In my experience, being anxious, afraid or worried is all basically the same thing. It amounts to not trusting God in your situation. I've been there enough times to know.
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The Lord put me through an extremely difficult and painful trial that basically forced me to trust Him. Now I am on the other side of it and it's light night and day.
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For me to be anxious is not a sin full stop.
How we deal with being anxious could be a sin.
However how we deal with it can be a sin or lead to mechanisms to dull being anxious.
So once again is being anxious the same as fear?
I cannot recall Jesus using the word anxious but does use the the word worry.
Yet in
Philippians 4:6
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
David himself seemed to be display anxious behaviour bordering on fear.
Did Jeus himself have anxious thougts and fear in the garden of Gethsemane?
So as I said to be anxious is not a sin but the response to it can lead to sin.
It's a bit like if you have a sexual thought that comes to mind.
The thought itself is not sinful, it's how you deal with that could be sinful.
It's like a thought to lie is not sinful but how you deal with it could be sinful.
If you follow it through then yes it's a sin, but pray to God for help not to do it is the correct way.
Now I will give you my problem concerning anxiety.
I have been diagnosed with several generalized anxiety.
Basically this anxiety is constant and basically debilitating.
Had it for 30 years plus.
I continually seek God for healing, bring it to him.
Praise God I have been able to function.
Run a company of 30 people.
Do a ministry in church.
Have 4 kids all Christians.
I have every day prayed to God for healing, sought help in the church, been prayed over
No release has been forthcoming.
I refuse to take meds because I feel God can and will heal.
I do not believe it's medically related.
So am I sinning?