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The Anxiety Epidemic: A Church's Response and Solutions
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In this episode, Dan Sanchez and Pastor Ridley Barron talk about the pervasive issue of anxiety in our modern society. They discuss the profound impact of social media across generations, the psychological aspects of marketing tactics, and how these elements contribute to increasing anxiety levels. Drawing from personal experiences and scriptural insights, they explore practical Christian strategies for combating anxiety, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness, intentional media consumption, and the power of scripture and prayer in maintaining mental and spiritual health.
Timestamps:
00:32.11 - Ridley talks about how social media affects anxiety across ages.
01:08.79 - Dan shares his personal experience with the mental toll of social media.
01:37.48 - Ridley discusses the importance of understanding cultural trends.
06:02.15 - Marketing's role in influencing anxiety is explored.
11:10.60 - Dan and Ridley talk about reducing smartphone and social media use for better mental health.
14:00.92 - The conversation shifts to media manipulation and the need for critical thinking.
24:53.85 - The episode focuses on using prayer and scripture meditation to fight anxiety.
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Transcript
Introduction and Sermon Topic
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome back to the Grove Hill church podcast. I'm Dan Sanchez and I'm joined by pastor Ridley Barron for our sermon slice series. Though I know we need to come up with a new name for that. That's on my to-do list. I still need to deliver that to you to try to figure out what to call this because it's kind of, it deviates from the sermon sometimes, but today we actually are talking about what you preached on last Sunday, which is on the topic of anxiety out of our get out of my head series.
The Generational Impact of Anxiety
00:00:25
Speaker
So I'm excited to jump into this topic because I think it's one of those things that's becoming
00:00:29
Speaker
more and more like we're feeling more and more anxious. Oh, yeah. It's not just young people from social media. It's like all of us. Right, right. I think social media has absolutely extended that across the generations. I mean, whether you're on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, whatever it is, whatever your source of media is out there, I feel like it drives that a little bit to all ages. So
00:00:51
Speaker
I feel it. And I felt that a lot. And in fact, my full time job is part of it's being on social media. I've literally been a evangelist for the company I worked for last year. Um, and I was just working LinkedIn wasn't on Facebook or Tik TOK. It was like specifically LinkedIn to the business community, but he built the following and I was posting and I was engaging and commenting and checking to see what everybody else. And I was doing this for like getting paid to do this on top of podcasting and other things. Yep.
00:01:19
Speaker
And I could tell you it, it takes a toll dedicated time for it. Yeah. I joked Sunday about my wife. I think it went in
Cultural Awareness vs. Personal Discomfort
00:01:28
Speaker
the service that she kind of, you know, gives me a hard time about reading too much news. But I do feel an obligation as the shepherd of a congregation to stay very aware of culture and trends and what's happening in the world. It's not my favorite thing to do. I have a Metro that just read the sports page and ignore the rest of the world and go back to my Bible. But.
00:01:48
Speaker
Yeah, I do feel like, I mean, you can't bury your head in the sand. And so you got to spend some time knowing what's going on around you and how
Christian Withdrawal and Personal Limits
00:01:55
Speaker
to battle it.
00:01:55
Speaker
You know, I've actually heard of some people intentionally burying their heads in the sand. There is a book a friend recommended to me called the Benedict option. I think it was called the Benedict option, where it's kind of like this idea of like, when it comes to culture, should we as Christians, like go fight the culture, try to create our own subculture or go and just withdraw from the culture and essentially do what they did in olden times and go and create an abbey and just kind of like disengage from it completely and go away, you know?
00:02:24
Speaker
What three options do you want? Some people argue for all, like for one, some people are like, Oh, different people are called to do different things at different times as it has been throughout history. Um, where do you stand on that? I think it starts with a self-awareness.
00:02:39
Speaker
Some people become very anxious, even with just one headline, you know? And so I think the more you understand your personal strength, uh, your ability to be aware of bad news without letting it affect you. It's kind of like being aware of how strong you are as a swimmer. We were talking about this coming online. Uh, if you're a strong swimmer, then you don't have a problem getting in the middle of the ocean, you know?
00:03:02
Speaker
But if you're like me and okay, swimmer, but not great, then you're probably going to stick to the swimming pool and know your
Marketing and Anxiety
00:03:08
Speaker
limits. And then there are others who can't do it at all. And so they sit on the side of the pool and that's the safest place for them. You know, so I think the more you are self-aware, the more you understand how much you can handle of this. Uh, I actually have people funny that we were talking about this, that they come to me at church. You tell me the only news that they are aware of is what I talk about on Sunday morning. They literally do not want to be.
