Faith Over Fear
Jennifer Slattery and Carol Ogle McCrackenAssurance for Those With Back to School Anxiety
August 13, 2024 ● 25 minShare this episode
Does the back-to-school year fill you with anxiety? Are you concerned about your child's safety, peer relationships, and relationships with their teachers? Releasing our kids into someone else's care and entrusting their education to someone you may not know much about other than their name can feel unsettling. But our discomfort can also provide an opportunity to develop greater faith as we rely more consistently on Christ and see Him care for our precious kids. (Scroll down for discussion/reflective questions.)
Resource referenced: Cultivating Deeper Connections in a Lonely World
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Discussion/reflective questions:
- What resonated with you most in this episode?
- What most concerns you when you think about the upcoming school year?
- How have your concerns impacted your prayer life?
- What verses most speak to your anxieties and fears?
- What is one truth regarding God's character that comforts you in your anxiety and fear?
- How strong is your support system?
- If your support system (with other praying and faith-filled moms) isn't as strong as you'd like, what are some steps you can take to build a stronger support system?
- What is one action step God might be asking you to take having listened to this episode?
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Today's Devotional
A Prayer for Overcoming Doubt with Divine Assurance - Your Daily Prayer - September 19
One morning, in my study of 1 Thessalonians, I read these words from Paul in 5:1-11, lingering over our key verse, “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.” As he often does, Paul reminds believers that they are soldiers in God’s army and must prepare and protect themselves for battle.
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