Daily Thoughts

In the Book of Mormon I read about the great faith of the stripling warriors and how none of them was killed because of their great trust in the Lord, which had been taught them by their mothers.  They were a great help in battling the Lamanites and were miraculously spared.  Alma 57:20-27 "And as the remainder of our army were about to give way before the Lamanites, behold, those two thousand and sixty were firm and undaunted. Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness; yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them; and I did remember the words which they said unto me that their mothers had taught them. And now behold, it was these my sons, and those men who had been selected to convey the prisoners, to whom we owe this great victory; for it was they who did beat the Lamanites; therefore they were driven back to the city of Manti. And we retained our city Cumeni, and were not all destroyed by the sword; nevertheless, we had suffered great loss. And it came to pass that after the Lamanites had fled, I immediately gave orders that my men who had been wounded should be taken from among the dead, and caused that their wounds should be dressed. And it came to pass that there were two hundred, out of my two thousand and sixty, who had fainted because of the loss of blood; nevertheless, according to the goodness of God, and to our great astonishment, and also the joy of our whole army, there was not one soul of them who did perish; yea, and neither was there one soul among them who had not received many wounds. And now, their preservation was astonishing to our whole army, yea, that they should be spared while there was a thousand of our brethren who were slain. And we do justly ascribe it to the miraculous power of God, because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe—that there was a just God, and whosoever did not doubt, that they should be preserved by his marvelous power. Now this was the faith of these of whom I have spoken; they are young, and their minds are firm, and they do put their trust in God continually."

In the Old Testament we read about how the strength of the Lord was with Sampson so that cords could not bind him and he was able to slay 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.  Judges 15:14-15 "And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith."

A verse with a thought booklet tells us not to be unduly concerned about anything, but turn our problems over to the Lord in prayer, with thanksgiving.  If we're truly grateful for all the blessings the Lord has given us, and thank Him for them, we can also come to Him with our problems and concerns and He will help us get through them.  The Lord wants us to come to Him with thankful hearts but He also wants us to make our requests known to Him. 
Philippians 4:6 "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."