Prayers for anxiety and worry

I can't stop worrying

When your mind races and peace feels far away.

Also for anxious · worried · overthinking · can't stop worrying · racing thoughts · stress · nervous · overwhelmed · panic · restless mind · can't relax · spiraling

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7, World English Bible
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
Matthew 6:25-27, World English Bible
“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:31-33, World English Bible
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7, World English Bible
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:10, World English Bible
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 94:19, World English Bible

A prayer

Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.

Lord, my mind will not be still. You know every worry I am carrying right now, even the ones I cannot name or explain to anyone else. Teach me to bring each one to you instead of turning it over alone in the dark.

I don’t want to manufacture my own peace, I want yours, the kind that doesn’t depend on my circumstances changing. Quiet the noise in my head. Guard my heart and my thoughts, and remind me, again and again today, that you are already in tomorrow.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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