1
00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,520
Speaker 1: Life Audio.

2
00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,680
Speaker 2: Welcome to the Love Offering Podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Adams,

3
00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,600
Speaker 2: author of Everyday Prayers for Love, Learning to Love God, others,

4
00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,400
Speaker 2: and even yourself. Each week we dive into meaningful conversations

5
00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,919
Speaker 2: about how to live out the greatest commandment, loving God

6
00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,239
Speaker 2: with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength, and

7
00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,520
Speaker 2: loving our neighbors as ourselves. Whether through inspiring stories, practical tips,

8
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,920
Speaker 2: or biblical truths. I hope to encourage you to love boldly,

9
00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,840
Speaker 2: live faithfully, and reflect God's love in your everyday life. Today,

10
00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,839
Speaker 2: I'm excited to welcome Becky Keith back to the show.

11
00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,760
Speaker 2: Becky is a Bible teacher, speaker, and author passionate about

12
00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,239
Speaker 2: helping people hear God's voice, embrace their true identity, and

13
00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,880
Speaker 2: step into their purpose. A dedicated mental health advocate, Becky

14
00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:52,000
Speaker 2: equips individuals and churches to understand anxiety biblically and experience

15
00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:57,040
Speaker 2: Jesus Holy. She loves long naps, puffy clouds, and shady trails.

16
00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,600
Speaker 2: Becky lives in southern California with her husband and three

17
00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,440
Speaker 2: always hungry teenage sons. Becky is here today to talk

18
00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,640
Speaker 2: about her devotional AVERSA Day for the Anxious soul, one

19
00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,640
Speaker 2: hundred days of peace for the calm you crave. In

20
00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,639
Speaker 2: these one hundred devotions, she offers tender, theologically rich words

21
00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,440
Speaker 2: for those who wrestle with anxiety, pointing us to the

22
00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:23,800
Speaker 2: unshakable peace of Jesus. Becky, welcome back, I think for

23
00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,280
Speaker 2: the third time, to the Love Offring podcast.

24
00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,639
Speaker 3: I'm so happy to have you again.

25
00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,440
Speaker 4: I am so happy to be back, Rachel. It has

26
00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,920
Speaker 4: been a while, but yeah, it's so fun that you

27
00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,160
Speaker 4: are still doing this show and that we can come

28
00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,600
Speaker 4: and have another conversation.

29
00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,480
Speaker 2: As I'm reading your bio, we have so much in common,

30
00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:45,959
Speaker 2: like naps, clouds, shady trails, hungry teenagers. Oh my goodness,

31
00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:51,360
Speaker 2: We're in the same season of life in so many ways,

32
00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,680
Speaker 2: and so much to be anxious about, of raising those

33
00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,320
Speaker 2: children and just the world today. And so I was

34
00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,360
Speaker 2: telling you before we hit record, just what a real event,

35
00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,960
Speaker 2: timely message this is. So thanks for writing this book

36
00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:03,680
Speaker 2: and joining us.

37
00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:04,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a.

38
00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,440
Speaker 4: Message that I need every day, and so I love

39
00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,919
Speaker 4: that we could to talk about it and take anxiety

40
00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,840
Speaker 4: like out of the stigma, out of the darkness, and

41
00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,920
Speaker 4: be like it's affecting millions of people every single day,

42
00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,120
Speaker 4: and how do we meet Jesus in the middle of it?

43
00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:20,799
Speaker 3: Yeah?

44
00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,880
Speaker 2: Okay, So tell us your story and your personal journey

45
00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:24,720
Speaker 2: with anxiety.

46
00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,840
Speaker 1: Yeah. So you know, hindsight is a valuable tool.

47
00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,680
Speaker 4: I can see from sitting where I am today that

48
00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,800
Speaker 4: anxiety has always been part of my story, but I

49
00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:40,080
Speaker 4: didn't really have the tools to name it until about

50
00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,760
Speaker 4: eleven years ago where I got to the point, Rachel,

51
00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,360
Speaker 4: where I had to admit, after a long time of

52
00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,919
Speaker 4: struggling in silence, I had to admit first to myself

53
00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,840
Speaker 4: and then to be radically honest with God and then

54
00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:58,120
Speaker 4: my husband and say like I am not okay. And

55
00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,760
Speaker 4: for a long time I tried to pray my anxiety away.

56
00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,760
Speaker 4: I thought, if I could just manage my time, better,

57
00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,760
Speaker 4: get a little bit more sleep, get my kids to

58
00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:11,079
Speaker 4: behave just have more faith, then I wouldn't be plagued

59
00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,720
Speaker 4: by this thing that would make my mind race and

60
00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:16,640
Speaker 4: I'd wake up feeling like that there was a brick

61
00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,840
Speaker 4: on my chest and I could barely breathe, and I

62
00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:24,919
Speaker 4: would deal with this just deep sadness that didn't match

63
00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,640
Speaker 4: my circumstances, like I could say, like all the reasons

64
00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,280
Speaker 4: I was giving thanks and I could write it all

65
00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,560
Speaker 4: in my gratitude journal. Those are good practices, and yet

66
00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,120
Speaker 4: there was still this like pervasive feeling of unease that

67
00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:41,600
Speaker 4: was more than something I could just push through. And

68
00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,720
Speaker 4: I was really good at pushing through, and so yeah.