00:03:30
Speaker
made aware of these things unless the pastor tells him about it. Remember I had a friend whose wife, he wouldn't allow her to watch TV anymore because she would just weep as soon as the headlines come on because she was so sensitive. He's like, no, no, no, no news for you. But he was a news junkie, right? So he'd be on his phone. Well, my wife is kind of up and down. In fact, she probably won't care that I shared the story, but the other night we were playing a game. I think we were playing phase 10 and we were just talking and
00:03:56
Speaker
I don't know why I looked at her and shared something I had read in the news about the elections coming up or something like that. And most of the time that stuff just really doesn't bother her too much.
00:04:06
Speaker
But I looked down at my cards and look back up and she was crying. I was like, are you okay? And she goes, what's going to happen if something happens to you? And so I had to really lay down the cards and say, okay, let's talk about this a little bit because the news, that news piece to me was just information, but to her, it made her insecure. And so we really had to unpack that a little bit and go through that. Um, it was, she even laughed, words, laughs. She said, I'm sorry. I don't know where that came from. I said, look, it was my fault for dumping it on you like that. So.
00:04:35
Speaker
As a marketer, this is something that I think about all the time is essentially how to get people interested in buying whatever the heck my company is selling. When I heard you preach about how the world is coming against you to make you feel anxious so that you can buy something,
00:04:54
Speaker
Or so the government can come in with these programs and you're like welcoming them as heroes like there's so many different aspects and this I'm not just talking about the US that you could consider the US. This has been throughout human history things. Yes, absolutely. And commercialisms taking their own bent on it too with with selling things.
00:05:12
Speaker
But as a marketer, this is what I do. I've interviewed 100 marketers and asked them all the same question, what book is the most influential book to your marketing practice? And they're all like, it's not a marketing book. It's actually a psychology book.
00:05:27
Speaker
all marketers are doing it. In fact, I have some of my, I read a lot. You can see my bookshelf behind me, but like all these books like Age of Propaganda, this has made to warn people about what's happening. You know who reads this? Marketers. Nobody else reads this.
00:05:42
Speaker
It's like a huge book. How we decide the science of how people make decisions. Why do we read this? So we can manipulate yours. Trust me, I'm lying. This is about how news media is actually fake. I know that title is fantastic, but this is one of my... If you want your eyes to be opened about why you can't trust what you read online, this book will do it. It talks to you about how people manipulate the media, like how the independent people are in there, how behind the scenes it's happening.
00:06:10
Speaker
So an evil by design how to manipulate people based on this like the seven deadly sins of gluttony sloth pride. So let me ask you a question. We're talking about being careful about how the world influences your anxiety because of those things. Which one of those books would you recommend somebody picking up to help them become more aware of what tactics are being used against them?
00:06:31
Speaker
I think trust me, I'm lying is probably the best one. It would be, I read the paperback, but the audio book would probably be even better because it's very narrative, very easy to listen to, not less technical. There is a lot of technical things you will find out in the end, but that are for practitioners like me.
00:06:48
Speaker
Um, but I think it'll open your eyes the most about what you're scrolling and seeing on things like Facebook and Instagram.
Politics, Anxiety, and Christian Values
00:06:54
Speaker
And my wife, Amy will sometimes get annoyed with me because I'm always suspicious. I don't believe anything. Good for you. I'm always looking for the thing. And honest, I have to be careful when she's like bringing up things that she's found or something. Cause she'll be like, Oh, look at this. I'm like, even if it's good news about a Christian thing going on, I'll be like, Hmm, no, I think you and our kindred spirits, Dan, because Lisa, I don't believe it.
00:07:18
Speaker
Lisa will laugh at me. She'll go, why do you have to be such a skeptic about it? And I'm like, because, I mean, you've seen it, you've seen, you just can't, let's be honest. You can't trust the human heart. You just can't. And so people have evil intent. They have their own personal greedy, selfish desires. If you expand this whole concept out, the whole basis behind why communism works is because they create a problem and then say, let's fix the problem with the government that will take care of it. And so.
00:07:47
Speaker
What do they do? They create class warfare. They'd say, it's your class versus everybody else. And because of that, you need a government that's going to help fix that problem. And so that's how communism actually works. If you step back from it and look at it objectively, anybody with any common sense goes, that won't ever work, but they create enough anxiety to get you to believe that. And so the same thing as you filter down to what kind of Coke you drink, what kind of clothes you wear, those same principles kind of boil down to all those things.
