BONUS: Follow: Cast their Anxiety on Him
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 17 March 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6–7)
The Greek word for anxiety means “cut up into pieces.” So when we feel anxious we feel cut up or divided, and if you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, it can really feel like that! But Jesus wants us to bring him our cut-up pieces because his peace can make us whole. In fact, the Greek word for peace means “wholeness.” So this verse literally says God wants us to bring our divided hearts to him so he can make them whole.
So many of our kids struggle with anxiety and so many of us do as well. None of us want to see our kids hurt as they fight this battle. Anxiety and worry are challenging roads, but we can encourage our kids that we follow the God who made the whole universe. He cares for them, hears them, and wants to ease their burdens.
This week, let’s pray that they cast their fears and anxiety onto the Lord so that they can feel his rest because his yoke is easy and his burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30).
Lord, I pray that ________________ brings their divided heart to you. I pray against the anxiety that is so prevalent today. Whatever it is that ___________ feels cut up about, may they present their requests to you, and may your wholeness guard their heart and mind. Please give them the peace that passes all understanding. Amen.
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:03.5 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:14.4 | Hey friends, welcome to Pardon the Mess. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm your host, Courtney Defeo, and I'm thrilled. |
| 0:18.7 | You're back for week 28. |
| 0:22.2 | We've been praying together for 28 weeks. And this one is all about anxiety. So maybe you're going to click off because you're like, |
| 0:28.1 | I already know I'm anxious and my kids are anxious. So I don't want to deal with that. But I do think |
| 0:31.7 | it's important. And probably most families have anxiety at some level. And as my buddy, Sissy Goff, who is a counselor and a frequent |
| 0:39.6 | guest on my podcast, but she talks about it as a worry monster. And so worry is really what our kids are |
| 0:45.7 | feeling. But the Bible talks about anxiety. So let's see what scripture has to say about that. |
| 0:50.5 | In Philippians 4, 6 through 7, it says, do not be anxious about anything. But in every |
| 0:55.6 | situation, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving, present your request to God and the peace |
| 1:01.6 | of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. |
| 1:07.2 | Isn't that the prayer? It's like, Lord, give us peace. Don't fix everything, but just give us peace |
| 1:13.2 | and our worry that you are in control of everything. And we can, you know, kind of put their request to you. |
| 1:19.9 | And one thought I had this morning as I was praying over this was like, am I trying to carry |
| 1:24.1 | things for my family and my kids that I was not intended to carry. I can care, |
| 1:29.5 | but I can't fully carry all the burdens and all the hardships and all the struggles that our kids go |
| 1:34.9 | to. In Matthew 6, 25 through 34, it says, do not worry. Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about |
| 1:40.5 | your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. |
| 1:44.4 | Isn't not life more than food and the body more than clothes? |
| 1:47.8 | I think you wrote this one for me. |
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