?What if the reason you're still struggling with anxiety, fear, and emotional exhaustion isn't just mental health, but spiritual warfare? The Bible teaches that winning the war in your mind requires more than positive thinking. It requires the Holy Spirit, the armor of God, prayer for anxiety, and a renewed mind through God's word. Today, we're talking about Christian emotional healing, breaking spiritual strongholds, faith over fear, and why only Spirit-led believers can truly experience peace, healing, and spiritual breakthrough. To help us with this topic, ?we are glad to welcome Dr. Angela Thomas to the Faith Mom Mentor. Dr. Angela Thomas, affectionately known as Dr. A, is an ordained pastor, Bible teacher, and founder of She Shed Ministries, a discipleship movement for Christian women. She teaches the word of God in an easy-to-understand way so women can get the tools they need to shed the mess that they don't, and to build God's kingdom on purpose. Through her live discipleship community, the She Shed community, Dr. A equips women to grow spiritually, walk in obedience, and live out their faith in real life. She is also an accomplished healthcare executive and scientist and the best-selling author of Bullets, Babies, and Boardrooms: Success Secrets of a Teenage Mother, and Shed It! Foundation Series: a She Shed Bible Study Workbook for Christian Women. Welcome, Dr. A, to the Faith Mom Mentor. Thank you so much for having me. It's lovely to be here, and thank you so much for your work on this podcast. I'm excited about- about the conversation. Yes, so let's just get right into it. Angela, I hope that it's okay that I call you Angela. Absolutely. Why does spiritual growth require more than just belief? What does real discipline look like? ?Yeah, so it's a soapbox of mine. I love this question because the Bible tells us that once we - accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, salvation is instant. Spirit in- like, instantly changed, right? But the Bible also tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, .. so that, tells us alone that belief , isn't enough. Because we're dropped into this, what I call game, spiritual warfare, that has been going on since the beginning of time. So it's both personal and not personal all at the same time. And so what happens is there's only two teams to be on, Team God or Team Enemy, Team Light or Team Darkness. And so before we accepted Christ, we were on Team Darkness. No harm, no foul. We're on the team of the enemy, and He's cool. But as soon as we make that transition to the team of light, now we're on a different team, , the best team, but the enemy is now upset. And so now we have to understand that we are now part of his attacks. Like, he's gonna intentionally come after us, and we're protected. We're protected by God, and we have a whole manual called the Bible on what keeps us protected. But if we don't look at it that way, it's like we're walking into a ring to box against a heavyweight boxer unprepared. And- and while this, the enemy has no power, he is strategic. He is smart. , He knows how to work the game. And so we have to just know that, not live in fear, not live all spooky, but the reason why we have to be renewed by our mind and stay in our word, there's a reason for that. And so that's why it's much more than just belief. It's faith. Faith without works is dead. It requires some works to go along with that so we know how to effectively live out this walk. ?So it sounds like there's a pattern. Yeah. It sounds like that th- that this is not anything new. It's just the fabric of our existence. So how can women recognize and break patterns that are keeping them spiritually stuck? ?Yeah. Great question. So taking that game analogy a little further, so if, if athletes, what they do, they don't just prepare for the game and then have the game. They often then go back and watch the film on what happened in the game. How did the opposition get them? How did they miss that tackle? How did they miss that jump shot? So they go back and watch, , what could they do better? And so it's not always the opposition, it's also their skills that need to develop. And so what I tell ladies, go back and watch your own film. What are those areas in your life where the enemy just consistently seems to get you at? Where are those areas in your life that you consistently seem to be weaker? Where are those areas in your life where it's just like, man, - every time they push this button, I find myself going off, or every time I see her, I feel a certain way. So maybe there's some unforgiveness in my heart. Every time I go into this situation, I feel anxiety and fear. So go back and watch your own film, and those are good targeted places to then, what the, what, uh, what athletes do, work on those. And so work on those things. Maybe it's building your offense, maybe it's building your defense. When you build your offense, it's going deeper in the word. What are some things I can fight back on? What are some new tools I can develop? How do I get stronger? And maybe it's defense. Oh, he's always coming at me when that phone call rings in the middle of the night, single woman, and it's that person. Maybe I should take that person out of my phone or put my phone on do not disturb at different times of night. So it's those kinds of things that we need to do. ?So. It sounds like we are proactive, , living out the word of God, what he instructs