A Morning Prayer for an Anxious Heart
Pray it before you check your phone
SaveSome mornings the worry is awake before you are. Before you check your phone or run through the day's list, give God the first two minutes.
Here is a prayer you can pray as it is. Where it says to name what you're worried about, name it plainly. God already knows, and He wants to hear it from you.
The prayer
Lord,
I woke up anxious again. My mind is already running ahead into today, and I can feel it in my chest. Before I do anything else, I am coming to You.
Here is what I'm worried about: (name it). I can't fix all of it this morning, and You haven't asked me to. You told me to cast my care on You, because You care for me. So I am handing it to You now.
Thank You that Your mercies are new this morning. You were faithful yesterday, and You will be faithful today. Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness this morning, because I trust in You.
Give me enough for this day: enough strength for the next hour, enough wisdom for the next decision, and enough peace to breathe. When the worry comes back, remind me that I already gave it to You, and help me give it again.
Go before me into today. Keep my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
How to pray it
- Pray it before you look at your phone, sitting on the edge of the bed is fine.
- Say the worry out loud, in one plain sentence.
- Read one of the verses below and take it with you. Write it on a sticky note or set it as your lock screen.
- If the worry comes back at lunch, pray the last part again. That isn't failing; it's what casting your care looks like.
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Three verses to carry into the day
1. Psalm 143:8 (KJV)
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
The line this prayer borrows: ask to hear His lovingkindness first thing.
2. Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV)
22It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
New every morning, including this one.
3. 1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Cast it, and cast it again when it comes back.
Anxiety is not a lack of faith. If it's heavy or won't lift, please also talk to your doctor, a counselor or your pastor. If you are in crisis in the US, call or text 988, any time.
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