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day before meals, meditate on them throughout the day, and again quote the scriptures before going to bed.
    In Appendix A of this book are wonderful scriptures for overcoming anxiety. Write them down, memorize them, and meditate on them. Put them in places where you can see them—attach sticky notes to your computer or anchor scriptures with magnets on your refrigerator.
    The Word of God is an effective antidote in daily life for both depression and anxiety. God has created natural ways as well as a spiritual prescription for battling and defeating depression and anxiety in your life.
    A Bible Cure Prayer for You
    Heavenly Father, I realize that fear does not come from You. I ask You to break the strongholds of fear, worry, and anxiety in my life. I receive the power, love, and sound mind you have promised to me in Your Word. I put my trust in You and rest in Your perfect peace, a peace that passes all human understanding. Amen.
    A Bible Cure Prescription
Overcoming Anxiety
List any symptoms of anxiety you have identified after reading this chapter.
Now describe steps you can begin to take to overcome anxiety.
    Review what you have listed. Have you included:
Forgiving others
Prayer
Meditating on God’s Word
Confessing scriptures
Casting down thoughts contrary to God’s Word
Daily reading the Bible
Memorizing scriptures
Being filled daily with God’s Holy Spirit
Practicing gratitude

Chapter 3: Joy-filled Living With New Thought Patterns
    One day a minister went to preach at another pastor’s church and stayed in the pastor’s guest bedroom. When he arrived at the pastor’s home, he was very tired and simply ate dinner with the pastor and his wife and then promptly went to bed.
    In the middle of the night he was suddenly awakened by a rustling noise coming from the corner of the bedroom. He quickly sat up in bed, but he was unable to see clearly since the room was very dark. But as his eyes adjusted to the light, he was able to see a large dark image in the corner of the room that appeared to be moving and making a strange rustling type of noise.
    He was very afraid, thinking that a ghost, apparition, or dark ominous spiritual presence had entered the room. He immediately began to pray, and after a few minutes he was relieved to see that the apparition had stopped moving and the strange noise had ceased.
    However, the strange apparition would begin to move again and make the strange noise every twenty minutes or so. This continued to occur throughout the entire night, and he remained staring at the corner of the room. He was very anxious, fearful, and trembling as he continued to watch and pray throughout the night.
    Finally, in the morning when the first rays of dawn appeared, the minister was then able to see clearly. What he had been seeing was not an apparition at all. What he was seeing was actually an old dark raincoat hanging on a coat rack in the corner of the bedroom! It would rustle and move as the air conditioning vent blew on it.
    The minister couldn’t believe he had wasted so much time and energy and lost a good night’s sleep worrying about something he had actually concocted in his mind. It wasn’t even real!
    This is similar to the distortional thought patterns that we create in our minds. Most of these thought patterns are imaginary and not based on facts. This book will act as a light similar to the first rays of dawn, enabling to you to recognize these patterns and mind-sets. In this chapter I will teach you how to tear down strongholds and mind-sets and replace them with the Word of God. When these strongholds and mind-sets are torn down, you will learn how to practice gratitude and then enter into the peace of God.
    It All Starts With Your Thoughts
    Your interpretation of traumatic events and your mental programming form thoughts that become beliefs. Your beliefs then lead to feelings that lead to choices, words, actions or behaviors, and reactions. When you continue to repeat behaviors, words,