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Stress and anxiety

You are not alone. People felt the same even in biblical times.

Psalm 31:10
For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.

Psalm 116:3
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish

Luke 10:41
But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.”

What God Says

Joshua 8:1
And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed"

Jeremiah 31:13
 I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

Philippians 4:6-7
Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

John 14:1
“Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me."

Matthew 10:30-31
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Isaiah 43:4-5
Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you;

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in your midst,
a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Psalm 34:17-18
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 

1 John 4:16
So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 

Jeremiah 32:27
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me?
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