Part Four: How Can We Help? It is true that hope and despair often live in the same heart at the same time.1 We long for those precious days when God was close, while at the same time feeling utterly helpless to control everything that may be crumbling around us. Encouraging someone struggling with anxiety […]
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Part Three: Complicating Factors Where one runs to–or where one finds relief for anxiety–often reveals the allegiance of one’s heart. Anxiety doesn’t feel good, and it’s often felt physically through a racing heart, sweaty hands, or a pounding migraine. When our anxiety escalates, so does our impatience–because whenever we experience something uncomfortable, we want to
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Part Two: Understanding the Nature of Anxiety As we continue to move forward with this series, it would helpful to remember the greater context surrounding anxiety in a person’s life. Our Creator has fearfully and wonderfully fashioned us as both physical and spiritual beings. So, as physical creatures living in a fallen world, we must
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INTRODUCTION Between the COVID-19 pandemic and social upheavals in our society, the impact on mental health has been dramatic. According to the CDC, cases of anxiety and depression have increased considerably.[1] Americans are taking 34% more anxiety medication since the COVID-19 pandemic began.[2] The need for Christ’s comfort has been acutely apparent. As parents and
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