I don't think anxiety is a sin. I think its just a way of seeking help for our particualr situation. Trust in the Lord and he will send peace to you to calm all your anxieties. Good luck.

I don't think being anxious is a sin. It does however cause one to worry unnecessarily. I do propose that you be hopeful instead as it is a display of your faith ( Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

I don't think being anxious is a sin. It does however cause one to worry unnecessarily. I do propose that you be hopeful instead as it is a display of your faith ( Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

I don't think being anxious is a sin. It does however cause one to worry unnecessarily. I do propose that you be hopeful instead as it is a display of your faith ( Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

Well, a dear friend of mine who was one of those who LIVED and BREATHED her faith once stopped me when I spoke of my worries. She said "stop that. worry is a sin." I said "really???" later she showed me the verses and said "worry shows God you don't have faith in him." I said "oh. oops." She died 6 years ago, oh how I miss her.

Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?


Matthew 6:27
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?


Matthew 6:28
And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:


Matthew 6:31
Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?


Matthew 6:34
Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

I have always believed that worry/anxiety is an insult to God. For me, it represents a lack of connectivity to just how good and just he is. When I find myself worrying or having anxiety, i rebuke it in Jesus name and release it to the Lord in faith that He has already made provision for whatever the concern is. I don't think it is a sin that worry comes into our mind or heart, but I do believe it is wrong to feed it and let it fester. Thoughts come, and sometimes they are concerning to us, but it is what we do with them when they come that matters. I do believe that satans army whispers in our ear about the things which worry us, and that they also listen closely for us to reveal what our weaknesses and vulnerabilities are, so that they can attack us further there. Always attack the weakest link, right? Thats the best way to break a chain.... So if we allow our mouths to speak our worries rather than our faith, we give the devil a bullseye to aim for. When worries come, don't let them flow out of the mouth. Only God can read the hearts of men, satan needs us to actually clue him in to what is going on inside of us. Even when you pray releasing these things to God, don't feel the need to list them verbally... just let God search your heart, and He will know without you saying it. I think that many people forget that when we pray, satans minions easedrop. So we must speak the word of God when we pray, and let those things which represent our weaknesses and vulnerabilities be given to God in silence.

it doesnt say being anxious is a sin, or even imply it. it is just saying as parent speaks to his children, do not be anxious, come to me with your problems and i will help you. God is our Father in heaven, he wants us to come, pray to him when we have problems that overwhelm us. our prayers give us guidance and strength from God.
God has given us freewill, to expect us not to worry as humans is unrealistic. to say that to be anxious or to worry is an insult to God is to saying all your fellow christians are insulting God. this i dont agree with. God is a loving God, He is not insulted by what we do, He forgives us, guides us, helps carry our burdens and gives us strength. yes, we are truly blessed, GOD IS LOVE. never forget that.

I didn't mean to say that having a worrisome thought come to mind is insulting to God. Thoughts come. But to feed it is to forget that God is in control and has our best interests at heart and has already accounted for and made provision for the issue which concerns us. I don't believe that God is upset with us about it, that is not what I mean by insulting... I just mean that worry undermines our rememberance of who God is and wants to be in our lives. I don't believe that such a forgetfulness pleases Him, but I do know that His grace is magnificient and that He is faithful and compassionate to our human condition. I don't think it is accurate to say that we all worry. Certainly the thoughts may pop up, but we don't all ruminate in them. Its the rumination over and the feeding of worries which accentuates our forgetfulness of God. When we remember who He is, we don't worry. I don't mean to offend anyone, and perhaps 'insult' is not the best word... but I do know that if my child worried about whether they were going eat while I was preparing dinner, I'd be a little insulted that they didn't have a basic understanding of what I intend to do for them. I wouldn't be mad at them about it, but it would pierce my heart a little. It would sting. It would make my heart ache a little that my child didn't know me well enough to know better. Thats all.

What about those of us who have anxiety and mood disorders, I have terrible anxiety attacks and depression being bipolar this is common to most of us. Is it really my fault that I suffer these things, I'm not being glib I winder about these things If i really trusted God this shouldn't happen but yet it does and meds do make them less so it seems to me to be something physical.

btw I'm not anxcious about anything in particular just a general feeling i know that God loves me.

No Chris. I suffered with anxiety and depressive disorder for years. Its not a matter of 'fault'... its a matter of what we do when the strike.

I do know that sometimes there is anxiety which is like worrying about something... bills or kids or whatever... but there is also a form of anxiety which is more of a biochemical issue, where there isn't a particular pressing issue or concern, but just this overwhelming wash of generalized anxiety. I'm familiar with both types of anxiety from first hand experience.

In both cases we can do things which feed the anxiety, and we can also do things which ease it. I have found that the only thing which eases it for me, whether it is a legitimate worldly concern, or a general biochemical imbalance, is pressing into God. I had an attempted anxiety attack several days ago which never came to fully manifesting because when I sensed it coming, I identified it, and I went into full on spiritual war against it. It took about 45 minutes of battle, but God stayed with me through it. If I had succumbed to it, it would have consumed me, and that would have been satans plan... for it to draw me out of fellowship with God. Feeling anxiety isn't the same as feeding anxiety. Its the feeding of it which I believe reflects forgetfulness of who God is. Now don't get me wrong, anyone can forget during temporary moments of self consumption. Its just a matter of keeping the goal to recognize when it happens so that we can quickly press back into our Source.

I don't think so at all The Lord knows are heart and our needs sometimes we can't help it.

I'm so glad that no one told me "you can't help it" or I would still be suffering under the weight of anxiety and depression. God wants to deliver us out of such turmoils, but He expects us to do our part to receive that deliverance, and I believed I couldn't, I would have missed out big time.

Gods word tells us that "with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE"
where does the word CANT fit into that?

we can help it.
we can't necessarily stop the thoughts from coming, but we CAN help it if we feed them or rebuke them.

I'm so GLAD your so strong Aikijedi Not all of us are like you. Sorry if we fall short of what you think is right and no I CAN'T help it

I am not 'so strong'

Its not about me.

Its about what GOD can do.

And we limit what God can do in and through us when we say we CAN'T.

I know from experience. I spent most of my life saying "I can't"

and still today, without God, I can't.

The power of life and death in the tongue. Who is it that wants us to say we can't? God or satan?

If we say we can't, we are right.

If we say WITH GOD, all things are possible, we are also right.

These are not my ideas. I'm just the messenger. I don't mean to offend anyone with it. But I also will not be ashamed of the gospel.

I share my testimony because of what I have experienced. Not to my glory, but to HIS.

You have a choice to make at every moment. Right now, a person can choose to be offended because of what I have said, or can choose to inquire as to what it is that I have done to receive what God has given me. I'm not so special that He gives it to me. I'm not proud of myself for what He has shown me. I'm here to share it so that others can benefit from it. I don't take the credit. What I say is supported by the truth of His word. For a long long time I didn't know how to receive the peace that God wanted to give me. And I'm here because I know that He hasn't reserved it for me. He wants every one of His children to have it. I won't be ashamed of what God has done in my life to glorify Himself. It has nothing to do with me. I'm just here to share it for those who want to benefit from putting it into action for themselves.