Shauna Murray shares an illustration for the way we sometimes approach God's word when we're anxious.

You come to a big lake and you maybe haven't drunk water for days.

The temptation to get bucket loads and you end up more soaked than you do more thirst quenched.

Come to God's word with your small spoon and say, Lord, this is all I have. Feed me from

this spoon today. This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of

Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets Them Free. For July 21st, 2021, I'm Dana Gresh.

Did you know that the scripture has quite a bit to say about our emotions?

Especially when it comes to feelings of anxiety and depression.

I'm so grateful that God has given us what we need to face those kinds of issues. For the past couple of days on Revive Our Hearts, we focused on

depression in teens. But you know, those same principles translate over to people of any age.

Here's Dana with more. We enjoyed our conversation with David and

Shona Murray so much that we've invited them back to talk about women and how we can battle

anxiety and depression in our own lives. Welcome back, guys. Thank you. Thank you, Dana. Good to

talk with you again. So David, here's the plan.

Shona and I are going to have our own little chat today. And then you can join us again on tomorrow's program. Is that all right? Yeah, looking forward to chatting more about this subject.

Shona, today I'd like to talk to you about how we can help ourselves. Because we as women are also

in this battlefield of anxiety and depression,

not just our children. Is that true? Am I alone? No, Dana, you're not alone. It's pretty common

among women and has been for all ages, but now it's becoming more obvious. People are more

open and more willing to talk about it.

I've certainly in my own life, probably as far back as age 15, experienced my first bite

with depression and anxiety, although I didn't recognise it then, probably simultaneously with

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