us to do. So what does that look like moving from simply knowing John 3:16, knowing the word, knowing that we have a enemy that we have to fight, and actually living it out? ?Yeah. I love this question so much because I know so many people who know the word but have troubles living the word. And, and I try to do an analogy of a relationship here. Like, it's a difference to know me than to be in intimate relationship with me, to know me in and out. And when you are in intimate relationship with me and know me in and out, you make decisions about how to interact with me out of love, out of not wanting to disappoint, out of, "Oh, I just know she loves that thing. Let me do that thing. Ooh, I know she doesn't like that. Let me not do that thing." And so for many people who kind of stay in that lane of know, - they treat the walk like a check the box kind of a walk. Okay, if I just do this and do that and do this and do that. And that's not as intimate, and it's not effective and sustainable, , than actually knowing who God is and having a intimate relationship with him. Because then you just wanna live a life that's pleasing to him versus feeling like, "Ooh, ugh, pins and needles, ah." And that's not his desire for us at all. , As a wife, if my husband would , only give me things because there was a list of things that I said that I liked, and he walked around with this list and said, "Check, I got you that. Check, I got you that." But he doesn't, he doesn't take the time to know me and spend time with me and understand and And not even have a list and be like, "Yeah, I got you that just 'cause I know that you like this kind of thing. I know it would bring you joy., I didn't do that 'cause I know that's a hot button for you." That's intimacy. And so that's how you walk that out. ? Angela, it sounds like it's a, a putting yourself forward to the person, too. When your husband does that for you, he is giving himself to what he knows about you, so he's speaking to the inside of you, th- the intimacy- Absolutely of you. Absolutely. So if we are in the midst, , you've already said the war is not against- us. Our fight is not against one another, our flesh and blood, but it is a spiritual warfare. So if we know that we are in a spiritual warfare, how can women approach that spiritual warfare in a practical, everyday- Yeah way without getting worn out from it? ?That's right. So I love that you, you brought up that we wrestle not against flesh and blood, blood. So that, you're in Ephesians 6, which is, to me, the hallmark scripture of w- the practical what is it telling you to do in this spiritual warfare passage. So if you wanna lean on anything, remember the things that are in there. And some parts feel like they're not so easy to digest because it does use warfare armor, and we're not in a culture that's walking around in warfare armor. But anchor on what it's telling you, right? It's telling you that truth matters. Truth matters. And where do you find truth? In the word of God. So really, uh, really, uh, make sure you know the truth of what He says about you, the truth of what He says about Himself, the truth of His character, the, the truth of how He, He wants us to interact with o- one another. The truth is important. Then it also says that righteousness matters. That means living holy. That means living set aside. That means not doing everything that everybody else does. We are a set aside people. It also means peace, understanding, making peace with one another, asking the Holy Spirit to give you peace, not being one to rile up things. Peace. Peace matters. It also says faith. Your belief does matter. It does matter. Faith in God, in trusting that He is, omniscient, He's all-powerful, He's omnipresent, He's sovereign, He's holy, He's got this whole thing under control even when we don't understand it, that His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not his thoughts. Like, having trust that Christ did the work on the cross, having trust that He has our back and we're on the right team. So faith. Also, salvation. That matters. I mean, that, that's the belief. That's, that's you accepting Christ as your Lord and Savior. And then the Word of God, and prayer and supplication. So we's already talked about the Word in the, in the bucket of truth, but also prayer. Like, prayer causes our intimacy. It, it, it, it allows us to have, um, not just a space where we offer our petitions, it is for that, but also it's a space to, to pour out, like, "Lord, I'm struggling with this," or to pour out, "Lord, I love you for that." Worship, it's a time for that. It's a time for intimacy, and it is a time for intercession for others, for one another. And so I believe that the Lord also has us in spiritual warfare fighting for one another, because we're... Because in a war, you're not just in there by yourself. You're in there with other folks. And so you wanna make sure you're strengthening your brethren as well. So those are practical everyday things. Read your Word. . Talk to the Lord. Invite Him into every space of your day. , It doesn't have to be this long two-hour prayer every morning. For me, most times it is, "Lord, help me, I'm about to go into this meeting. I invite your Holy Spirit in," or, "I'm about to have this conversation. Give me wisdom." "I'm about to have this interview with a podcast. Lord, be with me." , It's inviting Him into those spaces the way I would text my husband