Matthew 6:25-34
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Heavenly Father, we lift your precious daughter up to you and we ask that you fill her mind with peace. Lord, you paid a great price for us to live a life of freedom, not in bondage. So God we thank you in faith for breaking the chains that are trying to hold her captive. We hold firm to your promises. You have an amazing plan for her (Jeremiah 29:11). We thank you for healing her mind. There is no condition on this earth too great for you to handle. Isaiah 53:5 says, you were wounded for our transgressions. You were bruised for our inequities. The chastisement of our peace is upon you, and by your stripes (by the very lashes you took on your back for us) we are healed! So we declare your healing power flowing through her body. Any disconnect in her mind that does not align with your word, we command it to leave right now in the name of Jesus! Your word says in
Philippians 4:6-7, Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Lord help your daughter to lean on you completely! Help her to keep away from anything that is negative. Your word holds great power. Fill her up with your truth. Help her to recognize the lies and attacks of the enemy, and to not accept them! Give your daughter a revelation! Provide her with comfort and reassurance that you have not abandoned her. Your word says in Deuteronomy 31:6, Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord your God goes with you wherever you go; he will never leave you nor forsake you. God thank you for being right there with your daughter through every step she takes. We thank you for guiding her to the victorious life you have for her! In the mighty name of Jesus, Amen.
My dear sister in Christ, I have been right where you are. I just wanted to let you know that there is hope. There have been times where I would cry out to God for deliverance, yet I felt like I wasn't being heard because I would struggle with the same anxieties day after day. I too would try to self diagnose and it reached a point where I allowed the anxiety to take complete control of my life. I allowed it to dictate where I would go and the decisions I made. I too went to counseling and, although it was comforting for the moment, I would go home and enter right back into the mental prison I tried to break free from. One day, when I asked for prayer at my church, a women came to me and recommend that I begin studying God's word in the area I had been struggling. She suggested that I write the scriptures down and put them where I can see them. In my mind I thought, "but I already read my bible." But over time I began to learn the difference between reading, and actually diving in and studying. If I find words, I don't understand, I can look them up. I started looking up every scripture I could find on anxiety, fear and discouragement. I wrote them down and put them on my wall right beside my bed, so when I wake up, that would be the first thing I would see. I heard a sermon from Joyce Meyer one day on the power of declaring God's word over your life.
She talked about her struggles of being sexually abused by her father as a child and the mental torment that she endured for years. But when she started to declare God's word over her life, that's when things began to change. You know how the bible talks about the power of the tongue? In Proverbs 18:21, it says, Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
Basically, that means that we have a choice to speak death or life over our lives. Whatever we choose to speak and act on, will determine the fruit we produce. I only want to produce good fruit. So I had to allow the Holy spirit to take control of my mouth. Through the day, I would just say , "Lord, control my tongue. Help me to speak life, not death." First, I had to stop speaking negatively over myself. Examples: I will never change, I will always be this way...etc... Then, I began declaring what God's word says about me daily. Examples: God did not give me the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power, love and a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7) I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) I choose to cast all my anxieties on him because he cares for me (1 Peter 5:7) I only think on things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise. (Philipians 4:8) God is supplying all of my needs according to his riches and glory in Christ Jesus. (Philipians 4:19) I choose to set my mind on things above, not on the things of this earth. (Colossians 3:2)
I declared these scriptures over my life (and still do) regardless of what the circumstance looked like. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) I basically came to a point where I was like, I know the devil is a liar, and I know that God's word is true, so I am making the descion to stand on truth. Whatever lies the devil tries to throw at me (because he will continue to try) I REFUSE to accept them! I'll admit I initially felt absolutely insane in doing this. I had grown so accustomed to magnifying what I saw, versus was God says. Its easy to magnify our circumstance when we are going through it, but you must fight that urge. We serve a God that is much bigger than our circumstances. All the times I was crying out to God and asking him to pull me out of this mental bondage, God lovingly heard every word. But then he answered my prayer in an amazing way. I realized that he had already given me the strength to conquer this. Instead of me expecting him to zap it out of my life like some magician, I had to unleash the power and strength that he had already given me through his word. So I continued to declare his word day after day. Any time the devil would try to attack me again, I would say "nope!" My God's word says this! I began to give thanks to God as if I was already healed. Then something miraculous happened. The anxiety was gone! After years and years and years of struggling. Today I continue to be persistent. I still declare these scriptures. The enemy will always wait until you let your guard down, then he will be back up to his old tricks. Don't fall for it. They are only distractions because he knows the amazing plan God has for your life, and he wants to try everything he can to keep you away from it. Don't let him. Remember the enemy is under your feet. (Romans 16:20) He has no power. But because you have Christ inside of you, you are already on the winning side!
I will leave you with one last thing because I know my response is getting to be quite lengthy lol. Five days ago I was admitted into an emergency room as a patient. I had shortness of breath and my blood pressure was through the roof. I've had a fairly clear medically history over the years. All of these issues came at once. The doctor ran a bunch of tests (blood work, CT Scan/chest xray, EKG). Everything came back pretty much normal. The doctor came back in my room and told me that all of these symptoms were because of anxiety. She offered to put me on some medication. I politely declined and thanked her for her service, but in my mind, I immediately refused the diagnosis. I said, "God, I know you have already healed me of this. Your healing power is far greater than any medication or medical diagnosis! The enemy was trying to attack me and I refused to accept it.
I remembered what it says in Phillipians 4:6-7 about making your requests known to God with thanksgiving. So I began to thank God for his healing power flowing through me even though my blood pressure was still high and I was still having issues with my breathing. The bible says to call things out as though they were. (Romans 4:17) So I said, "Lord I thank you for bringing my blood pressure back to normal. I thank you that your breath is in my lungs. I have the breath of life inside of me (Job 33:4, Genesis 2:7)" I went home that evening and rested. I chose not to worry about the symptoms. When I woke up the next day, I checked my blood pressure. It was back to normal. In addition, my breath came back as if nothing had happened the night before. If God can heal me, he can heal you! I encourage you to fight the urge to stop self diagnosing and trust God. Ask God to help you run to his word instead of the internet. Remember that what you choose to feed, will become stronger. If you choose to fill your mind with anything negative (things you might read, watch, or listen to), your flesh will become stronger. But if you choose to edify your mind and soul with the wonderful truth of God's word, your spirit will become stronger. My prayer is that God makes your spirit strong and your flesh weak. With Jesus living inside of you, no evil force on this earth or in hell can touch. You are a child of the most high God and you have the undying, relentless power of Christ radiating through your veins! You are healed! Receive it. I believe it and declare it in Jesus name! God Bless you my dear sister in Christ!
Sidemote: I'd recommend Joyce Meyer's book called "The battle field of the mind" If you haven't already read it.
