Be Anxious For Nothing

Philippians 4:6 says,"Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God."

I received a study from the American Psychiatric Foundation on anxiety disorders. I wanted to write as one who is overcoming and has overcome a lot of these things in the power of God. Here are some symptoms of what "they" call an anxiety disorder:

1) painful intrusive memories and recurring nightmares

1 John 3:19-20 ..."This, then, is how we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence whenever our hearts condemn us, for God is greater than our hearts and He knows everything."

2) persistent obsessive thoughts

2 Corinthians 10:3-5..."For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

3) intense feelings of panic or fear

1 John 4:18..."There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out all fear because fear has to do with punishment, the man who fears is not made perfect in love."

Romans 8:15..."For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received a spirit of sonship. And by him we cry Abba (daddy)! Father."

2 Timothy 1:7..."For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, of love, and of a sound mind."

There is a natural feeling of fear that God gives us as a warning, but intense feelings of panic and fear are NOTHING BUT DEMONIC! They (the demons) are the ones who are afraid. Fear has to do with punishment; they're trying to suggest that their punishment is yours. We have been redeemed by the blood of Christ--something that can never be taken away. Don't buy into Satan's lies. He's the one who's doomed, and all of his demons.

If you're plagued by anxiety, the world tells you to go talk to a psychotherapist and take pills. All that a psychotherapist can do is talk to you and make you talk more and make all of your problems all the more obvious and help you obsess over them a little more! By the way, he sells the pills, so the more messed up he can convince you that you are, it'll go to his pocket (not that all doctors are so unethical, some really believe in what they do). The pills can only suppress your brain functions and make you feel like all you've been suffering is less real. Christ died to buy both halves of your brain and he takes your very real sufferings and heals you. I don't want to slam doctors, but I want to let you know that I've seen the Great Physician. I just want you to know that only HE can offer you true freedom.

We would love to pray with anybody seeking freedom. (no co-pays)