Fear and anxiety are not necessarily signs of weak faith — they are often honest responses to living in a world that is uncertain and out of our control. In this episode, Pattie Krohn and Paige Payne get honest about their own experiences with anxiety, welcome a guest who shares their personal story, and explore what it looks like to walk alongside someone caught in fear's grip — without fixing, without rushing, and without shame.

"When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy." — Psalm 94:19

In this episode:

• What fear and anxiety actually feel like — and why they're not the same thing
• Pattie and Paige share from their own experiences of anxiety
• A guest shares their personal story of living with anxiety and what helped
• What God says to the anxious — and why it's not "just stop"
• Practical ways to walk alongside someone in fear without trying to fix them

Resources mentioned:

• The Anxiety Opportunity: How Worry Is the Doorway to Your Best Self by Curtis Change — available wherever books are sold
• Running Scared: Fear, Anxiety and the God who Cares by Edward T. Welch — available wherever books are sold
• 3Crosses Church Care Page & Care Sheets for additional resources
• Philippians 4:5–6; Psalm 94:18–19; Psalm 145:18; Matthew 6:25–34; Philippians 4:19; Mark 14:32–36 (Garden of Gethsemane) — biblegateway.com

For further support:

If you are suffering from fear or anxiety, you don't have to carry it alone. Consider reaching out to a trusted friend, pastor, licensed counselor and/or physician. If anxiety is severe or persistent, widening the circle of care is not a failure of faith — it's wisdom.

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