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Oh The Places Our Mind Takes Us

Anxiety can cause us to have a monkey brain. I head full of energy with no way to exert it. This may present itself in different ways depending on the person. One could be plauged with constant negative self talk bouning off ever wall of their mind causing the to overthink constantly causing them to fear themselves. In another it can look like a confident person who can’t stop talking or sit still for more than a second because if they did they would have to deal with the discomfort. In both causes, all the movement in our mind in unproductive. It prevents us from making real change that we really want in life.

Here’s and Idea!

One way that I have found some freedom from obsessive thoughts is to find repeated phrases in the Bible. Just as the negative thoughts in our mind repeat over and over again to the point where we believe them, we can also read God’s word until we believe it too. His words is powerful! They can shine brighter than all our obsessive thoughts!

The best way have found to do this is to consult your Bibles concordance. Most study Bibles have these and it is usually found within the last pages. My Bible has a concordance that you can reference verse that pertain to a certain word(i.e anxiety, contentment, etc.). I look up these verses that are referenced and also any versed that correlate in the margins of my Bible. Reading multiple verse that are saying the same thing but maybe in a different way( since they were written at different times and by different people) will help to understand the referenced passage. Then once you found a verse that you really understand at a heart level, I would practice scripture memorization. Daily mediation, such as written out the verse and saying it aloud is helpful in the memorization process. If you would like something like a guide to the process, I would recommend the Topical Memory System. It has many recommend verse to memorize but the process works for any passage once you get the hang of it.

I’d love to know if anyone one else has ways that they have found to help combat their anxiety with the scripture. If so, please comment below!

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