This is the Homemaking Foundations podcast with Jamie Balmay, episode number 33.

Welcome to the Homemaking Foundation's podcast, where we give you the tools, inspiration, and

encouragement you need to craft a gospel-centered home.

And now your host from youngwifesguide.com, Jamie Belmay.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that

the testing of your faith produces steadfastness, and let steadfastness have its full effect

that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously

to all without reproach, and it will be given him. James 1, 2 through 5. Hey, welcome back to my podcast.

To start off all of my new episodes from now on, I am going to be starting with a Bible verse like I just did I want to

start off these podcasts rooted in God's Word and just with our hearts and our minds focused on

him and it's helpful for me too to make sure that I'm focusing on him when I sit down to record

these so that's why I just started off today reading James 1.

So just a quick little thing.

I'm just going to be starting off the episode with a Bible verse from now on.

So we have got a lot to cover in today's episode.

We're going to be talking about anxiety, worry, and the biblical response.

There's a lot packed into today's episode episode and I'm really excited about it. So before we jump in, though, I wanted

to really quickly thank the last few people who have left a rating and a review on iTunes

for this podcast. It means so much to me when you leave the feedback. And it is literally the encouragement

that I need sometimes to sit down and press record and take the time to write the episodes,

record the episodes. So thank you so much. It gives me so much encouragement to know that this podcast

...