Teens Devotionals
DON'T WORRY
| God
hates worry, Jesus preached against it. The Apostle Paul preached against
it. The whole Bible speaks against worry because it was designed by Satan
to produce stress, pain and death.
Yet many people act as if we're free to worry if we want to. But we're not! Worrying is a sin. It's one of those things the Bible directly commands us not to do. |
"Therefore do not worry and be anxious" Matthew 6:21
|
What are you supposed to do
then with all your concerns? In 1 Peter 5:7, God says you
should "give all your worries to him". All. Not 75 percent of
them, Not all of them but the
ones about dating. All of them!!
Let me illustrate how that
works. Let's say you were standing about 10 feet away from me
and I tossed my car keys to you. If someone else were to come to me and say,
"Hey, I need
the keys to your car," I would say, "I can't help you. I gave them to
my friend here. I don't
have them anymore."
That's what you need to do
with your worries. You need to toss them over to the Lord and
not take them back. If Satan brings a worried thought to your mind, saying, What
if this
terrible thing happens? then you can tell him to talk to God about it. It's
in His hands, not yours!
Once you do that, problems
you've been worrying about for weeks will start to be solved.
You'll no longer be trying God's hands with your worrying.
Remember, though, God will not
take your worries away from you. You have to give them
to Him and replace those worries with the promises in His Word. You are the one
who has to
keep your thoughts under control. But you can do it. The Greater One lives in
you...and He is
able to put you over to victory!
Talk the Truth "I am not worried or anxious. I give all my
worries to God" (Matthew 6:31)______________________________
Study the Truth Psalms 55 ______________________________
Read the Truth Genesis 31, 32, 33; Mathew 17-18
This devotional was out of the book of
"Over the Edge" by Kenneth & Gloria Copeland
Last Updated 6/1/01