00:08:14
Speaker
It's funny because a lot of our congregation or people listening right now are probably hearing that and they're reinterpreting it through all the news they've heard over the last many years. The way they're thinking about it is like, oh yeah, because America, the left is pushing for America to be communist again. I'm sitting here thinking, I'm like, you don't understand, this is how it's happening with the conservatives too.
00:08:35
Speaker
Same thing. It's just happening from the other side. Of course, it aligns more to our values, but you got to remember between the left and the right and the conservative politics, on a line of spectrum of evil and good, they're probably closer than you think with God's kingdom not even being a democracy. It's actually a monarchy.
00:08:57
Speaker
Right. And you know what? A perfect example of that is both sides right now, the big, the big thing that they're doing using to create anxiety for everybody is if a wins, our democracy is gone.
00:09:09
Speaker
Both sides are literally saying that if Biden wins, our democracy is gone. If Trump wins, our democracy is gone. And the truth is our democracy disappeared years ago. In fact, it never really was a democracy. It was always a representative Republic. That's what it technically is. But we have even lost that because now it's about an aristocratic group of people who are running our nation and giving us the image of having a voice in it.
00:09:35
Speaker
So you have to realize you're not in danger from the other side's political stuff. You're actually more in danger of your side. Yes. As a Christian, you have to be really careful with the political party you're aligned with and how it's actually pulling you out of Christian values into a certain set of values that feel Christian, only because culturally they've made it seem Christian. A lot of it's not.
Combatting Anxiety with Biblical Principles
00:09:57
Speaker
So before we run down the political gamut and make it sound like an episode of Matt Walsh.
00:10:04
Speaker
Let's talk about what we talked about a little bit Sunday. How do you battle these anxious thoughts as a marketer? I would love your thoughts because you're, you're a Christian who is a marketer, but you know, going back to the principles that Paul shared with us in Philippians four, think on these things, fill your mind with the good thoughts, because that's the only way to really battle these messages.
00:10:26
Speaker
There are some things I've been able to see through. I think one is, like I mentioned before, being skeptical of everything you see and you should be, even if it seems good, be skeptical, dig, think. But also, like the Bible talks about, if your hand is causing you to sin, cut it off. And this is really dramatic, but you could probably take lesser strokes at it. I actually wish, I really wanna see more people do this, because I think a lot of people would be benefited from it, but I actually got rid of my smartphone.
00:10:54
Speaker
And I'm using this, it's kind of a dumb phone though. I can listen to podcasts on it intentionally because I couldn't win the battle against the smartphone. It had been so engineered to manipulate me and it's manipulating everybody that I just had to cut it off. And I think that's one thing that I'd promote for anybody who's, if you've wondered about it, if you've rustled with it, you probably need to do it.
Reducing Smartphone Usage for Peace
00:11:16
Speaker
Yep. Right. My wife likes to use the phrase when in doubt, leave it out. Yeah. You know, and I did that, um, back.
00:11:24
Speaker
Gosh, I don't know how long it's been now. It's been several months because I was noticing both on my Instagram and my Twitter account, which I had all three Twitter, social media, Facebook, and Instagram. But on the latter two was seeing more and more advertisements. They were illicit sex and porn and have dressed women all catering to those things. And
00:11:50
Speaker
I finally told my wife, I can't do this. I battle as any man does. I battle those evil thoughts enough. I don't need it invited into my home in that way. So I got off of Twitter entirely. I paused my Instagram account, which I haven't looked at in months and have cut way back to just Facebook at this point. And I got to tell you, my life has been much more peaceful, much more peaceful.
00:12:14
Speaker
Once I got rid of the phone and I didn't have it constantly. And I mean, I'm still using social media. I use it for work, but I have to be at my desk in order to do it or have my laptop. I can't just sneak a few seconds here or there. It just makes it a lot easier. If you don't have it on your phone, that's another thing. But I found it myself deleting it, reinstalling it so many times that I was like, that's it.
00:12:31
Speaker
Yep. One of my staff members has cut the same thing. She took Facebook off of her phone. She still checks it on her computer. She says, but it requires me to be at home and to be intentional. And it's not bothering me all day long with notifications that are popping up. So she's talked about how much has given her peace. You just have to reduce access a lot because it's so hard because we go to these things when we're not energized, right? We're coming these things to refill on dopamine.
