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I Have Questions / What do we do about anxiety?
"Anxiety isn't a new problem. It is a human problem. So even though it feels intensely personal, and it makes you feel like no one else gets what you’re experiencing, you can rest assured you aren’t the first, you won’t be the last, and you aren’t alone."
Our students face a lot of uncertainty. This week, they have experienced life-altering changes. Changes in our ministry, have left students feeling confused, sad, or upset. Changes in our current health crisis have impacted their education, social life, and sense of normalcy and safety. What do we do when circumstances seem overwhelming?
When life seems beyond our control, the one thing we can change is what we do with—and how we respond to—the stress and anxiety that life brings. We can bring it to God.
We can acknowledge what we are feeling. We can name it.
We can name why it bothers us.
And we can shift our focus to something else that is a reality—God’s role in it.
We can name why it bothers us.
And we can shift our focus to something else that is a reality—God’s role in it.
Think of it this way: When we’re stressed or anxious, it can be helpful to name WHAT, WHY
and WHO.
- We can name the WHAT (our anxious feelings).
- We can name the WHY (why we are bothered by it).
- And then we can shift our focus and name WHO God is.
BOTTOM LINE
There are tools to take on anxiety.
SCRIPTURE
Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies
are in hot pursuit; all day long they press
their attack. My adversaries pursue me all
day long (Psalm 56:1-2a NIV).
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In
God, whose word I praise—in God I trust
and am not afraid. What can mere mortals
do to me? (Psalm 56:3-4 NIV).
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