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When Anxiety Speaks Louder Than Hope · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  I hope you've been enjoying our episodes this week.
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  I want to remind you that if you haven't had a chance to listen to them,
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  here's what you've missed.
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  Monday, faith at work. Tuesday, prayer in daily life.
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  Wednesday, loneliness and God's presence. Those are the last three episodes.
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  Today, so today, the episode is called When Anxiety Speaks Louder Than Hope.
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  Have you ever had those mornings where anxiety wakes you up before you do,
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  where your mind starts racing before you even got out of bed.
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  I've been there. The sweaty palms, the heavy chest, the voice in your head that
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  whispers, you're not enough, you're going to fail, you're never going to get it right.
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  Oh yeah. Have faith, let it begin. When anxiety speaks louder than hope. Starts right now.
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  2000 came and the spark was lit A testimony raw, it wouldn't cool.
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  Music.
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  Faith Let It Begin is on the air, and as we stated in the very intro, I've been there.
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  I've had the mindset where I felt like everything was racing before you even
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  got out of bed, and the sweaty palms, and the heavy chest.
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  Of course, the whispers in my head saying, you're not enough,
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  you're going to fail, you're never going to get it right.
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  I remember a season in my life when I was overwhelmed with deadlines,
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  bills, and family responsibilities.
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  I'd sit in my car before work, ripping into the steering wheel, feeling paralyzed.
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  I'd look around and wonder how everyone else seems so calm on the inside.
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  My word and my world felt like it was spinning out of control.
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  Anxiety spoke louder than my hope. But then I found myself in Scripture.
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  Psalms 46, verse 10. Be still and know that I am God.
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  At first, I'll be honest, those words didn't quiet the storm right away. No, it did not.
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  But the more I leaned into them, the more I realized God was reminding me that
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  my racing thoughts didn't have the final say.
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  Anxiety may be loud, but his voice is steady.
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  Anxiety may feel endless, but his peace is eternal. Now, when anxiety tells
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  us you can't, God says, I already have.
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  When anxiety says, you'll never make it, God says, I am with you always.
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  When anxiety says, you're alone.
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  God says, I will never leave you or forsake you.
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  Anxiety is real. It's not weakness. and it doesn't make you less of a Christian,
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  a Catholic, or any type of religion.
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  It's a part of the human condition.
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  But here's the truth. I want you to hold on today. Hold on to today.
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  Because anxiety doesn't define you. God does.
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, for every listener who is weighed down by anxiety
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  today, I ask you to bring them peace.
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  Quiet the racing thoughts. Still the restless hearts. And remind them that they
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  are safe in your presence.
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  Teach us to lean into your word, to breathe deeply of your promises,
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  and to trust that you are in control, even when our minds are not.
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  We pray this unto you in Jesus' name.
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  And finally, my friends, let me close out by saying this. If anxiety has been
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  speaking louder than hope in your life, I want you to know you're not alone.
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  God hears you. God sees you.
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  And God is with you, even in the silence of your struggle.
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  So remember, God loves you. God believes in you. God trusts you.
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  And God is never going to leave your side.
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  Remember that. As you drive safe, get to your location safe, be safe.
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  Remember that you matter. And never forget, have faith.
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  Let it begin. we'll see you tomorrow as we conclude another day another week
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  with an episode called finding joy in troubled times oh yeah that's how we're
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  going to close the week take care guys,
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  walks the road with a humble heart each step forwards a work of art a mission
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  born from whispers divine carving hope on the sands of time.
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  Music.