Deuteronomy 5:3, 4, 9-10, 12, 17 Summarized You shall have no other gods before Me., You shall not make idols. Take a sabbath day, Honor your parents. Don’t covet or be envious of what others have.
Would you like to live an anxiety free life?
These verses are the keys to an anxiety free life. If you follow and believe these verses and truly live life believing them and acting upon these beliefs you will experience an anxiety free life.
Deuteronomy 5:3 ESV “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
If you truly believe that I am the most powerful, good, generous, supportive, joy-filled, loving God that exists then it will be easy for you to not have any other gods. If you live your life knowing that I am all these things and there is no other then you can simply make a decision to follow Me, trusting Me in all things and your anxiety level will decrease significantly. Anything that contradicts peace, joy, and love can be handed over to Me to handle because I am that good of a God!
Deuteronomy 5:4 ESV “You shall not make for yourself an idol”
This goes along with verse 3 above. When you create an idol you are allowing room for there being something else out there that is better, more generous, more joy-filled, more loving and a better provider than I am. When you open yourself up to believing there is something or someone better than Me at taking care of you then you start searching and the searching leads to anxiety. There is nothing in the world that is better at taking care of you. There is nothing in the world more generous, loving, caring, and good than I am. You may not like all the decisions I make and you may not like all of the things I allow to happen in the world but you don’t always have the full picture of what I am doing unless you come seek Me to ask what I am doing, and I guarantee you there isn’t anything else out there who can do a better job when all things (including all short term and long term consequences) are taken into consideration. Your anxiety level decreases when you destroy all idols or anything that you think will take better care of you than I will and simply put your trust in Me.
Deuteronomy 5:9-10 ESV “Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God”
If your life is so full that it requires 7 days to do everything you need to do then it is time to reevaluate the choices you have made. You cannot keep up with everything that is expected of you by your society or even your family sometimes. You have to pare down somehow or ask for help. Your body was not made to be able to work 7 days each week. It was designed to have a day of rest, of fun, and to connect more deeply with Me as you enjoy your life on this 1 day each week.
If you are a single parent reading this you will tell Me it is impossible for you to rest for 1 day but I tell you, I have so many resources and ways to help you that you don’t even know about and I would like to use them for your benefit. It is important for you to recognize that you cannot keep up with 2 parent households. That is simply a fact. You will burn yourself out trying to do this. Either reduce your expectations or ask for help. But most of all, ask Me for help and follow Me and I will show you the way.
To remove anxiety from your life, trust that I will help you get everything done in 6 days so that you can have a restful day on the 7th. The truth is that when you work constantly your work becomes more inefficient and you need more breaks along the way so you don’t actually accomplish more in 7 days than you do in 6 days when you work consistently all the time!
Deuteronomy 5:12 ESV “Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”
Why is this important? Because it is very easy to blame everything that is wrong in your life on your parents and this does not allow you to heal from it. I am not saying that you need to agree with everything they did or ask you to do and if there is abuse in the relationship, I am certainly not telling you to remain within the abusive situation. Please hear Me clearly on that! What I am saying is that, regardless of how well they did or how poorly, they were the vessels who gave you life and, contrary to popular belief these days, life is a beautiful and wonderful thing because it is a gift from Me. Simply honoring that they gave you the opportunity to live your life, knowing Me, is enough to reduce your anxiety level. Do not look for all they did wrong. Process what needs to be processed, forgive, receive forgiveness and enjoy this life I have given you. Anxiety increases when you wonder if it was right for you to be born or you wonder if you were born in the wrong family. Trust that I was with you through all the ups and downs of your life and that I can heal ANY and EVERY hurt, and that I will as I draw you closer. When you honor your parents as life givers, you honor Me as your creator. When you honor Me as your creator, you draw closer to Me and experience more of the wonderful things I have for you in this life. Anxiety decreases as you approach life this way.
Deuteronomy 5:21 ESV “You shall not covet”
This is the greatest anxiety crusher of all time, after not putting any gods before Me. Coveting anyone for anything creates envy. Coveting means comparison and it is a way of you trying to determine whether your life is good enough, satisfying enough, happy enough, etc. This is a way to live an anxiety ridden life.
The strange thing about coveting is that as you compare your life to others you see both those who have it better than you do in one certain area of life, but you also compare your life to all the people who are experiencing really terrible things and you wonder if those things will happen to you too. When you covet you take your eyes off of the areas of your life that you have the ability to influence and you go into areas where you have no control and you become anxious.
Of course, seeing what others are going through, having empathy, serving, loving, and having compassion for others is all very important but when you covet people for what they have the comparison opens you up to this empathy, serving, loving and compassion becoming something that brings fear because you don’t know if the things they encounter will also happen to have.
Instead,
Hebrews 13:6 ESV “..be content with what you have”
The only way you can be content with what you have is to trust that I am good, I am your God, I am generous and I can and will actually take care of you.
When you focus on all of these truths, you can and will live an anxiety free life. If you feel anxious take a look at which of these commands you are struggling with at that moment, redirect your attention, trust Me even more than you currently do…and experience a release of anxiety.
I guarantee it will work!
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I believe this is a message to us from God, written from His perspective – Sherri
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