Reduce Stress and Boost Your Immune System

12 Biblical Principles to Help You Feel Your Best

Stress and anxiety are killers. Yet, many people would rather have a medical diagnosis than admit their problems are caused by sin.

I’m gonna step on some toes here.

Yes, anxiety is a sin. You can’t root it out if you don’t call it what it is. 

Anxiety only brings harm to the body and the soul.

Learn how to get this area of your life under control for your good and God’s glory. This post is Principle #4 in the Ultimate Health Checklist: Guard Your Heart.

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How Stress Works

God gave us emotions for a reason. Yet, we must allow God to temper them according to His Word. If our emotions cause us to sin, we must apply biblical wisdom and respond according to God’s righteous standard. 

Emotions have consequences. 

Have you ever...

• Felt anger pulse through your body like a steam engine?

• Wondered why your face turns red hot when you’re embarrassed?

• Been curious about why your heart races or skips a beat when you’re scared or anxious?

There is a reason.

The emotional center in our brain shoots out nerve impulses to every organ in our body.

So, when we experience emotional stress — it triggers all kinds of physiological changes.

Too much stress and we are at risk for a host of symptoms and diseases. According to the National Institute of Health, chronic stress can contribute to the following conditions:

• Suppressed immune system

• Increased risk of viral infections

• Release of histamines, leading to asthma

• Increased risk for diabetes

• Concentrated acid in the stomach, leading to ulcers

• Plaque-build up, causing atherosclerosis

• Psychiatric conditions

• Tumor development

• Suppression of cancer-fighting (NK) cells

And more

Is it any wonder that God, who loves us and always desires our good and survival, has repeatedly told us in many ways to chill out?

I’ve read that the phrase “fear not” is found 365 times in the Bible — one for each day. I like to test everything, but I could not substantiate that claim.

Yet, here’s what I found instead: 

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