00:12:59
Speaker
in the chemicals when we're feeling sluggish. And we're not on critical thinking mode or we're analyzing everything. We're just kind of taking it in. And I promise all marketers know
00:13:10
Speaker
that if I can get you to see it, even if you don't even really consider it the first three or four or five times, eventually my message is going
Advertising's Influence on Decisions
00:13:18
Speaker
to sink in. Whether you like it or not, it's getting you, which is why people are creating these deep fakes of Joe Rogan saying things. Even if you kind of know it's a deep fake of Joe Rogan saying something, they're still getting their message out there and it's still working.
00:13:31
Speaker
That's just why people do it. Yes, they know, you know that it's a deep fake, but at the same time, what's going to get harder to determine that in the future. But I just have to have you see it seven times. They call it synergy too. Like if you think about, if you see it twice and remember the first time you saw it, that counts for three impressions for me. So the more times I can get you to see it and recall it, the more power it has.
00:13:54
Speaker
And I don't need you, I don't necessarily need you to take action from it. Sometimes I just need you to remember the message so that every time you think of this brand, this product, you're thinking about it in a certain way.
00:14:05
Speaker
Um, well, I mean, we've all played that little game to it parties or big gatherings or whatever, where they'll throw up and. Or play a jingle from a commercial or whatever. And you instantly recognize the name of the company, even though it's a company you've never used, maybe not even a product you would ever need, but you know, you know, that nationwide is on your side. You know that you're in good hands with all stay. I mean, you know, those things because the message keeps getting driven home and it kind of goes back to that. I don't probably get the wording of this phrase, the, the
00:14:35
Speaker
statement wrong, but you repeat a lie long enough and it suddenly becomes truth. That's it. And people believe what they believe. You know what's funny is that most people believe that they aren't affected by marketing that they see through it. Like I asked a person close to me, I'm like, do you think you're not affected by marketing? And he told me, he's like, no, marketing has no effect on me. I could tell you by just the clothes he was wearing that marketing's heavily affected him.
00:15:03
Speaker
I'm like, are you sure because I see you wearing some Nikes and that MacBook Pro. I like your new pair of tennis shoes there. I'm like, nah. A lot of people don't realize how many times a day they are marketed to that they don't even think about it. Yeah. You know, ads on the side of a bus or.
00:15:25
Speaker
You know, a billboard on the side of the road or even songs that play in the back of their head from, you know, listening to that favorite radio station or whatever that kind of stuff bombards us at all times. It's everywhere. Even just walking through the grocery store, you're hit by 30,000 advertisements walking through a grocery store.
00:15:43
Speaker
So it's hitting you all the time. Just be aware of it. And honestly, the only thing I can say to do is because it's so, even if you're thinking about it critically, it's going to get you Facebook's algorithms really good.
Replacing Cultural Messages with Biblical Truth
00:15:54
Speaker
If you haven't seen like the social dilemma, it's on Netflix and I don't really like Netflix, but it is a revealing documentary. And I could say absolutely that everything in that documentary is accurate. Do you say social dilemma? Is that what you called it? I think it's the social dilemma. That's good. That's good.
00:16:13
Speaker
So then we, you know, we come back to this idea. I think first Peter five, seven, six and seven, we read Sunday where Peter says this, he says, humble yourselves, you know, recognize that you are not able to stand this on your own. And you just touched on that by saying most of the people you talk to don't realize that they are incapable of battling this by themselves or filtering even by themselves. So, you know, you got to keep coming back to,
00:16:40
Speaker
implanting your mind with the truth and the truth. The only real strong, solid, unchanging truth is the word of God. You know, if you don't wash your brain, like the culture will do it for you. Right. Absolutely. And I love to use this illustration because it was used with me and it just made perfect sense, but you go to the beach, you dig out a hole in the sand. And if you don't put something back in that hole, the sand just keeps rushing back in every time a wave comes.
00:17:07
Speaker
And so we are hit by waves every single day of our lives by a culture that's wanting to turn us in their direction. So if you're not.
00:17:15
Speaker
It's not enough just to scoop out your brain. Something else has to go back in its place to hold back those waves of stuff. And so, you know, not just not just reading the scripture, but meditating on it, memorizing it, journaling about it, praying, fasting, all these disciplines God gave to us are ways means by which we battle the messages of the world.
00:17:38
Speaker
And before, when you were preaching this Sunday, I was reminded of this fantastic video I saw from John Piper on a series he has called Look at the Book. It's a fantastic series. But he had one video that I remember seeing a month ago that I was reminded of from this topic was nine premises for every
00:17:53
Speaker
anxiety. I'll link to it in the show notes. It's a fantastic little video. It's like a 10 minute thing.
