In his essay, Lessons on Anxiety from Scripture, Mitch Rhodes shares his own struggle with anxiety and the scriptures that were "encouraging and life-giving" during that time. He draws from Matthew 6 and Philippians 4 to outline the hope that Biblical truth has to offer to those who feel weighed down by their anxieties. Read below for an excerpt:
"If we hope to achieve victory over anxiety, we need to understand what it is. Anxiety carries with it a sense of preoccupation combined with fear. While it's natural to experience fear in certain situations, anxiety extends beyond temporary fear to become an obsessive preoccupation. For that reason, many people who are anxious struggle to think about anything besides the object of their fear.
The Bible uses the word “Merimnao” for anxiety. It carries with it a sense of being preoccupied or intensely focused on something. It should be concluded that anxiety has a lot to do with our focus.
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