When I am afraid, I put my trust in Thee. Psalm 56:3. Note: "When". The Bible does not assume that true believers will have no anxieties. Mark 9:24, "I do believe! Help my unbelief!"
Cast all your anxieties on Him, for He cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7
My choice: Be desperately dependent [on Word and Spirit], or be independently desperate.
Anxiety is a condition of the heart - inadequate faith, and can provoke many sinful actions and attitudes.
We fight anxieties by fighting against unbelief and fighting for faith in future grace.... by, meditating on God's assurances [Word] of future grace and by asking for the help of his Spirit.
Matthew 6:25-34 - Seven Promises for Meditation in the face of anxiety.
Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not for I am with you, be not dismayed for I am your God, I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you, with My victorious right hand"
2 Corinthians 12:9 "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness"
Psalm 32:8 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you"
Romans 8:31 "If God is for us, who is against us!"
Phil 1:6 "He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ"
Let us make war, not with other people, but with our own unbelief.... using the Word and asking for the Spirit.
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