Anxious about Decisions: Finding Freedom in the Peace of God

by Michael Gembola

Overview

Do you get anxious when you have to make a decision? Do you over-think, overtalk, and overanalyze? When anxiety surrounds every decision, the result can be decision-making paralysis. Counselor Michael Gembola explores this common struggle and then points to the peace that comes from knowing God as your refuge and ever present help in trouble. Learning to trust God, even when the path is not clear, will give you courage to move forward one step at a time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645072560
Publisher:	New Growth Press
Publication date:	09/26/2022
Series:	Ask the Christian Counselor
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.97(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Michael Gembola, MAR, MAC, is an ordained minister and licensed professional counselor. He serves as executive director of Blue Ridge Christian Counseling in southwest VA and has taught counseling as an adjunct professor at several seminaries. He is the author of After an Affair: Pursuing Restoration, Anxious about Decisions, and several articles on counseling. He and his wife, Kelly, live in Roanoke, VA with their two sons and daughter.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1 Understanding Decision Anxiety

Chapter 1 How Decision Anxiety Works 15

Chapter 2 Why Trying to Fix Anxiety Doesn't Work: Four Ways We Make It Worse 22

Chapter 3 Feeling Mixed Up about God's Will 29

Part 2 Where Decision Anxiety Comes From

Chapter 4 Navigating a Culture of Fear in Young Adulthood and Beyond 39

Chapter 5 How Our Families Teach Us What to Fear and Why It's So Persuasive 47

Part 3 How to Change

Chapter 6 Anxiety about Marriage: How Knowing God and Knowing Yourself Brings Clarity 56

Chapter 7 Anxiety about Vocation: Working toward Faithful Stewardship and Peace 73

Chapter 8 Anxiety about Plans, Purchases, and Other Small Stuff: Growing in Skill and Virtue 91

Conclusion 107

Acknowledgments 112

Endnotes 113

Resources for Further Reading 119