Week 7: Chapter 6 — Calmness as a Lifestyle

1.Lucado draws on Philippians 4:9 — 'Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me — put it into practice' — to argue that the antidote to anxiety is not information but formation. What is the difference, and why does the distinction matter for how we use this book?

2.Isaiah 26:3 promises, 'You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.' The Hebrew word for 'perfect peace' is shalom shalom — peace doubled, peace intensified. What does that image of doubled peace stir in you? Is it something you believe is available to you personally?

3.Lucado argues that calmness is not a personality type — it is not reserved for the naturally laid-back or the temperamentally phlegmatic. It is a spiritual fruit available to every believer. Do you find this encouraging or hard to believe? What evidence in your own life supports or challenges this claim?