God’s Plan for Panic Attacks
(November 10, 2025)
Do you suffer from panic attacks? Times when intense fear suddenly grips your
heart and mind and won’t let go? I have; and for a long time I thought that the
only solution was medication. So, I tried many different meds with very limited or
no success.
I was also suffering from severe depression and paranoia. I drove limousine at the
time and couldn’t wait until my client would get out and I would curl up on the
back seat of the limo and just rock back and forth and moan in pain. Not physical
pain, but emotional pain. Maybe you know what I mean.
Today, I am anxiety free, paranoia free, and depression free because of the mercy
of the Lord, good biblical counseling, and taking to heart the life-giving Word of
God. And God wants you to know that you can be free, too!
Now, if you are on medication, I am NOT saying to get off them. I AM saying that
God has a plan for your panic attacks, and it works! Proverbs 3:25-26 says, “Be not
afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For
the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.”
“Sudden fear” isn’t that what a panic attack is? Sometimes we may know the
reason for the sudden fear and sometimes we may not. But in either case God’s
plan is to let His powerful Word speak peace to your heart.
Ask God to show you some verses to address the lie that comes with these
attacks. The lie is that something terrible is about to happen. The truth is “If God
is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31) “For God has not given us a spirit of
fear but of power, love and a sound mind.” (2 Tim. 1:7) “The Spirit you received
does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you
received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, ‘Abba
Father.’” (Rom. 8:15)
Let these truths speak peace to your mind. Meditate on them and be free!