69
00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,000
Speaker 4: I remember one day my husband and I were on

70
00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,000
Speaker 4: a road trip up to see some family and we

71
00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,080
Speaker 4: just had one of our kiddos in the car and

72
00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,040
Speaker 4: he was tiny and in the back seat and taken

73
00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,160
Speaker 4: a nap, and I just finally said the words out loud,

74
00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,080
Speaker 4: I think I have anxiety.

75
00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,960
Speaker 1: And my husband wasn't surprised at that point.

76
00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,320
Speaker 4: That's like today, I'm very comfortable talking about mental illness.

77
00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,040
Speaker 4: Eleven years ago, I was not. I felt ashamed, I

78
00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,400
Speaker 4: felt weak. I felt like, is it all in my head?

79
00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,600
Speaker 4: Is someone going to understand? Am I just making it up?

80
00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:18,280
Speaker 1: Like I had so.

81
00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,599
Speaker 4: Many negative narratives in my head about what anxiety meant.

82
00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:24,839
Speaker 4: But there and I talk a lot about this in

83
00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,359
Speaker 4: the book, but there is such power in our honesty,

84
00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,680
Speaker 4: power in telling the truth about what we're feeling, how

85
00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,640
Speaker 4: we are experiencing reality, and we have to That's just

86
00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:37,000
Speaker 4: what confession is.

87
00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,200
Speaker 1: It's telling the truth. Confession doesn't have to be a

88
00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,040
Speaker 1: moral failure.

89
00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,720
Speaker 4: It's just saying, this is how I see the world,

90
00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,039
Speaker 4: this is how I'm experiencing it. Let me tell the truth,

91
00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,599
Speaker 4: because it's when we do that that then we open

92
00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,400
Speaker 4: ourselves up to receive God's truth.

93
00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,080
Speaker 1: And so that's kind of how my anxiety journey began.

94
00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,440
Speaker 4: From there, I went to therapy, which was a hard

95
00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,760
Speaker 4: but one of the best decisions of my life. Anxiety

96
00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,839
Speaker 4: has looked like all kinds of things, you know, learning

97
00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,479
Speaker 4: lots of very practical things that I can do to

98
00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:14,240
Speaker 4: manage my anxiety, things like breathing, exercises, like meditation, grounding,

99
00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,480
Speaker 4: nurturing and taking care of my physical body.

100
00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:18,880
Speaker 1: Also medication when I need it.

101
00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:20,800
Speaker 4: I'm not afraid to say, like I have had a

102
00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,400
Speaker 4: chemical imbalance in my brain that required medication, just the

103
00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,960
Speaker 4: same that I would need medication if I had a

104
00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,320
Speaker 4: thyroid issue or low iron. So that's a little bit

105
00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:32,120
Speaker 4: about what anxiety has looked like. And over the last

106
00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,839
Speaker 4: eleven years, I have had a whole lot of healing

107
00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,600
Speaker 4: and I'm still on the journey and I've been so

108
00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,320
Speaker 4: grateful to see that God keeps pursuing me, he keeps

109
00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,520
Speaker 4: going after my heart. He keeps caring about my whole self.

110
00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,480
Speaker 4: And I've also learned in these last eleven years how

111
00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,720
Speaker 4: to kind of identify the different stages of anxiety, because

112
00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,320
Speaker 4: it really impacts us all from everyday stress and worry

113
00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,520
Speaker 4: all the way to this continuum of a mental illness.

114
00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,320
Speaker 4: And so that's also important to recognize, like when is

115
00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,920
Speaker 4: this like common stress, and when is this something that

116
00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,440
Speaker 4: needs like greater intervention support. And then that way, I

117
00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,520
Speaker 4: think a vers Day for the Anxious Soul is for

118
00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,800
Speaker 4: all of us, because no matter what anxiety or anxiousness

119
00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,039
Speaker 4: looks like in your life, we all deal with it

120
00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,880
Speaker 4: and we all need Jesus to meet us in it.

121
00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:17,400
Speaker 1: Yeah.

122
00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,279
Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate you just your vulnerability and authenticity to

123
00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,200
Speaker 2: share your story with us, and I can't wait to

124
00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,360
Speaker 2: continue today's conversation. But we're going to take a brief

125
00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,520
Speaker 2: break to hear a word from today's sponsor, and when

126
00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,320
Speaker 2: we come back, we're going to talk about why anxiety

127
00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:39,039
Speaker 2: is so prevalent in today's culture. Welcome back. I'm talking

128
00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,120
Speaker 2: with Becky Keith about her new devotional AVERSA Day for

129
00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,040
Speaker 2: the Anxious Soul. So, Becky, you know you shared your

130
00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,000
Speaker 2: story and experience with anxiety. Why do you think it

131
00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:52,120
Speaker 2: is just so common and prevalent in our culture today

132
00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,320
Speaker 2: or has it always been and we just didn't name it?

133
00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,240
Speaker 4: Yes, and yes, I think anxiety has always existed, especially

134
00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,440
Speaker 4: in a sense of that kind of worry and stress

135
00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:06,640
Speaker 4: and overwhelm that's common to humanity. I mean, that's why

136
00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:11,400
Speaker 4: Paul says, do not be anxious about anything, because Jesus.

