It may be challenging to pull yourself out of a state of overwhelming worry, particularly if you are prone to panic attacks. Scripture regarding anxiety may provide you comfort when your anxieties are trying to take over your day, even while it is not a substitute for talking to a qualified specialist. Your daily spiritual practice may benefit from including a few brief prayers for anxiety. This will enable you to reestablish contact with God and remind yourself that He is always by your side, offering love and support when you need it.
Remember, reading Bible passages regarding anxiety or sadness is not a psychiatric remedy that will address the underlying cause of your uneasiness. Finding a local therapist by speaking with your healthcare physician and insurance provider will get you started on the road to understanding your anxiety better and discovering coping methods. Nonetheless, encouraging verses may still support you as you go forward on the road to recovery. Before going to sleep, try reading one or more of these succinct prayers for anxiety to help calm your racing mind and achieve a better night’s sleep. You may get the inspiration you need to win your current struggle by surrounding yourself with the words of the Lord’s believers.
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Prayer to Calm an Anxious Heart
Please, Lord, I appreciate that I can turn to You at any time for anything. I’m thankful that You hear me when I pray to You. Help me to approach You before my worries and concerns become unbearable rather than when they are at their worst. I should come to You as soon as possible. You want to annihilate ALL of my anxieties. Please make it easier for me to ask for Your assistance more regularly so that I may radiate with delight. I ask in the name of Jesus, Amen.
Prayer for Soothing Panic Attacks
Oh my Gosh! I’m here to surrender my fear and worry to You. Remind me of Your strength and grace when I’m overcome by my anxieties and fears. When I place my confidence in You and in You alone, give me Your calm. While I am aware that I cannot defeat this on my own, I am also aware that You, Lord, have already paid the ultimate price to bear my load. Thank you for that, Amen.
Prayer for Peace in Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus, The Prince of Peace is you. You came to us to bring us peace. That is not what the world offers. To preserve our hearts and minds, it is a peace that was created out of the freedom we have in you and is a gift to all of God’s children.
I am unable to flee the problems of this planet. Numerous terrifying obstacles could arise for me, including financial problems, relationship problems, and health problems. However, you advise me to “take heart” and be motivated because you have triumphed over the world. You have triumphed over everything that could have defeated and discouraged us. I am appreciative of your peace, which transcends all of my problems.
Optimism stemming from God’s Promise
O Heavenly Lord, gaze upon all your people who suffer from resentment, worry, uncertainty, guilt, frustration, grief, loss, memory, a lack of patience, pain, regret, and melancholy as well as from selfishness, temptation, and weakness. All things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his plan,” your precious Word assures us. And it indicates that, even when we do not understand, you make all of these circumstances work for your good purpose in our lives.
Please remind us of your invitation to “Throw all your concerns upon me” and the accompanying promise that “I care for you.” … thanks to your son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Praying to Combat Worry
Kind Father, I’ll be honest: I often forget that you are with me. I often forget how you are. Please accept my apologies for it. I want to learn more about you. I need to get more familiar with your promises and Word. Help me to prioritize you in all aspects of my life. Help me to take each day as it comes. Help me to keep my mind on what you are doing in my life right now rather than worrying about the future. I want to put my faith in your assurance that you will provide all of my needs, including my material, relational, physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs. Help me to have greater faith in you and less stress. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Cast Out Anxiety With Love
Lord, I know that you don’t want us to be immobilized or dejected by the thought of facing your judgment. You want us to have faith that you will accept us in Christ on the Day of Judgment. We have this assurance because Your unwavering love abides in us. Your love is made complete in us as we walk in the light.
Help me to live in the refined love of your atonement for me. Help me to remember your enormous affection for me when I am plagued by anxieties about my misdeeds or the future. Show me how, Abba Father, my love walk with you validates the veracity of my faith and banishes my anxieties.
Prayer to Stop Worrying
Kind Father, I’ll be honest: I often forget that you are with me. I often forget how you are. Please accept my apologies for it. I want to learn more about you. I need to get more familiar with your promises and Word. Help me to prioritize you in all aspects of my life. Help me to take each day as it comes. Help me to keep my mind on what you are doing in my life right now rather than worrying about the future. I want to put my faith in your assurance that you will provide all of my needs, including my material, relational, physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs. Help me to have greater faith in you and less stress. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Praying for Patience to Weather the Storm
Lord, please reach out to the people who are pleading for help and crying out in distress. We implore you to provide us the perseverance we need to endure the storm as we experience your consolation and warm embrace and as you calm our anxious thoughts. Amen, in the awesome name of Jesus.
Psalm 34:17-19 The LORD hears the cries of the righteous, and he relieves them from all their afflictions. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and rescues the spirit-crushed. The LORD rescues the virtuous person from all of his difficulties, though he may experience many.
