Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Choose: Worry or Prayer

30 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief sermon, the speaker urges listeners to choose prayer over worry, asserting that worry is a powerless, counterfeit version of prayer that offers a false sense of control. He explains that obsessing over problems does not grant any real influence, whereas genuine prayer—asking God for needs and thanking Him—aligns believers with divine guidance. Citing Philippians 4:6‑7, he emphasizes that God commands believers not to worry but to pray about everything, promising that God's peace, which surpasses understanding, will guard their hearts and minds as they live in Christ.

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You can either worry or pray. You can't do both. And some of us think we're praying when we're just worrying in front of God. Worry is the flesh's powerless counterfeit for prayer. Worry is a useless attempt at control because we imagine that if I could just focus on it, think about it, obsess about it, see it from every angle, expect it before it gets here, that in so doing I now have control over this thing. No, it is a false sense of control. You don't actually have any control over it. The scripture tells us, don't worry about anything. Instead, pray about about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. Look what happens. Verse 7: Then you will experience the peace of God, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ.