Week 7: Chapter 6 — Free from Anxiety

1.Rebekah describes her own anxiety as something that overtook her life — not a minor worry but a force that shaped her decisions, relationships, and sense of self. How do you relate to her story? Is anxiety a minor inconvenience in your life or something more central?

2.She draws a distinction between anxiety as a symptom (pointing to something deeper that needs attention) and anxiety as a permanent identity. How does that distinction change the way you think about your own anxious thoughts or feelings?

3.Philippians 4:6 says, 'Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.' Does this verse feel like a comfort or like a rebuke to you? What makes the difference between a command that liberates and one that condemns?