Casting Cares on God_ The Key to True PeaceCasting Cares on God_ The Key to True Peace
Resilient Truths
Dr. Bell teaches that the physical ailments we experience may stem from the emotional and spiritual burden of carrying the world's weight on our shoulders. She emphasizes the importance of casting our cares onto God, as the daily troubles and grief we fac...
45:30•13 Aug 2024
Casting Your Cares on God: Faith, Healing and Hope for the Worn-Out Soul
Episode Overview
- Casting your emotional, spiritual and physical burdens onto God can ease the inner weight that daily life and grief create.
- Weakness in faith is linked to a lack of time in scripture; feeding on the word of God is compared to nourishing the body.
- Judging others’ lifestyles, faith or blessings harms your own spiritual strength and can cut off your blessings.
- Church hurt, regret and unforgiveness leave people as “broken soldiers”; true healing comes by handing these wounds to Jesus.
- Staying close to Christ through constant prayer and scripture helps those dealing with addiction and mental health struggles keep their focus off relapse.
“"The aches and the pains that we are dealing with is because we are not casting it on him. We are trying to do it ourselves."”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This sermon-style episode of *Resilient Truths* centres on faith as the place to put every burden, from everyday stress to addiction, grief and church hurt. Dr. Theresa M. Bell speaks to those who feel worn out, stuck in routine or convinced their best years are behind them.
Drawing from Romans 14, she talks about being "weak in the faith" as a sign of not being spiritually fed, comparing it to a body that hasn’t eaten. Her message is simple but challenging: your aches, pains and emotional weight may be tied to trying to carry everything yourself instead of handing it over. As she says, "The aches and the pains that we are dealing with is because we are not casting it on him.
We are trying to do it ourselves." You’ll hear her link faith, mental health and recovery in very practical ways. She mentions substance abuse, 12-step work and keeping the mind off addiction by staying soaked in scripture and the presence of God. Rather than a polished lecture, it feels like being in a small, lively church where laughter, "amen" and honest questions are welcome.
Key themes run through the message: stop judging others’ journeys, stop carrying your family’s choices as if you were God, and stop assuming age or past mistakes disqualify you.
She challenges the idea of a quiet spiritual “retirement”, insisting that if you’re still breathing, "God ain’t through with you yet." For anyone in or around recovery who has been hurt by church, wrestles with guilt or feels like a “broken soldier”, this episode points back to a simple daily practice: wake up, talk to God first, stay close to the Holy Spirit, and let Jesus carry what you can’t.
What would change if you truly handed over the whole load instead of just the bits you can’t hide?
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