137
00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,320
Speaker 1: Knows, God knows that we are prone to anxiety.

138
00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:17,400
Speaker 4: We are prone to living a life that says, do

139
00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,120
Speaker 4: it all, figure it all out, try to control things

140
00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:21,760
Speaker 4: on your own. I mean, is that not the story

141
00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,680
Speaker 4: of human history? Like God says, do it this way,

142
00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,880
Speaker 4: and mankind is like, how about I do it my

143
00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,200
Speaker 4: own way? So, in that way, I don't think that

144
00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,160
Speaker 4: anxiety is brand new. I think that in many ways

145
00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,120
Speaker 4: we are more aware of deeper levels of anxiety.

146
00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,440
Speaker 1: One, because we have the language for it. Language is powerful.

147
00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,160
Speaker 4: There is a greater awareness, so there is more opportunity

148
00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,160
Speaker 4: for diagnosis those kinds of things. And I also think

149
00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:50,120
Speaker 4: that in the cultural moment that we're living in, anxiety

150
00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,840
Speaker 4: truly is on the rise. I think technology and cell

151
00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,000
Speaker 4: phones has a whole lot to do with it, not

152
00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,720
Speaker 4: that those things our tools are bad in of themselves.

153
00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,239
Speaker 4: But there's so much noise, Rachel, there's so much noise

154
00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,400
Speaker 4: in our lives. We have access to so much information.

155
00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,480
Speaker 4: Our souls were not meant to carry the weight of

156
00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,760
Speaker 4: the world, or the opinions of others, or the disagreements

157
00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,640
Speaker 4: and division like all of it weighs heavy on the soul.

158
00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,240
Speaker 4: In addition to things like the way social media contributes

159
00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:25,520
Speaker 4: to comparison and that constant message that we're not measuring up,

160
00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,200
Speaker 4: that we have to do more, try harder, all of

161
00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,120
Speaker 4: that I think contributes to the rise and anxiety, and

162
00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,079
Speaker 4: it impacts I mean teenagers.

163
00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:35,080
Speaker 1: We both have teenagers.

164
00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,040
Speaker 4: We see it probably in our own kids and their friends,

165
00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,079
Speaker 4: but I talked to even women in their seventies and eighties,

166
00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,800
Speaker 4: and anxiety is it's prevalent, and it's really hard.

167
00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,720
Speaker 1: So if you're feeling it today, friends, you are not alone.

168
00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:51,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, you mentioned Paul talked about anxiety. I'm so thankful

169
00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,120
Speaker 2: the God's Word talks about the feeling. And how did

170
00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,199
Speaker 2: you even go about picking out the specific verses and

171
00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,959
Speaker 2: who you really wanted to learn from?

172
00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,240
Speaker 1: I started, honestly with versus that I have been just.

173
00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,680
Speaker 4: Collecting as nurishment for my own soul over the last decade,

174
00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,720
Speaker 4: lifeline versus that I have needed like Matthew eleven twenty

175
00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,679
Speaker 4: through thirty, Jesus's own words saying, come to me all

176
00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:20,320
Speaker 4: who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

177
00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,680
Speaker 4: That has been such an anchor for me because in

178
00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,360
Speaker 4: Jesus's words, we see the reality that he understands. He

179
00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,160
Speaker 4: expects us to be weary and burdened. He doesn't condemn

180
00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,719
Speaker 4: us for it. It's not an accusation, but he's acknowledging

181
00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,840
Speaker 4: the reality, and it's an invitation, like, here's what you do.

182
00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,000
Speaker 1: When you're weary and burdened.

183
00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,400
Speaker 4: And our weariness and burdens come from all kinds of things.

184
00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,679
Speaker 4: And so for me as someone who struggles with anxiety

185
00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,200
Speaker 4: as well as depression, I talk about that a little

186
00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,319
Speaker 4: bit in the book, that anxiety and depression can be

187
00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,280
Speaker 4: thought of as like cousins, or like two sides, two

188
00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,840
Speaker 4: different sides of the same coin. And so often I

189
00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,600
Speaker 4: come to Jesus with my weariness and burdens. But I

190
00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,560
Speaker 4: really do love that we see throughout scripture, throughout the

191
00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:06,800
Speaker 4: whole story, people who knew and loved and served God

192
00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,360
Speaker 4: and still struggled. I love the story of Elijah. Elijah

193
00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,480
Speaker 4: was one of God's prophets, Like he did these amazing

194
00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:17,560
Speaker 4: things for God. He experienced God's provision over and over again,

195
00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,319
Speaker 4: these miracles, and yet he got to the point where

196
00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,199
Speaker 4: he was depressed and at the end of his rope

197
00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,080
Speaker 4: and was like, I'm just gonna sit down and I

198
00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,720
Speaker 4: just want to die Lord, Like that is the reality.

199
00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,040
Speaker 4: I mean, we see all throughout the Psalms, David cries

200
00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,600
Speaker 4: out to God in his distress, like stress, distress, depression,

201
00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,439
Speaker 4: and anxiety. These are not twenty first century problems. These

202
00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:43,079
Speaker 4: are human problems. And I love that in Elijah, what

203
00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:43,600
Speaker 4: does God do?

