I'm not even 3 minutes in but I have to stop and say that this video is very relatable to me. My fear began a few months after having my 5th child. I would worry about a house fire at night or an intruder. I felt like sleep was a very vulnerable state. I have 5 children ages 9, 5, 3 (special needs), 2, and 11 months. My husband works 4 nights a week. I would always worry that there would be a fire and I would have to get everyone out by myself. An intruder is even more scary bc the layout of our home is my room on 1 end and the Livingsroom, kitchen, dining room and playroom is a big open area and the kids rooms are on the other side. I'd have no way to get to my children without the intruder seeing me. A month ago I picked up a book of bible verses made for children to learn and memorize and I started adding it into our devotion time. Right there I saw Psalm 4:8. I said that to myself that night and went to sleep easily for the first time in months.
@kcee9111
5 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to me as a child watching the chucky movie! I had a legitimate anxiety disorder for the rest of my life ever since. 😞 I was even medicated up until 26 year old at which point I got off of it and have totally depended on the Lord for freedom. It totally created a fear that is so instilled and deep. God can break these chains and the spirit of fear! Bless you ❤️ Wow I can’t believe I’m not the only one
@maeb7723
5 жыл бұрын
You and I have so much in common....I can resonate with what you are saying 100% with regard to fears. Thank you for your encouragement and always helping to point us to the Lord for EVERYTHING. God is so so good, all the time. Praying for you as well in this.
@melissaseverance6494
5 жыл бұрын
This was beautifully stated. I struggled with the same things since I was 5 or 6 years old and I have also received the same freedom. Fear of witches at night was a big one. My skin would prickle in fear! What you said about this keeping us coming back to Him when we are tempted to go back to that place (it does creep in sometimes) was very helpful. Being intentional about keeping my mind on what is good, true and lovely has been such a blessing. Avoiding the news (why must we know about every horrendous thing that happens?) is beneficial and keeping edifying words with me (sermons, channels like yours, good books) helps so much with this. The Lord is our Comforter! Have a blessed day and thank you.
@tomlins3151
5 жыл бұрын
A very timely message! Thank you 🙌💕
@michellekulas282
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your heart. I struggle with anxiety and so does my son. I also find that it comes in waves and cycles. I ask God to fill me with a peace that transcends all understanding and that usually helps me to calm down. I like the verses you mentioned, too. ❤️
@nadinecollectivehomeschool7519
5 жыл бұрын
I relate to this so much and yes, scripture helps. It's comforting and the Lord will comfort His child. 💛
@beccam507
5 жыл бұрын
I have struggled with similar things. Thank you for your encouragement and truth! I love the scriptures you shared. Our family and our church also believes in prayer for deliverance from the demonic in certain situations, of course paired with battling in the Holy Spirit and walking with Christ in faith, renewing the mind etc. I find this has been really helpful for me in certain areas where I just couldn't seem to overcome something! Having prayer from my husband or elders in our church for specific issues that were coming against me, has changed my life , by the power and Grace of Christ. Thank you, Alana! I will be in prayer for you against this, and for peace and complete victory. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
@veronicamaynard5821
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this I am struggling with this so much it affects my sleep. And I pray Christ will cast these fears out.
@melaniedavis4172
5 жыл бұрын
Wow I relate 100% to everything you said and fear is my biggest struggle right now. Thank you so much for sharing this!! I'm going to spend some time thinking about the verses you shared. 💛
@livingwithgrace3341
5 жыл бұрын
I have also struggled with this my whole life. It was much less during my teen years but came back with a vengeance after I had kids. Praying for you!!
@scottoverhoff9489
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing...completely understand. Knowing He is overall and loves you....and TELLS US to trust Him is such a key!!! He is faithful to uphold His promise!
@GinaA
5 жыл бұрын
Wow Alana I have had the same struggles with those movies and about something happening to myself or my family! Even just fear of persecution to come in person. Just the other day my brothers were talking about scary movies and how one of them in particular really stuck in their brains. I told them how that movie did for me also and this is why I don’t want to watch scary movies. (In all reality I believe scary/horror movies to be truly demonic and put that fear in us purposefully). I’ve been trying to memorize Psalm 57:3-4! I would encourage you or anyone as well! “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.What can flesh do to me!”- Psalm 56:3-4 Amen! Praise God! Thanks for sharing. 😊
@xiaoqingli1216
4 жыл бұрын
Hallelujah, thank you sister for sharing. Glorify to our Mighty God, heavenly Father. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@spinnerchic5772
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I struggle with the fear of our children being left with out their dad and I. Its gotten so bad that we don’t date or go anywhere together without our children!
