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Posted On: October 9th 2026, 07:02 pm
03/12 QUESTIONS CHRISTIANS ACTUALLY ASK
The questions we think about, Google privately, whisper to trusted friends, and sometimes feel too embarrassed to ask at church.
"Do not be anxious." Okay...but what if I AM?
IS ANXIETY A SIN?
Jesus tells us not to be anxious. So does experiencing anxiety mean you're disobeying Jesus? Not so fast.
There is an important difference between an involuntary alarm response and what we choose to believe, rehearse, pursue, or obey once fear arrives.
A racing heart isn't a moral failure. A panic attack isn't evidence that you don't love Jesus. An intrusive fearful thought isn't automatically unbelief.
But Christianity also refuses to tell us that anxiety has nothing to say about our spiritual lives. Fear can expose enormous questions: Who is actually in control? What am I terrified of losing? What am I trying desperately to control? What am I believing will make me safe? Do I believe God will remain good even if the thing I fear actually happens?
That's why "just stop worrying" is terrible counsel. Jesus doesn't merely tell anxious people to knock it off. He redirects their attention: look at the birds, look at the lilies, look at your Father. "Your heavenly Father knows that you need them" (Matthew 6:32).
Christian counseling shouldn't shame anxiety. But neither should its only goal be teaching us how to accommodate it. We can listen to what fear is saying, challenge what isn't true, care for the body God gave us, practice wisdom, and slowly learn that peace isn't ultimately found in controlling everything. It's found in knowing the One who does.
You don't need someone to shame your fear or simply teach you to live around it. If anxiety is running the show, let's get curious about what it is saying - and bring truth to it.
ALL THINGS NEW THERAPY SERVICES, INC.
Growing from hurt, living in hope.
Call us: 712-737-9444
Email us: [email protected]
The questions we think about, Google privately, whisper to trusted friends, and sometimes feel too embarrassed to ask at church.
"Do not be anxious." Okay...but what if I AM?
IS ANXIETY A SIN?
Jesus tells us not to be anxious. So does experiencing anxiety mean you're disobeying Jesus? Not so fast.
There is an important difference between an involuntary alarm response and what we choose to believe, rehearse, pursue, or obey once fear arrives.
A racing heart isn't a moral failure. A panic attack isn't evidence that you don't love Jesus. An intrusive fearful thought isn't automatically unbelief.
But Christianity also refuses to tell us that anxiety has nothing to say about our spiritual lives. Fear can expose enormous questions: Who is actually in control? What am I terrified of losing? What am I trying desperately to control? What am I believing will make me safe? Do I believe God will remain good even if the thing I fear actually happens?
That's why "just stop worrying" is terrible counsel. Jesus doesn't merely tell anxious people to knock it off. He redirects their attention: look at the birds, look at the lilies, look at your Father. "Your heavenly Father knows that you need them" (Matthew 6:32).
Christian counseling shouldn't shame anxiety. But neither should its only goal be teaching us how to accommodate it. We can listen to what fear is saying, challenge what isn't true, care for the body God gave us, practice wisdom, and slowly learn that peace isn't ultimately found in controlling everything. It's found in knowing the One who does.
You don't need someone to shame your fear or simply teach you to live around it. If anxiety is running the show, let's get curious about what it is saying - and bring truth to it.
ALL THINGS NEW THERAPY SERVICES, INC.
Growing from hurt, living in hope.
Call us: 712-737-9444
Email us: [email protected]
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