204
00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:44,800
Speaker 1: He's like, I want you.

205
00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,640
Speaker 4: I want you to lay down and take a nap.

206
00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,320
Speaker 4: Go ahead, that that's actually what you need. You need

207
00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,480
Speaker 4: to force shut down for your nervous system, for your

208
00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,920
Speaker 4: for your soul, for your body. And then when you

209
00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,520
Speaker 4: wake up, I'm gonna send some angels and they're gonna

210
00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,600
Speaker 4: give you some cold water and a snack.

211
00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,520
Speaker 1: Like God is so practical.

212
00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,080
Speaker 4: Shame he didn't shame Elijah, be like, you're a prophet, You're.

213
00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,120
Speaker 1: A man of God. Get to it. Don't don't give up.

214
00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,800
Speaker 4: No, he was like, I get it, Like, you're my

215
00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,959
Speaker 4: son and I love you, and I'm gonna take care

216
00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,080
Speaker 4: of you. I'm gonna equip you with the soul, rest

217
00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,720
Speaker 4: and physical reset you need, and then you'll do the

218
00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:20,440
Speaker 4: next thing with me.

219
00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,360
Speaker 2: I love that story so much too. And he's like,

220
00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,520
Speaker 2: I'm the only one that's faithful to you. But in

221
00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,120
Speaker 2: some ways per conversation, like I'm the only one feeling

222
00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,719
Speaker 2: this way, and the Lord's like, no, there's thousand more

223
00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,720
Speaker 2: just like you, which I'm taking that out of context.

224
00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:36,120
Speaker 2: But I do think that we are human and we

225
00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,720
Speaker 2: are flesh, and we've been given these emotions, and that

226
00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,040
Speaker 2: is why the Savior came, because he knew we could

227
00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,320
Speaker 2: not do this life without him. So we need some

228
00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:49,439
Speaker 2: practices to help us to move through these feelings of anxiety.

229
00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,400
Speaker 2: So you actually include what you call peace practices in

230
00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,559
Speaker 2: this devotional. Could you share an example and explain how

231
00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,680
Speaker 2: these simple steps help us to connect with God in

232
00:11:58,760 --> 00:11:59,600
Speaker 2: anxious moments?

233
00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,199
Speaker 4: Yeah? Yeah, So after every seven days in the devotions,

234
00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:04,840
Speaker 4: if you choose to do it day by day, which

235
00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,800
Speaker 4: you don't have to, but so basically at the end

236
00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,760
Speaker 4: of every week, I give a peace practice, which is

237
00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,040
Speaker 4: always anchored in scripture, but it's a really practical way

238
00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,560
Speaker 4: that I have found that the Lord can meet us

239
00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,320
Speaker 4: in our every day So things that Okay, I'm gonna say,

240
00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,240
Speaker 4: like you're gonna be like, that's common sense, Becky.

241
00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:22,600
Speaker 1: I know.

242
00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,320
Speaker 4: I know I need to move my body. I know

243
00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:27,839
Speaker 4: I need to connect with other people. I know it's

244
00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,880
Speaker 4: okay to cry. I know I need to laugh and

245
00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,360
Speaker 4: eat something, you know, nurishing to my body. And yet

246
00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,319
Speaker 4: often I find that it's like it's truly going back

247
00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,400
Speaker 4: to the basics of oh yeah.

248
00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:40,960
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. I feel like I'm drowning.

249
00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,280
Speaker 4: I feel like I just want to stay in bed

250
00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,280
Speaker 4: and pull up the covers and have no one talk

251
00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,520
Speaker 4: to me. But instead what I really need is I

252
00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,800
Speaker 4: need to go outside and look up at the sky

253
00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,000
Speaker 4: and breathe and remember that the God who made the

254
00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,600
Speaker 4: heavens and cares for the birds cares for me too.

255
00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,640
Speaker 4: Or I need to get outside and take a walk

256
00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,280
Speaker 4: and I'm gonna move my body. Because God designed us

257
00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,800
Speaker 4: not just soul and spirit but physical. He designed these

258
00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,520
Speaker 4: physical bodies, and he designed us with these amazing things

259
00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,040
Speaker 4: called hormones and endorphins, and chemicals in our bodies that

260
00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,000
Speaker 4: react in a certain way when we move, and.

261
00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,760
Speaker 1: So those are what those peace practices are.

262
00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,240
Speaker 4: So it's like it's taking it not just from the

263
00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,079
Speaker 4: intellectual or the spiritual, but.

264
00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,680
Speaker 1: That embodied living out of our faith and connecting with Jesus.

265
00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,160
Speaker 4: And so there kind of explains a little bit of

266
00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,000
Speaker 4: the science of like what's happening in your brain and

267
00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,840
Speaker 4: why is this important? But there are things that are

268
00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,240
Speaker 4: not gonna be overwhelming, but you can be like, Okay,

269
00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,920
Speaker 4: if I want to become a person who experiences the

270
00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,160
Speaker 4: peace of Jesus in my everyday life, without my whole

271
00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,360
Speaker 4: life circumstances being perfect, but right here where I am,

272
00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,000
Speaker 4: then these are those practical tools that will help you

273
00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:46,280
Speaker 4: do that.

