Minding Our Anxiety (Various Passages)

2024-07-01

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Join Pastor Stuart for the third part in our new series, Dark Side of the Mind, a sermon series on dealing with the "dark emotions" (anger, anxiety, depression, envy, guilt, and shame). In this lesson, we turn to various passages in the Old and New Testament as we here an exhortation on . . . "Minding Our Anxiety". In this lesson, we see: Anxiety in and of itself is not sinful. What is often sinful is how we handle anxiety and what is underneath our anxieties. Anxiety is often driven by desires for security, control, and certainty.

Join Pastor Stuart for the third part in our new series, Dark Side of the Mind, a sermon series on dealing with the "dark emotions" (anger, anxiety, depression, envy, guilt, and shame).

In this lesson, we turn to various passages in the Old and New Testament as we here an exhortation on . . . "Minding Our Anxiety".

In this lesson, we see:

Anxiety in and of itself is not sinful.
What is often sinful is how we handle anxiety and what is underneath our anxieties.
Anxiety is often driven by desires for security, control, and certainty.
While these desires are not sinful in and of themselves, they can become idolatrous.
Jesus speaks calm and comfort into our anxious minds.
Therefore, you can:
1. Admit your anxieties.
2. Note your how’s and why’s.
3. Xanax can be helpful.
4. Involve your body.
5. Evaluate your values.
6. Try facing your fears.
7. Yield to your heavenly Father’s good, sovereign care.
So, by the work of the Holy Spirit and because of Christ Jesus, let’s grow in managing our anxieties well.