Anxiety - The Emotion of Uncertainty - Philippians 4:6-7

So it doesn't matter whether it's real or not real, your body will react the same way. Think about that for a second. Later on, if you've gone through something whether it was real or not real and later on you recall this event, you can experience the same physical and mental effects from thinking about what you had gone through. What happens? Your adrenaline picks up, your heart rate, your blood sugar, your digestive stuff. It's all in your mind. That's why your mind has to be healthy and has to think in the truth. [00:27:28] (43 seconds)  #HealthyMindHealthyBody

The world does not offer right solutions to these problems because they leave God out of even helpful strategies. I'm not saying that sometimes the strategies are not good. Sometimes they say, hey, this is how you can train your thinking to think better. And I'm for that. I'm yes. You need a strategy. But if you keep God out of your solution, you will fail. You will fail. That's all there's to it. They are disorders because their lives are out of order. God is not in his proper place. And if God is in his proper place, you are no longer in disorder. [00:22:31] (41 seconds)  #GodCenteredSolutions

So anxiety is a subset of fear. It's a subset of fear. So if you're saying I'm anxious, you're really saying I'm scared. I'm fearful. So it it comes out of fear. It's the emotion of uncertainty. When you live your life in uncertainty, you will always have fear. You know, somebody says that you gotta fear the Lord. Fearing the Lord isn't based in uncertainty. The fear of the Lord is based in absolute certainty. If you have a fear of something that is not, certain, that's based on imagination. [00:08:44] (41 seconds)  #AnxietyIsFear

But folks, that's not the way to get freedom. Freedom is going back to the beginning, to the source, to where you need God and he will help you through. I guarantee you, folks, I would stake my life on it. If you just believe him, he would give you freedom. He'd give you he'd give you a whole life. You talk about mental health, he will give you mental health, but it's gonna take sound doctrine. And the word sound means healthy. Healthy truth. Amen? It brings health to your life. So this is why we it's vital to have a renewed mind to think about life's challenges from God's perspective. [00:36:36] (44 seconds)  #FreedomThroughDoctrine

The Bible says, be careful for nothing. Nothing. Do you believe God is true? Do you believe he told you that you don't have to have any anxiety in your life, that you could live a life without anxiety? Do you believe you could live a life without anxiety? Do you really? I mean, some of you are thinking about it. You're saying, well, maybe. No. But see, that's the problem because our core disorder is belief is unbelief. Do you believe that you can live a life without anxiety? Christian. That's where it begins. Now there may be some issues you need to deal with. [00:50:29] (56 seconds)  #BelieveForPeace

The worrier keeps his body on high alert, creating imaginary emergencies in your mind. And so your body's on high alert all the time so that ANS is working all the time, daily. You're not designed for that. That's not why God gave it to you. Eventually, the worry is gonna experience negative effects in your body. High blood pressure, gut problems, gland fatigue, chronic pain, cardio difficulties, headaches from muscular tension, weight gain, insomnia. All these things branch out of having your nervous system riding at the highest level because of what? Anxiety. Because of what? Discontentment. Because of what? Unbelief. [00:29:23] (61 seconds)  #WorryHurtsTheBody

Perfectionists are worriers. Sometimes he hears, well, I'm a perfectionist. That's not something to be proud of because if you're a perfectionist, you're probably anxious. Perfectionists are anxious people. They're great worriers. They want everything to go just right because they think they know what they need to make life work. So it's a perfectionist. A perfectionist thinks they got everything figured out, and then they spend every day worrying about whether everything is gonna fall into line with what they think they need to become or be, and therefore they become anxious. [00:16:56] (38 seconds)  #PerfectionBreedsAnxiety

They often think they have to be the right weight, the right image. They need to have the perfect devotional life. They always perform at peak. They never make mistakes. They can never be vulnerable, never show any flaws, weaknesses, or sins. Their lives become very intense, and their souls are very noisy. They don't have peace. There's no way that a perfectionist has peace in their life. Amen? Warriors scare themselves with their imaginations and fantasies. They scare themselves. They convince them they convince themselves that there are monsters under the bed. Amen? [00:17:46] (45 seconds)  #PerfectionKillsPeace