Prayer changes things, but worry changes nothing.Worry usually results when you have exhausted all of your options. When you have done everything possible–when there is nothing left that you can do–then you worry if the problem still exists. Well, stop worrying. There is one last step that you can take: You can pray.

Don’t withhold your prayers until everything else fails. (Your first step in tackling a problem should be to pray about it.) But you will never hit the proverbial brick wall if you remember to pray your way through it.

We are the first to admit that prayer doesn’t always change the circumstances immediately, but it can change you rather quickly. When you talk with God, He will bive you peace in the midst of your problems, and you will be better able to keep working on the problem (while God does, too). But don’t take our word for it, take His.

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

Philippians 4:6