How Seeking God’s Kingdom Breaks Anxiety
Anxiety loses its grip when trust replaces self-preservation. In this episode, Rohan Bell explores Matthew 6 and shows how seeking first the Kingdom becomes a practical, faith-filled way to confront anxiety and rediscover peace.
✨ Key Themes in This Episode
🧠 Faith and anxiety — acknowledging both spiritual and biological realities
🐦 Jesus’ teaching on worry — birds, lilies, and misplaced responsibility
🔄 From self-preservation to trust — letting God carry what we can’t
👑 Seeking first the Kingdom — reordered priorities, reordered peace
🙏 Daily stewardship — trusting God with time, talent, and treasure
⏱ Major Moments
0:20 – Introducing the focus: overcoming anxiety with faith
1:28 – Reading Matthew 6 from the Sermon on the Mount
3:00 – Why worry comes from fear of “not enough”
5:19 – Eden, scarcity, and misplaced focus
7:35 – How Kingdom focus becomes the antidote to anxiety
🤔 Reflection & Application
Where does anxiety most often show up in your thinking about the future?
What would it look like today to entrust provision and outcomes to God?
How could seeking first the Kingdom reshape the way you handle worry this week?
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