Opinion

Am I a bad Christian if I have anxiety?

By 2023-04-18T08:30:00

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Author and mental health advocate Rachael Newham addresses whether we should feel guilty for having anxiety as Christians.

If you’re a Christian and you’ve ever been anxious (which is almost all of us at one time or another), you’ve probably been given the verse Philippians 4:6 which says: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

It’s a great verse, but somewhere along the way, instead of an encouragement to pray, we’ve heard that anxiety is wrong and experiencing anxiety - or having an anxiety disorder - is incompatible with being a christian. The truth is more complex and more beautiful than that.

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