🌿 Philippians 4:6 says “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.”⁣ ⁣ As someone who deals with anxiety from time to time, my first thoughts usually go through every possible outcome of the problem at hand — not to prayer. I’m human, and although I know what the right move is, I don’t always act on it.⁣ ⁣ Worry-first and prayer-second is just not how we’re made to operate.⁣ ⁣ This verse reminds us that our first response, to any given scenario, should always be prayer — for thankfulness & whatever we need from God. ⁣ ⁣ Anxious over student loans coming back? Pray it out.⁣ ⁣ Scared of what’s to come in our world? Pray it out.⁣ ⁣ Worried you’ll never kick that bad habit? Pray it out.⁣ ⁣ Fearful of what your future looks like? Pray it out.⁣ ⁣ The God who reigns above it all wants your tired, stressed-out heart. He wants your praise & thankfulness. He wants to walk alongside you through the highs a...