Anxious for Nothing by Max Lucado
Week 4: Chapter 3 — Leave Your Worries at the Altar
Read Chapter 3 of Anxious for Nothing. Primary Scripture: Philippians 4:6–7; 1 Peter 5:7.
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The third movement of CALM is Leave — actually releasing our burdens to God rather than praying and then picking them back up. This chapter asks the hardest practical question: how do you let go of what you cannot stop thinking about?
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Lucado describes the experience of praying about a worry and then immediately picking it back up — like casting a fishing line and reeling it right back in. How honestly does that image describe your own prayer life? What makes genuine release so difficult?
2.Peter writes, 'Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you' (1 Peter 5:7). Lucado emphasizes the word 'all' — not some, not the manageable ones. What categories of worry do you tend to hold back from God, and why?
3.Lucado uses the idea of an 'anxiety attack' versus an 'attack on anxiety' — the difference between being ambushed by fear and taking the initiative to fight back through prayer and Scripture. What would it look like for you to go on offense against anxiety this week?
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