Defeating Anxiety and Obtaining Defeating Anxiety and Obtaining Biblical Peace Biblical Peace

© Brannon S. Howse, 2013© Brannon S. Howse, 2013

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1. Anxiety Causes Depression

Proverbs 12:25:

Anxiety in the heart of a man causes depression…

2. Worry Brings Anxiety

Luke 12:22-31: Luke 12:22-31:

Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not

worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food,

and the body is more than clothing.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and

God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add

one cubit to his stature?

If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? Consider the lilies, how they

grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of

these.

If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and

tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you,

O you of little faith?

And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. For all

these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows

that you need these things.

But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to

you.

Luke 12:22-32:

Verse: 22: Do not worryVerse 25: Which of you by worrying?Verse 26: Why are you anxious rest? Verse 29: Don’t have an anxious mind

3. Wrong Priorities Brings Despair

Luke 12:34:

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

4. Peace is Taken By A Quarrelsome Home

Proverbs 17:1:

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of

feasting with strife.

Proverbs 15:17:

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with

hatred.

5. God Gives Peace to Those That Seek Him

Psalm 34:4:

I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

6. God Gives Peace to Those That Obey Him

Philippians 4:9:

The Things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will

be with you.

Galatians 5:22-23:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,

goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

Psalm 119:165:

Great peace have those who love Your law,

7.God Gives Peace to Those That 7.God Gives Peace to Those That Are Corrected By Him Are Corrected By Him

Hebrews: 12:11:

Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful;

nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Job 5:17:

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not despise the chastening of the

Almighty.

8. Believers Can Feel Despair8. Believers Can Feel Despair

Job 7:6: Job 7:6:

my days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

Psalm 55:5:

Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has

overwhelmed me.

9. Believers Need Not Feel Despair:

2 Corinthians 4:7-9:

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the

power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed,

but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not

destroyed.

but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not

destroyed.

I Peter 5:7:

Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

10. A Spirit of Fear Does Not Come From God:

2 Timothy 1:7

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of

a sound mind.

11. God is Aware of Our Despair and Anxiety and Offers a

Solution:

Philippians 4:6-7:

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and

supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to

God;

and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will

guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

12. Our Hope is In God

Psalm 42:5:

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet

praise Him for the help of His countenance.

Psalm 27:1:

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of

whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 64:10:

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in Him. And all the

upright in heart shall glory.

13. God Takes Care of the Righteous:

Job 36:7:

He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous

Psalm 37:25:

I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous

forsaken.

14. Anxiety Calls into Question God’s Power

Philippians 4:13:

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Galatians 2:20:

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ

lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the

Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

15. Anxiety Calls into Question God’s Provision

2 Corinthians 5:21:

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might

become the righteousness of God in Him.

16. Anxiety Calls into Question God’s Priority

Luke 12:24-28:

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither

storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are

you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add one

one cubit to his stature? If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? Consider

the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and

tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you,

O you of little faith?

2 Corinthians 5:21:

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might

become the righteousness of God in Him.

17. Anxiety Calls into Question God’s Providence (Divine Guidance)

Proverbs 3:5-6:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own

understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall

direct your paths.

18. Anxiety Calls into Question God’s Sovereignty

(Absolute Power or Absolute Authority)

Hebrews 1:3:

who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word

of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Colossians 1:17:

And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

D.G. Lindsay:D.G. Lindsay:

What is this binding force of an atom? Scientists have discovered this binding

force and its properties have been worked out mathematically, but they do not know

what it is or how it got there.

D.G. Lindsay:D.G. Lindsay:

Recently they have found two new forces within the atom called the pi-mesons.

They believe the pi-mesons may be the energy holding things together. It is totally

invisible; it can’t be seen, felt, tasted or weighed.

D.G. Lindsay:D.G. Lindsay:

But it is there! What is this nuclear glue? But it is there! What is this nuclear glue? Though man can continue to observe and Though man can continue to observe and

research the atom, discovering how it research the atom, discovering how it works and of what it is compromised, the works and of what it is compromised, the question still remains: Who is the creator question still remains: Who is the creator

and the controller of these incredible and the controller of these incredible forces?forces?

D.G. Lindsay:D.G. Lindsay:

Did it all come about by unintelligent chance or Did it all come about by unintelligent chance or was there intelligence involved? If so, was there intelligence involved? If so,

whose?...In him (Christ) all things hold together whose?...In him (Christ) all things hold together (Col 1:17 NIV). The Son is the radiance of (Col 1:17 NIV). The Son is the radiance of

God’s glory and the exact represenation of his God’s glory and the exact represenation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word being, sustaining all things by his powerful word

(Heb. 1:3 NIV)(Heb. 1:3 NIV)

Proverbs 21:1:

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD,

Like the rivers of water;He turns it wherever He wishes.

Acts 2:23:

Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and

foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have

crucified, and put to death;

When you worry and are anxious you are calling into question God’s:

PowerProvisionPriority

ProvidenceSovereignty

I Timothy 6:6:I Timothy 6:6:

Now godliness with contentment is Now godliness with contentment is great gain.great gain.