Overcoming anxiety, depression, and fear

A little background

I am six (6) days away from a surgical consultation regarding my Congenital hydrocephalus. That being said, my anxiety, which is always high, is even worse now. Because of that, I began a seven day devotional reading today that addresses anxiety, depression, and fear and, more specifically, how prayer and Scripture reading can help us through those tough times.

Finding our identity

Yesterday, as I was eating lunch, I was reading an article in my TableTalk devotional magazine titled Where do you find your identity? It was talking about how some people's only identity is the wealth they possess. Basically, if they lose that, they are nobody and waste away into oblivion.

Written by Reverend Stephen Mueller, it began talking about Lazarus and the "rich man" and posed the question why Heavenly Father simply identified by what he possessed rather than calling him by name. Pastor Stephen Mueller - author of the article - suggested if was due to the fact that other than his worldly possessions, his life was totally empty and void of substance. I can't imagine such a miserable existence.

What is your true identity?

If you are born again, yo and know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, where do you draw your strength and hope? If it is anything other than Jesus Christ, you are headed down that same path of despair as the rich man. Only Christ can provide you with true and lasting identity and value. Won't you reach out to him today?