The Testimony of My Own Personal Battle
Most every believer will admit to having struggled with fear and anxiety at some point in their faith journey. I recently had the honor of speaking on this very topic on Moving Forward, a show hosted by Chantell Cooley Ministries. Moving Forward is dedicated to offering practical, Biblical wisdom to help propel believers forward towards the plans God has for them.
In this episode I share my experiences from a few years ago when the Lord began to reveal the stronghold of fear in my life. Motherhood was the thing that defined success for me and my biggest fear was failing at motherhood. When one of my children began to struggle, I came to a very broken place – yet, it was, in fact, my greatest moment of victory.
I had really bought into the self-help, man-made society we live in. I read books, I talked to people and even sought advice from the church but really hadn’t surrendered my fear and anxiety to the Lord.
I began to discover that self is basically like a pot of coffee. It's a resource that gets depleted over time and I ran out of steam. Along the way, I became emotionally bankrupt, physically bankrupt and spiritually bankrupt.Click To TweetHow do you get to the place where you realize that you have to depend on something greater than “self?”
I invite you to watch this video. My prayer is that this testimony of my own personal battle with fear and anxiety helps lead you into the freedom the Lord desires for all of His children.
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I struggled with fear for over sixty years – fear that I was unlovable, that I was a “bad” person, that I would be abandoned, that I would be betrayed by those I loved, and that I was not safe anywhere. Although I’ve been a Christian all my life, because I was so independent, I looked only to myself and my own resources to overcome my fears. The result was that the fears only because worse and I developed very severe depression, which also led to feelings of paranoia, extreme anxiety, and even disassociation, as well as physical diseases such as fibromyalgia and autoimmune thyroid disease. It wasn’t until I developed cancer that God finally got through to me (which, in hindsight, I realized He had been trying to do since I was very young), and I turned my fears over to Him. He destroyed them. I think God every day that He never gave up on me, no matter how obtuse I was.
Thank you so much for sharing your testimony! I also am humbled that God never gave up on me. He continues to love me through whatever my struggles may be on any given day and guides me to the freedom in Christ He desires for me.
He is so faithful and you are welcome!
What a powerful testimony you have Linda! Yes, I was experiencing a lot of health problems as well. I praise God that He never gives up on us and patiently waits for us to surrender to Him. Thank you for sharing your testimony!
Thank you Joanna for sharing on “fear”.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing this! I can’t read more of what you have. I used to struggle a lot with anxiety. But getting better! Blessings to you.
Allison, I pray you are finding peace for your soul. I read an excellent book that really blessed me in overcoming anxiety. The Breaker Anointing by Barbara Yoder was so impactful for me. At one point in the book she said, wherever you have a place of fear is a place you have placed yourself on the throne instead of God. That was huge for me. I began to purposefully come to the Lord and give Him those places of fear as they came up. Getting to the roots of why I didn’t trust Him with those areas was huge for me. Praying the Lord gives you personal revelation and healing.
I’m so glad this has blessed you! God’s perfect love casts out fear. As He comes into each of these places in your life my prayer is that the fear will have to go!