Oh, what peace we often forfeit; oh what needless pain we bear. . . .
Isn't it true? All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.
It is a tremendous old hymn, and was written by someone who knew what it meant to have a prayer life resulting in dependence on God.
Is there anything you need beside the Lord? Look at your life? Is there something you are desperate for?
Prayer about an unpaid bill should in the same attitude as a personal tragedy - we serve a sovereign God, and there is no one or nothing else we must have.
There are various levels of grief and pain. When the Soldier of The Cross prays in agreement with God, the hard things remain hard, but His Life makes them sweet.
You were not created to bear anxiety, depression, anger or fear.
Take your burden to One whose yoke is easy.