Giving Him your worry
Worry is gripping the future with your mind, running every bad scenario as if rehearsing it gave you control, which it does not. It only lets you suffer things that may never happen. Scripture offers a real alternative: hand the thing you are anxious about to God, specifically, in prayer, and let His peace guard the place the worry was living. This is a trade, not a willpower trick. You swap the spiral for the One who already has the future you are afraid of in His hands. When you catch yourself rehearsing a fear, stop mid-thought and pray it instead, and ask Him for peace in its place.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Philippians 4:6 · ASVPaul does not only say stop worrying, he says pray instead. The instruction is to turn the anxious thought into a specific request handed to God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 · ASVPaul promises a peace beyond understanding that guards the heart and mind in Christ. The verb pictures that peace standing guard, like a soldier posted at a gate.
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?
Matthew 6:27 · ASVJesus asks whether anxiety can add a single measure to one's life, and the implied answer is no. The point is that worry changes no outcome.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
Psalm 94:19 · ASVThe psalmist says that when anxious thoughts pile up, God's comfort is what steadies the soul. His comfort meets the very thoughts that crowd in at night.