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    Trade Your Cares for Calm
    Trade Your Cares for Calm
    Trade Your Cares for Calm
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    Trade Your Cares for Calm

    By Max Lucado

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    Do you want to overcome your anxiety? Do you want to be free from the worries that weigh you down? If you're trembling on a tightrope of fear and worry, get ready for the best trade ever: your cares for God's calm. That's God's offer.

    Bestselling author Max Lucado understands what it's like to feel overwhelmed by anxiety. In Trade Your Cares for Calm, you'll learn how to:

    • Exchange your burdens for an abundance of mercy, gratitude, and trust
    • Replace striving and stress with a faith-filled life, so you can see God's goodness
    • Feel calm in chaos and find peace through prayer
    • Make faith, not fear, your default reaction to circumstances

    Imagine being able to walk away from worry, conquer the need to control, get rid of guilty, and end if-only thinking. Trade Your Cares for Calm is:

    • For men and women of all ages wanting to achieve personal growth
    • Great for any gift giving occasion
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateDec 26, 2017
    ISBN9780718074906
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    Max Lucado

    Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print. Visit his website at MaxLucado.com Facebook.com/MaxLucado Instagram.com/MaxLucado Twitter.com/MaxLucado Youtube.com/MaxLucadoOfficial The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast

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      Trade Your Cares for Calm - Max Lucado

      I

      NTRODUCTION

      W e aren’t enjoying life as much as we used to. Concerns and worries rule our thoughts and actions. Potential for misfortune keeps us up at night. We worry about raising kids, mounting bills, the state of the country, and the state of our health. What-ifs and if-onlys collide to create a thunderstorm of fear. We feel like we are one crisis away from an emotional meltdown or panic attack.

      Where can we turn? Or, better asked, to whom can we turn?

      Henri Nouwen tells the story of a family of trapeze artists known as the Rodleighs. He traveled with the Rodleighs for a time, watching them fly through the air with elegant poise. When he asked one of the flyers the secret of successful acrobatic flight, the athlete gave this reply:

      The secret is that the flyer does nothing and the catcher does everything. When I fly . . ., I have simply to stretch out my arms and hands and wait for Joe [my catcher] to catch me and pull me safely over the apron. . . . The worst thing the flyer can do is to try to catch the catcher. I am not supposed to catch Joe. It’s Joe’s task to catch me. If I grabbed Joe’s wrists, I might break them, or he might break mine, and that would be the end for both of us. A flyer must fly, and a catcher must catch, and the flyer must trust, with outstretched arms, that his catcher will be there for him.¹

      I

      F YOU’VE BEEN TREMBLING ON A TIGHTROPE OF FEAR AND WORRY, MAY

      I

      SUGGEST THE BEST SOLUTION EVER

      ? A

      N EXCHANGE: YOUR CARES FOR

      G

      OD’S CALM

      .

      In the great trapeze act of salvation, God is the Catcher; we are the flyers. We trust. We rely solely upon God’s ability to catch us. As we do, a wonderful thing happens: we find peace. We find joy. We find it is possible to be anxious for nothing.

      If you’ve been trembling on a tightrope of fear and worry, may I suggest the best solution ever? A trade. An exchange: your cares for God’s calm. You’ll fly a lot freer without allowing worries to weigh you down. And in their place, you’ll receive the Lord’s mercy, goodness, and peace.

      Are you ready to worry less and trust more? The path to peace is paved with prayer.

      Rather than react to circumstances with clenched hands, reach out to the Father with outstretched arms. He’s waiting to catch you, take hold of your anxieties, and in the process, trade your cares for his calm.

      Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6–8).

      Chapter 1

      F

      ACE

      F

      EAR AND

      A

      NXIETY

      There’s a stampede of fear out there. Let’s not get caught in it. Let others breathe the polluted air of anxiety, not us. Let’s be numbered among those who hear a different voice, God’s. We will incline our ears upward. We will turn to our Maker, and because we do, we will fear less.

      Fearless

      F

      IGHT OR

      F

      LIGHT

      I t’s a low-grade fear. An edginess, a dread. A cold wind that won’t stop howling.

      It’s not so much a storm as it is the certainty that one is coming. Always . . . coming. Sunny days are just an interlude. You can’t relax. Can’t let your guard down. All peace is temporary, short-term.

      So you don’t sleep well.

      You don’t laugh often.

      You don’t enjoy the sun.

      You don’t whistle as you walk.

      And when others do, you give them a look. That look. That are you naive look. You may even give them a word. Haven’t you read the news and heard the reports and seen the studies?

      Airplanes fall out of the sky. Bull markets go bear. Terrorists terrorize. Good people turn bad. The other shoe will drop. Fine print will be found. Misfortune lurks out there; it’s just a matter of time.

      Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.

      Fear screams, Get out!

      Anxiety ponders, What if?

      Could you use some calm? God is ready to give it.

      With God as your helper, you will sleep better tonight and smile more tomorrow. You’ll reframe the way you face your fears. You’ll learn how to talk yourself off the ledge, view bad news through the lens of sovereignty, discern the lies of Satan, and tell yourself the truth.

      A

      NXIETY COMES WITH LIFE

      . B

      UT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO DOMINATE YOUR LIFE

      .

      Anxiety comes with life. But it doesn’t have to dominate your life.

      G

      OD’S

      W

      ORDS OF

      P

      EACE

      C ould you use some calm? If so, you aren’t alone. The Bible is Kindle’s most highlighted book. And Philippians 4:6–7 is the most highlighted passage. ² Apparently we could all use these words of peace, so let’s go through these words slowly, letting each find its way to our hearts.

      Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

      Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

      —Philippians 4:4–8

      Five verses with four admonitions that lead to one wonderful promise: the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds (v. 7).

      Celebrate God’s goodness. Rejoice in the Lord always (v. 4).

      Ask God for help. Let your requests be made known to God (v. 6).

      Leave your concerns with him. With thanksgiving . . . (v. 6).

      Meditate on good things. Think about the things that are good and worthy of praise (v. 8

      NCV

      ).

      Celebrate. Ask. Leave. Meditate. C.A.L.M.

      B

      E

      A

      NXIOUS FOR

      N

      OTHING

      C hances are that you or someone you know seriously struggles with anxiety. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders are reaching epidemic proportions. The United States is now the most anxious nation in the world. ³ (Congratulations to us!) The

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