@ericawallace526
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I struggle with the same thing.
@jackstone5631
5 жыл бұрын
Just stay carm when it reach u and just in a due mint it gaune
@HeatherB81
5 жыл бұрын
Gremlins really affected me too!!! Thank you for talking about this! My middle son is struggling with this right now too. He came to me about “seeing” things at night and having bad dreams. Unfortunately, it is even more difficult or near impossible to shield our children from these things in today’s age 😔 He is doing a lot better after talking to me and me telling him that any time he has these thoughts, he can pray and ask the Lord to give him happy and peaceful thoughts as he falls asleep. Thank you again!
@vanessaalmada2860
5 жыл бұрын
I can completely relate. I’ve struggled with fear since I was a child, what really helped me was scripture but also a clip of a Matt Chandler sermon when he talks about how he told his wife not to worry about him because he is untouchable until the day and time God has sovereignly chose for him to go home. It really brought me peace. Oh and I watched that movie Witches when I was a kid too! It was so creepy
@amreetha7
4 жыл бұрын
Incredibly blessed by this
@carmenswanson415
5 жыл бұрын
This is also so important a message about how much we need to protect our children’s minds when it comes to movies and books etc... people don’t realize the doors that are opening for satans influences when we allow our children these images in their little minds. And of course praise the Lord he is our God of peace but thank you for this. I will forever be grateful to my parents for sheltering me in these areas because I really do think this is where the spirit of fear can begin
@AlanaL3
5 жыл бұрын
kenny swanson yep, I’m a firm believer in guarding those little eyes and minds
@WILD-CAVEMAN-123
5 жыл бұрын
Not many movies scared me as a youngster but the movie C.H.U.D certainly did! Anybody else remember this movie?
@TheSonshineLife
5 жыл бұрын
Alana, Thank you so much and God bless you for sharing! When I was 4, I watched my first scary movie- Freddy Krueger. I don't even know HOW I was able to. We didn't have enough money to live, so my mom had to work and I got baby-sat a lot before I went to kindergarten. I had my first nightmare of that main character killing me when I was 4 years old. EVERY SINGLE YEAR for 25 years (4-28yrs), I had a nightmare EVERY YEAR that he killed me. I got saved at 19, so I thought it was weird that I would still have those dreams. Even when I moved to three other states, every year he would follow me in my dreams to whatever state we lived at. That's how it would look in my dreams. In 2012, at 28 years old, I believe that was the very last time I had a dream about him, and this time I defeated him through the power of the Holy Spirit. I know that probably sounds very crazy, but my husband and I had pray that if I had a nightmare that year, that God would help me to defeat him. And in that year I did! And that very last dream was also in black and white. Hopefully I won't have a dream about him since I'm writing this, but I trust in God! I'm now 35 years and I haven't had a dream for 7 years now- PRAISE GOD!! My other struggle with fear was (and sometimes is) the fear of what man can do to us. Because I grew up in Los Angeles where very bad things happened (I witnessed a man get stabbed in the heart some feet away when I was 6, my mother saw a pregnant woman get kidnapped, and my father got assaulted- so sorry for the description!!), and my mother would always tell my brother and I to never open the door even if it's a woman selling blankets or tamales because it could be a murderer, this caused me extreme fear as an adult, especially when I became a mother at 25. Almost every night I would get up to look outside each window to make sure no strange person was approaching our house just in case it could be a murderer. And now even though I have worked hard at overcoming those thoughts that can paralyze me with fear, now and then when I hear of persecution and the like, it can trigger me to get into that fearful state, where it causes me to not function right and steals the joy of motherhood. So like you, I avoid many things and focus on Scripture. The two main verses that have really helped my life every time are these- You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3 and, And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 For Isaiah 26:3, I learned that the word mind in that verse is the word imagination. It is the same word imagination used in Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21 and other verses. So when I would begin to be in a fearful state, I would take notice of my imagination and would see if I was actually creating mental images of what I was being fearful about. And in the case of watching outside my window for fear a murderer may come to our house, I realized I was- I was actually picturing a person in my mind and picturing what I would do to defend us if he got into our house. And so after wise counsel from someone, my journey of putting Isaiah 26:3 into practice began, and I began to use my imagination to focus on God and His goodness and faithfulness and trustworthiness, and how He has helped me in the past and provided for me and guided me and protected me in many situations when I was a foolish, unbelieving teenager. And so focusing on that changed everything. To this day, I have to continue putting this into practice. It has become more automatic to trust in God and focus on Him, so I don't always notice when fear is trying to sneak in, but when I hear of persecution and I'm so tempted to fear, I focus on God, and am also encouraged by Matthew 10:28- thinking on the fact that God IS SOVEREIGN, remembering what I have read in the Proverbs and seeing how I can cultivate the fear of the LORD so that I live for Him- in this I'm able to be free and live this life. Truly the fear of God and trusting in Him vanishes many other fears. So sorry this was so long! I was inspired by you and your story and wanted to share this. From a sister in Christ ❤ ND
@AlanaL3
5 жыл бұрын
H so so good, thank you for sharing. I love the scripture about imagination, need to cling to that as well and share it with my husband. He looks out windows at night sometimes. :) thank you!!
