The temptation to be anxious ought to be resisted just the same as any other temptation.
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."
If we do that, then "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
From that point onwards, what do we do? Keep being anxious? Keep praying about the same worry over and over? What we are to do then, is:
"...whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
It's up to us to decide what and how we think!
If we do what we have both "learned, and received, and heard, and seen" then "the God of peace shall be with you."
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