Countering anxiety in young people with the gospel

Dave Burke  |  Comment
Date posted:  17 Jan 2025
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Countering anxiety in young people with the gospel

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How can we help young people become more resilient?

We have all heard some of the statistics, but you only have to think of a person whose child is in their teens or twenties and is ill with anxiety. 100 percent of their heart is broken, and that is the only statistic that really matters.

The world has changed and poor mental health is on the rise - why? Here’s a big factor: our culture tells young people that God is not real, his will does not matter, and that they must construct their own identity and set of values. The spiritual scaffolding that has sustained people over centuries has been removed.

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