Max Lucado Quotes About Anxiety

Quotes about: Anxiety

• The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!

  Max Lucado

  Thinking, Anxiety, Mind

  Twitter post from May 04, 2015

• How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, "Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?" To which the man responded, "That's your worry.

  Max Lucado

  Jobs, Men, Years

  Max Lucado (2009). “Traveling Light: Premier Library Edition”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

• What does a life without anxiety look like? With God as your helper, you'll sleep better tonight and smile more tomorrow. You'll reframe the way you face your fears. You'll learn how to talk yourself off the ledge, view bad news through the lens of sovereignty, discern the lies of Satan, and tell yourself the truth. You'll discover a life that's characterized by calm and will develop tools for facing the onslaughts of anxiety.

  Max Lucado

  Lying, Sleep, Anxiety

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.

  Max Lucado

  Cousin, Anxiety, Twins

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.

  Max Lucado

  Light, Giving, Worry

  Max Lucado (2012). “Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear”, p.49, Thomas Nelson Inc

• No one wants your worries...not even you. Anxiety comes at a high cost. Let Jesus lead you beside still waters.

  Max Lucado

  Jesus, Water, Worry

  FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Jun 26, 2015

• Sovereignty is the term the Bible uses to describe God's perfect control and management of the universe. He preserves and governs every element. He's continually involved with all created things, directing them to act in a way that fulfills his divine purpose. That's why the most stressed-out people are control freaks. They fail at the quest they most pursue. The more they try to control the world, the more they realize they cannot. Life becomes a cycle of anxiety, failure; anxiety, failure; anxiety, failure. We can't take control, because control is not ours to take.

  Max Lucado

  People, Perfect, Anxiety

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life. Do you want to be happy tomorrow? Then sow seeds of happiness today -count blessings, memorize Bible verses, pray, sing hymns, spend time with encouraging people. Do you want to guarantee tomorrow's misery? Then wallow in a mental mud pit of self-pity or guilt or anxiety today assume the worst, beat yourself up, rehearse your regrets, complain to complainers.

  Max Lucado

  Running, Regret, Thinking

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• Peace happens when people pray. "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you" Casting is an intentional act to relocate an object. Let this "throwing" be your first response to bad news. As you sense anxiety welling up inside you, cast it in the direction of Christ. Do so specifically and immediately. Find a promise of God that fits your problem, and build your prayer around it. These prayers of faith touch the heart of God and activate the angels of heaven. Miracles are set into motion. Your answer may not come overnight, but it will come. And you will overcome.

  Max Lucado

  Prayer, Angel, Heart

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• It's no wonder, that God's anxiety therapy includes a large, delightful dollop of gratitude. The anxious heart says, "Lord, if only I had this, that, or the other, I'd be okay." The grateful heart says, "Oh, look! You've already given me this, that, and the other. Thank you, God."

  Max Lucado

  Gratitude, Grateful, Heart

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional. Anxiety is not a sin; it's an emotion. So don't be anxious about feeling anxious. Anxiety can, however, lead to sinful behavior. When we numb our fears with six-packs or food binges, when we spew anger like Krakatau, when we peddle our fears to anyone who will buy them, we're sinning.

  Max Lucado

  Anxiety, Feelings, Emotion

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• Thoughts have consequences. Healing from anxiety requires healthy thinking. Your challenge is not your challenge. Your challenge is the way you think about your challenge. Your problem is not your problem; it's the way you look at it.

  Max Lucado

  Healing, Thinking, Anxiety

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• We've been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don't have peace, we assume the problem lies within us. Not only do we feel anxious, but we also feel guilty about our anxiety! The result is a downward spiral of worry, guilt, worry, guilt.

  Max Lucado

  Christian, Lying, Worry

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• I certainly don't mean to leave the impression that anxiety can be waved away with a simple pep talk. In fact, for some, God's healing will include the help of therapy and/or medication. If that's the case, do not for a moment think that you're a second-class citizen of heaven. Ask God to lead you to a qualified counselor or physician who'll provide the treatment you need. This much is sure: It's not God's will that you lead a life of perpetual anxiety. It's not his will that you face every day with dread and trepidation.

  Max Lucado

  Healing, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

• My main concern is with the anxiety that has settled upon America.

  Max Lucado

  America, Anxiety, Concern

  Source: www.npr.org

• Fear results in fight or flight. Anxiety creates doom and gloom. Fear is the pulse that pounds when you see a coiled rattlesnake in your front yard. Anxiety is the voice that tells you, Never, ever, for the rest of your life, walk barefooted through the grass. There might be a snake...somewhere.

  Max Lucado

  Fighting, Anxiety, Flight

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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