“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.”
Petitions and praises. That’s what comprises prayer. I hope and trust that you are doing just that. “…letting God know your concerns” is a good thing, but equally important is to offer praise for daily mercies and eternal blessings. When we do both in equal measure — perhaps even leaning more on praise than on petition — “a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good” is the end-result.
