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 Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:20 pm
I say, if your anxious, why? is it for a materialistic item? if so, your anxious is futile, but if your anxious for the lord to answer you, do not worry, God will answer you at the right moment of his time. His timing is perfect. Though i am victim of being anxious for material things, i will admit, i also get anxious for the lord. Each time i am anxious i just surround my self in the lord with christian music, the bible and friends.
Philippians 4:6-8
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.
Matthew 6:31-34
"Do not be anxious then, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'With what shall we clothe ourselves?' "For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:53 pm
911child I say, if your anxious, why? is it for a materialistic item? if so, your anxious is futile, but if your anxious for the lord to answer you, do not worry, God will answer you at the right moment of his time. His timing is perfect. Though i am victim of being anxious for material things, i will admit, i also get anxious for the lord. Each time i am anxious i just surround my self in the lord with christian music, the bible and friends. Personally, most of my anxiety stems from a long and colourful past of bad people doing bad things to me. It's called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. I experience what are called triggers - things that trigger a memory of feeling associated past trauma, which brings on what is at this point in my recovery a usually unavoidable panic attack. I'm prescribed medication to take when this happens so that I can live a relatively normal and productive life. If you've never experienced a panic attack, it's difficult to describe how debilitating and terrifying they can be, but if God is indeed a loving God, He would not fault someone for the psychological damage caused by the heinous sins of evil men.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:57 pm
SinfulGuillotine 911child I say, if your anxious, why? is it for a materialistic item? if so, your anxious is futile, but if your anxious for the lord to answer you, do not worry, God will answer you at the right moment of his time. His timing is perfect. Though i am victim of being anxious for material things, i will admit, i also get anxious for the lord. Each time i am anxious i just surround my self in the lord with christian music, the bible and friends. Personally, most of my anxiety stems from a long and colourful past of bad people doing bad things to me. It's called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. I experience what are called triggers - things that trigger a memory of feeling associated past trauma, which brings on what is at this point in my recovery a usually unavoidable panic attack. I'm prescribed medication to take when this happens so that I can live a relatively normal and productive life. If you've never experienced a panic attack, it's difficult to describe how debilitating and terrifying they can be, but if God is indeed a loving God, He would not fault someone for the psychological damage caused by the heinous sins of evil men. Yes he will. When you go into these episodes, for lack of a better word, turn to him and ask him for help. And I dont have PTSD but i do have abit of an anger issue that i can suppress. Thought, it can be triggered when people start to fight, people become hostile to me or some one mentions my step dad around me. But every time i fall into this state i always ask God for help and he always helps me.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:47 am
911child SinfulGuillotine 911child I say, if your anxious, why? is it for a materialistic item? if so, your anxious is futile, but if your anxious for the lord to answer you, do not worry, God will answer you at the right moment of his time. His timing is perfect. Though i am victim of being anxious for material things, i will admit, i also get anxious for the lord. Each time i am anxious i just surround my self in the lord with christian music, the bible and friends. Personally, most of my anxiety stems from a long and colourful past of bad people doing bad things to me. It's called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. I experience what are called triggers - things that trigger a memory of feeling associated past trauma, which brings on what is at this point in my recovery a usually unavoidable panic attack. I'm prescribed medication to take when this happens so that I can live a relatively normal and productive life. If you've never experienced a panic attack, it's difficult to describe how debilitating and terrifying they can be, but if God is indeed a loving God, He would not fault someone for the psychological damage caused by the heinous sins of evil men. Yes he will. When you go into these episodes, for lack of a better word, turn to him and ask him for help. And I dont have PTSD but i do have abit of an anger issue that i can suppress. Thought, it can be triggered when people start to fight, people become hostile to me or some one mentions my step dad around me. But every time i fall into this state i always ask God for help and he always helps me. You think I don't pray when I have a panic attack? You feel like the world is ending when you're having a panic attack. All I can pretty much do is pray. As I said, if you haven't experienced it, it's not easy to understand. I can't just try super duper hard and never be triggered. It's not something that I can consciously control. I can try to avoid situations or behaviour that I know is likely to trigger me, but that's about it, and many times, something completely unexpected can act as a trigger. My only other option would be to lock myself in my home and only see a short list of people for the rest of my life, and sorry, but I have to do things like work so I can keep doing things like eating and sleeping indoors. I don't have the luxury to hermit myself away and become a full-time crazy person, even if I wanted to. Only people who don't understand mental illness seem to think that it just goes away if you just try harder and pray, or see symptoms of said mental illness as a weakness of faith. But I know that God understands this, even if far too many human beings don't.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:37 am
