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HELP FOR ANXIETY
(Exodus 14:13 NIV) Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid.
Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you
today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.
(Deuteronomy 31:8 NIV) The LORD himself goes before you and will be
with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do
not be discouraged."
(Joshua 1:8-9 NIV) Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your
mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do
everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
{9} Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be
terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you
wherever you go."
(2 Chronicles 20:17 NIV) You will not have to fight this battle. Take
up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give
you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go
out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'"
(Psalms 3 NIV) A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. O
LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! {2} Many are
saying of me, "God will not deliver him." Selah {3} But you are a shield
around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. {4} To
the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah {5} I
lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. {6} I
will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.
{7} Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the
jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. {8} From the LORD comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people. Selah
(Psalms 30:2-5 NIV) O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you
healed me. {3} O LORD, you brought me up from the grave ; you spared me
from going down into the pit. {4} Sing to the LORD, you saints of his;
praise his holy name. {5} For his anger lasts only a moment, but his
favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing
comes in the morning.
(Psalms 42:11 NIV) Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed
within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior
and my God.
(Psalms 56:3-4 NIV) When I am afraid, I will trust in you. {4} In
God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can
mortal man do to me?
(Psalms 56:11 NIV) in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man
do to me?
(Psalms 91 NIV) He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will
rest in the shadow of the Almighty. {2} I will say of the LORD, "He is
my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." {3} Surely he will
save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. {4} He
will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find
refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. {5} You will
not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, {6} nor
the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys
at midday. {7} A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your
right hand, but it will not come near you. {8} You will only observe
with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. {9} If you make the
Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge-- {10} then no
harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. {11} For he
will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
{12} they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone. {13} You will tread upon the lion and the
cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. {14} "Because he
loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he
acknowledges my name. {15} He will call upon me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. {16}
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
(Psalms 112:4-9 NIV) Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,
for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. {5} Good will come
to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with
justice. {6} Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be
remembered forever. {7} He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is
steadfast, trusting in the LORD. {8} His heart is secure, he will have
no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes. {9} He has
scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures
forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
(Proverbs 3:12-26 NIV) because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in. {13} Blessed is the man who finds
wisdom, the man who gains understanding, {14} for she is more profitable
than silver and yields better returns than gold. {15} She is more
precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. {16} Long
life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. {17}
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. {18} She is a
tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be
blessed. {19} By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by
understanding he set the heavens in place; {20} by his knowledge the
deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew. {21} My son,
preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your
sight; {22} they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
{23} Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not
stumble; {24} when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie
down, your sleep will be sweet. {25} Have no fear of sudden disaster or
of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, {26} for the LORD will be your
confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.
(Isaiah 12:2-3 NIV) Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not
be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become
my salvation." {3} With joy you will draw water from the wells of
salvation.
(Isaiah 26:3-4 NIV) You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is
steadfast, because he trusts in you. {4} Trust in the LORD forever, for
the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.
(Isaiah 44:8 NIV) Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not
proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there
any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one."
(Isaiah 51:7-8 NIV) "Hear me, you who know what is right, you people
who have my law in your hearts: Do not fear the reproach of men or be
terrified by their insults. {8} For the moth will eat them up like a
garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will
last forever, my salvation through all generations."
(Isaiah 53:3-6 NIV) He was despised and rejected by men, a man of
sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their
faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. {4} Surely he took up
our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken
by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. {5} But he was pierced for our
transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that
brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. {6} We
all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
(Isaiah 58:5-11 NIV) Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a
day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one's head like a
reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD? {6} "Is not this the kind of fasting I
have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the
yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? {7} Is it not to
share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with
shelter-- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away
from your own flesh and blood? {8} Then your light will break forth like
the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness
will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
{9} Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help,
and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk, {10} and if you spend
yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the
oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night
will become like the noonday. {11} The LORD will guide you always; he
will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your
frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose
waters never fail.
(Isaiah 60:1-2 NIV) "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the
glory of the LORD rises upon you. {2} See, darkness covers the earth and
thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his
glory appears over you.
(Haggai 2:5 NIV) 'This is what I covenanted with you when you came
out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.'
(Malachi 2:5 NIV) "My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and
peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered
me and stood in awe of my name.
(Matthew 10:29-31 NIV) Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? Yet
not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your
Father. {30} And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. {31}
So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
(Romans 8:13-18 NIV) For if you live according to the sinful nature,
you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the
body, you will live, {14} because those who are led by the Spirit of God
are sons of God. {15} For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a
slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him
we cry, "Abba, Father." {16} The Spirit himself testifies with our
spirit that we are God's children. {17} Now if we are children, then we
are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in
his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. {18} I
consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the
glory that will be revealed in us.
(Romans 8:35-37 NIV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or
danger or sword? {36} As it is written: "For your sake we face death all
day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." {37} No, in all
these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
(Ephesians 6:12-18 NIV) For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the
powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly realms. {13} Therefore put on the full armor of God, so
that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground,
and after you have done everything, to stand. {14} Stand firm then, with
the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of
righteousness in place, {15} and with your feet fitted with the
readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. {16} In addition to all
this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the
flaming arrows of the evil one. {17} Take the helmet of salvation and
the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. {18} And pray in the
Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With
this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
(Philippians 4:4-8 NIV) Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it
again: Rejoice! {5} Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is
near. {6} Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. {7} And
the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. {8} Finally, brothers, whatever
is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or
praiseworthy--think about such things.
(Colossians 3:1-4 NIV) Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,
set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right
hand of God. {2} Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
{3} For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. {4}
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with
him in glory.
(2 Timothy 1:7 NIV) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but
a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
(1 John 4:16-19 NIV) And so we know and rely on the love God has for
us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
{17} In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have
confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like
him. {18} There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,
because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made
perfect in love. {19} We love because he first loved us.
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