"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."

God wants us to pray to Him. But God wants us to always remember to be thankful so that we don't become too self-centered. We can easily turn prayer into a list of things we want. When thanksgiving and praise are taken out of our prayers, we are the ones who lose out. Without praise, our hearts grow cold because all we can think about are our problems, and prayer turns into a list of things we want.

Anxiety is worrying about things we can't change and can't stop thinking about. Anxiety takes over and controls a mind that isn't doing anything and a heart that is having trouble, filling both with doubt, fear, and dread. But you can't get rid of anxiety; it has to be replaced. We get rid of our worries when we give them to the Lord and trust that He will take care of us. Then, when we thank Him for what He has done and what He is doing in our lives, those worries and concerns are replaced by a real sense of His presence. So, we can once again have faith in what He has in store for us.

God wants us to pray to Him. But God wants us to always remember to be thankful so that we don't become too self-centered. We can easily turn prayer into a list of things we want. When thanksgiving and praise are taken out of our prayers, we are the ones who lose out. Without praise, our hearts grow cold because all we can think about are our problems, and prayer turns into a list of things we want.