274
00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,160
Speaker 2: So is prayer one of those tools that you use.

275
00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,199
Speaker 2: Has prayer helped your anxiety?

276
00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, prayer is absolutely.

277
00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,280
Speaker 4: I actually put it as one of the peace practices.

278
00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,360
Speaker 4: But it is a thread that integrated throughout the entire book,

279
00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,439
Speaker 4: and so every day in the devotional you will get

280
00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,160
Speaker 4: a prayer because sometimes when anxiety is heavy, it can

281
00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,640
Speaker 4: be it can be hard to know how to pray.

282
00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,360
Speaker 4: I've been there where it's like God, I don't even

283
00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:17,079
Speaker 4: have the words for this, and so these are words

284
00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:21,680
Speaker 4: that you can borrow. But I've also included these breath

285
00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,400
Speaker 4: prayer meditations, and so this is where you get to

286
00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,840
Speaker 4: incorporate again the physical of breathing. We know that when

287
00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,080
Speaker 4: we steady our breathing, we slow our breathing and intentional way,

288
00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,600
Speaker 4: that helps trigger our brains to reset our paar sympathetic

289
00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,640
Speaker 4: nervous system and take us out of that fight flight

290
00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:42,840
Speaker 4: or freeze mode and back into like centered and grounded

291
00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,600
Speaker 4: and calm. But so that just breathing on its own

292
00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,480
Speaker 4: is powerful. My teenagers make fun of me because they

293
00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,400
Speaker 4: know they know that I do this fun in like

294
00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,400
Speaker 4: a in a you know, lighthearted, loving way.

295
00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,040
Speaker 1: But they're like, Mom, you need some deep breaths. I'm like, yes,

296
00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,120
Speaker 1: I do. Yes, I'll be like breathing here in my kitchen.

297
00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,200
Speaker 1: So breathing on own is really really powerful. But if

298
00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:03,200
Speaker 1: you couple that.

299
00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,360
Speaker 4: With meditating on the truth, it just it engages your

300
00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,240
Speaker 4: mind and your soul. So every day you'll find what

301
00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:14,720
Speaker 4: I call inhale truth exhale trust, and it basically it's

302
00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,360
Speaker 4: a prayer rooted in scripture, but you inhale that truth

303
00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,320
Speaker 4: to remind yourself of what is true, and you excel

304
00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,600
Speaker 4: that trust to confess and surrender, and in that way,

305
00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:28,960
Speaker 4: you know in the midst of your anxiety. I do

306
00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,920
Speaker 4: this all the time, Rachel, like a very simple one.

307
00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,080
Speaker 4: I love Psalm twenty three. The Lord is my shepherd.

308
00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,640
Speaker 4: So I inhale the Lord is my shepherd for four.

309
00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,880
Speaker 1: Counts, and I excel my trust. I have all that

310
00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,120
Speaker 1: I need, and just that little breath prayer, that little

311
00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,760
Speaker 1: inhaling of truth and exhaling of trust is like that

312
00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,800
Speaker 1: calming anchor, that reminder Jesus, you're right here. You're all

313
00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:48,320
Speaker 1: that I need.

314
00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,680
Speaker 2: Well, And I think to your point earlier like these

315
00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:54,240
Speaker 2: sometimes when it's like, Okay, you need to do this, this,

316
00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,120
Speaker 2: and this to help you fix your problems, that even

317
00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,720
Speaker 2: that can cause a little bit of anxiety in our hearts.

318
00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,280
Speaker 2: It's like, fels overwhelmed. I can't do all of this.

319
00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,480
Speaker 2: And so I love that everything that you're mentioning is

320
00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,400
Speaker 2: really simple and easily doable and something that you can

321
00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:12,560
Speaker 2: add to your daily lifestyle. And something else you mentioned

322
00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,960
Speaker 2: you actually talked about it when you were talking about Elijah,

323
00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,400
Speaker 2: how the Lord didn't shame him for feeling that way

324
00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,600
Speaker 2: and so I think sometimes there is some shame and

325
00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,400
Speaker 2: guilt maybe associated with Well, if I've got faith and

326
00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,840
Speaker 2: I've got the Lord, i shouldn't be feeling anxious. He's

327
00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,240
Speaker 2: got everything in control and I should be fun. So

328
00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,480
Speaker 2: talk to us about how to maybe remove shame and

329
00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,400
Speaker 2: remind readers of God's compassion.

330
00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I want to say it's not like a

331
00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:37,920
Speaker 1: one and done thing.

332
00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:42,400
Speaker 4: I mean there are times, for example, in biblical counseling,

333
00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,720
Speaker 4: like I have had to deal with some things in

334
00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,160
Speaker 4: my past and have really had these like kind of

335
00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,440
Speaker 4: breakthrough moments of healing that have had a significant impact

336
00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,200
Speaker 4: in the way I experience.

337
00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,520
Speaker 1: Anxiety in my body, in the way that my brain works. Holleylujah,

338
00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:57,360
Speaker 1: I'm so grateful for that.

