Why the Devil Wants You Anxious (St. Paisios)

It's three in the morning and your mind won't stop. The money, the test results, your kids, the conversation you keep replaying. You know worrying changes nothing, and you still can't turn it off. St. Paisios of Mount Athos spent decades listening to people carrying exactly this. He called anxiety the work of the devil, and he warned that too many worries will distance a person from God. He also gave them a way out: let the thoughts fly past instead of building them an airport, read every event with a good thought, simplify your life, and put all your hope in Christ. This essay walks through what Christ said about the birds of the air, why Peter began to sink the moment he looked at the wind, St. John Chrysostom on carrying tomorrow's weight today, and the six things Paisios would tell you if you climbed to his cell tonight. Including the last words of a saint who died on a forced march into exile. ☕ Support the channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tzanetos... 📸 Follow on Instagram:   / rebelyorkshire   Chapters 00:00 - Three in the Morning 02:20 - Where Worry Comes From 06:02 - Looking at the Wind 10:06 - Close the Airport 13:25 - Cast It on Him St. Paisios the Athonite (1924–1994) was glorified by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2015. His feast is 12 July. Watch next, for the nights when prayer goes quiet: The Humble Wanderer of Mount Athos (Saint Paisios):    • The Humble Wanderer of Mount Athos (Saint ...   More on St. Paisios:    • Death of the Soul in the Age of Convenience   Sources: St. Paisios the Athonite, Spiritual Counsels I: With Pain and Love for Contemporary Man; Spiritual Counsels III: Spiritual Struggle (Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Souroti). St. John Chrysostom, Homilies 21 and 22 on the Gospel of Matthew. Palladius, Dialogue on the Life of St. John Chrysostom. Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. If this content gives you the courage to swim against the current, consider supporting the work. #OrthodoxChristianity #StPaisios #Anxiety