HOW TO OVERCOME ANXIETY AND FEAR

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses  all understanding will protect  your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

In my practice as a therapist, the majority of the clients I see are for stress related issues. Many of these clients are not believer’s so I have to be strategic when I discuss the dynamics of stress and how to remedy it. What I learned to do is give them the principles concerning stress from a biblical perspective using clinical language. Fortunately, I don’t have to do that  with the readers on my website. So, I want to give you the recipe of ridding yourself from stress, and give you the formula for success from the scriptures. The above scripture is the foundation for living a stress free life. It doesn’t mean that you will  be immune for stressful situation, because we live in a world filled with strife and fear. But you will have a strategy to deal with it in an effective way.

The difference between and anxiety and stress is that we experience stress while we are in the present. In other words, we might experience stress at work while we are completing a project. Anxiety on the other hand is something that hasn’t happen yet. It is fear based which causes us to worry about something that hasn’t yet. The thing to remember is that 91.4% of the things we worry about will never happen. And the 8.6% of the things that does happen we can handle. So why worry? It is a waste of energy and time. So instead, go to the Word of God find promises in the bible that are answers to what you are considered about and present them to God with the prayer of petition. Remind God of what His word said about your situation and pray the promises instead of praying the problem! Then give God thanks for answering your prayer until you see the answer. Because you know that God always follow through on His promises.

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