Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6
“Dear Jesus, I give you _________________. I humble myself before You believing you are bigger than I am, that You are more capable to handle my burdens. I don’t know what the outcome of me giving up control of _________________ will be, but even so, I open my fits ant let you grab it (or the person) from me. I want your will. I want your presence. I need your strength. Please take this burden today and use it in my life for Your glory. Help me to entrust _________________ to You even when things seem dark. I trust You. At least I try. But help me to trust You today. Right now. I give it up. I choose not to worry any more about this. Amen.”
Mary DeMuth in Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2012) 49.
Found this prayer while reading Broke: What Financial Desperation Revealed About God’s Abundance by Caryn Rivadeneira. Caryn’s one of my students this month.
The prayer touched me because it meets us where we are at. In hard times, when virtually everything does not go as we expect, it’s easy to be overcome with worry and fear.
What can we do? Because we serve a generous and loving God, we can surrender everything to Him and find strength to press on. We’ve got this. God’s got us.