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Proverbs chapter 12 verse 25 anxiety and a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

I just want to read that one more time to make sure you heard what God's word just said in an age of anxiety.

In all the ways that word is used as a clinical definition of anxiety or just worry and anxiousness about anything in our lives.

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down. We know this. I think pretty much everybody who's listening to this at some level and some of us at very deep levels can identify with the weight that comes with anxiety and

Proverbs 1225 says, but a good word makes him glad.

There's so much we could talk about here,

and I clearly don't have time to go into,

yeah, the clinical picture of anxiety and I don't want to presume to offer in a couple of minute podcast an overly simplistic solution to anxiety, but I do want to say

one, a good word makes him glad. God has given his good word to us. So live in an age of anxiety, live in God's word.

Meditate on his word day and night on his promises, on truths about who he is, on how

he can be trusted, on how he is sovereign and in control, not just everything in the world, but all the details of our lives

and hear from God every day, morning evening you need I need the good word of God in order to be

glad in an age of anxiety and not just a good word from God but to look for opportunities

to encourage others with good words and age of anxiety. I want to encourage you today to

look at the people you'll interact with and realize some, maybe many, maybe most, are dealing at some level with anxiety.

So put some good words into their minds and hearts being encouragement with your words to the people

around you today that amidst whatever anxieties they might be experiencing, they might be made glad by a good word spoken

into their life.

Oh God, we praise you for your good word, even specifically for your good word and

Philippians 4.

Matthew 6, don't be anxious about anything but in everything with prayer and petition, with

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