throughout the day, "Hey, how you doing?" But I also will date night Him, meaning I'm set aside an intentional time to, spend time with Him. So both matters. ?Yeah. So everyday life shapes how we view God and how we view ourselves and how we view others. So we are a faith mom community of middle schoolers. So help us understand, help us as moms of middle schoolers, understand how does our perspective, how does what you've just described here shape the way we understand God, ourselves, others, how we help our middle school understand God, themselves, and others? How does it all work together? ?I love, I love this question so much because y- my son is 30, so he's way beyond middle school. But what I just did in that moment was try to reflect back to how I felt as a mother of a middle schooler. And my son is different in middle school than he is at 30, and I am different when my son was in middle school than I am now as his mom, as a 30-year-old, uh, son. And so what that's telling me is that pr- our experiences matter, and they're all unique and different. And so I'm not gonna pretend to be a, to know what it feels like, even though I know what it feels like to be a mom of a middle schooler, I don't know what it feels like to be a mom of a middle schooler in 2026. And so I am approaching this question with humility to understand that all of our experiences are different, and I think that's the, that's the hallmark , of it all, is that knowing that each individual has their own unique experiences. Even identical twins, even siblings who are raised in the same household, they have their own unique experiences that create their perspectives of the world, that create how they look at things. And so when you appreciate that about one another, then you can begin to approach your relationships in a posture of humility. In the same way with how we should approach the word of God, is that we understand that our perspectives are our perspectives. My perspectives are shaped by the last 47 years of life. It does not understand what happened tw- 2,000 years ago. And so I have to approach the word with that level of humility because those people who were living out that time for which these principles are being taught, they are experiencing something different. I never had to make wine myself. I never had to do agriculture. And, marriage looks different. And so, I have to really take a step back- Think about what were the experiences of the people, and then try to filter the word of God through that lens. And I think that carries on in our everyday interactions with one another. Be curious. Be curious and understand that Ann has a totally different experience than Angela, but I can learn from Ann, and Ann can learn from Angela. And we can be so much better when we appreciate our differences, because He made us different for a reason. ?Yeah, and I really like the analogy, if you will, of , a burning building. Mm-hmm. And everybody's standing around that one burning building, but each person has a different perspective, and they're seeing a little bit different. It's the same thing, but they're describing it in a little bit of a different way. And I think that's what you're saying, is that we all, we're all understanding God. We're all looking at God. But we all have a different position that we are standing in to see this massive God that we have, the holiness, the awesomeness of God. So I have a question, because a lot of times, people could take , what you just said and say, "I want to just be a better version of me. I just want to be a better version of me." But what are some common ways we unknowingly live out the version of ourself that isn't aligned to God? Because what I think I heard you just say is that our eyes need to be on the Lord. Our eyes need to be on the word of God. Our eyes need to , be on what the spirit of God is doing. Yes, we have a position, and we have a way of perceiving that. But God is not calling us to be a better version of ourselves. Can you speak to that? ? absolutely. So what I spend a lot of time in the She Shed talking about is what culture says versus the word of God, what the word of God says. And this thing about culture is that culture is always redefining what's normal according to culture's standards, what's acceptable according to culture's standards, and the word of God remains true. What it said 2,000 years ago, it's saying today. And so we have to understand what has culture now normalized for us? And today culture has normalized self-ambition, it's normalized greed, it's normalized unforgiveness, it's normalized gossip and slander, it's normalized getting information from all different sources except God. , It's normalized, , isolation, it's normalized individualism. It's normalized so many of those things. And so when we are surrounded with a culture, hypersexuality, when we are surrounded with a culture that says all of this is acceptable and all of this is normal, And we succumb to that and we buy into that narrative, then we're living a life that is normal according to everybody else around us, but misaligned with the Lord. And so that's why we have to understand what the word of God says. The other thing I think happens to people because of culture, but also their family dynamic or how they were raised or whatever, they grew up knowing a certain thing was normal. So you'll hear things like, "Everybody in my family has always been angry. It's just who I