Expert: Kit Goins - 3/27/2009

Question
hello kit!before i go on talking about me i want to thank you for volunteering on this site.thats a true heart for god and reading your profile i think you may be able to help me. lately i have been so down about everything,my whole family is going through trials right now. i keep having affirmities come over me and i constantly worry,i know worry isnt of god but it's so hard not to sometimes.i feel like i'm always casting satan down and i'm willing to do that for my health and i can't thank god enough for my health,he's brought me out of so many things.i wouldent be here today if god didnt bring me out of sickness. anyway i have been to the doctor countless times this past month for all kinds of things and everytime i was in the doctors office anxiety came over me,one of the times i nearly passed out after the doctor told me my symptoms might be something severe.i worry about every little thing and i dont want to anymore,but how do i just stop? also ive been battling social phobia for 4 years now and back in october i had a long talk with the lord because just by praying "lord,take this anxiety away", it never worked.so i talked with the lord and said"i know you didnt put this in me and i know it's not your will for me to be afraid of people so what is it that i have to do for this to go away?" we all know how god works,i started feeling that i need to love and forgive,so i started practicing love and then it hit me "perfect love casts out all fear".i realized i had less and less anxiety issues,i held on to love for a long time,but i think i let the enemy steal it away again because i felt fear again,and then of corse the past month took me for a loop with these health issues. but then about 2 weeks ago my pastor at my church was just letting the holy spirit flow through her and she was saying in order to cut off the devil from recieving your healing you have to get rid of the stuff holding you back which hit me,my best friend and i stopped talking a while ago and i still had unforgiveness in my heart for her,so i worte her and said no matter what happened in the past ill always love her. and she wrote back saying she needed to hear that,after that i felt cmpletely healed not only physically but forgivness is a healing on it's own!it feels so good to forgive. but then of course i feel that social phobia kicking back in. it's like a never ending battle. i was down all day today because tomorrow night is the last night my parents' friends will be in town and they have their family with them,which they are like family to us,they were their when i was born.they are going to a cranival type place tomorrow night and want me to come along and at first i said i would be there because i figured i would ride with my brother but now he's not going and i have driving issues so i'm afraid to drive up there alone plus i havent seen them in a while so im afraid ill get anxious.i dont want to be this way anymore,i'm 24 years old.i want to be a woman,not someone who shrinks back because of fear all the time,what do i do? how do i get strong enough to handle this? can i permanatly eliminate social anxiety? sorry this is so long.

Answer
Greetings, in the name of Jesus,the christ...

Hi sister-in-christ,

Because of your letter, and what you said in it, I believe you are sincerely blessed with a knowledge of God, too many of us,lack.
And having that knowledge, I believe you can and should be able to answer these questions, yourself.

But, as a help, I'll suggest something to go along with what the Holy Spirit, thru and in your heart, tells you.

First of all, you must never loose your faith, once accepted and acted upon. This has been taught as "wavering".  Second, know this; (and I'm sure you do) satan is the source of all illness,sickness or disease. The more you give satan and his demons mention, the more you glorify him...which, in turn, lowers your faith in God, which according to God's word, He can not reward.

Right now, get up on your feet (if sitting), take the faith you still have, and come against satan and his demons, with all the authority Jesus has given you, in His Holy wonderful all powerfull name; and yell at satan loudly:

"satan, in and with all the authority of the name of Jesus, command YOU and all your underlings...to leave me now, GO in the name of Jesus, Lord of lords, King of kings,Son of the living and true God...GO NOW, GO where Jesus would send you, and NEVER return."

I pray this helps

In His Service and Love
Bro.  Kit