Yanick Ethier: Cast your anxieties upon him (1 Peter 5:6–7)
Yanick Ethier helps us learn to humble ourselves by casting our anxieties upon God because he cares for us. Session 1 of the 2020 online event.
Fight Anxiety with the Presence of God
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...
A Primer on Fighting Lions
“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...
Good News for the Marthas among Us
Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her (Luke 10:41). This story of two sisters resonates with me. Like Martha, I like things done well. I’m not a laid back, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of girl. I may wish I was, but I have a deep-seated compulsion to cross my t’s and dot my i’s. I like my house clean, my meals balanced and my calendar organized. (Although I don’t accomplish this often!) Like Martha, I am frequently, as Jesus diagnosed, “anxious...
