Peter Burton: Anxiety, Faith, and God's Sustaining Power: Page 254
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
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🗓️ 3 October 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Peter Burton was a young kid with a loving family and a faith-filled childhood, but by middle school, anxiety and OCD began to creep into his life. For years, therapy and treatment helped him manage, but by the time he hit adulthood, the weight of fear and panic attacks became overwhelming. As a worship pastor, he would lead people in songs about God's goodness, then get in his car and break down in tears. He begged God to heal him, but healing didn't come.
In this episode of The Unfolding, Peter shares his journey through anxiety, the questions that challenged his faith, and the discovery of a God who sustains even in the hardest seasons. Peter is a singer, songwriter, and worship leader who recently signed with Integrity Music and Matthew West's Story House Collective.
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| 0:00.0 | Page 254 of the unfolding is the story of Peter Burton. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm not healed. |
| 0:06.1 | I am also sitting in this chair going, I'm stronger mentally than I've ever been before. |
| 0:11.2 | But I have days where I struggle with anxiety, where the battle starts. |
| 0:15.3 | But I'm sustained by God. |
| 0:17.7 | He's the only reason that I can get through that. |
| 0:23.6 | God's story has been unfolding. He's the only reason that I can get through that. God's story has been unfolding. Since the beginning of time. He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 0:29.6 | Wow. |
| 0:31.6 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:35.6 | Hey, this is Meredith Foster. Have you ever asked God another page in the unfolding. |
| 0:40.1 | Hey, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 0:43.8 | Have you ever asked God, why don't you just heal me? |
| 0:47.7 | Maybe it's anxiety, depression, or another chronic struggle. |
| 0:53.8 | You know he has the power to change it in an instant, but so far, he hasn't. Well, that's a question Peter Burton has |
| 0:55.8 | wrestled with, too. Peter is a singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Northern California, |
| 1:01.2 | who knows what it's like to live with debilitating anxiety. Peter's battle with mental health |
| 1:06.3 | started when he was really young. By middle school, his parents could tell something was going on, |
| 1:11.1 | and eventually doctors diagnosed him with a form of OCD and anxiety. That's a heavy thing for a kid to |
| 1:17.3 | carry. With therapy, he learned how to cope, and for years, the struggle stayed mostly in the |
| 1:22.9 | background. But in adulthood, the weight of anxiety hit with full force. |
| 1:28.4 | By 30, panic attacks were overwhelming. |
| 1:31.2 | Every Sunday, Peter would lead worship, singing about God's goodness, |
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