SinfulGuillotine 911child SinfulGuillotine 911child I say, if your anxious, why? is it for a materialistic item? if so, your anxious is futile, but if your anxious for the lord to answer you, do not worry, God will answer you at the right moment of his time. His timing is perfect. Though i am victim of being anxious for material things, i will admit, i also get anxious for the lord. Each time i am anxious i just surround my self in the lord with christian music, the bible and friends. Personally, most of my anxiety stems from a long and colourful past of bad people doing bad things to me. It's called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. I experience what are called triggers - things that trigger a memory of feeling associated past trauma, which brings on what is at this point in my recovery a usually unavoidable panic attack. I'm prescribed medication to take when this happens so that I can live a relatively normal and productive life. If you've never experienced a panic attack, it's difficult to describe how debilitating and terrifying they can be, but if God is indeed a loving God, He would not fault someone for the psychological damage caused by the heinous sins of evil men. Yes he will. When you go into these episodes, for lack of a better word, turn to him and ask him for help. And I dont have PTSD but i do have abit of an anger issue that i can suppress. Thought, it can be triggered when people start to fight, people become hostile to me or some one mentions my step dad around me. But every time i fall into this state i always ask God for help and he always helps me. You think I don't pray when I have a panic attack? You feel like the world is ending when you're having a panic attack. All I can pretty much do is pray. As I said, if you haven't experienced it, it's not easy to understand. I can't just try super duper hard and never be triggered. It's not something that I can consciously control. I can try to avoid situations or behaviour that I know is likely to trigger me, but that's about it, and many times, something completely unexpected can act as a trigger. My only other option would be to lock myself in my home and only see a short list of people for the rest of my life, and sorry, but I have to do things like work so I can keep doing things like eating and sleeping indoors. I don't have the luxury to hermit myself away and become a full-time crazy person, even if I wanted to. Only people who don't understand mental illness seem to think that it just goes away if you just try harder and pray, or see symptoms of said mental illness as a weakness of faith. But I know that God understands this, even if far too many human beings don't. I merely am suggesting to pray to God when those attacks come about, your right, i dont know what its like. All i can suggest is, Ask God. I dont know all the answers.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:23 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:59 pm
911child I merely am suggesting to pray to God when those attacks come about, your right, i dont know what its like. All i can suggest is, Ask God. I dont know all the answers. Nor do I. I frequently ask God, both for aid and for answers. I don't have nearly as many answers as I'd like, but I have no doubt that God is the reason I'm alive with even a semblance of sanity, and I thank the Lord for that every day.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:42 am
I have clinical depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and PTSD. Each one of them likes to feed the other two, which can make my triggers triply devastating if I don't call on God to help me.
Those of us who have these disorders did not ask for them. That doesn't mean that it's not inherently sinful to worry about things. I think God calls those of us with anxiety and depression triggers to have a close, well-developed relationship with the Holy Spirit so that He can be our comfort when we need it the most. Sinful Guillotine is right, it's impossible to avoid all triggers. They're in music and movies and every day life. To avoid all triggers, we'd have to be shut ins, and honestly, if we were shut ins long enough, we'd probably develop anxiety about that too, because brains are weird like that rolleyes .
Triggers may be out of our control, but God always has control.
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:20 pm
My belief is that being worried is a sin. When you worry, you're telling God that you don't think he's doing his job well enough so you're gonna step in and take over. However, my brother also struggles with medical anxiety and he can't help being anxious. So as long as you place everything you're worried about to God, you aren't sinning.
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