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This is my command\u2014be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.\u201d Joshua 1:9 (NLT)

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; \xa0and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)

I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. Philippians 2:20 (NIV)

There is a big difference between genuine concern and needless anxiety.\xa0

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 (NIV)\xa0

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all\u2014how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans 8:32 (NIV)

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39 (NIV)

Control what you can (YOU) and trust God with all the THINGS you can\u2019t.\xa0

\xa0\u201cWorry is a down payment on a problem you may never even have.\u201d \u2013 Joyce Myers\xa0

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, \u201cLet us go over to the other side.\u201d Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. Mark 4:35-39 (NIV)

A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Mark 4:37 (NIV)

Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, \u201cTeacher, don\u2019t you care if we drown?\u201d Mark 4:38 (NIV)

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, \u201cQuiet! Be still!\u201d Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, \u201cWhy are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?\u201d Mark 4:39-40 (NIV)

They were terrified and asked each other, \u201cWho is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!\u201d Mark 4:41 (NIV)

He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, \u201cQuiet! Be still!\u201d Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, \u201cWhy are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?\u201d Mark 4:39-40 (NIV)

Jesus doesn\u2019t allow storms to test us\u2026 but to TEACH us.

\u2026When troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. \xa0For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. \xa0So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. James 1:2-4 (NLT)

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. \xa0But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. \xa0James 1:5-6 (NLT)

If you learn how to calm the waves within\u2026 you\u2019ll learn how to ride the waves without.

He says, \u201cBe still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.\u201d 11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Psalm 46:10-11 (NIV)

The bravest thing you can do in the storm\u2026 is worship the one who controls the wind.\xa0