• Emotions- Week 3

    Finding Relief From Anxiety

  • Anxiety:
    1. A feeling of , nervousness, or unease.

  • 2. A strong or to do something or for something to happen.

  • 3. An emotional state characterized by feelings of  , worried thoughts, and physical changes.


  • 1. Talk to your .

  • “They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’ He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.”

    Mark 14:32-33 (NIV)

     

     

    “He plunged into a sinkhole of dreadful agony.”

    Mark 14:33 (MSG)

    “…My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

    Mark 15:34b (NIV)

    “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,’ he said to them. ‘Stay here and keep watch.’”

    Mark 14:34 (NIV)

    “The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone…”

    Genesis 2:18 (NIV)


  • The power of .


  • 2. Talk to your .

  • Anxiety is a you that it’s time to  .

  • “Don’t be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

     

    Philippians 4:6 (NIV)

  • If it’s big enough to about, it’s big enough to about.

  • If it’s on your , it’s on God’s .

  • “Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. ‘Abba, Father,’ he said, ‘everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me…’”

    Mark 14:35-36 (NIV)

     


    “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

     

    1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)


  • 3. Talk to your .

  • Tell your , you don’t get to  .

  • “‘Abba, Father,’ he said, ‘everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.’”

    Mark 14:36 (NIV)

     


    When I need reminded that God loves me: John 3:16

    When I need reminded not worry about finances: Philippians 4:19

    When I need reminded when I feel like I can’t go on: Philippians 4:13

    When I need reminded that I am an overcomer: Revelation 12:11

     


    “No one takes it [my life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord…”

    John 10:18a (NIV)

     


    “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing…Father, into your hands I commit my spirit…’”

    Luke 23:34, 46 (NIV)

     


    “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”

    Philippians 4:13 (NIV)

     


    “Don’t be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

    Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)

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