Philippians 4:6 reads, “in
everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to
God”. All our fears,
anxieties, and worry are to be placed into His loving arms. It is His to carry.
But what happens when the
fear, worry, or anxiety continues to rear its ugly head? Is God not answering our prayers? I don’t believe that to be the case at
all. God created us with a specific physiology. He knows what He created and
how we function within our bodies.
God’s physiology goes
something like this: We
learn worry early in our lifetime. Oh, it might be something that today we
would find inconsequential, like not being picked for a kickball team, or not
understanding the math in an upcoming big test. Worry and anxiety set in. The
cognitive learning process instilled in our mind has just begun. Over the following decades, other
problems arise that reinforce all that worry and fear and anxiety. Each time,
it seems we worry more and more, or the worry is more deep set. Finally, by
middle age, we find ourselves literally worrying about nearly every single
thing in our lives. We can tell ourselves a million times that we have nothing
to worry about – God has it all under control, but, for some reason, that never
really reassures us, and we continue to worry. Eventually, the guilt about worrying
begins to set in, adding to the angst. We know in our heart it is wrong, and we
pray diligently to be delivered from it.
We all know God can do
whatever He finds necessary. Sometimes, He simply rescues us from our
deep-seated worry, setting us free. Other times, it continues, like St. Paul’s
thorn, leaving us overburdened and sick. God, at other times, brings alongside
us something else to assist us, and answering our prayers in other ways.
Emotional Freedom
Techniques (EFT) is another of those answers to prayer. While He allows worry,
fear, and anxiety to be part of our human experience, one started in response
to original sin our first parents committed in the Garden of Eden, He also
instilled in us a mechanism to relieve just those emotions.
EFT, or tapping, is a physiology
process where by these fore mentioned emotions can be permanently dismantled.
How? By allowing the subconscious to bring to the surface those early memories
where the worry first began, and tapping away the emotions attached to those
events.
The tapping sets up a
vibration that interferes with the neurochemical reaction at the cellular
receptor level, breaking the cognitive learning pattern of childhood. It re-regulates the amygdala, the alarm
center of our brain, telling it we are safe. God is handling our issues. It’s
how God created us when He breathed breath into Adam’s nostrils on the sixth
day of creation.
Free yourself of those
emotions of anxiety, fear, and worry through EFT, opening you up to an awakened
spiritual experience through God’s mighty grace. Allow God to instill into you the
peace of God that passes all understanding by using this EFT mechanism God
implanted in you at birth.
If any of these emotions or
any other overwhelming emotion is running your life, messing up your prayer
life and spiritual walk, email me. It would be my Christian privilege to teach
you how EFT can change your spiritual life, as you dismantle the crippling
effects of those early leaned memory patterns. Or attend one of my
EFT classes in Milwaukee.
Always remember to take
complete responsibility for your own health and well-being. EFT is not a
substitute for medical care.
God bless your walk with
Him!
Sherrie Rice Smith
Certified EFT practitioner
Author of EFT for Christians
