What the Bible Says About Worry
From a spiritual perspective, Groeschel defined worry as “the sin of distrusting the promises and the power of God.” Worry essentially says, God, I don’t trust You to come through.
Instead, believers are called to take every thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5) and let the Spirit, not fear, dominate their thinking. Romans 8:6 reminds us that “the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.”
A Practical Tool: The God Box
To help people surrender their burdens, Groeschel suggested a practical tool: a “God box.” Anytime a worry arises, write it down and place it inside the box as a symbolic act of entrusting it to God. If you later find yourself worrying about it again, you have to physically take it back out—reminding yourself that you’re choosing not to trust Him.
“Our worries are too big because our view of God is too small,” Groeschel said. “We need a bigger God and smaller worries.”
Three Steps to Renewing Your Mind
Groeschel shared three guiding principles for reshaping the way Christians think:
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Do what you can do. Take practical responsibility for what’s in your control.
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Give God what you can’t do. Surrender the outcomes you cannot manage.
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Trust God no matter what. His character and promises remain steady even when circumstances do not.
He encouraged believers to write down God’s truth, think on it, confess it, and repeat it until they believe it. Over time, this rewires the mind away from lies and toward God’s promises.
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Reframing Life Through God’s Goodness
One of the most powerful shifts Craig Groeschel described is learning to interpret life through the goodness of God, not interpreting God through life’s difficulties.
“We’re not going to say, ‘Life is bad, so God must not be good,’” he explained. “We’re going to say, ‘God is good, and that changes how I see my circumstances.’”
Craig Groeschel closed by reminding believers that peace of mind is not only possible—it’s a choice. Through prayer, truth, and trust in Christ, followers of Jesus can step out of worry and into freedom.
“You can’t control what happens to you,” Groeschel said. “But you can control how you frame it. And when you know the truth, the truth will set you free.”