Internalizing Scriptural Truths
00:17:59
Speaker
All he does is pull up nine different Bible verses and kind of breaks them down because he's a master of really explaining the word in such a way that uses the word to unlock the word and explaining what it means in such clear ways. That's John Piper's true gifting is
00:18:15
Speaker
Is that, um, but I pulled out a few of them to kind of bring forward here. And then I could, we could talk about like, what, what do you do with versus you talked a lot about like just reading it, um, and then memorizing it and meditating on it. But I have a few other things that I think you can, we can do with each of these verses as well. So I'd say as I read these, think about one that you can hold onto and really cling to like becomes like your sword that you go into battle with. Yeah.
00:18:42
Speaker
So I'll just read a few of them. Psalm 56 three. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Lamentations three 22 through 23, because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed for his compassion's never fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. First Peter nine seven cast all your anxieties.
00:19:09
Speaker
on Him because He cares for you. Isaiah 41.10, fear not, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. In Psalm 34.19, many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them all. Yes.
00:19:29
Speaker
lots of promises there watch the video he goes through these and breaks it down but we could talk about a few of these now have you ever had a point where you were mentally like just being just beat with something and then had a verse that you like went to war with
00:19:42
Speaker
Oh, yeah, absolutely. One of my favorites, and I think if my memory is correct, one of the ones you read is actually the verses leading up to this one, but it's where God says through Isaiah, when you pass through the waters, I will be with you. The waves, they will not overcome you. You know, when you pass through the fire, you know, all those things, these promises that God is going to be with you. And that's one I've held for
00:20:06
Speaker
Gosh, a couple decades now, because it was one that we, we talked a lot with our students when I was a student pastor, because you're right. I think the number one key to the battle is starting at the very beginning with acknowledging that you are God's creation and that God's intent for you is good. You know? Yeah. I think that's what the big part of a lot of these verses is like, some of them seem straightforward to me. I remember watching John Piper break it down in his video. I'm like, well, this, like I already believe this.
00:20:35
Speaker
But the problem is like, do you believe it more than the fears that you're currently giving credence to? And that's the thing is you have to almost remind yourself and reprogram your mind like, no, God's in control. God actually cares about me. God is paying attention to what I'm doing and thinking and feeling right now. And he actually cares.
00:20:54
Speaker
So here's something I think is important because those verses and what you're talking about are absolutely essential for every believer. Every growing believer needs to have these principles in their heart, in their head. But I think there comes a point too where Satan can kind of convince you, oh, it's just in your head. So I think there's a point, and it's going to sound probably a little strange or mystic or whatever, where you actually have to talk back to the devil.
00:21:19
Speaker
You have to be able to say out loud to him, I don't believe what you're saying to me because Psalm 139 tells me I am fearfully and wonderfully made and that every creature of God is that way, you know, to battle lies with the exact, as you put it, I think a minute ago with the sword that's in your belt, you know, so.
00:21:40
Speaker
That makes a lot of sense. In fact, I think psychology is starting to catch up to that because it, again, marketer, I read a lot of psychology and they talk about labeling thoughts, right? Because we often have thoughts in our head and we don't really take the time to think like, is this a true thought? Is this a good thought?
00:21:56
Speaker
We don't we just kind of take it as truth and it's all running even if we're telling our stories based on a few pieces of facts and we have a story running in our head about why somebody did this or that right so they talk a lot about like labeling things and I think actually turning to devil is actually what it is is putting your mind on defense to say like labeling it like whoa Satan yep, that's not a god thought that's I don't even think that's a me thought I think that's a lie from the devil.
00:22:19
Speaker
Yep. And just labeling it that, and then actually breaking up the truth starts to actually break down what's going on and why it's powerful. Yep. So I think if you're going to take this serious, which I pray everybody that's listening to this who follows Jesus takes this serious, because this is warfare. It's an everyday thing, these lies. I would say that you start by
00:22:43
Speaker
Go back and re-listen to what Dan just shared with you, these verses from John Piper. Look up some other ones, maybe cross-reference them in Scripture. Find those principles, those promises that are true. Write them down. Put them on your mirror. Put them in your Bible, wherever they are. Even record yourself saying it. Play it back to yourself sometimes, you know? But take those principles and understand the truths that the Word communicates to us,
00:23:10
Speaker
we are intentionally a part of God's story. We are not a mistake. God created us intentionally to be who we are, where we are. He created us incredibly, wonderfully unique. He's given us gifts and talents that he wants us to use. All of those things build off of each other. And so, yeah, I think when you get those things kind of stuck solidly in your heart, then Satan loses tremendous ground and obviously loses tremendous influence over your life.
