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And now, here's Jenny. This week I was talking to one of my kids and it was interesting. They were spinning about two huge subjects in their life and it was really big. I mean I'll say this it wasn't just like math to us right it was like the future of their lives. As I listened to this child tell me what was going

on in their life, I stopped them and said, hey, have you prayed about this? And this is a child that would pray about it.

This is a child who walks with God, deeply,

trust God deeply.

And immediately, immediately, I mean, I love this about this child, is they said, no, no I haven't.

I haven't prayed about either one of those things.

And I was like, wow, thanks for your honesty.

And I said, you know what, what I want you to do is I want you to get off the phone with me and I want you to pray because

scripture is clear.

I love when scripture is commanding to me and bossy because I actually think bossiness is helpful when especially you are anxious.

I talk a lot about this and get out of your head that sometimes when you're spinning

and spiraling you really just need somebody to grab you by the shoulders and tell you what to do to stop. and we actually bring this out when we most need it. So when my kid was spiraling, I

insert this verse to them. Here's what I said. Philippians 4 6 through 7 says, do not

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