[Faith Presses On]

I do take it as a command, and when I still find myself anxious then I think I won't be anxious about being anxious. It helps! I'm so thankful to the Lord for the gift of His peace and joy that I have so often now where I used to have so much anxiety.

[onedoug]

Not crazy about Paul.

[PapaNew]

Good verse to live by.

[hulagirl]

To me it means put it in the trusted Lord’s hands....and that ain’t too bad! Rather comforting in my opinion.

[Raycpa]

Just as the holy spirit is a gift, peace is a gift.

[Eccl 10:2]

Micah 6:8 New International Version (NIV)

8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.

[UCANSEE2]

A place I worked at had a philosophy for this that is simpler.

LET GO, LET GOD.

[ealgeone]

Actually, it is a command. The greek tense of "be anxious about" is in the imperative tense. It is the tense of command.

in the greek it is rendered as: μηδὲν μεριμνᾶτε, nothing, be anxious about.

Disappointed that a professor wouldn't know this.

[steve86]

I don’t know that prayer (intense and often) helped my anxiety directly. I was in bad shape. But a beneficial side effect of a non-addictive prescription drug did help. Maybe the Rx came as a result of the prayer?

[Fungi]

So Amazon has now become the last arbiter of everything Biblical? Nonsense.p>

[Straight Vermonter]

Amazon's most popular books include The Hunger Games, The Harry Potter Series, Pride and Prejudice, and the Bible. It found that the commonly highlighted portion of the Bible is Philippians 4:6-7.

Is no one else troubled by the idea that Amazon is keeping track of what you highlight on your devices?

[Patriot Babe]

Amen! I myself am going througha difficult time. I am coming close to be homeless. I have this anxiety so bad yet when I pray it goes away and I am at peace. Then it trys to come back then goes away. The weird thing it is as if the Lord is telling and teaching me something.

[Salvation]

“Be not afraid.”

“I am with you always.”

[workerbee]

He explained, "I think that what God is not saying to us is giving us a command that is to be implemented immediately because one of the paradoxes of anxiety is the more you try and stop it the more it makes it stronger and so I don't think we should interpret that as, you know, Paul is telling the anxious person just stop it."

The verse itself is a lot simpler than this guy's "explanation."