Are you an excessive worrier? Perhaps you unconsciously think that if you worry enough, you can prevent bad things from happening. But the fact is, worrying can affect the body in so many negative ways. It can lead to feelings of high anxiety and even cause you to be physically ill.

Chronic worrying can affect your daily life so much that it may cause headaches, upset stomachs, nausea, diarrhea, heart palpitations, fatigue, insomnia, low libido, breathing problems, muscle aches, and even high blood pressure (American Psychological Association).

“Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” (Matthew 6:25,26)

In June 1941, this prayer was published in an obituary in the New York Herald Tribune, and from here became known by the first Alcoholics Anonymous group. The organization embraced it and spread it widely. It was initially known within the group as “The AA prayer”, but by the late 1940s, was known as “the serenity prayer.”

“O God and Heavenly Father, Grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; courage to change that which can be changed, and wisdom to know the one from the other, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”

“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”Stop worrying about things you can not control.

What I am trying to tell you, is to not be preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and how he works fuss over these things. But if you know both God and how He works. You will find all of your human concerns will be met. He knows what you need before you ask.