Fear & Anxiety (not trusting God & our desire to control life)

<p>On today’s episode we vent a little on the parenting challenges of letting our kids experience the consequences for their decisions, but we mostly talk about fear and anxiety. We get into how much of these struggles stem from us trying to control our lives, instead of trusting God and placing our hope and identity in Him.</p> <p><strong>NOTES:</strong></p> <ul> <li>This Weeks Whiskey: Rabbit Hole Kentucky Straight Bourbon</li> <li>Oliva cigars - series O</li> <li>Love and Logic (book) - <a href= "https://www.loveandlogic.com/collections/parents">https://www.loveandlogic.com/collections/parents</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li> <li>What are some of the factors that lead us to be anxious and fearful day-to-day?</li> <li>A big factor is our perspective. Where are we getting our information from and is it a constant stream of bad information from social media and the mainstream media that taps into our fears and insecurities, to keep us hooked. Stop and ask yourself, does how bad I'm being told things are, actually reflect the reality I'm living... or is there a disconnect between what you are being told is true and the correct state of the world "out there", reflected in your personal life?</li> <li>People will also be fearful and anxious if they have a low view of God. Either God is in control and in charge or He's not.</li> <li>If you are a humanist and don't believe there is a God, then everything in life is dependent on you and that is a crushing burden to bare... how can you not be anxious or stressed with that world view.</li> <li>In his counseling practice, CB says that so many people come to him knowing their anxiety and depression originated within them... but they also think that the answer to these problems is also within them... But scripture tells us that our problem is our sin nature that is within us but our solution to that is found outside of us, in Jesus.</li> <li>The idea that "I can't learn to love someone else until I learn to love myself" is utter nonsense. That's like say