Anxiety is a real thing, and it seems to plague many today – myself included. Join me as we talk through Psalm 91 and see how the Lord wants us to deal with it. Can we be free?

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Hey everybody, this is Heidi St. John – Welcome to the podcast!
I’m so glad that you guys have decided to join me this morning. Today is Monday, the 17th of December.
You guys – a week from today is going to be Christmas Eve and I’m just wondering – are you enjoying the season? For those of you who feel stressed and frustrated we’re going to be tackling a couple of questions today, particularly as it relates to the Word of God and what God says about our everyday lives, the Proverbs 31 woman, how do we pray with our kids, how do we handle the topic of fear.
Stick around, I think you’re going to be encouraged.
Well, you guys will notice that I have a little bit of a tickle in my voice today and I hope you’ll be patient with me. I have been down now for about five days with this crazy cold and so I’ve been babying my voice trying to get back on the podcast – but it still has a little bit of a crack in it. So if you’re wondering what’s going on with my voice-  that’s what it is.
Today’s mailbox Monday and as always – I love to answer your questions here.
Before I jumped into today’s questions though, I just want to let you know that we are still studying over at MomStrong International this topic of JOY- his idea that God wants us to have a joy that is so deep that nothing in the culture, nothing in our circumstances can affect the joy because it is the sign of the presence of God at work in our lives.
And I just want to encourage you toward that end today as we tackle some of these questions at Mailbox Monday. There is a great opportunity for you, it makes a great Christmas gift – to join MomStrong International. Join the membership over at MomStrong International we are releasing Bible studies there every month. The Scripture Writing community is growing and I just want to encourage you toward a place of turning to God’s Word for every aspect of your life.
You know, God isn’t silent on the issues that we’re facing in the culture today. He’s not silent on parenting, on marriage. He’s not silent on Creation. He’s not silent on human sexuality – and yet, we turn over and over to conventional wisdom and to pop culture – and we try to find our answers there when God’s word is saying – no no no, come back to the Lord, come to His Word. And so we’re going to do that today.  
I’m going to tackle as many questions as I can in the next 17 or 18 minutes or so.
So, I’m going to deal with the topic of fear and anxiety today for just a few minutes. I get asked this question quite a bit, but I’m going to read a letter from a listener today which I know is going to resonate with a lot of you. She writes:
Hi Heidi. I have been battling postpartum anxiety for almost a year and a half now. I found a lot of healing in God’s gift of anxiety medication and a wonderful therapist along with learning to dig into God’s word and lean into Him more. I decided to go off medication so that we can start trying for baby number two and I am much better than I was. But things trigger my anxiety anyways. I’m trying to stop by leaning into God’s truth more.
Okay, so a couple of things sweet girl. If you’ve read Becoming MomStrong you know I have ...

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