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How to Stop Taking the Bait of Anxiety

Lanissa Spoon

Have you ever been enjoying a PERFECTLY good day and then anxiety HITS YOU OUT OF NOWHERE?!

Annoying, I know. Really frustrating actually.

The thing about your anxiety is that can show symptoms in your body that FEEL like something is seriously wrong. Your body is not segmented, it’s all connected. So when you’re grieving, you feel it in your body. When you’re anxious, you feel it in your chest.

BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE TRIGGERED- DOES NOT MEAN YOUR FEAR IS REAL OR IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU. 👏🏼

That thought has helped me SO much.

I want to help you untangle yourself from falling into the trap of anxiety.

So if you feel like you are carrying around a spirit of heaviness instead of joy, grab your chai tea latte ;) and let's chat, friend to friend! I'm so glad you opened this blog! đź’› 

Ready to have some life spoken over you if you feel like anxiousness has lingered in your mind? LET’S GO.

A few mornings ago, I was laying in bed battling anxiousness and the Lord revealed something to Ryan and I about this, what felt like, constant back and forth I was having with slipping into anxious thoughts.


The Lord said to us that morning, "You are like a fish who keeps biting on the hook and taking the bait the enemy places down in front of you."

Laugh and imagine with me for a moment. Fish aren't the smartest... haha ;)

And here's what can happen to you and I: we act like fish.

We read the Truth of God, we take our thoughts captive but when something comes that brings us discomfort in our body, health, circumstances- we bite on the hook.

We bite on the bait on anxiousness. The TRUTH hasn't changed, but what we choose to latch onto has. So what does the enemy do?

He keeps putting out the bait and hook. Over and over. And what happens when we bite on the hook? He just p u l l s us along. It grabs our lip and hurts.

BUT HERE’S THE THING. Fish in the ocean may not be familiar with this type of hook, but fish in ponds are. They've seen this kind of hook before. WE have seen the enemy's tactics before. We know it's fake bait, but sometimes we bite on it anyway. Because it's familiar.

And imagine the fish who bit the hook, looking at his other fish friends swimming freely saying "You guys, something isn't right. I feel anxious. I feel weighed down. A lot. How do I stop?!!?!?" And his other fish friends simply say, "There's a hook in your lip, bro...Stop biting on the hook." 

Friend. Stop biting on the hook of the enemy's tactics. Stop taking the fake bait. You have the freedom to choose Truth in God's goodness instead. The ability to swim freely and lightly. <3


LOVE YOU,

Lanissa