Don’t allow yourself to worry

“Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.” (Prov. 12:25 NLT)

Worrying defined: Worrying is a form of 'torment' usually self-inflicted. It is unusual excessive thoughts or anxieties of a current or future event and its outcome. Simply put, to worry is to meditate on fearful imaginations.

Stop worrying by controlling your thoughts and making them obedient to Christ

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Cor. 10:3-5 NIV)

Stop worrying by controlling what you think about

“For as he thinks within himself, so he is.” (Prov. 23:7)

Stop worrying by keeping your mind stayed on the Lord

“You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” (Isa. 26:3 NKJV)

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” (John 14:1 ESV)

Therefore…

“And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:7)