{"id":69909,"date":"2020-01-17T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/69909"},"modified":"2020-01-17T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T16:00:12","slug":"how-to-care-for-someone-battling-anxiety-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/69909","title":{"rendered":"How to Care for Someone Battling Anxiety and Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caring for Someone Battling Anxiety and Depression\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_kqoZyW22Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>What\u2019s the best way a gospel-preaching church can help its members who struggle with depression and anxiety?\n\nPastor and author Paul Tripp sat down with David Powlison, TGC Council member and executive director of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), to answer this question. They agreed that the two key qualities most needed when ministering to a Christian suffering from anxiety or depression are humility and patience. We should not focus solely on \u201cfixing\u201d people, but on helping them draw near to God as long as the struggle continues. Tripp counsels, \u201cI want the person to remember that God is near, that he is present, that his grace reaches to the depth of those struggles\u2014rather than if you do this, this, and this, you can become unanxious.\u201d","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the best way a gospel-preaching church can help its members who struggle with depression and anxiety? Pastor and author Paul Tripp sat down with David Powlison, TGC Council member and executive director of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), to answer this question. They agreed that the two key qualities most needed when &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/69909\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Care for Someone Battling Anxiety and Depression<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[696,38143,19,16121,38145,38146,35251,6907,41181,39775,4328,6672,34389,3570,41178,41175,36104,38148,38149,41186,953,38150,41182,37124,1355,41174,38151,38152,38441,2092,41177,36682,38156,38153,38154,38157,38158,38159,38147,37010,37122,41176,41185,41183,41184,41180,41179,38155,38161,34467,36725,34828,38144,35240,41173,41172,37518,38160],"class_list":["post-69909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-and-stress","tag-anxiety-attack","tag-anxiety-disorder","tag-anxiety-panic-attack","tag-anxiety-panic-disorder","tag-anxiety-treatment","tag-bible","tag-biblical","tag-christ","tag-christian","tag-christianity","tag-chronic-stress","tag-church","tag-churches","tag-coalition","tag-coping-with-stress","tag-cure-for-anxiety","tag-cures-for-anxiety","tag-david-powlison","tag-depression","tag-drugs-for-anxiety","tag-evangelical","tag-faith","tag-god","tag-gospel","tag-help-for-anxiety","tag-herbs-for-anxiety","tag-holy-spirit","tag-jesus","tag-minister","tag-ministry","tag-natural-cure-for-anxiety","tag-natural-cures-for-anxiety","tag-natural-remedies-for-anxiety","tag-natural-remedy-for-anxiety","tag-natural-treatment-for-anxiety","tag-natural-treatments-for-anxiety","tag-panic-attack-treatment","tag-panic-disorder","tag-pastor","tag-pastors","tag-paul-tripp","tag-preacher","tag-preaching","tag-reformation","tag-reformed","tag-remedies-for-anxiety","tag-social-anxiety-disorder","tag-spirit","tag-spiritual","tag-stress-anxiety","tag-symptoms-of-a-panic-attack","tag-teaching","tag-the-gospel","tag-the-gospel-coalition","tag-treatment-for-anxiety-disorder","tag-treatments-for-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}