Finding Up When Anxiety Weighs You Down - Louie Giglio

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Pastor Louie addresses the issue of anxiety by exhorting our House to direct our attention “upward.” Anxiety is a massive weight and it drags people down year after year. However, there are offensive tactics we can take, says Pastor Louie. We can “gaze upward,” turning our attention from an issue to a Healer, and experience progress and healing even in a pit of despair. VERSES // Psalm 42, Psalm 121:1 #faith #christian #sermon #passioncity #passioncityatlanta #atlanta #passioncitychurch #atlantachurch #christianity #Jesus #God — With Passion City Online, you can join us every Sunday live at 9:30a and 11:45a, and our gatherings are available on-demand starting at 7p! Join us at https://passioncitychurch.com — Subscribe to our channel to see more messages from Passion City Church: https://www.youtube.com/passioncitychurch1 — Looking for content for your Kids? Subscribe to our Passion Kids Channel: https://passion.link/passionkidsonline — If you would like to give to our house, visit https://passioncitychurch.com/give/ — Check out Passion's books, music, and more at https://passionresources.com/ — At Passion City Church, we believe that because God has displayed the ultimate sacrifice in Jesus, our response to that in worship must be extravagant. It is our privilege, and our created purpose, to reflect God’s Glory to Him through our praise, our sacrifice, and our song. — Follow Passion City Church: https://www.instagram.com/passioncity/ Follow Louie Giglio: https://www.instagram.com/louiegiglio Passion City Church is a Jesus church with locations in Atlanta and Washington D.C. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS // 1. How do you answer the question, “To what extent do you rely on a doctor when it comes to the need for healing?”? 2. Pastor Louie shared about the issue of “Text Neck.” Do any of you know any practical exercises or keys to preventing this bad habit? 3. What are your thoughts on the article, “The Surprising Joy of Raising Your Gaze”? Were you surprised to hear about these results? 4. What might physiological and psychological discoveries like these suggest about our faith and the instruction in Scripture? 5. This may be strange to do as a group – and you will need to do this when it’s dark outside - so feel free to skip this step. Take 10 minutes of group time to get up, go outside, “look up” and find the Big Dipper, Little Dipper, and NorthStar. 6. Let’s talk about the process toward lifting our gaze. What will you think of when you choose to “remember the narrative we are in”? Pastor Louie mentioned listening to “Speak Jesus” about 1,000 times during a difficult season. 7. Do you have a season like this? Do you have a song of praise you played through it? 8. What does it mean to “exercise your right to hope in God”? 9. Where does your “help come from” in times of need? The biblical answer is “The LORD” but try to unpack just how “the LORD” helps you (Ps. 121:1). For instance, did He use a doctor or therapist? **If your group has reached a place of transparency, ask this final question. 10. Where has “help come from” that was not a healthy source? In other words, who/what have you turned to for help—in the past or recently—that you should not have turned to?

Topics

• Anxiety & Worry