Conquering Fear, Anxiety, Depression & More

By Andrew W Jackson

Everyone Deals with stress at different levels at some point in their lives. Youth and adults alike. In this book, one will learn how two different people who can be going through the same kind of stressor and experiencing anxiety or depression can be going through the same circumstances yet have very different attitudes while going through the

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrew W. Jackson Straight Road Publishing
• Release date: Nov 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9781734349405

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Conquering Fear, Anxiety, Depression & More

Written and Published by Andrew W. Jackson

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other person or work.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the

express written consent of the author. The views expressed in this book

are not necessarily those of the book printing company.

Unless otherwise indicated, Bible quotations are taken from the World

English Bible British Edition and King James Bible. Also, formatting

used to emphasize text, such as italics and bold lettering in the quota-

tions are made by the author.

Any pictures copied on the internet from sources page listed are for

educational purposes only and are not from the author.

Copyright © 2019 Andrew W. Jackson

Contents

Chapter 1 Recognizing Fear, Anxiety and Depression

With Two Opposing World Views…………..…..…Page 5

Chapter 2 The Two Different Roads in Life

and the Four Different Voices Along the Way……….…… Page 11

The Old (Wo-) Man and the New (Wo-) Man . . . . . . . . . . Page 19

Our Hearts and Minds are Not What Everyone Thinks . . . . Page20

Our Thoughts Have An Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23

Chapter 3 Building A Foundation On The Rock of Jesus,

And Walking The Road Of Life………………………… Page 43

Why Build on the Truth and Rock of Jesus? . . ….. . . . . . . . Page 43

Building on the Truth and Rock of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 49

Chapter 4 Our Identity in Jesus,

And Putting On The Armor Of God……. Page 54

Our Identity in Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 55

Our Identity: I Am…Affirmations . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 56

Being Equipped with God’s Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 62

Forms of Meditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 65

The Weapons of our Warfare in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 69

Confronting Our Sinful Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 75

Walking on the Road to Life With Peace is Done in Obedience ……. Page 77

Good Seed is God’s Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 78

How to Strengthen or Weaken The Flesh and Spirit . . . . . . Page 81

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Chapter 5 Putting the Sandwich Together

For Fear, Anxiety & Depression…………………… Page 87

Putting Together the Fixings of the Other Chapters . . . . . Page 88

God Works in Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 89

About the Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 90

People We Encounter in Different Seasons . . . . . . . Page 90

Discernment of the Seasons and Times . . . . . . . . . Page 91

Fear is the Accuser of the Brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 93

Equipping the Helmet of Salvation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 97

Meditation: A Way to Relieve Burdens and to Focus On God’s

Peace and Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 99

The Life of the Body is the Mind at Peace . . . . . . . . . . . Page 103

Self Edification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 106

Responses When Thoughts of Fear Become Anxiety . . . . . Page 112

After Stirring Yourself Up With Gratitude & Giving, What’s

Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 116

Forgiving People to Open Up Blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 116

Chapter 6 After Our Minds Have Become Renewed

By the LORD, Then What?........................................... Page 120

The Parable of the Soils and the Good Seed . . . . . . . . . . Page 120

Solution for the Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 123

Test God of His Faithfulness and Receive Confidence in Him Page 125

Store Treasures in Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 126

Closing: How to Surrender to the LORD . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 130

Sources………… Page 134

About the Author………. Page 136

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In Thanks

Thank you elders, pastors, my parents

and others who took time to wa-

ter my mind with God’s Word

all through my life.

Thank you for teaching me tons

of wise sayings, which I in return,

have gotten to water onto others.

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Introduction

Hello, Reader. My name is Andrew Jackson. If you are reading this

book, you are more likely a person struggling with these topics detailed

in the title of this book.

I used to struggle with all three of these problems and even tried

medication, however medications only turn off the alarm a lot of the

time instead of addressing the actual major problems in life about which

I went to see the doctor. I would like to share with you how you can

overcome these three barriers to live a productive life in the way God

intends for us to live.

I will be sharing information within Christian and Rationalist world

views where I will contrast both views in confirming what God says

about fear, anxiety, and depression and the storms of this life so you

can say to yourself, It is well, even in a storm.

As you go through the book many valuable tools will be given to

not only recognize each emotion, but to also be able to stand on God’s

promises when these kinds of thoughts and emotions come up due to

daily events.

Up front, I am not a doctor—I am a person who has struggled with

these problems in the past. Bibles being used will be World English

Bible, British Edition, and King James Version primarily with a Strong’s

concordance for referencing certain words.