339
00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,640
Speaker 4: And because we live in a world that constantly spurs

340
00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:04,560
Speaker 4: and stirs up anxiety in us, it is going to

341
00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:08,439
Speaker 4: be a daily practice. And so again, Jesus, it's that

342
00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,560
Speaker 4: continual invitation to come to Him in our weariness, in

343
00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,639
Speaker 4: our burdens. And so I think the way that we

344
00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,600
Speaker 4: combat that shame is to remember that we are not

345
00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,399
Speaker 4: defined by any malady, any weakness that we might face,

346
00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,199
Speaker 4: but we are defined by God's love, who he says

347
00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,440
Speaker 4: that we are we are His beloved, we are His chosen.

348
00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:29,959
Speaker 1: I have three sons.

349
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,119
Speaker 4: When one of them is struggling with something physically, mentally, emotionally,

350
00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,720
Speaker 4: even spiritually, I'm not mad them for it. I want

351
00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,000
Speaker 4: to help them through it. I want to be the

352
00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,280
Speaker 4: parent who's like, Okay, here's some ways we need to

353
00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,160
Speaker 4: adjust your thinking, or here's you need some physical rest

354
00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:45,919
Speaker 4: or whatever it is.

355
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,399
Speaker 1: And our love as parents.

356
00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:52,520
Speaker 4: Is like some mere shadow, just a glimpse of how

357
00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,080
Speaker 4: the Father feels about us. And so I think just

358
00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,879
Speaker 4: going back to scripture, rehearsing that truth and being like,

359
00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:01,199
Speaker 4: there's no shame in needing Jesus. Yes, it's actually a

360
00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,919
Speaker 4: gift to be reminded of how desperately we need a

361
00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:04,960
Speaker 4: savior and a healer.

362
00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:05,520
Speaker 3: Yeah.

363
00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,040
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Well, we're going to take another brief break to

364
00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,000
Speaker 2: hear a word from today's sponsor, and when we come back,

365
00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,520
Speaker 2: we'll talk about experiencing God's nearness in.

366
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:19,160
Speaker 3: Our anxious moments. Welcome back.

367
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,200
Speaker 2: I'm talking with Becky Keith about her devotional aversa day

368
00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,160
Speaker 2: for the anxious soul. So you remind us that even

369
00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,600
Speaker 2: in our anxiety, God is near. So how have you

370
00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,960
Speaker 2: personally learned to rest in his presence.

371
00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:35,440
Speaker 4: Well, sometimes I literally rest in his presence. Several years ago,

372
00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,440
Speaker 4: my anxiety hit another all time high, which I'm like, Lord,

373
00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,879
Speaker 4: we've been through this, why is it coming back? And

374
00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:45,119
Speaker 4: He's like, because I have more healing and more breakthrough.

375
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,640
Speaker 4: And basically what he told me, Rachel was, you are

376
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,639
Speaker 4: on the door on the edge of burnout and breakdown,

377
00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,560
Speaker 4: and I want to save you from that. One thing

378
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,920
Speaker 4: that contributes to my anxiety, and maybe some people will

379
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,840
Speaker 4: resonate with this, is that I'm wired as an achiever

380
00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,280
Speaker 4: and I often feel like I have to do in

381
00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,480
Speaker 4: order to be worthy and loved. And the Lord really

382
00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,520
Speaker 4: wanted to free me from that. But I got to

383
00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,800
Speaker 4: the point where I just I was physically and emotionally

384
00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:14,439
Speaker 4: and spiritually exhausted. And he called me to a to

385
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,600
Speaker 4: a year of rest, and I was like, it sounds peaceful.

386
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,840
Speaker 4: It didn't feel peaceful. It felt excruciating. It felt really hard.

387
00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,240
Speaker 4: But I remember at times where I'd be sitting on

388
00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,280
Speaker 4: my back porch and trying to read my Bible or

389
00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,359
Speaker 4: trying to pray. I just I couldn't even do that, Rachel.

390
00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,440
Speaker 4: I just like curled up on like our little outside

391
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,120
Speaker 4: love seat and just lay down how to close my eyes,

392
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,000
Speaker 4: and I remember feeling so guilty and just saying I'm

393
00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,880
Speaker 4: so sorry Jesus, like I'm so sorry that I can't

394
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,800
Speaker 4: I don't even have the energy to pray right now.

395
00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:45,720
Speaker 4: And one of the ways that the Lord speaks to me,

396
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,400
Speaker 4: which I'm so grateful, is he speaks to me in pictures,

397
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,399
Speaker 4: and I just I just in my mind, I just

398
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,280
Speaker 4: saw him right there next to me, and he like

399
00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,160
Speaker 4: was sitting at my feet and like pulled my feet

400
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,440
Speaker 4: up on his lap, and he was like, you don't

401
00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,360
Speaker 4: have to be sorry, Like.

402
00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:58,800
Speaker 1: I'm the one who gives rest.

403
00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,320
Speaker 4: And you can experience my preser, yes in my word,

404
00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,040
Speaker 4: yes in prayer, Yes, when you are speaking or teaching

405
00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,440
Speaker 4: or doing these things for me. But you can also

406
00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,280
Speaker 4: experience my presence just by being with me and receiving

407
00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,480
Speaker 4: what I want to give you.

408
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:14,680
Speaker 1: And so I think the one way.

