Overview
In the fifth episode of The Gathering Podcast, hear from Ali Kaun, interviewed by Alanna Sullivan on the topic of fear and anxiety. Ali shares about her personal struggles with stress and anxiety and how God walked her through a physical, emotional, and spiritual healing process that took over a decade.
Discussion
0:00 - 8:00 Ali introduces her first experience with anxiety while doing overseas missionary work in Asia, which ultimately brought them home.
8:00 Ali talks about her second big bout with anxiety after her husband Devin was hit by a drunk driver just after becoming new parents. She walks through God's faithfulness in healing her from anxiety through that experience and draws a correlation with the story of Naman in Kings.
The Remedy - 14:00
Ali outlines three major areas that God healed over many years before she was able to leave crippling fear and anxiety behind her.
Lasting Peace - 25:00-35:00
Finally, Ali goes over a number of scriptures and stories from the scriptures that help cast light on how God has spoken through prophets and authors of the Bible to help give us peace, and how the Bibles and God's work can help create calm and an everlasting sense of peace.
References:
Scriptures
"From Panic to Power" - by Lucinda Bassett
San Diego Christian Counselling