Encouragement for anxiety

If your thoughts scare you, create anxiety, or ruin your day…then you’re not alone friend.

This is something that I myself struggled with for the majority of my life. And as a Christian, it was incredibly discouraging. I kept hearing that God wanted me to have peace… but I had never actually known what peace felt like or looked like. I was being destroyed for lack of knowledge. I was operating in fear, and my heart was broken, which gave the enemy access and the ability to plant seeds of fear and doubt in my heart about God’s character.

But in the Lord’s faithfulness, He brought me mentors to teach me what spiritual warfare looks like. And that the enemy targets the mind as a war tactic. When I realized the promise of this bible verse…and that I don’t need to strive for peace, work for peace, or perform for the peace I was desperately needing and that instead by keeping my mind fixed on the Lord I’m able to step into the peace He has already made ready and available for me to receive…my life changed. Once I understood this, and also understood how to rebuke the spirit of fear…I went from someone who was chronically anxious, to someone who very rarely feels anxiety at all.

If this is something that you struggle with, I recommend watching one of my favorite teachings that we at sunrise church have on our website/app, called the "Spirit of Fear", to understand where the shift in our mental health can come from, and how we as children of God can move forward in the authority we have been given.

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