Rx For Worry: A Thankful Heart

by James P. Gills

Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear...Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? -Matthew 6:25, 27.

Jesus gives us a clear command about Don't do it. Yet worry is a highly contagious disease in many lives. It can seem unstoppable. But there is a being thankful.

Many people think of worry as worrying about the future, and thankfulness as being thankful for the past. This book joins the two together. Help against worry is found in being thankful for our present relationship with God and being thankful that He is in control of the future.

Genres: Religion

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

James P. Gills, M.D. has earned a reputation as the most experienced cataract surgeon in the world. He is the founder and medical director of the renowned St. Luke's Cataract & Laser Institute in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Dr. Gills has dedicated his life to restoring much more than physical version. His not-for-profit publishing outreach, Love Press, has distributed well over three million copies of his books on a donation basis through LoveLines: The Honor Innovation.

Reviews

[April Corbett (Dorris) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book up because it was written for people like me. I am a planner, a very detailed planner. Some would see this as worrying. I like to think of it as planning. When I’m honest with myself I do have to admit that my planning does go over into the realm of worrying, but you will never hear me admit it in public. ☺ This summer was an especially trying time as my unemployment was stretching much longer than I anticipated it to and the savings had run out and I was only surviving on help from family and prayers from everyone. This book came along at the perfect time to remind me that despite what is going on, I can still trust God. My troubles didn’t go away with the reading of this book but I can say I was a little more at peace and that kept me from starting my new job with an ulcer!

[Adam Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was given this book five years ago at a writer's conference and it sat on my book shelf. I picked up and wasn't pleasantly surprised to find a great encouraging faith building book on dealing with the topic of worry.

Gills writing is full of gentle biblical wisdom. More than self-help, this book points the way to truth and real biblical answers. The doctor's in and this is a great prescription for worry. Really a blessing and a keeper for my library.

[Joshua Kotzin]

Read this one when I was in a bad place and had no freedom.. helped me out a lot.

[Kaitlyn Botts]

Very outdated; the situations in the book are just irrelevant to situations in the American family, at least MY american family. It might be good for a soccer mom that doesn't use any technology, including smart phones. Some of the claims this book make just didn't add up. Not relevant in 2017, especially as a senior in high school.