For September 29, 2026
The God Of Compassion by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
ANXIETY is an underlying tension in the lives of everyone. We are wired for it biologically, and conditioned to it culturally. Around us at all times are myriad people that we engage with at various levels of family, work, recreation, shopping, and all day-to-day activities. Occasionally, we have a stressor in these circumstances, some form of altercation. When we feel threatened and afraid, the amygdala, which sits between the higher functions of the brain and the brain stem, automatically activates the fight-or-flight response by sending out signals to release stress hormones that prepare our bodies to fight or run away. In primitive conditions of early man, these were absolute essential functions.