Why does this work? 1) Your focus is not on you. With our issues, our focus is almost entirely on ourselves. Even when we pray, it is generally about ourselves. We might ask for our protection, we might ask for our peace. We might beg for our rescue. Now, it is not wrong to ask for…
The most healing thing you can do is to start praising Him always. We have focused on ourselves for too long, dwelt in fears and anxiety. Our thoughts are not filled with Him, except for desperation, and our prayers are not filled with praise, but with panic. How often during the day do you…
As I was finishing the Flesh vs Spirit page, the Lord reminded me of a passage in Hebrews. When I read part of it, I was floored. Not only did this continue what we had been talking about, but He also showed me a verse that, frankly, I do not remember seeing in there, but…
Romans 7:14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. 7:15 For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. 7:16 But if I do…
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…
So how do we actually do this? 1) Know your Bible. Know the promises that Jesus earned for you. Make no mistake, you did not and cannot earn any of them. Jesus can and did. 2) Write down the promises. WRITE THEM DOWN. 3) Put your name in them "And the peace of God ....will guard <your…
Now this is a very important verse: Romans 8:15 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. ASV You see, we can have the spirit of fear, or we can choose not to. It is a choice we make. If…
It is also false power, which is from the devil. If there is nothing I can do to solve a situation, then me worrying about it makes the situation worse. However, we worry because we think it helps. It is superstition: "If I think about the bad, if I worry about it, then it…
Now why would He tell us not to be anxious? Well because it elevates fear above the Lord. It can even be a form of idolatry. If I am obeying my anxiety, I am expressing no trust in God. I am saying to God "I think that this problem is out of Your control,…
Let’s look again at Philippians... 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. 4:5 Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 4:6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 4:7 And the…
