{"id":39293,"date":"2026-02-15T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=39293"},"modified":"2026-02-13T18:23:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T01:23:36","slug":"260216-stoppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260216-stoppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Worry Stoppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39294 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260216.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260216-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are eight worry-stoppers, found in the letters of the word\u00a0<strong>P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P<\/strong>ray, first.\u00a0 \u201cCasting the whole of your care upon Him \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>E<\/strong>asy, now.\u00a0 \u201cRest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>ct on it.\u00a0 Be a doer, not a stewer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C<\/strong>ompile a worry list.\u00a0 Keep a list of things that trouble you.\u00a0 How many have turned into a reality?<\/p>\n<p><strong>E<\/strong>valuate your worry categories.\u00a0 Pray specifically about them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>F<\/strong>ocus on today.\u00a0 God meets daily needs daily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U<\/strong>nleash a worry army.\u00a0 Ask a few loved ones to pray with you and for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>L<\/strong>et God be enough.\u00a0 \u201cSeek the Kingdom of God above all else<\/p>\n<p><strong>P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L<\/strong>. Peaceful!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=ed9d33b78d&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3Ded9d33b78d%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770856680744000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JJZWU9Zyf54k7XSWVRNHN\"><em>Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are eight worry-stoppers, found in the letters of the word P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L:<\/p>\n<p>Pray, first.  \u201cCasting the whole of your care upon Him \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Easy, now.  \u201cRest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Act on it.  Be a doer, not a stewer.<\/p>\n<p>Compile a worry list.  Keep a list of things that trouble you.  How many have turned into a reality?<\/p>\n<p>Evaluate your worry categories.  Pray specifically about them.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on today.  God meets daily needs daily.<\/p>\n<p>Unleash a worry army.  Ask a few loved ones to pray with you and for you.<\/p>\n<p>Let God be enough.  \u201cSeek the Kingdom of God above all else<\/p>\n<p>P-E-A-C-E-F-U-L. Peaceful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39295,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39293\/revisions\/39295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}