I am praying each day that god will deliver me from panic and anxiety. I am so amped up and worried. Please pray for me.
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Fear! Has it ever been a problem for you...holding you back from moving into areas that could enrich your own life and the lives of others? There is a solution.
One of the many benefits available to Christians is freedom from fear. When we avoid making changes or confronting issues in our lives because of fear or dread, we need to remember that God has promised to go before us and bring us through victoriously as we obey Him.
When we are facing a job interview, for example, instead of being afraid that we will make a bad impression and fail to get the position, we need to ask God to prepare the heart and mind of the interviewer and help us to present ourselves in the very best light. When God "prepares the way," we can trust that whatever happens will turn out for our good according to His perfect plan for us.
The Bible tells of a man named Abram who trusted God in spite of his own personal fear. Now... the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father's house, to the land that I will show you (Genesis 12:1).
How would you feel if God told you to leave your home, your family, and everything that is familiar and comfortable and head out to an unknown destination? Full of fear? That is precisely the challenge Abram facedand it frightened him. But God's words to him were "Fear not." It is the same message He gave to Joshua when He called him to lead the children of Israel to take the land He had promised to give them as their inheritance (see Joshua 1:6-9). And to all who set out to follow God's plan today, He says, "Fear not."
Elisabeth Elliot, whose husband was killed along with four other missionaries in Ecuador, tells that her life was completely controlled by fear. Every time she started to step out to minister, fear stopped her. Then a friend told her something that set her free. Her friend said, "Why don't you do it afraid?" Elisabeth listened and took that advice. Together with Rachel Saint, the sister of one of the murdered missionaries, they went on to evangelize the Indian tribes of Ecuador, including the very people who had killed their loved ones.
Many times we think we should wait to do something until we are no longer afraid. But if we did that, we would probably accomplish very little for God, for others, or even for ourselves. Both Abram and Joshua had to step out in faith and obedience to God and do what He had commanded them to doeven though they were afraid.
I believe the words fear not simply mean "don't run." So the solution to fear is simplerather than bowing our knee and giving in to it, we must stand firm against it, knowing that God has gone before us and prepared the way.
That is precisely what God wants us to do. Even if our mouth is dry and our knees are shaking, we need to keep asking God to strengthen us. We need to determine that our lives are not going to be ruled by fear but by the Word of God.
As we saw before in Genesis, God gave Abram a tall order. He said, "Pack up and leave everyone you know and everything you are comfortable with and go to a place I will show you." If Abram had bowed his knee to fear, he never would have fulfilled his destiny to become all God created him to bethe father of many nations.
In the same way, if Joshua had not overcome his fear and been obedient to God's command to lead His people into the Promised Land, they never would have enjoyed all that God had prepared for them. Giving in to fear alters God's best plan for your life. So use the power of God's Word to do what He wants you to do...even if you have to do it afraid! The rewards are great.
One of the many benefits available to Christians is freedom from fear. When we avoid making changes or confronting issues in our lives because of fear or dread, we need to remember that God has promised to go before us and bring us through victoriously as we obey Him.
When we are facing a job interview, for example, instead of being afraid that we will make a bad impression and fail to get the position, we need to ask God to prepare the heart and mind of the interviewer and help us to present ourselves in the very best light. When God "prepares the way," we can trust that whatever happens will turn out for our good according to His perfect plan for us.
The Bible tells of a man named Abram who trusted God in spite of his own personal fear. Now... the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father's house, to the land that I will show you (Genesis 12:1).
How would you feel if God told you to leave your home, your family, and everything that is familiar and comfortable and head out to an unknown destination? Full of fear? That is precisely the challenge Abram facedand it frightened him. But God's words to him were "Fear not." It is the same message He gave to Joshua when He called him to lead the children of Israel to take the land He had promised to give them as their inheritance (see Joshua 1:6-9). And to all who set out to follow God's plan today, He says, "Fear not."
Elisabeth Elliot, whose husband was killed along with four other missionaries in Ecuador, tells that her life was completely controlled by fear. Every time she started to step out to minister, fear stopped her. Then a friend told her something that set her free. Her friend said, "Why don't you do it afraid?" Elisabeth listened and took that advice. Together with Rachel Saint, the sister of one of the murdered missionaries, they went on to evangelize the Indian tribes of Ecuador, including the very people who had killed their loved ones.
Many times we think we should wait to do something until we are no longer afraid. But if we did that, we would probably accomplish very little for God, for others, or even for ourselves. Both Abram and Joshua had to step out in faith and obedience to God and do what He had commanded them to doeven though they were afraid.
I believe the words fear not simply mean "don't run." So the solution to fear is simplerather than bowing our knee and giving in to it, we must stand firm against it, knowing that God has gone before us and prepared the way.
That is precisely what God wants us to do. Even if our mouth is dry and our knees are shaking, we need to keep asking God to strengthen us. We need to determine that our lives are not going to be ruled by fear but by the Word of God.
As we saw before in Genesis, God gave Abram a tall order. He said, "Pack up and leave everyone you know and everything you are comfortable with and go to a place I will show you." If Abram had bowed his knee to fear, he never would have fulfilled his destiny to become all God created him to bethe father of many nations.
In the same way, if Joshua had not overcome his fear and been obedient to God's command to lead His people into the Promised Land, they never would have enjoyed all that God had prepared for them. Giving in to fear alters God's best plan for your life. So use the power of God's Word to do what He wants you to do...even if you have to do it afraid! The rewards are great.
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I have prayed for you. May God bless your life and free you from panic and anxiety.princess197113 said:
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You got the prayers girlfriend, but I have a word of advice in addition to spiritual matters. I had major anxiety issues for years and praying just wasn't cutting them down for me. Come to find out I had a chemical imbalance which was easily diagnosed. I've been on a few Xanax's a day for the last seven or eight years now, and ever since I received this prescription, life's been so much better! I can focus, I stopped worrying so much, and that hopelessness went away. God allowed those drug company guys to come up with this stuff just like he allowed someone to invent Tylenol and Band-Aids. My advice, in addition to prayer, is to get yourself to a head doc and have them see if a prescription anti-anxiety med would work for you. It's done wonders for me and allows me to focus on everything else the Lord wants me to do. Take care and God bless, you'll make it through! Remember, God will not place you where his grace cannot maintain you. 
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PRINCESS I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMIN FROM CAUSE I PRAY ALL THE TIME THAT GOD WILL TAKE MY ATTACKS AWAY AND THE FEELINGS I GET TOO !SO I PRAY THAT GOD WILL DELIVER YOU FROM THIS AND THAT YOU MAY FIND NORMALCY AND PEACE WITHGOD AND WITH YOUR SELF!I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY LIFE!I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU!DO YOU HAVE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY>?princess197113 said:
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Hi Princess~ I'm DEB and I hear ya, let me begin father I pray for princess right now and ask that you fill up the void in her with your holy spirit and I ask you lord to rebuke that spirit of anxiety in Jesus name and depression and bring her joy and love and set her free in Jesus Holy name.......
now you thank the lord and believe and give him praise
Amen thank you Jesus bless her children
lord and protect them we praise your name and watch over my sister princess and fill her...........in Jesus> JESUS the name above all names,
i was set free from anxiety last night and I feel grrrrreat!
now you thank the lord and believe and give him praise
Amen thank you Jesus bless her children
lord and protect them we praise your name and watch over my sister princess and fill her...........in Jesus> JESUS the name above all names, i was set free from anxiety last night and I feel grrrrreat!
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Hey, I'll pray for oyu! I deal with panic attacks also, so I know what it is like to kow that thinsgs could be better, it just helps to have great faith
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