Overcoming Anxiety: How to Ask, How to Believe, and How to Receive God’s Healing

If you’re reading this because anxiety has been sitting heavy on your heart, please take a deep breath right here with me. You are not alone. You’re not broken. And you are not beyond healing.

I say that not as a cliché, but as truth—because no matter how long you’ve been struggling, Jesus knows. The Father knows. Trust me as someone who has suffered with it for many...many years. Every restless thought, every racing heartbeat, every moment you felt afraid and didn’t even know why… He has seen all of it. And He hasn’t walked away from you, not for a single second.

Anxiety has a way of lying to us. It whispers, “You’re stuck. You’ll never be yourself again. You’ll always feel this way.”

But the Word of God speaks a greater truth: “Fear not, for I am with you.” (Isaiah 41:10)

Over and over in Scripture—more than 300 times—God tells us NOT to fear. That’s not because fear is sinful. It’s because He wants us to know we’re not carrying our struggles alone.

He is with us. He is for us. He is fighting for our healing. And He is perfectly capable of restoring what anxiety has stolen.

Let’s talk about how.

1. How to Ask

Jesus invites us to come to Him honestly:

“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”(1 Peter 5:7)

This isn’t poetic language—it’s instruction. He wants your anxiety. He wants the thing you’re embarrassed about, the thing you can’t shake, the thing that wakes you up at night or steals your joy during the day. The thing that keeps you from feeling truly "alive."

Asking begins with honesty:

“Jesus, I’m scared.”“Father, my mind won’t settle.”“Lord, I don’t feel like myself and I need You.”

That is prayer. Not fancy words. Not performance. Just truth spoken from the heart.

When you ask, don’t hold anything back. He already knows—and He loves you fully anyway.

2. How to Believe

Belief isn’t pretending everything feels fine. Belief means trusting that God is working, even before your emotions catch up.

Jesus said:

“Do not fear, only believe.”(Mark 5:36)

Those two commands are connected: When we believe in His goodness, His power, His presence—fear loses its grip.

Belief says:

“Lord, I know You can heal me, even if I don’t feel healed yet.”“I trust You with what I cannot control.”“I know You are working in places I can’t see.”

Believing isn’t about your strength—it’s about His.

3. How to Receive

Sometimes the hardest part of healing is actually accepting it.

Receiving looks like:

• Letting His peace settle into your nervous system

• Allowing Him to take the burden off your shoulders

• Choosing to breathe and say, “Okay Lord, I accept Your help”

• Letting Scripture fill the fearful places inside you

• Letting His love be louder than your anxious thoughts

Jesus promised this:

“Peace I leave with you… My peace I give to you.”(John 14:27)

Not the world’s peace. Not “temporary” peace. His peace. The kind that calms storms.

Receiving means saying, “Yes Lord, I want that. I choose Your peace over my fear.”

God’s Presence in Anxiety

From Genesis to Revelation, God tells His people not to be afraid because He is with them:

• “Do not fear, for I am with you.” (Isaiah 41:10)

• “Be strong and courageous… the Lord your God goes with you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)

• “I sought the Lord and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.” (Psalm 34:4)

• “When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.” (Psalm 56:3)

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These aren’t empty promises.They are lived-out realities in the lives of millions.

Real People Who Have Overcome Anxiety Through Faith

Here are a few true accounts—brief but powerful—of people whose crippling anxiety was lifted through Jesus.

1. Corrie ten Boom

After surviving a concentration camp, Corrie suffered devastating trauma and panic attacks. But through prayer, Scripture, and choosing daily to trust God, she was healed enough to travel the world preaching forgiveness. Her famous words come from lived experience:

“There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.”

2. A college student named Eliana

After years of severe anxiety and OCD, she reached a breaking point. During a moment of surrender, she prayed, “Jesus, I can’t do this… but You can.” She said she felt something lift from her—like a weight breaking. Over time, with daily prayer and reading Psalms, she regained peace she had not felt since childhood. Today she mentors other young women in Christ.

3. A veteran named Michael

Plagued by PTSD, nightmares, and panic, he struggled for 15 years. During a church service one Sunday, he felt God prompting him to let someone pray over him. When the pastor prayed, he felt a warmth in his chest and a peace wash over him. His symptoms didn’t vanish overnight, but they steadily dissolved. He now says, “Jesus didn’t just heal my mind—He gave me my life back.”

4. A mother named Sarah

After a traumatic birth, she lived in constant fear. One night she opened to Psalm 91 and read about God covering her with His wings. She said it felt like Jesus Himself sat beside her. Her anxiety slowly melted as she prayed that Psalm every night. Today she is joyful, present, and teaching her children about God’s faithfulness.

None of these people were “too far gone.”And neither are you.

How to Heal With God’s Help: A Simple, Love-Led Path

1. Speak Scripture over yourself daily

Scripture is medicine for the mind.

Try these:

• “The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?” (Psalm 27:1)

• “Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you.” (Psalm 55:22)

• “I will fear no evil, for You are with me.” (Psalm 23:4)

2. Breathe and invite His presence

“Jesus, bring me Your peace.”Say it out loud. Say it gently. Say it like a child calling to a loving Father. He will respond.

3. Let yourself rest

God never asked you to carry this alone. Rest isn’t weakness—it’s obedience.

4. Talk to Him throughout the day

Little prayers. Little conversations. Little moments of surrender.

This builds intimacy that anxiety cannot break.

5. Seek community

Isolation feeds fear. Connection heals it.

Even one trusted friend or pastor can make a difference.

6. Remember who holds you

Your past trauma does not hold you.Your anxious thoughts do not define you.Your mind’s storms do not control your destiny.

It is God who holds you. It is God who heals you. It is God who restores you.

You Can Live Again—Truly Live

Anxiety tries to shrink your world. God expands it.

Anxiety tries to steal breath. God gives life.

Anxiety says, “You’re stuck.”God says, “I am making all things new.” (Revelation 21:5)

There is nothing—not trauma, not fear, not memories, not thoughts—that God cannot heal. Your story is not over. You are not beyond hope. You are not destined to stay in this place forever.

You will feel like yourself again. You will breathe easily again. You will laugh again. You will rest again. You will heal.

Not because of your strength…but because of His.

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”(Psalm 34:18)

He is close to you. Right now. Right here.

And He will carry you through this. All the way to healing. All the way to freedom. All the way back to the beautiful life He intended for you.

Peace,

XO, Marie