Also what gives me immense doubt is that I've heard and read that God doesn't help people with anxiety, many people mean by that is that God doesn't cure anxiety, but I'm not asking for a cure, (since we all have some form of anxiety) I'm asking Him to help me face my fears even if their irrational. One time attending a church in my local area (which I don't attend anymore because of how secular they are) the church interviewed believers who have depression and anxiety and they have all said that God put them thru this to help others and that sometimes God says no. That gave me alot of doubt and fear that I will experience this pain forever..
I'm sure all those people who said that God does not heal anxiety were well meaning.... but they have been deceived into thinking that, that is true.
And the devil's purpose in incorporating that lie into the church was to keep believers defeated and thinking that our Father really does not care about us like His Word says He does.
The root of all anxiety is fear. Plain and simple. And when Jesus was brutally beaten and died... He bought back our freedom from fear.
1 John 4:18 niv says.... 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.
Jesus love for us is perfect. And the more we come to understand that love... the less we fear. The more we understand or accept (sometimes by faith) what we really have because of Christ and his anointing... the less we fear.
Fear is a tactic of the enemy to get us to submit to and allow his destruction of/in our lives. It's all the enemy has. For Jesus stripped the enemy of all of his power right before He rose from the dead.
Colossians 2:15 (NLT)
15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.
1 John 3:8.... "For this purpose the Son of God was revealed, that He might destroy the works of the devil".
The devil would like for us all to think he is powerful. And he has gone to great lengths to deceive people into believing it. However truth is that the only power he has on this earth is what we allow him to have (1 Peter 5:8....
1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour).
2Ti 3:16 — 2Ti 3:17 (KJV)
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.....
The verse above tells how The Father teaches us. And the devil once again has lied to the loving church people, convincing them that there is no hope, or sometimes Father says no or that He uses bad things to teach His children a lesson.
Think about if you were a dad... would you put your kid in a car accident or tornado, or break their leg to teach them a lesson? Of course you wouldn't.... why? Because even though they may have disobeyed or didn't know what the rule was... you still love them, and don't desire any harm to come unto them. Same with our Heavenly Father... He loves us so much that he sent His only Son to redeem us from the curse that was brought about by one man and woman's disobedience (read Romans 5). That the devil tricked them into giving him (Genesis 3).
Mat 7:7 — Mat 7:11 (KJV)
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
2 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV)
20
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Your Faith in Christ gives you the victory over the enemy....
1 John 4:4 (KJV)
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because
greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1 John 5:4 (KJV)
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.