Posts tagged anxiety

Whoa!! Didn’t Expect That One She put the phone down, shock slowly creeping through her. “Did not have a clue that this challenge was on …

Whether I am going through a very discouraging time or whether I am riding high on the wind of accomplishment and joy, I can choose to be content and be th(i)nkful.

Cure is an interesting word. Some define a “cure” as relief from the symptoms of a disease. Others define it as something that causes a …

The unrelenting advances of ISIS (an extreme muslim terrorist organization) in Northern Iraq combined with the shock of horrific images and videos has dominated headlines …

On one side of a table sits a man in deep crisis. He just lost everything, from his entire family to his possessions. We’ll call …

I still remember where I was sitting when the phone rang. It was the director of my mission board. We were only three months into deputation to join a missions team in Zambia, Africa. My heart had been set on that plan for four years. Everything fell into place. But in one phone call it was all demolished. Our coworkers were moving. Their new location didn’t need another family. All of our plans were off.

We shouldn’t let anxiety defeat us. But there are things that we ought to be concerned about. How do we know when we’ve crossed the line from legitimate concern to sinful worry?

Anxiety at its root is a worship problem—a symptom of a heart that has dethroned the Sovereign creator and replaced Him with a fingernail-biting, bumbling, or malicious deity. The habit of humble, specific, and grateful prayer has the power to transform one’s entire orientation to see and worship God as he truly is—loving, powerful, and caring.