Good morning everyone and welcome back to another mornings with the Masters.

Where we devote ourselves to the Lord daily with you.

Good morning, you guys. Good morning, indeed. We're picking up with a new devotion

in the Bible app titled From Anxiety to Peace.

There's a link to that in the description if you guys want to follow along with us.

And as always I'm going to read the scripture then Tori's going to pick up with the

Devo.

Let's do it.

The scripture is Psalms chapter 34 verse 4 and it says this I pray to the Lord and he answered me he

freed me from all of my fears the devotional says this if you struggle with worry or stress has its grip on you, then you are

on a path I have walked. From time to time, this path still emerges and beckons me down its shadowy corridor.

But now I have employed solid daily practices that have helped me not to be gripped by anxiety. I first dealt with acute anxiety and panic during

a challenging season years ago while living in a foreign country. I was trying to

learn a new language, start a business, be the light of Christ where there was

virtually no church present, and father twin one-year-old boys with my wife.

I felt like I was slowly descending into a dark valley.

Over the course of several months, I suffered from chest pains, headaches, and other illnesses

that served up as a catalyst for fear and

concerned that served as a catalyst for fear and concern.

Up until this point in my life I had never experienced anything like it and never really

battled worry.

If I'm honest, I prided myself for being a courageous risk taker, but I soon began to dwell on worst-case scenarios. I was convinced

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