• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
Lifeway Voices

Lifeway Voices

Trustworthy, Christian perspectives on life

  • Sections
    • Bible & Theology
    • Discipleship & Evangelism
    • Church Ministry & Leadership
    • Marriage & Family
    • Culture & Current Events
  • Videos
  • Podcasts
  • About
  • Shop
Bible & Theology | Videos

Worrying to Worry

by Angela Thomas-Pharr | November 6, 2018

In this excerpt from her Bible study, Stronger: Finding Hope in Fragile Places, Bible teacher, speaker, and author, Angela Thomas-Pharr, explains the unhealthy relationship we tend to have with worry.

The entire video is above, and the complete transcript is below.


There are days when the difficulty arises in your heart or in your life. As a woman of God, we’re going to have to rise up and work out our salvation. Work to believe and work to pray instead of fret. Work to get to Jesus before anything. 

Because to live the gospel like that–it runs counter to the way I was born. It kinda runs counter to my nature. I can instinctively go to fretting or worrying. 

Because I was born into a long line of worriers. We’ve been trained in the fine art of worrying. Actually it was passed down as a mantel from one generation to the next generation. It’s a sign of how much I love you. “I have worried myself sick about you. Worried and worried. And I have made things up to worry about. Because that’s how much I love you.” 

Turns out that worry like that is a sin. And we just keep passing that sin right down. 

So that my nature is inclined to go that way, this new creation in Christ, she’s got to work out her salvation because I’ve chosen it. I’m going to live in the truth of what God has done for me. I want to live in the truth of being that new creation. That newly created. I am going to have to work out my believing. Believe God first and believe God only and go to His Word for that direction.

Find more from Angela Thomas-Pharr at Lifeway.com
Stronger - Bible Study Book

Stronger Bible Study

The moment you accept Jesus as the Lord over your life, you are redeemed. As the redeemed, we experience a lifelong journey of being transformed into HIs image. As redeemed women, we grow in the grace of Christ, and He calls us to extend grace to others.

FIND OUT MORE

Related Reads

About Angela Thomas-Pharr

Angela Thomas is the best-selling author of numerous books including Do You Think I'm Beautiful and My Single Mom Life. She is a gifted teacher and story-teller speaking to thousands each year. Angela teaches and transparently shares life experiences that draw her and others into a deeper passion for knowing God. Thomas graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Dallas Theological Seminary. Angela has filmed and written four video studies with Lifeway including When Wallflowers Dance. Living in Greensboro, North Carolina, Angela is also a wife, mother and an ordinary woman.

Contact

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

© 2025 Lifeway Christian Resources | FAQ