God Is Trustworthy Even When He Seems Absent

My anxieties get excited when I go to bed. The sound of my head hitting the pillow is their alarm to wake up and send my mind spiralling about things I can’t control. I tell myself, “Trust the Lord and go to sleep.” That’s easy to believe when I can pinpoint clear signs of God’s presence. But can God be trusted when life is chaos? When God seems absent how can I trust him and rest? The Bible leads us to meditate on God’s providence so that we will not freak out when life is chaos. Providence describes the purpose...

Scott Hurst

Slow down Today. Or burn out Tomorrow.

Wyatt Graham

Yanick Ethier: Cast your anxieties upon him (1 Peter 5:6–7)

Yanick Ethier

‘Everyday Wisdom,’ Episode 1: How to Deal with Melancholy and Anxiety

Wyatt Graham • Steve Bray

Is It a Sin to Be Anxious during COVID-19?

Paul Carter

The Hymn-writer William Cowper Stills My Anxious Soul

Miranda Webster

Two nights ago, I broke out with hives unexpectedly. I examined my diet, asking myself: “What did I have for dinner?” Nothing new or unusual. It was after a shower. No new products. “Where did this come from and why?” Puzzled, I’m still not sure. Like the unexplainable hives, COVID-19 is puzzling, leaving most of us wondering where this came from. Sure. We know where; we know why; we know how; we know all the symptoms, yet we’re still in the unknown. And, this awakens in the soul eternal realities. Often, we’re too distracted to hear or discern the whisper...

The Hymn-writer William Cowper Stills My Anxious Soul

Miranda Webster

God in Your Panic Attack

Charlene Nelson

My first panic attack happened when I was sixteen years old. I was an unbeliever visiting a Christian youth meeting, where songs by the Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana were performed to draw kids in. I won’t praise the method, but the technique got me through the door. Despite his casual approach the preacher that night breached the wall of my highly-fortified personal pet-sin. His words confronted the untouched parts of my life. Being unable to stand the pressure, I rushed to the bathroom and had my first full-on, breath-sucking panic attack. A history of panic attacks On another occasion, I...

God in Your Panic Attack

Charlene Nelson

Fight Anxiety with the Presence of God

Courtney Vera

Anxious people consider themselves prophets. They excel at imagining worst case scenarios and creating litanies of ‘what if’ questions. The thought life of the anxious person is like a dryer with a broken heat setting—the clothes tumble around and around in endless rotation but never change their state. I know this because I have been this person and I continue to fight against fearful thoughts. But God has helped me and is helping me. He has shown me life-changing truths in His Word that provide a way of escape from cyclical anxious thinking and offer the peace I so desperately...

Fight Anxiety with the Presence of God

Courtney Vera

A Primer on Fighting Lions

Benjamin Inglis

“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.” 1 Peter 5: 8–9 Imagine that you lived during the first century and somebody informed you of a lion prowling outside. But you need food. So there would be several options available to you. On the chance you were buddies with a local centurion, it might be a good time to call in any outstanding favors — perhaps they could...