Dump Your Garbage | Wednesday – Week 3
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Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:7)
I always joke at C3 during messages that since I can’t afford a therapist then they have to listen to all of my garbage on the weekends. It’s amazing to me that there’s an actual and quite simple improvement when people are struggling or hurting (including my own family). When people just simply share what they are feeling or struggling with, they immediately feel somewhat better. Today’s tip for developing your daily time with God is catharsis. Catharsis is an interesting term that was first introduced to the world of mental health by Josef Breuer, a colleague and mentor of Sigmund Freud.
God actually cares so much about you that He actually wants you to bring your cares, worries and troubles to Him. Isn’t that good news? God will speak to you and me even more because He adores us. So let’s get back to the concept of catharsis and prayer.
God is telling us to pour out all your worries and stress upon him and leave them there, because He always tenderly cares for you. That’s catharsis. It’s dumping all the emotional toxicity and pain out of your system.
Prayer is the safest place to dump all your emotions and concerns onto God. It’s a lot like taking out your garbage daily. You can tell God everything and anything. He will never judge you or reject you. In fact, He’s urging you right now to tell Him everything, and He’s telling you, “‘Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand’” (Isaiah 41:10).
Prayer will become your least expensive form of therapy and spiritual help. Prayer is not using perfect words in their proper form. Prayer is a sloppy mess of hurt, love, praise, and pain. Remember you can also use the app to take at least 5 minutes just to be with God and go through a guided prayer.
Prayer for the Day
God what are you showing me? What am I going to do about it?
God help me to see one person that I can serve through a kind word, random act of kindness, or simple gift today?
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