The Panic Attacks

 
When I was a young mother I began to have episodes where my heart would begin to race and pound.  I became very concerned because my father had heart challenges so I began to think I was having a heart attack.  I went to our family doctor, but he insisted that there was nothing physically wrong with me... It was all in my head.
   These attacks continued and other symptoms began to occur. I was desperate. The doctor could not help me. At the time I had been studying the Bible.  God showed me that this was a spirit of fear. The spirit of fear wanted me to not believe God would help me.  This revelation made me determined and focused because my desire was and is to totally trust God no matter what.
   I began to stand or in other words remind myself and the enemy of God's faithfulness by quoting the following scripture regularly. It was like taking medicine...

   "For God hath not given  us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."  2 Timothy 1:7

 The panic attacks and all the other symptoms left! It was such a relief. I was grateful to God for delivering me from these attacks. Did this mean I never had an encounter with the spirit of fear?  No... What I learned from the challenge of the panic attacks helped me understand how to stand against it in other circumstances.  When I have faced many life challenges, fear tries to creep in again to make me doubt God. When this happens it is my cue to praise God that He does not lie! I thank Him that I have the Spirit of power, love, and of a sound mind.

What do you do when you become fearful?