409
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,919
Speaker 4: Is I experience his presence and you can do this too, friends,

410
00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,560
Speaker 4: is every day I just say God, I want to

411
00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,560
Speaker 4: receive everything you have for me today.

412
00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,720
Speaker 1: And really that's the gospel. It is not what we do,

413
00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:23,800
Speaker 1: but it's what we receive.

414
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,879
Speaker 4: It's the free gift, yes, of our salvation, but of

415
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,679
Speaker 4: His love and his tenderness every single day. And so

416
00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,359
Speaker 4: if you feel like you can't access God's presence, I

417
00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,880
Speaker 4: would say, tell him the truth about what you're feeling,

418
00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,840
Speaker 4: how you're experiencing the world, and then say, God, here's

419
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,800
Speaker 4: my truth. Now, help me to receive your truth. Whatever

420
00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,720
Speaker 4: you want to give me, whatever you want me to know,

421
00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,760
Speaker 4: whatever you want to do today. And God is so

422
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,040
Speaker 4: good at speaking, He's so good at it, and he

423
00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,360
Speaker 4: will help you hear him well.

424
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,480
Speaker 2: I receive that today a struggle to be an achiever

425
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,679
Speaker 2: and earn God's love, and so that really resonates with

426
00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:04,440
Speaker 2: me today. I think You're devotional encourages readers to really

427
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,680
Speaker 2: recognize they're not alone in their struggle. And that's one

428
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,480
Speaker 2: thing that I think that we have hope shared quite

429
00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,560
Speaker 2: a bit, is like sometimes we feel like we are

430
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,800
Speaker 2: the only ones that struggle with it. So, on the

431
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:22,000
Speaker 2: topic of giving and receiving love, one of the questions

432
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,520
Speaker 2: I've been asking all of my guests this season, is

433
00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,560
Speaker 2: there a biblical example of love that you think applies

434
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,560
Speaker 2: to this topic today.

435
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,880
Speaker 4: What comes to mind is the fact that we can

436
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:38,240
Speaker 4: receive God's comfort, and then, like it says in First Corinthians,

437
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,719
Speaker 4: then we can comfort others with the comfort we ourselves

438
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,840
Speaker 4: have received. So again this goes back to being honest

439
00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,160
Speaker 4: with God. We have to be honest with Him so

440
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,600
Speaker 4: that then we have the space in our hearts and

441
00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,639
Speaker 4: our souls to then receive the love and comfort that

442
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 4: He wants to give us. He is the God of

443
00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,720
Speaker 4: all comfort, he is the God of all hope. And

444
00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,600
Speaker 4: then what's so beautiful? And I talk about anxiety being

445
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,400
Speaker 4: a gift, which again we receive a gift, and I'm like, Lord,

446
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,080
Speaker 4: I don't want this gift.

447
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:03,920
Speaker 1: I want a different gift.

448
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 4: He's like, no, out of my love, I'm going to

449
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 4: give you a gift, Becky that is going to draw

450
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:12,399
Speaker 4: you closer to my heart and then allow you to

451
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,159
Speaker 4: comfort others with the comfort you have received. And so

452
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,280
Speaker 4: I think in that way we can experience a deeper

453
00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,440
Speaker 4: level of God's love and then show God's love, be

454
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,760
Speaker 4: God's love to others by taking us struggles out of

455
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,160
Speaker 4: the darkness of isolation and bringing him into the light

456
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,400
Speaker 4: of that shared experience and continuing to say, I'm struggling God,

457
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,480
Speaker 4: I need you, And as you meet me and equip me,

458
00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,639
Speaker 4: then I will help others know that they too are

459
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:36,199
Speaker 4: not alone.

460
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:37,040
Speaker 3: That's so good.

461
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,600
Speaker 2: Well, so Becky, tell us something you are loving right now?

462
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 4: Okay, Well, I'm like, this doesn't sound super spiritual, but

463
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,879
Speaker 4: it kind of does apply. So in thinking about practical

464
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,880
Speaker 4: ways to like nurture ourselves and when things feel overwhelming,

465
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,359
Speaker 4: and it's like, Okay, what's one thing I can do

466
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 4: today to manage my anxiety to be present in my

467
00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:58,680
Speaker 4: body and present with the Lord.

468
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,080
Speaker 1: Actually, there's a supplement I'm taking that I really love.

469
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,920
Speaker 4: It's called green Synergy, and it has like all of

470
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:08,440
Speaker 4: like my probiotics, probos, proably my gut health and and

471
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to having it. After this episode, I'm

472
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,320
Speaker 4: feeling a little wilty and I need I need a

473
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 4: little pick me up. So I don't know, we talked

474
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 4: about before. We're both in perimenopause, Like the struggle is real,

475
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:24,159
Speaker 4: the hormones are real, friends, and so I'm just grateful

476
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 4: the practical. I'm like, sometimes I can't do everything perfectly,

477
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,479
Speaker 4: but if I can tague my greens.

478
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 1: In a little citrusy drink, then that that makes me happy.

479
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 3: So does it actually taste good?

480
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,000
Speaker 1: It does it does well.

481
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000
Speaker 4: And then I mixed with this like stick of green synergy,

482
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,199
Speaker 4: then with like this other like mango peach stick that

483
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,480
Speaker 4: has all my B vitamins in it, and it's like.

