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Worry About Nothing. Pray About Everything. Cast All Your Cares to Him... Wait, How?
In this episode, Sherry Elaine from Faith & Soul Care explores what it really means to “cast your cares on the Lord” (1 Peter 5:7) and how to actually do it in daily life.

Resources Mentioned:

Join the "Give Anxieties to God" Learning Cohort starting 10/27/2025 with Upgrade Donor Option, Live Small Group Sessions via Zoom, and Printable Day-by-Day Journal (currently $27 requested donation):  https://sherryelaine.com/Thankyou

Join the "Give Anxieties to God" Learning Cohort starting 10/27/2025 - Free enrollment, self-paced track: https://sherryelaine.com/cohorts

Book: Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today: https://www.amazon.com/Closer-God-Simple-Methods-Starting/dp/197680406X

You’ll learn a simple, practical strategy to release worry and anxiety through prayer, reflection, and trust in God. Sherry also shares a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Faith & Soul Care Foundations Cohort – a free online experience for Christian women who want to grow closer to God, find peace, and renew their energy.

Topics include: Christian anxiety relief, biblical peace practices, prayer for stress and overwhelm, and how to truly surrender your worries to God.

Resources:

Faith & Soul Care Faith Based and Faith Infused Mental Health Group Coaching Cohorts:   sherryelaine.com/cohorts

Email Newsletter, Updates, and Announcements List: https://sherryelaine.com/books (scroll down a bit for opt-in form)

Sherry Elaine's Books and Prayer & Reflection Journal Including  the following titles:

Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today

Words of Jesus Bible Study: 10 Weeks on Christ's Teachings

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sherry-Elaine-Evans/author/B0073HVSD6

https://www.amazon.com/Closer-God-Simple-Methods-Starting/dp/197680406X

 

This parable resonates today because we feel the tension of living in a world where evil and deception are flourishing alongside goodness and truth. Sometimes it seems like the tares are overtaking the field, doesn’t it? But Jesus reminds us—this is expected, and God has a plan. At the appointed time, He Himself will do the separating. Until then, our job is to stay faithful, rooted, and growing in Him.

Resources mentioned:

Faith & Soul Care Faith Based and Faith Infused Mental Health Group Coaching Cohorts:   sherryelaine.com/cohorts

Email Newsletter, Updates, and Announcements List: https://sherryelaine.com/books (scroll down a bit for opt-in form)

Sherry Elaine's Books and Prayer & Reflection Journal Including  the following titles:

Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today

Words of Jesus Bible Study: 10 Weeks on Christ's Teachings

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sherry-Elaine-Evans/author/B0073HVSD6

https://www.amazon.com/Closer-God-Simple-Methods-Starting/dp/197680406X

 

 

 

Resources mentioned:

Women's Connection Soul Care Cohorts:  sherryelaine.com/cohorts

Book: Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today

https://www.amazon.com/Closer-God-Simple-Methods-Starting/dp/197680406X

 

 

 

 

Is it possible to go from overanxious and overwhelmed to calmer and more purposeful in a relatively short time? By implementing positive psychology and Christian formation practices?

Today, I want to talk with you about something really practical: how to go from feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, and anxious to calmer and more content and purposeful in just 28 days—by truly giving it to God.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Foundations Online Cohort FREE enrollment:  https://sherryelaine.com/cohorts

Upgrade to VIP extended experience and participate alongside the cohort in  small group coaching by Sherry Elaine for the month: https://sherryelaine.com/Thankyou

Over the years, I’ve seen again and again that it doesn’t have to take years, or even months, to reset your nervous system and renew your soul. With the right daily practices—rooted in both faith and evidence-based strategies—you can experience real change quickly.

That’s why I run my Faith & Soul Care Cohort, and in this episode I’m going to share the exact three-part pathway we use so you can begin this process yourself.

 

Last week we started a two-part series on how to ask God for help when you’re full of anxiety, stress, or overwhelm. We talked about two practices—breath prayers and writing prayers ahead of time—that can help us slow our minds and reconnect with God even in the middle of a stressful or anxiety-producing event.

Resources Mentioned:  

Faith & Soul Care Foundations Cohort: https://sherryelaine.com/cohorts

Cohort Expanded Upgrade Option:  https://sherryelaine.com/Thankyou

Sherry Elaine's books HERE:  Sherry Elaine Books on Amazon

The first practice is praying in silence with the Spirit. Just like it sounds, you get still, you close your eyes, and you request and let the Holy Spirit intercede on your behalf. Have you ever been so overwhelmed that you couldn't even form the words to pray? Maybe your thoughts were tangled, things felt like they were spinning out of control, or your emotions felt too heavy even to speak.

The second strategy is visualizing giving your worries to Jesus. This practice is based on 1 Peter 5:7: “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” Visualization is an excellent evidence-based method to calm the brain and remind yourself that there is safety and that help is available from God.

How do we ask God for help with our anxiety, stress, or when we have a sense of being completely overwhelmed? 

Resources Mentioned:

Now Enrolling for Faith & Soul Care Foundations Cohort:  https://sherryelaine.com/cohorts   

 

Join the Email List to be notified when new cohorts are forming (scroll down a little on this page and enter you email in the form  https://sherryelaine.com/books

 

Prayers for Anxiety Booklet and other books by Sherry Elaine:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0073HVSD6

 

You know what it feels like. Your mind is racing, your body is tense, and it seems like life has handed you a pile of too much of everything all at once. You may feel on edge and even shaky, and you cannot think straight no matter what. 

Now don’t worry. This is not another message about how to manage anxiety from someone who knows nothing about the experience of severe anxiety. You know what I mean—you read that article and it said, “Find a quiet spot and still your mind.” And you were like, “What are you talking about? A quiet spot and still my what? My mind is what is making all the noise in my head with my own thoughts. It doesn’t matter how quiet it is—I cannot calm and regulate!” Or they may say, “Use gratitude, you cannot be worried and thankful at the same time.” And I’m thinking, when I am really worried, I am not able to independently switch to thankful mode. My brain waves do not quite cross like that. So how do I turn on the gratitude switch when I am stressed out beyond comprehension?

So in this episode, take some notes or come back later to listen and take notes if you are in the car. We are going to get into practical strategies for how to manage even our severe bouts of anxiety by going to God and implementing spiritual practices that really do help us calm, regulate, and recenter on His promises and truth.

 

We’ve got Trump tariffs, global trade wars, a weak jobs report, rising unemployment, concerns about SNAP benefits and stimulus payments being delayed, and Ukraine still under attack with talks of billions more in aid. And now this week, a massive earthquake in Russia that triggered tsunami warnings and caused cliffs to fall into the sea—reminiscent of Psalm 46.

It is a lot.

And for many of us—especially those trying to live faithful, intentional lives—it raises a real question:

What and how do we even pray when the world feels like this?

Resources Mentioned:

Free 5 Week Online Spiritual Formation and Soul Care Connection Cohort for Women:  https://sherryelaine.com/cohorts  Next Registration Opens 08/11/25

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