am." Um, no. - "We, we've always been a fighting kind of family, so, so that's just who I am." No. "We've always been go, go get it, go get it, go get it in, at any means necessary. That's just who we are, and that's, I just wanna be a better version of me and not..." No. , When who you are, quote-unquote, misaligns with the word of God, God did not create you that way. Yes, you may not be able to remember a time where you were anything different. Yes, when you look around at mama and grandma and auntie and cousin, they all are the same, so it must be. No, God didn't create us that way, and that's a lie from the enemy. And so we have to seek the word of God and to figure out what the truth really is, and ask the Holy Spirit to help us to realign ourselves with what He really designed us to be and what He loves, , and that's who we are, and discover who we are in Him. ?So, , the Bible is referred to sometimes as a mirror. Mm-hmm. Uh, like a reflection. So when we look in the word of God, we are to, what you say just then, align ourselves. So when we look in the word of God and it says our eyes should be up, then we should put our eyes up. You know, we should reflect, we should do whatever the word of God says. That's part of the alignment that you were just speaking of. So how can a mom, a busy mom of middle schoolers, grow in their relationship with God in a consistent and meaningful way to be able to do, align with the word of God? ?Yeah. It goes back to a lot of stuff we've already talked about with prayer and, , intimacy with God, being in his word, fasting we'll add to that list And what I love about your podcast is that you've created this community of moms of faith, right? Moms of middle schoolers of faith. And community matters. And so what we see in the She Shed all the time, and how one of the ways, yes, Word, we teach the Word. I try to teach it in an easy to understand way, , that is a foundation of what's in, in She Shed Ministries. But also She Shed Community, what we find, we have a question, , a question of the day every day. And it requires the ladies to kind of peel back the layers of the onion. And what happens is that once one lady says, "You know, I, I used to struggle with this," or, "I am struggling with this," or, "I used to think," or you see another lady was like, "Oh, my goodness, you too? Oh, my goodness, me? Oh, y- how did you...?" And, and community begins to help move that lady from, "Oh, I thought that was just, just me," or, "I thought that was - normal," to now, "Oh, the Word of God says, Lord, help me. Holy Spirit, help me. Um, Sister, can you walk with me?" And so community matters. God didn't design us to do this thing alone, and so we have to be in community with, with one another, and we begin to see examples. Like, "Oh, she used to be, and now she's... Wait, hold on. Hold on." Like, "Let me figure out that means I have hope, and that means I can be different, and that means I can learn from her, so thank you, Lord, for giving me an example." ?Yeah. It reminds me, as you were talking just then, I was reminded of John chapter 4, when Jesus went to the woman at the well, and then the woman was changed by Jesus, and she went and told her community, and the community came, and Jesus stayed with them for a few days. But the conclusion was, "We believed you, but we really believe Him now that we've heard Him for ourselves." And so what you are saying and encouraging us to do is get in community with other believers so we can learn from their transformation, and so that we can get the transformation by hearing the Word of God ourselves. Now, that woman in John 4, the woman at the well, had a very complicated past. Very. So how does God use people with complicated past to fulfill His purpose? You ?know, this is one of my favorite attributes of the Lord. I love the woman at the well. I mean, I love telling that story all different kind of ways and all, all, all things. But when I really think about this concept of what I call mighty misfits that God always, , uses, my go-to is Hebrews 11 when you see it's the hall of faith, and he's listing all the people with issues, the Davids and the Moseses, all the people with issues, right? And how he mightily used them, Samson, all of them, and Noah. I mean, they're all in there, all the guys. When you get to the, w- this lady, this wo- this lady in there, Rahab. Rahab,, so he doesn't list like David the murderer or David the adulterer or Noah the drunk or, or Moses the murderer. He doesn't, he doesn't list that, or Samson the fill-in-the-blanks. But for Rahab, he goes Rahab the harlot, and I'm just like, "Well, that's unfair." Like, uh, uh, all, like why you do that to the woman? And, and the Lord, I really did seek the Lord on that 'cause I really did have a attitude about that for a second, and the Lord told me, he said- Angela, imagine you heard that a man climbed Mount- Everest. Would you be impressed? Absolutely. That's, that's a noble feat. But then, what if you heard he had no arms and no feet? And I'm like, oh, that gives God glory, right? Like, and so, so knowing that Rahab was, was special, great, but knowing that she was a harlot. That gives... Oh, I get, I get emotional at that. Knowing that she was a harlot, and that God used her, not just used her mightily, but used her in the lineage of Jesus. And it gives me hope as a flawed woman. It should give you hope, Ann, as a flawed woman. It should give your