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Catalysts for Anxiety
2 He has led me into darkness, shutting out all light. 3 He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. 4 He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. 5 He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress. 6 He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead….17 Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is. 18 I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”
Lamentations 3:2-6,17,18
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4 Then Elijah went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.” 5 Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!”
I Kings 19:4,5
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Antidotes for Anxiety
21 Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: 22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. 23 Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. 24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore I will hope in him.”
Lamentations 3:21-24
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When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, your consolations delight my soul.
Psalm 94:19
5 …The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:5-7
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Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
I Peter 5:7
“It has been found that 12 minutes of daily focused prayer over an 8-week period can change the brain to such an extent that it can be measured on a brain scan.” — Dr. Caroline Leaf, Switch On Your Brain
He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again.
I Kings 19:6
We were never designed for the sedentary, indoor, socially isolated, fast food laden, sleep deprived, frenzied pace of modern life.” —Stephen Ilardi, The Depression Cure
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Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Isaiah 26:3