Slow down Today. Or burn out Tomorrow.

The psalms repeatedly tell us to stop, cease striving, and behold God and his works. As Psalm 46 says, “Come, behold the works of the Lord” and “Be still, and know that I am God” (Ps 46:8, 10). In context, the psalmist faces the rage of the nations. The act to which God calls him is: beholding and being still. This pattern exists elsewhere. In Psalm 27, evildoers pursue David. They want to destroy him. What does he ask for? Military reinforcements? A new weapon? No. He says, “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek...

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

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...

A Primer on Fighting Lions

Benjamin Inglis

Good News for the Marthas among Us

Christel Humfrey

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...