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Day 4 2 Corinthians 5:14, says that Christ’s love compels us, which means action on our part! So, what can we do in the midst of anxiety or depression? Christ’s love compels us to get up and keep on living. Christ’s love compels us to look in the mirror and see a person who is valuable, a person for whom Christ died! Christ’s love compels us to lean into the church, so that we do not try to face anxiety alone. Christ’s love compels us to consistently read our Bibles and to focus our minds on His promises, instead of our own (often skewed) thoughts. And Christ’s love compels us not to judge those struggling with anxiety or depression, lest we too be judged (Matthew 7:1-5). Ultimately, Christ’s love compels us to ‘hang in there’ until He uses our pain for His glory. The process of healing is never a waste. Our anxiety or depression might be used one day to encourage another Believer, drive us to the cross if we are not believers already, or refine our faith so that we will have less sin in our lives, and more peace and perseverance (James 1:2-3). God would never give anything so painful as anxiety and depression, unless the blessings coming to us (if we trust Him in the end) far outweigh the struggle (2 Corinthians 4:15-17). #247daily
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