@HopeFilledJourney
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! Hope all is well.
@creationoflove84
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! I really needed this. Last night was bad for me. I in panic just screamed out to the Lord for His shelter and He faithfully came and I was able to sleep. I didn’t know others struggled like this either with triggers! My dad will often tell of stories that will trigger me. I’ve asked him to stop and told him why but to no avail. I now fight anger towards him. Sad. He mentioned something very very briefly yesterday that brought on my night of terror. Thank you so so much for making this video and pointing to our all sovereign God. He is bigger than my fears and He can give me more of a victory than I ever realized. Your testimony gives me so much hope. Thank you. May God richly bless you and strengthen your inner man by the power of His Spirit.
@AlanaL3
5 жыл бұрын
I understand, I have stopped my mom dead in her tracks and asked her to stop a story and she just keeps going. It makes you feel like they don’t care. But fight against that bitterness towards him. He is not doing it on purpose, if he realized he would stop.
@creationoflove84
5 жыл бұрын
@@AlanaL3 Thank you sister. I really do fight against bitterness against it....frustration really...but always on the look out for that sneaky root of bitterness. I have told him how it affects me though, a number of times, even going into detail of how satan will use it to terrorize me severely at night...he's a 30+ year old Christian and it just makes me deeply sad that he won't consider the severity of my stumbling when he does that. He's always kind of been "harsh" if I may use that word. Thank you so much for your ministry to us women. Your channel is a haven amidst so much confusion during these times we live in. May God continue to strengthen you in your high calling as a wife and mother and a servant to the saints of God.
@stefaniemedina14
5 жыл бұрын
Wow Alana, I feel like I was hearing my own story. I too have struggled with fear at night, from scary movies mostly. It is funny how I can watch a tv show or movie during the day and am fine, but if I watch it at night I know I will have nightmares. And also fear after getting married and becoming a mom. I am mostly triggered now by horrible stories about children. Thank you for sharing those verses, I wrote them down to look at when I a feeling fearful.
@kang_glimpsesofgrace
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so so much for sharing this!!!! I needed to hear this so much! My anxiety/struggling with fear comes and goes-it all started early last year, and I've had many restless nights.... However, I am in a much better place now than I was a year ago (praise God!!!) BUT it is a process... I do still have my nights. Thank you for sharing some of the things that have helped you! This video is a blessing to me. ♥️
@kang_glimpsesofgrace
5 жыл бұрын
Praying for you, Alana!!
@dovetaillogcabins3727
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved this Alana and I know exactly what you mean I always use scripture versus when I feel fear xx another brilliant video xx heather
@sharonrose5119
5 жыл бұрын
Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God, I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee. I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isaiah 41:10 Praying for you Sis!❤️
@kathyramsden4182
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing dear Alana! I’ve pretty much been the same all my life & I had a wonderful home life so I think I’ve just always been a scaredy cat & once I see a picture, it can be engraved in my mind so I always hated awful movies...to this day! We don’t have a television which I am glad for! I’ve had a similar experience! Thankful for God’s comfort! ❤️
@jamiewhittle6300
5 жыл бұрын
Gooooooood stuff! As moms, I think we will always be tempted to be a bit worrisome. Thank you for this video on my pms week (when my mind is not so easily sound) 😰 I really appreciate the things you've shared. They WILL boost me in my battling of this issue!
