Focus on the Family with Jim Daly Overcoming Anxiety in Your Family, Faith and Life (Part 1 of 2)
Mar 3, 2026
Tori Benham, coach and speaker who lived through her husband's anxiety, offers encouragement to families. Jason Benham, speaker and author of Unshakeable, shares his personal panic story and spiritual perspective. They discuss defining anxiety as projected powerlessness, anxiety as spiritual warfare, how it hijacks imagination, and practical steps families used to fight back and find hope.
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Anxiety Is Projected Powerlessness
- Anxiety is projecting powerlessness into the future rather than responding to a present threat.
- Jason illustrates with the disciples in the storm who said "we are going to die," showing anxiety imagines loss of control ahead.
Nighttime False Alarm That Triggered Real Fear
- Jason and Tori woke to glass shattering and an alarm, panicked, locked in the master bathroom, and called 911 until police found no intrusion.
- The noise turned out to be a fallen motion detector that shattered, a false alarm that triggered real fear.
Spiritual Battle Behind Anxiety
- Spiritually, Satan uses projected fear to divert believers off the path God set for them by making them focus on future calamities.
- Jason contrasts anxiety with faith: faith projects God's power into the future because you know who's in your boat.
