Help for Anxiety and Depression (2) Your thought life can be the incubator for anxiety and depression, so understand this: (1) Your thoughts are yours! My anxious thoughts multiply within me. You conceive, interpret, assign meaning to, accept, or reject them. So be decisive about which thoughts are, or arent, helpful. (2) You become what your thought life makes you (Proverbs 23:7 NAS). Its not your circumstances, its your thoughts about your circumstances that produce your emotions. Your thoughts trigger biochemistry that determines your feelings, their duration, and their intensity. When you begin to think differently, youll feel differently. (3) Your thoughts are prolific. The Psalmist said they multiply within you. Random thoughts may be temporarily upsetting, but they dont produce lasting anxiety or depression. That is the work of persistent thought patterns-negative thoughts that multiply, repeating themselves within you. You must take them captive and bring [them] into obedience to Christ-like thinking in order to control your feelings (2 Corinthians 10:4-5). (4) Renew your thoughts: Let the Spirit renew your [individual] thoughts and attitudes [habitual mindset] (Ephesians 4:23 NLT). Submit your thoughts to Gods Spirit, allowing Him to approve or renew (replace) them with His thoughts. Anxiety and depression cannot continue to control you when you give God control of your mind. (5) People can contribute to your anxiety and depression. They can make you want to live-or die! (Proverbs 18:21). They can reduce or increase your anxiety and depression. Avoid those who speak discouraging words, and spend time with those who speak a good word [that] makes [your heart] glad (Proverbs 12:25 NAS).
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