Hope for Right Now Podcast – Truth with Handles: How to Stop Worrying about the Future
When you’re navigating life’s challenges, you don’t need truth dumped all over you or shouted at you all at once; you need practical, faith-filled wisdom and Bible verses for everyday struggles. At Walking with Purpose, we call this “truth with handles”—biblical truths you can actually hold onto and provide relief from your pressure points.
Each week during our six-week series, Truth with Handles, Laura shares a new topic with a corresponding Scripture passage, breaking it down into actionable, hope-filled steps to strengthen your faith and bring peace to your daily life.
Today's topic: How to Stop Worrying about the Future. If you join the many women who lie awake at night worrying about a future problem that might never happen, this is the episode for you. You’ll discover what’s at the root of your anxiety and learn three simple things you can start doing today to decrease your worrying and increase your peace.
Open your Heart to our key Scripture.
Matthew 6:34: Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.
Open your Bible to other Scriptures referenced in this episode.
James 4:14: You do not know about tomorrow.
Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Philippians 4:13: I can do all things in Him who strengthens me.
Isaiah 43:2: When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
2 Corinthians 10:5: We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.
Invite Him in with this episode’s questions for reflection.
If you are feeling worried, anxious, or afraid, ask yourself, “Where is my focus?”
What specific fears or "what-if" scenarios are you clinging to? Sit in the silence and ask God for the strength to stay in the present, and then thank Him for the grace for the present moment.
Show mentions.
Flourish 2026: Spiritual Motherhood, The Transforming Power of the Feminine Genius, St. Louis, MO, April 17-19, 2026. Early bird registration through September 30.
Saint Padre Pio
Father Jeremiah Myriam Shryock, C.F.R., Let Him Lead: An Invitation to Let Jesus Guide Your Heart & Your Life
Father Mark-Mary Ames CFR, Ascension Presents, “How to Stop Worrying About the Future (and Be in the Here and Now): Building a Disciplined Imagination,” November 13, 2023
St. Therese of Lisieux
Lisa Brenninkmeyer, Praying from the Heart: Guided Prayer Journal
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