Is there an instant pill or a quick fix for depression or anxiety?  Probably not, but there is help, and improvement can occur in a short period of time in many cases.

When people are sad, depressed, or anxious, they often feel something is wrong with them.  In actual fact, the focus does not need to be on what could be wrong with the person, but rather on the person’s thought patterns.  Where there is depression and anxiety, we can be fairly sure, there are some very negative and self-defeating thinking patterns going on.

The mind is a powerful thing.  Yes, there is power in the mind.

A depressed or anxious person often has POWERFUL thoughts, but they are thoughts that weaken, and can even bring about poor health and poor relationships.  So thoughts need a right direction.

What most likely needs to be “fixed” is a person’s way or habits or patterns of thinking.  Today this “fixing” is called cognitive restructuring.

People who are truly depressed, or are often depressed, or are frequently anxious, are generally people who have failed to find out how to effectively use the power of the mind.  Why is this so?

Many people have never been taught that they can actually control many of their thoughts.  Even thought patterns that a person has had for many years, maybe even from early childhood, can be restructured into positive and more effective thought patterns.

True believers have access to the real answer to depression and anxiety, as they now let the BIBLE SPEAK.

2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things

We all have so many thoughts in a day.  Our minds are very active…so active in fact, that we more often than not, take our thoughts for granted.

Actually, we can be (and need to be) in control of our minds.  Often, without realizing it, we are actually “choosing” what to think about.

Even when we ALLOW our minds to be in neutral and we just coast along, we are still CHOOSING.  And, what we think about tells God a lot about us.  What we think about also shapes our feelings and behaviors.

Our Creator, Who made our minds and knows precisely how each mind works, tells us exactly what to think about.   The Apostle Paul wrote about it to the Philippians.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

A wonderful promise goes with Philippians 4:8.  We find the promise in verse 9.  Philippians 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

GOD’S PEACE will be with those of us who choose to think about positive things (true, honest, just, pure, lovely, good report, virtue, praise).

Try it!  It really does work!

Amazing

Astounding

Awe-inspiring

Awesome

Astonishing

Amazing

A book that could foretell the future would certainly be an amazing book, wouldn’t it?  And, that’s exactly what the Bible does.

 Astounding

Although the book was penned by many different human scribes who wrote what God inspired them to write in their own style, the book has an astounding wholeness and continuity of thought in it.

Awe-inspiring

Through the thousands of years of mankind’s existence, the words of this book have continued to be awe-inspiring to people in all nations and of all cultures.

Awesome

God’s awesome Master Plan of salvation is revealed through the words of this book, especially as they describe God’s great love and the wonderful work of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Astonishing

It is astonishing to realize this book has survived many, many desperate and wicked attempts to destroy it.

Actually, this book (the Bible) is an A+ book.  Why not take a fresh look?  Enjoy all of its accounts, action, advice, agreements, authority and much, much more.

Let the BIBLE SPEAK to you.