We know that anxiety isn't good for our faith. We aren't moving mountains…we are barely able to function. We aren't facing hardship with faith and peace, we are hiding in our houses and touching lightposts. These are not the fruits of faith. The first way anxiety weakens our faith is through the fact that we…
You have to keep pushing yourself. You have to make it farther. Every time you try, even if you don’t do as well as you would like, you are making progress to the day that you will be free. It will seem very slow at first—two steps forward, one step back. It will seem like…
Philippians 3:12.Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13.Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and…
Romans 8:33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth; 34 who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall…
Romans 5:6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,…
Let me cover some common reactions to the idea of anxiety as sin... Confessing Our Sins Helps Us To Be Holy Hebrews 10:14 “For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.” NKJV We must always be working toward being holy. We have been made perfect forever, Jesus paid the dues…
Let's read Phil 4:6-7: 6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. We are commanded not to be anxious about anything--that…
Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." KJV I do not know about you, but I focused a lot on the first part of this: “without…
James 1:17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. NASV What gifts do you have in your life? Think about them right now. What thing has gone right? What love is in your life? …
(Here is one of those “stick” lessons I told you about. Understand that this might seem harsh, but there is great healing in it, and joy at the end. There is rest for you at the end, but there is also some stern words at the beginning. We have to be stern with ourselves, so…
