u00a0 Thank You for guarding my heart and mind through Christ Jesus.\u00a0 In His name I pray. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>SGLY Ministry\u00a0\u00a0 www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Precious Promise regarding ANXIETY \u201cBe anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.\u201d Philippians 4:6,7 Thoughts Anxious means: distressed, uneasy, fearful, worried, concerned, disturbed,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1237],"tags":[1248,1257,233,3,1253,1256,1249,1254,3309,1252,954,1250,1245,30,32,1238,1222,1251,1255],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-standing-on-the-promises","tag-anxiety","tag-apprehensive","tag-christ-jesus","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-distressed","tag-disturbed","tag-do-not-be-anxious","tag-fearful","tag-october-2025","tag-peace-of-god","tag-pray","tag-prayer-and-supplication","tag-precious-promises","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-standing-on-the-promises","tag-thankful","tag-thanksgiving","tag-worried"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ANXIETY-Phil-4.6.7.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":890,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/standing-on-the-promises-worry\/","url_meta":{"origin":788,"position":0},"title":"Standing on the Promises: Worry","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"October 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A Precious Promise: Worry Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. 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