Counsel #3 — Prayer Relieves Anxiety

Picture: Counsel #3 — Prayer Relieves AnxietyCSL 37.1

Hopefully you have at last one good friend with whom you can speak freely about what you’re experiencing in life, as well as your hopes and dreams for the future. Prayer is opening your heart to God, like you would to a friend, except you don’t have to manage perceptions! You can just lay it out there, telling Him everything and recognizing that He cares like no earthly friend could.^{[33]https://ssnet.org/blog/wednesday-to-carry-all-our-worry/}CSL 37.2

“Be 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.” Philippians 4:6, 7 NKJVCSL 37.3

“We should go to Jesus and tell Him all our needs. We may bring Him our little cares and perplexities as well as our greater troubles. Whatever arises to disturb or distress us, we should take it to the Lord in prayer. When we feel that we need the presence of Christ at every step, Satan will have little opportunity to intrude his temptations. It is his studied effort to keep us away from our best and most sympathizing friend.” Ellen White in Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, pp. 200, 201CSL 37.4

Reflect: How have you found prayer to be an antidote to anxiety?CSL 37.5