Are we commanded as Christians to be less anxious or to not be anxious about anything?

Today we are talking about two ways God gives His perfect peace so we can say goodbye to being anxious and fretful women.

Welcome to the Sheproos' faithful podcast, episode number 146, truth and encouragement to live gospel-centered lives every day. I'm your host, Lauren Lushak.

Hi, everyone. Thank you so much for tuning in to today's podcast. My name is Lauren, and believe me, if I had no listeners,

this would not be as fun. And so thank you so much for tuning in. I am so excited when I get to

interact with you guys on Instagram. That's the social media place that I'm most on. I am

sorry for everybody on Facebook. I have a page up there and I never, I have not looked on it

in probably a year and a half. So if you have tried to message me on there, know that I'm on

Instagram. Thank you again for listening. And today we're going to talk about anxiety,

which is something that most of you, if you've been listeners for a long time,

know that I have struggled with. And when I'm talking about anxiety today, I want you to know

I'm going to be saying some hard truths, some hard line things. Like we are called not to ever be

anxious. When we are anxious, we are being sinful because we're being without faith in God. We're trusting in other things. And I know that that is a hard message sometimes, but it's the truth and it's truth that will give way to God's perfect peace. So hear me on that. I'm not trying to be like, excuse me, if you could just handle your life better. No, that is not what I'm trying to say. And I also

want you to know that it's not like I struggled with anxiety and now I never do and I'm in perfect

peace all the time and I have just mastered all of this. This has been a journey for me and it's

something that I still am on a journey on. It doesn't mean that it gives

me permission to be a little bit sinful. Like I'm, you know, I can be a little bit anxious. No,

when I'm anxious, I am called to repent. And so just because I still have anxiety doesn't mean

that I have like free passes to be anxious. And if we are dealing with

us, know that it might be for some of us lifelong. Some people are generally, are more anxious in

general. And that is me. And maybe you're not. Maybe this is a time because of quarantine and

COVID-19 and all of this that is bringing out anxieties in your life and you're not. Maybe this is a time because of quarantine and COVID-19 and all of this

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