audience hope, as having all kinds of scars and stains in our past and not getting it right every day, that God still can use us mightily. And when we're honest about our tagline, Angela the teen mom, um, it, it says, whoa. Glory be to God. And so He i- He specializes in using the misfit, and I encourage ladies all the time, don't let your past disqualify you, 'cause He's not gonna let it. Um, but you will. You can, but He's not gonna let it. ?It shows value. Mm-hmm. It shows that He valued her- Yeah ... as a person, and He was able to look past her mistakes , because she had seen what He could give her, and she was willing to take it. That's all God asks us to do, is take what He has freely given. But culture doesn't understand that. Culture misinterprets scripture without even realizing it. Can you tell us some specific ways, can you give us language for how culture influences how we interpret scripture without us even realizing it? ?Yeah, for sure. So, one thing to understand Is that the original language of the text is so far removed from our English language, so all these translations that happened. And we talked about a little earlier that the cultural context for which the scriptures were, were written is different than our cultural context. And so we have to approach , the text , with humility in understanding that our language isn't all superior like that. Our way of living with our iPods and all the things , isn't superior, that there was a very real cultural context that matters and still mattered and still matters today. And so take some time to understand it. Take some time to understand that there was a translation, there's a Hebrew origin in that language or a Greek origin in that language, and now we are so fortunate and blessed that we can get that translation kinda like- So that's one thing. So how I make this kinda come to life in a couple of example ways. So Romans 8:28. We love Romans 8:28. "And we know that all things work together for the good of them who love the Lord." And in our Western cultural context, what we typically mean, because we are an individualistic society, we tend to think about that, to them who love the Lord is an individual, or them is an individual, right? But it's actually talking about the collective. And so, what it's saying is that God is working all of this out for His kingdom, for His people, for the collective of us. And to me, when the Holy Spirit really showed me that, it gave me some freedom. Like, sometimes people think it is, of it as bad news, but it's also some freedom that there are gonna be some bad things that happen in my life, and I won't understand till I get to glory how God used that thing to work it out for the collective good. It might not have been good for Angela. I might not see that on this side of heaven. But I'm gonna understand later how He used that situation in my life for my good. So it gave me freedom in that, , because we do , as humans, even as believers, sometimes we question God, " why'd you let that happen to me? Why?" You know, some really sucky things happen to us. And so why did you let that happen to me? And that, that gave me some freedom there. The other thing I like to think about, we talked about marriage earlier, is just how they approach marriage is different. So there's a whole process of marriage. We think, and culture is, and our culture is like, you date, you get engaged, and then you have the, the, the wedding, the marriage, and you're good. That's, that's pretty much our basic formula there. But them, the, the betrothment, kind of our engagement, is so much more involved. It, it, and it's a legally binding thing. And so even knowing that, you read the story of Joseph and Mary different. And then when you know that, you can understand when we talk about Jesus as our bridegroom, you understand that different. So you gotta take some time to understand the, the culture that's totally different from yours, because you'll miss some of these beautiful secrets and mysteries and understandings and principles in the Word of God. ?You are so right. Um, two things to comment based on what you just said. the first thing about context is that,, Jesus said, "I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go, I will come again." I, I heard somebody tell one time when they were expounding that passage that- In cultural times, the bridegroom went and built a room on the house for- Yep ... them to live in. And- Ab- absolutely. And that was just- And that was- I mean, that just, understanding that just opened my eyes. Absolutely. And then the fir- one of the first things you were saying in response to that question was about the collective. My situation may be horrible, but the collective is gonna be great. And we recently went through the Book of Genesis in our Wednesday night Bible study, and Joseph is a perfect example. And if you read his assessment after it was all done, he, he basically said what you just said right there. Exactly. That, "This was horrible for me, but it was good for everybody, so I'm glad God did it." Yep. And so if we have that perspective, Jesus on the cross was bad for him, but it was good for everybody. Yep. And so, and our death to flesh is, feels bad, but it's the right thing. It's good for everybody. So God, in all that, God gives us a purpose. God created us To live out his purpose. So how can we, in the faith-mom community, discover who God created us to be and actually