While one can experience anxiety from numerous causes, not all of them spiritual, there are spiritual practices we can engage in to experience increased peace. In this episode, author and pastor Alan Fadling shares how he once felt mastered by his anxiety but learned, with God's help, how to take steps toward increased and progress freedom. 

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Resource mentioned: A Non-Anxious Life: Experiencing the Peace of God's Presence

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Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. When have you felt mastered by anxiety?
3. What were your thoughts when Alan said the point of practicing spiritual disciplines wasn't necessarily to experience decreased anxiety?
4. What is or has been your experience with spiritual disciplines?
5. What are some ways you intentionally notice what you're feeling?
6. What are some ways you invite God's perspective on your emotions?
7. When have you experienced an experience similar to Alan's in the airport, when he felt his thinking brain going off line?
8. What is one action step God might be asking you to take having listened to this episode?  

 

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