A Bedtime Prayer for Casting Every Care on God

Father, Your word tells me to cast all my cares on You.
All of them, Lord.
Not just the big ones I think are worth Your time.

So here are the small ones too.
The repair I keep putting off.
The call I forgot to return.
The ache that is probably nothing.
The bill that came in higher than I expected.
The thing I said that might have stung.

I usually keep these to myself.
They seem too small to pray about.
But together they weigh more than I thought.

Casting isn't careful work.
It's throwing, like tossing a heavy coat onto a chair
when I finally get home.
Help me toss my cares onto You like that,
and leave them there.

You don't take them because You have to.
You take them because You care for me.
That's the best reason I know to let them go.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

When to Pray This

Pray this in bed, or sitting on the edge of it, once the lights are low. Name your small worries aloud one at a time, as the prayer does. Then say the last lines slowly, and try to leave them with God for the night.

A Verse to Hold On To

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." — 1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)