Many of the single adults I meet feel that their life is less than it should be. They are nagged by a persistent low-grade worry. Even younger people seem to feel an internal pressure to be "working on" the search for a mate and making significant headway towards a marital relationship.

They are bound by worry.

The Apostle Paul encourages us not to worry about anything! In one broad stroke, he models a mastery over the "small stuff" that is backed up by a specific instruction unavailable to persons outside this powerful faith he promotes.

Paul says simply: "Pray about everything!" 

Paul teaches us that worry isn't worth the effort. Goodness knows, worry requires a lot of effort.  I once heard a person say that, "A day of worry is more exhausting than a day of work."  And someone else has said that, "Worry is wasting today's time cluttering up tomorrow's opportunities with yesterday's troubles."

Most things you worry about never live up to their fear-causing power.  One recent survey indicates that 40 percent of the things we worry about never happen; 30 percent are in the past and can't be helped; 12 percent concern the affairs of others that aren't our business; 10 percent are about sickness, either real or imagined; and 8 percent are worth worrying about.  But even the 8 percent worth worrying about aren't really worth the energy of worry.

So, Paul says, put your energy where it can really do some good.  Pray passionately about whatever it is that concerns you!

For over 30 years I have seen people in psychotherapy, and I have watched literally thousands of people go through perilous times.  I have noted on many occasions that the persons who pray passionately end up overcoming the difficulties they face.  They bring a "mighty power" to the issues they confront, and this power, through them, does incredible things.