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What if the origin of "Let Go, Let God?"


Sent to General Experts December 11, 2006 3:27 p.m.

Part of the 12-step programs. Where in the Bible does this phrase live? What is the origin of the phrase?

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December 11, 2006 3:37 p.m. (10 minutes and 2 seconds later)
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That particular phrase is not expicitly in the Bible, but it is derived from the concept of giving your problems to God and then letting him deal with it. Such scriptures that support this viewpoint are :

Psalms 55:22
1 Peter 5:7
Phillipians 4:6,7
Isaiah 55:10-11.

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