HOW TO DEAL WITH ANXIETY - FOLLOWING JESUS' ADVICE

 Paul continues: "Jesus said: 'Never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties. Each day has enough of its own troubles.' So my daily prayer was simply that God would 'give us today our bread for this day' in order for us to survive. And he did help, just as Jesus promised. We didn't always get our first choice. Once, I got to the food line not knowing what was being sold. When I got the front, I saw that it was yogurt. I don't like yogurts. But it was food, so we ate yogurt that night. I am grateful to God that during that entire period, my family never went to be hungry." 

"Things are easier for us financially at the moment. But through our experiences we have learned that the most important antidote to anxiety is to trust in God. Jehovah will always help us as long as we keeping seeking to do his will. We have seen the truthfulness of Psalm 34:8: 'Taste and see that Jehovah is good; happy is the man who takes refuge in him.' As a result, we are not afraid of facing difficult economic circumstances again.

Next time: FOLLOWING JESUS' ADVICE - Conclusion

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