Christians
and Anxiety
Anxiety…you
feel like something dreadful may happen any moment. You feel uneasy all the
time. You feel like you need to do something but don’t know what it is. You
feel something is wrong but can’t put your finger on it. Your mind swarms with
bad thoughts trying to figure the whole situation out. Wow! This is anxiety at
its worst.
All people have short or sometimes longer anxiety attacks.
What brings them on can be a complicated matter. When a person learns to
recognize, become conscious of such an attack then he or she can deal with it
properly.
Anxiety takes a person captive with the emotion of worry. A
person can feel like their emotions have complete control of them with no way
out. In earlier articles we talked about the fact that you must realize that
you hold the “remote control” to the “thought channels” of your own mind and
you must learn to change the channel. We, as Christians, do this through prayer
and resting in the promises of Jesus Christ. Our relationship with God is not
just knowledge but a conscious conversation with a real personality.
We have also stressed the importance of getting to truly
know God by reading and studying His written word, the Holy Bible. This takes
time. When you first meet a person, you do not really know him, that takes
hanging out with him and talking to him – spending time with people is how we get to know them. It is the
same with God. After reading a portion of God’s word say a prayer: “Dear Lord, guide me and teach me. Show me what this passage means and help me to appropriately
apply it to my life through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
God will guide you to become much more peaceful and less
anxious. Just as a loving parent figure may hold you and comfort you in a time
of stress, so the Holy Spirit is holding you through all your trials. Learn to
listen to the voice of God which comes from inside your own spirit. As a
begotten child of God (Christian) you are never alone. Pure happiness can fill
the soul leaving no room for worry.
You can ask yourself: “If my best friend or a family member
was feeling this anxiety, what would I tell them to help them?” You may
surprise yourself as you begin to hear the Holy Spirit come through loud and
clear. Take your own inner counsel sometimes – learn to truly listen. Once you give
your emotions to God you must realize that He can feel exactly what you are feeling and
He knows exactly what you’re struggling with. A fellow human cannot know these
things but God can and does. This alone should bring some comfort.
Learning to be emotionally “strong” does not take you
finding some special power or talking yourself into it. Instead, just surrender
to God. Rest in Him. Allow Him to do the work in and through you. You are in
good hands dear brother and sister in Christ.
As a child of God, you are a perfect reflection of His love.
As a true child of God, you have the “mind of Christ” already in you. You must
let this new mind speak. You have a new nature in Christ, you must let the new
nature spring forth. You have become free in the power of Jesus Christ. Claim
God’s promises for your personal life.
Thank you for remaining with us here at “The Shepherds Way
& Nugget of Truth”. You are always welcome with us here. Keep your Bible
with you at all times.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
AACG (February 7th 2026)
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Christianity and Human Consciousness
Above: Presbyter King talks about the reality of human complexity.
*Begin to Understand Spirit, Body, and Soul
"But the path of the just is as the shining light (illuminosity),
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
~Proverbs 4:8
