Lee suffered from panic attacks. In time they became self-reinforcing. The fear of an attack would induce another one.
He would phone me three or four times a week. Each time I would speak the truth to him. We developed some catchphrases: ‘God is greater than your thoughts.’ ‘Not “what if ?” but “what is”, and what is, is that God is in control.’ The truth set him free.
The truth of God’s sovereignty brought peace, and with it a new realisation of the centrality of God and his glory. It wasn’t instantaneous. Each day brought a fresh struggle to believe. Another of our catchphrases was: ‘Yesterday was a victory, today is another battle.’ But in time the panic attacks went away.
