Get Help for Your Anxiety!

Proverbs 12

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, October 18.

It’s time to go see a counselor. You’ve suffered a long time trying to work through these issues on your own, and it’s not against God’s will to talk through it with another person, especially someone who has been equipped to help you; a person who will listen prayerfully, offering biblical counsel. Proverbs 12:15b makes it clear that, “a wise man is he who listens to counsel.” It helps to talk with a safe person who can help you apply God’s wisdom to your situation. Proverbs 12:20b describes the kind of person God has in mind for you, “counselors of peace have joy.” Stop and pray about it right now: who can you call to get help for your anxiety?

Today is the day to return to the joy of God’s salvation. Proverbs 12:25 gives us the necessary insight into our mental and emotional health, “Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad.” Anxiety is a feeling of fear, dread, or uneasiness about an anticipated ill in the future. The body produces this emotion within you naturally, increasing your focus and helping you be alert for a coming danger. While it can be a good thing; it was not intended to be an ongoing state of feeling uneasy about today and apprehensive for tomorrow. Living in this hypervigilant state of alertness is exhausting, and it will bring you to the point of feeling weary and heavy burdened. There is hope! Respond to Jesus’ invitation to find rest for your soul in Matthew 11:28, and apply God’s wisdom, as 1 Peter 5:7 prescribes, “casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you” (cf. Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:6-9).

God bless you!

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