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CHAPTER1

Recognizing Fear, Anxiety and Depression With

Two Opposing World Views

In this chapter, I am going to share with you how these three feelings.

show themselves, as well as their similarities and differences. Fear

and anxiety are pretty much brothers in how they operate.

According to studies, fear, and anxiety, when they appear, produce.

the same hormones, known as cortisol and dopamine. The key to know-

ing whether it is a chemical imbalance, or a spiritual matter is simple to

discern: If a person has a healthy diet with proper vitamins and miner-

als in place, such as magnesium and they are still struggling with these.

three issues or other negative emotions, it is likely a spiritual and a

mindset matter that requires one to learn self-discipline. If a person

goes through a number of psychiatric medications on the market and is

still dealing with these same three issues, then it is also likely a mindset.

and spiritual matter.

In the Rationalist world view, this would be known as a ‘’fight or

flight response. Depression is the result after the ‘’fight or flight mo-

ment. Prescriptions are handed out to lower a person’s dopamine level

as being an appropriate solution to lower fear and anxiety.

To get a person out of depression, stimulants are prescribed to in-

crease one’s dopamine levels.

Anxiety is the response when a person is being fearful about some-

thing of which one should not fear. A number of thoughts of what if

scenarios about situations or perceived situations pop up, whether in

the present or the future is fear’s way of getting one anxious about a

matter at hand. These situations about which one becomes fearful will

most likely not happen in the ways one imagines.

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CHAPTER 1. RECOGNIZING FEAR, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

WITH TWO OPPOSING WORLD VIEWS

No pill works as promised; it just turns one’s internal alarm off and

puts a person into a stupor. If the issue is truly a chemical imbalance,

according to the Rationalist world view, people who take so many an-

ti depressants and psychotropics would be in a sound, stable mindset.

Working from this world view, many mental health professionals

prescribe medication and keep a person replaying this thought record,

inserting statements into their minds like, can’t, won’t, or never,

which opens the door for doubt and unbelief in their life.

Many such professionals keep their clients returning again and again,

taking many different medications until they have gained considerable

amounts of weight, and find themselves with health problems, such as

diabetes, cancer, and a number of other ailments. These medicines af-

fect more than just a person’s dopamine levels, but exhibit many other

side effects, such as affecting one’s libido and other issues that disrupt

the body’s processes that keep one healthy.

For some mental health professionals as well as some drug manufac-

turers, such treatment is more about profit than caring for people. In

this circumstance, the first issue for which the client went to the men-

tal health professional is never resolved and the client never reaches

closure. It happened to me.

The reason for this is that the Rationalist worldview rejects that

which is spiritual and unseen. The Bible states in Ephesians 6:10-12 that

it is because they cannot perceive that which is unseen around them.

Because they have no means of detecting the unseen, spiritual things

around them, they reject it.

It takes for them a greater measure of faith to espouse a Rationalist

world view and explain away spiritual things than it does to take God at

His word, as He states in the Bible. Rationalists do choose to acknowl-

edge VHF, UHF and digital radio signals, such as WIFI, air pressure from

wind, and other things that are able to be detected by man- made devices

or what can be readily seen, such as trees swaying in the wind.

We have many man-made devices that can detect many different

unseen things. With today’s technology, we even have computer al-

gorithms that detect unseen things, as far as some human reasoning.

In some cases, such people try to develop theories to explain what has

been detected by their devices.

To the contrary, men and women of faith acknowledge that which

is unseen, as the Bible gives insight on it:

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"Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of

things not seen. For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed

by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made

out of things which are visible."

—Hebrews 11:1-3 (WEBBE)

In another section, it is also spoken of as to the presence of unseen

spiritual beings and forces, in this instance, those aligned with the devil

and opposed to God:

"Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his

might.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to

stand against the wiles of the devil.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but

against the principalities, against the powers, against the

world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the

spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places."

—Ephesians 6:10-12 (WEBBE)

Parapsychology shares much of the same world view as the Ratio-

nalism, however those in parapsychology do in part acknowledge that

there are things and entities generally unseen to those who rely heav-

ily on sight. Many studies have confirmed what the Bible has stated all

along.

Much of what they have acknowledged, they have renamed, such as

the invisible area around us being energy and atoms are floating in Dark

Matter, Ether, Space, with the machines that have been detecting and

measuring the same area yet, they choose to believe that humanity is the

measure and master of all things, not an infinite, all-knowing Creator

who fills all of time, space and anywhere else, even in their Multiverse

theories within quantum physics.

The first three verses of Genesis 1 and the first chapter of the Gospel

of John give emphasis on the invisible part around us, as do other sec-

tions of the Bible:

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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