As a young pastor, Ryan thought he was ready to get married, but soon after the wedding, he had a big problem.

When I'm doing counseling, I tell people oftentimes that I had the worst beginning six months of a marriage that I know of,

and so I'm a qualified counselor for them.

And what really began to give me a 180 in my marriage and understanding my role as a husband was just the

ministry of focus on the family. Now, Pastor Ryan points his congregation to all the resources we

provide for families because we're still helping them today. Focus on the family empowers me in my

marriage because I can understand

that other people have gone through the same thing that I'm going through and I'm not alone

in the struggles that I face and my wife and I can gain hope from the stories that are shared

on air. I'm Jim Daly. Help us give families hope today. Donate and your gift will be doubled at

Focus on thefamily.com slash gift. What's happening in anxiety is we are facing some loss,

but what's happening is rather than realizing it's a future loss, we think it's happening right now.

What great insight and inspiration from Curtis Chang,

and he joined us earlier this year to talk about handling anxiety.

Now, that was one of our top programs of 2024,

and we're back with it again today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.

I'm John Fuller, and thanks for joining us.

Everyone experiences anxiety because life is stressful. It has a sense of normalness to it.

But many parents know that having young children can be one of those stressful seasons.

And as yesterday's show covered, even Jesus experienced anxiety in the Garden of Gitsemone. The key is to

turn to God through that anxiety, but sometimes we need a little extra help to get to a healthy

and manageable place, and we want to provide you with the resources that you need to do that.

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