How to Deal with Anxiety Effectively - Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Anxiety, a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Worry refers to the thoughts, images, and emotions of a negative nature in a repetitive, uncontrollable manner that results from a proactive cognitive risk analysis made to avoid or solve anticipated potential threats and their potential consequences.

Worry from the old High German "wurgen" which means "to strangle" which is what worry does to our joy!

The first definition of "worry" in Webster is "to harass by tearing, biting, or snapping especially at the throat", and then "to subject to persistent or nagging attention or effort" and "to afflict with mental distress or agitation = make anxious".

Have you been anxious lately?

Illustrations:

A great percentage of our illnesses is in some way related to worry and anxiety and stress. In fact, the #1 killer in America is heart disease.

• 38% of all deaths are heart related and many of those are related to hypertension, high blood pressure and anxiety.

• Worry has been linked to cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis, gastrointestinal illness and suicide.

Suicide due to depression, are common now a days and being published through social media.

A recently licensed pilot was flying his private plane in a cloudy day. He was not very experienced in instrument landing. When the control tower was to bring him in, he began to get panicky. Then a stern voice came over the radio, “You just obey instructions, we’ll take care of the obstructions.”

"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow; it only gradually weakens today of its joy."—Leo Buscaglia

"There is more joy in Jesus in 24 hours than there is in the world in 365 days. I have tried them both."—R. A. Torrey

1. We are commanded not to be anxious (feel worry, nervous, or unease) Philippians 4:6,

Matthew 6:25 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

2. Anxiety(Worries) robs us our Joy and peace in Christ Jesus.

What is the cure/remedy/medicine of anxiety? Only the peace of God, not any medication.

Peace of God,

Proverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

How can we access the peace of God?

Prayer and Supplication with thanksgiving

Supplication is a form of prayer in which someone makes a humble petition or an entreaty God.

Prayer, however, can be defined as sincere thanksgiving or requests made to God.