For so he giveth his beloved sleep. Psalm 127:2b When I was first struggling with panic attacks and anxiety, the advice was to pray more and read my Bible because I "lacked faith". I even had more than one person suggest I was demonically oppressed. (Though honestly, my husband, as a missionary to Niugini, recognises genuine demonic oppression far better than any typical Westerner.) But anxiety is a physiological problem, and therefore needs physical solutions. Last week I in

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:31a Let’s set the record straight: Panic and anxiety are a physiological problem, not a spiritual one. They aren’t sin. They aren’t a failure. They aren’t a lack of faith. And they aren’t your fault. We all inhabit mortal bodies subject to decay. Panic and anxiety are no more within your spiritual control than cancer or a broken bone. And like many medical problems, there are solutions. Real on

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