@ToniaTutorials
5 жыл бұрын
Fun fact! That movie is based on the Rohl Dahl Witches book! Yes! I was terrified at 5 after waching it. Women are more anxious, especially after having children vs men. It's to protect our offspring. I get triggered by INSANE news stories. Sometimes you just have to turn it off, and guard your mind.
@ev2825
5 жыл бұрын
I can relate to you very much on this. ❤ Its been a long process but I know now how to take captive those thoughts and bring them to Jesus. I also avoid watching darker movies and shows and scary thrilling things anymore because of what those things would do to my mind at idle moments like bedtime. The eyes are indeed the window to the soul. It especially affects us with sensitive spirits. God has called us to heavenly things pure and good.
@beccam507
5 жыл бұрын
By the way, I'm very sensitive to certain kinds of news and also scary or troubling movies or even certain kinds of music. I just try to avoid and fill my mind with good things! But I also don't want to walk in fear. "The light shines out in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it!"
@savedbygrace3074
5 жыл бұрын
This happens to me to and when I have these horrible images of whatever I hear that triggers I also remember this scripture Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; The enemy is a liar and will tell you that your alone with this struggle but doubt/fear and worry is all from him! X
@jamiewhittle6300
5 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@shareejacobs6434
5 жыл бұрын
I struggle with fear and have since a child....Same exact stuff as you...what if and how will I deal with it...anxiety and fear and it runs in my family and my son just started having it...real war. Do not let your kids watch scary movies because it is really bad for kids...I know because I used to lay in bed afraid to move when my Mom sent me to bed! Also the times we are living in are very troublesome so we need real conversations like this or I do...God bless!
@AlanaL3
5 жыл бұрын
Sharee Jacobs my kids watch barely anything and anything they do watch is what we have first looked at to approve as wholesome and helpful in some way.
@shareejacobs6434
5 жыл бұрын
Oh I didn't think you did but I was just sharing my experience with you. Have a blessed day.@@AlanaL3
@AlanaL3
5 жыл бұрын
Sharee Jacobs sorry I’m very to the point:) I didn’t take you the wrong way I was just straight up answering you. :)
@shareejacobs6434
5 жыл бұрын
No problem! Have a good evening.
@pursuingpeas8236
5 жыл бұрын
Same verse for me I think that it isn’t logical to worry for the false sense of control of my life
@Fairmaidenteacup
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this encouragement!
@jesus-christ-saves-ephesia1349
4 жыл бұрын
I have to Say there is our Lord Jesus Christ that Exists. He made himself known to me by Emotions /feeling. It was loveing of warning me of my Sin that I had to change. I witnessed the Demonic tormented side as well. Blessings to you and your family. Jesus Christ Saves All who honestly Repents. The Unpardonable Sin is rejecting, Jesus Christ / Holy Spirit. Amen ✝️
@jesussaves89
3 жыл бұрын
Super demonic is the spirit of fear. It's a spirit that comes you have to rebuke it or seek deliverance
@tiffgame8190
5 жыл бұрын
Hey alana l or any mommas I need some advice on if I'm a bad mom if my sons who are 8 and 9 saw me changing and I didn't noticed it any advice and story if it happened to you too and my husband is deployed and how would I talk about it to them of seeing a woman body please any advice
@AlanaL3
5 жыл бұрын
First of all, you are not a bad mom! That was an accident and it is OK. It happens. :-) it has not happened to me, but it almost has. I would just let them know without totally freaking out that they are not allowed to see you undressed and that it honors God when we cover our bodies. Ask them if they have any questions and answer them if they do. But don’t make it a huge deal because then they will be freaked out. :-)
@tiffgame8190
5 жыл бұрын
Okay Alana l thank you so much
@pursuingpeas8236
5 жыл бұрын
Kim rettmann blog has posts about this subject Perfect love casts out fear
@kjsmarquis
5 жыл бұрын
He stands behind you with his hand on your shoulder and the enemy sees this and flees. This one is mine. This one is not yours. Go. Haven't you ever wondered why bad things seem to flee from you? Why would you have to keep on reiterating it in your mind as if it's something that is over there in the corner of the room yet not part of you yet? You should know this so intuitively that the description comes to mind without seeking it. And you can feel peace that nothing can stand up to his will. It's in my mind is the Holy Ghost. It's Jesus facing your enemies with his hand on your shoulder. And Like in the lion King the enemy slithers away from attacking the lions progeny. To lose this Holy Spirit the holy ghost all you have to do is sin against Him. Make yourself unclean where the holy ghost is not welcome or fit to stay. And Wala you will be unprotected.
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