Anna Dynowski
Inspirational Romance Author

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Love Never Fails        I Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)
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Love & Prayers,
Anna
February 13, 2012

Are You Having A Stress-Attack?

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the
earth should change; Cease striving and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:1-2; 11

The times in which we live are very stressful. What our human eyes see, our human ears hear, our human
hearts feel, all attest to our anxiety. In fact, in our culture today, anxiety is fast achieving epidemic
proportions. No kidding. The television and radio news broadcasts, newspapers and periodicals
propagandize the perilous times in which we live. Shaky worldwide economies. Wars and the threat of
wars. Strange, new viruses and mutant, old diseases becoming drug-resistant.

But even on the home front there are stresses threatening to overwhelm us, threatening to drag us down
into the whirlpool of anxiety and drown us in abject fear. Mounting pressures in the workplace or lack of
suitable employment. Other people’s belittlements of us and spiteful actions toward us. Failing health or
damaged relationships.

And yet, in Luke 12:22, Jesus commands us, “I tell you, do not worry…”

How? How do we stop from worrying? The mortgage payment is coming due. The kitchen cupboards are
bare. The car’s fuel gauge is indicating near empty. Our wallets are bare of cash and we do not own a
money tree. So, how do we keep from worrying when everything around us is crumbling and it looks, all
too clear, we’re going to be buried in the rubble?

The Lord said, “Cease striving and know that I am God.”

To cease striving (struggling, trying to do things in your own strength), we must rest in the Lord. To rest
in Him, we must trust Him. To trust Him, we must know Him. To know a person means you have to
have a relationship with that person.

So the first step for us to take to cease worrying is to accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and
Savior. The second step is to get to know the Commander of the heavenly armies, Jesus. And you get to
know Him by spending time with Him. You spend time, every day, discovering what He thinks, says,
and promises, by reading the Bible, praying, and listening to sermons from Bible-preaching, God-fearing,
Jesus-believing, Holy-Ghost-filled pastors.

Be still and listen for his Voice. He won’t necessarily speak in an audible, attention-grabbing Voice like
He did for Moses when giving him the Ten Commandments, but He will speak to you in a whisper, from
His Spirit to yours, and quiet your anxious heart.

God loves you unconditionally and forgives you completely. He has a perfect plan and purpose for you.
And when you accept this, you are set free from worrying about your future. You will stop worrying
about your future because you know He has everything under control. And you’ll realize, when you trust
in Him, He will turn your suffering into blessing, your stress and anxiety into joy and peace.

Will you make the decision to believe in God and rest in His peace? Or will you doubt Him and live in
fretfulness of not being assured your needs will be met? Peace and joy versus fear and stress. The choice
is yours.