484
00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 1: It's so refreshing. It's like I feel my cells regenerating.

485
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,480
Speaker 1: I joke around. Yes, yeah, I love it. I love

486
00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:49,080
Speaker 1: it so much.

487
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,160
Speaker 3: Okay, so do you have an affiliate link for this?

488
00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 1: I do? I do.

489
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 2: Okay, send it to me and we're gonna include it

490
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 2: in the show notes. Okay, okay, and I'm gonna try

491
00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 2: it and everybody needs to try it, and then we're

492
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:00,400
Speaker 2: gonna thank Becky for it.

493
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,639
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, it's my it's it's it's one way that

494
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna.

495
00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 4: Be a beloved child of God who cares for myself

496
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,640
Speaker 4: and doesn't just like push through on sugar and caffeine and.

497
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 1: Things like that. Anyhow, Yep, that's my that's that's my

498
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,240
Speaker 1: hot tip for the today. Take your green synergy.

499
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,600
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, we're gonna all try it. Thanks for the recommendation.

500
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 2: I know I want to stay connected with you. I

501
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,199
Speaker 2: know listeners are going to want to, so tell us

502
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,120
Speaker 2: how we can best do that.

503
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:31,480
Speaker 4: Well, you can go to www dot anxioussoul dot com

504
00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 4: and that's where you guys can learn more about the book.

505
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 4: It's gonna be available wherever books are sold. And I

506
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,440
Speaker 4: really love connecting on Instagram, And so if you want

507
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,919
Speaker 4: to kind of follow along with some daily practices for

508
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 4: battling anxiety to learn how to hear God's voice, I

509
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 4: would love for you to follow me at Becky Keef.

510
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,320
Speaker 4: And if you this episode was meaningful to you, tell

511
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,679
Speaker 4: me send me a DM. I will read it and

512
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 4: respond back and would love just to know how God

513
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:56,959
Speaker 4: met you in the midst of it.

514
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,199
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I know that God has met me in

515
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 2: the midst of it. So thank you for joining us today.

516
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 2: And I'm just mindful of the women and maybe men

517
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 2: listening today that are just feeling especially anxious, and so

518
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 2: would you pray over our anxious hearts today? Yeah?

519
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,800
Speaker 1: God, I thank you that you are so kind. You

520
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:16,920
Speaker 1: are the good shepherd.

521
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 4: And when your sheep feel scattered and lost, when we

522
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 4: have wandered away by our own choosing or without us

523
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,879
Speaker 4: even knowing, you are the one who pursues us and

524
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,400
Speaker 4: comes after us. You say that your sheep know your voice,

525
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,680
Speaker 4: and you call them by name, And so I pray

526
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:35,320
Speaker 4: that even in this moment that you would be calling

527
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,920
Speaker 4: the names of your sheep, you'd be whispering just how

528
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 4: you see them, how you love them, even in the

529
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,639
Speaker 4: midst of their anxiety. And I pray that as you

530
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,639
Speaker 4: pick up your sheep and carry them back to green

531
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,879
Speaker 4: meadows and quiet pastures, that you would help each listener

532
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:55,200
Speaker 4: today to experience rest for their souls. Would you help

533
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,680
Speaker 4: us to tell you the truth about how we're feelings,

534
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,640
Speaker 4: that we can receive your truth in return, and whatt

535
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 4: I thank you that in this world where you have

536
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 4: said so clearly that we do have trouble, you also

537
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 4: invite us to take heart because you have overcome the world,

538
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,160
Speaker 4: and your power and your love is so much greater

539
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 4: than any anxiety or depression or struggle we face. And

540
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,680
Speaker 4: so we thank you that, by the blood of the

541
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 4: Lamb and the word of our testimony, that we will

542
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,960
Speaker 4: overcome anything that comes against us. And I pray that

543
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 4: your daughters and your sons would go in the freedom

544
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 4: and peace you have for them today. And I pray

545
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 4: this in Jesus'.

546
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 2: Name, Amen, Amen, phil Already more at peace and more

547
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:36,199
Speaker 2: calm today.

548
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,720
Speaker 3: So thanks so much for joining us.

549
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: Thank you for having me Rachel.

550
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to the Love Offering Podcast.

551
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 2: I hope today's conversation encouraged and inspired you to love God,

552
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 2: love others, and even love yourself a little more. If

553
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,560
Speaker 2: you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend

554
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 2: and leaver of you. It helps others fawn the show

555
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 2: and spreads the message of love even further. To connect

556
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,200
Speaker 2: with me, visit me on my website at Rachelcaadams dot com.

557
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 2: While you're there, be sure to download the Love Offering Calendar,

558
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 2: a free resource filled with simple daily ways to love

559
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,560
Speaker 2: those around you. Don't forget to pick up a copy

560
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 2: of my book Every Day Prayers for Love and Becky's

561
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 2: devotional a Versa Day for the Anxious Soul. A special

562
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 2: thank you to Life Audio for supporting this podcast and

563
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 2: making it possible to find more great podcast visitlifeaudio dot com.

564
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 2: Thanks again for joining us today. Until next time, let's

565
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 2: make our lives an offering of life