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One of the most frequently observed character flaws that one observes in Christians is anxiousness. It seems that as hard as we might try to suppress it we find it bubbling right back up. So what can we do when things around us begin to make us anxious? We know that God is there to help us, so why do we worry, fret, and become anxious? Yet we do, and quite often it isn’t just the big things in our lives that cause this, but the small and trivial ones too. So we turn to scripture for hope, and find three ways to combat this… prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving. In this way we ask God that His will be done, and to take away whatever is making us anxious.

Psalm 37 speaks a great deal about fretting, or worrying to the point of becoming anxious, and also about how the wicked will be overcome by the faith of the righteous through the strength of God. It is good to read this Psalm from time to time because it reassures us of God’s greater plan for us, and how He will keep His promises to us. This chapter inoculates us with hope when the evil and wicked in the world troubles us, or seeks to destroy us. We are told in this Psalm of many ways that God is our strength, and our savior, as we stand against the world.