My Hometown USA

“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you”  (1 Peter 5:7 NLT, second edition). It takes more than willpower to stop worrying. You already know that, because you’ve already tried it. You’ve thought, “I shouldn’t worry about this,” and yet you just keep on worrying about it. It’s going to take more than your willpower to stop worrying. It takes four things: You have to get to know God. Jesus says in Matthew  6:32 ,  “People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things”  (MSG). If you don’t have a relationship with God, you have every reason to worry. You’ve got to get to know God! As a believer, you have a heavenly Father who has promised to take care of you. You are God’s child, and children get special privileges. When you worry, God says, “You’re my child. Why are you acting like an orphan?” You have to put God first in every area of your life.  Matthew 6:31-33 says,  “Don’t worry at all about having en...