00:23:38
Speaker
So just like the world is trying to put things in your head to program you to think a certain way, sometimes to back this or buy that. In the same way, we have to be diligent in doing that to ourselves or letting the Holy Spirit do it for us by memorizing scripture, meditating it, putting it in places where we see it over and over again.
00:23:54
Speaker
And I actually think my favorite thing to do is just to pray it. And that can seem kind of weird, but we've been talking more and more about praying the scriptures. And I think this is like the ultimate way. I especially like to do it when I work out, because there's something about working out and running or lifting weights where it just feels more emotionally intact, like tactile.
00:24:12
Speaker
where you're like, God, and you're getting desperate, and you're out there in the middle of nowhere, and you're just like, help me. I know the afflictions are many, Lord, but you're righteous, and you deliver me out of all of them. God, help me with every single one of these. I'm going to list them off name by name, Lord, help. You know, so I was Psalm 34. I was just kind of like, start, it's just reading the verse, but even turning it into as a prayer and flushing it out.
00:24:33
Speaker
and how this verse is actually playing out in my own life, and then just telling it to God, and then asking him for help. And saying his promises back to him again is a big part of praying scripture. Like, God, you said, and I'm not a name it, claim it kind of guy, but I'm saying what you've already written, and I'm standing in the truth, and having confidence and peace inside myself. I'm saying it to myself until I actually believe it, with passion.
00:25:01
Speaker
Yeah. You know, from time to time ESPN or sports illustrator, one of the sports channels will take you into a locker room at halftime or even before the game. And they will replay the speech that the coach gave before the game. And you sit there and you listen to it and you have no connection to the team other than you're just a fan, but you listen to that and you get fired up and you're like, I could take the field with these guys after listening to that guy. You know, uh, I think it's really cool to find a pastor who ignites that fire and
00:25:29
Speaker
Go back and, like you said, find those sermons that really just energize you and take them and put them on your phone. And those days when you're struggling, take your 20-minute ride to work and listen to that pep swoop beach again. Let him fire you up and get you going again. Because most of those guys, when they are touching an emotion in you, it's because they're just simply restating principles of scripture to you. They are firing you up with the truth.
00:25:53
Speaker
Yep. And I was telling Ridley just before we jumped on the recording, there's this awesome, there's like this old website that I remember. I remember going back here in like 2006. Wow. It's still around and they're still making these, but it's called sermon jams. It's essentially popular sermons, remixed to music. They're fun. They're fiery. They're little five, seven minutes. Check those out. Little things.
00:26:14
Speaker
I think they're mostly audio, but I think, I bet they have a YouTube channel now. I'll link to them in the show notes, but I was listening to some a few weeks ago and it's, man, it's fun to take those into your workouts or one of my favorite
Universal Anxiety Experiences and Management
00:26:25
Speaker
times is like alone. When I'm alone in the car and you got the music up and you're just praying or listening to it and we're crying and hopefully or something, you know, car, car time is vulnerable time for me, but you gotta have it somewhere. You gotta be able to be candid with the Lord.
00:26:41
Speaker
I think some good stuff here. I mean, um, anxiety is all around us. And I think I said this in all three services, Sunday, all of us experienced it at some point, uh, anxiety is not like the unpardonable sin. It's not like some death, you know, pronouncement over your life. It's not an addiction necessarily. We all have those moments where the bills pile up or the news at work isn't good, or you're, you know, in those struggling relationships where anxious moments, anxious thoughts can start to pile up.
00:27:09
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The, the way you deal with it is the intentionality of being prepared, you know? So I hope this podcast has helped some people rethink how they're battling against the enemy. I think we need to, by the way, going all the way very back to the beginning of the podcast, we need to have a contest for naming our podcast and let's give away some kind of prize or something. Maybe we'll get some thoughts from some people.
00:27:32
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There we go. Let's, I'll see if I can make that happen. Oh, and that's not going to be a link in the show notes, but in the next one, I'll probably announce where that can happen. That'd be fun. That'd be cool. All right. Thanks for listening to this Grove Hill podcast. We try to impact the life of every person with the whole gospel by any means possible. And of course that includes this show, share it with somebody who needs to hear it, learn more about how to get away from things that give us anxiety and cling to the ones that give us a peace and confidence, uh, by staying close to God's word.
00:28:03
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Amen.