live it out? ?Well, I, kind of a hallmark of me, two, two sides. I'm usually a Genesis girl, everything goes back to Genesis, and a Jesus girl. Like, how did he, how did he live, and what's our example? And so I really do always encourage our communi- community, let's go back to Genesis. Like, number one, he created us in his image, the fullness of y- his image. Male and female, he created us in his image. And so know that. Know that and walk in that. Know... And, and if you don't know what his image is, get in your word. Learn, learn more about him, 'cause the more you learn about him, you gonna learn about you. , And then also, see, what was on the scene before the fall, and what came on the scene after the fall? And if there were some things that came on the scene after the fall that weren't in the scene, uh, during the fall, it's, it's probably not his original design. So before the fall, intimacy with him. We would go to him for absolutely everything. We didn't worry about needing to know this, that, and the other, because he would tell us everything. We didn't worry about our body types. We would walk around naked without shame. There was no shame. There was no bitterness. There was no unforgiveness. We had pure hearts. There was no sickness. Like, all of that. But then after the fall, now we- we're worried about our body types. We, we got shame. We got blame happening. We, we got distance and disconnection from God happening. And so, so when you understand that none of that stuff is normal, then you begin to understand, okay, this is who God created me to be. He created me to have intimacy with him and connection. He created me not to walk around in shame. He created me not to question the size of my nose or the color of my skin or, or m- my body type. Okay, great. And then we go to Jesus. Well, how did, how did he live things out? , He didn't pop off. He didn't have, um, unforgiveness. But he would call things out and set some things in order, but he did only what the Father asked him to do. One of the beautiful things my brother showed me, um, um, a couple of years ago, he said Jesus could literally do anything. He could do anything. He turned water into wine. He literally could have had a very successful winery business, but he didn't. He, he had a coin show up in a fish. He could have just been creating money and been a, a, a billionaire millionaire, but, but he didn't. He was a carpenter, and so he could have had this most successful woodworking carpentry furniture business, but he didn't. He did only what the Father asked him to do. And so for, for somebody like me, who is ambitious and , does a lot of things, and God has given me a lot of gifts, I have to keep in check for me, "But what do you want me to do with this?" Everything isn't for all of us. He has a very specific assignment for us, and the more we, do those fundamentals that we've been talking about, prayer, inviting the Holy Spirit in, uh, getting into, into His Word, getting into a relationship with Him, the more He'll reveal, "Angela, I, I have allowed you to have a pretty decent singing voice not because I want you to be some gospel artist or R&B artist, it's because it helps to set the stage for when you preach and teach. That's your calling. For when you preach and teach, so the atmosphere is there." So I'm giving you that to you. So when I think about Jesus, ... his purpose undeniably was to come to save us. Undeniably. That was His calling, that was His assignment. But He, He did miracles- He did signs, he did wonders. He, he taught., He fellowshipped with folks. He put some stuff in order. All of those things were necessary so that people would then believe. All of those things were necessary for his assignment. All of those things was necessary. Resurrecting Lazarus from the dead, he needed to show resurrection so they'd believe in his. So all of those things were necessary for his assignment. So I would also say for those who find themselves in the space of multiple gifts and are like, "Lord, I don't know. I just wanna get into everything," ask him, "Why'd you give me those gifts, and what is my true assignment?" And he'll reveal it over time. Continue to follow passion, continue to serve. I believe that a lot of my passion was revealed in serving, in serving community, serving in my local church, serving one another. And God, and God then reveals over time, "And that's why I had you do that." So be open to him, be obedient to him. Do what he tells you to do, and I feel like you can't go wrong. ?Yeah, and it's not magical or mystical, it's just faithful watching obedience, like a sheep following a shepherd. That's all it is. And so you have enriched us today, Angela. I am just totally filled with the goodness of God and what you have said and what you have brought forward today. How can our Faith Mom community connect with you? ?Well, you can find me in all things She Shed, that's number one. So if you wanna know more about She Shed Ministries, you can go to sheshedministries.com. Our community, if you wanna join our community, it is, um, sheshedcommunity.com. We have a... It's $8 a month. It's a free trial, but there's a no sister left behind, so there's nobody who wants to be in the community that won't get into the community. We have wonderful people. We're just like, "I wanna make sure a sister can get in the community," and just... You just let us know and you're in. So it really is just to keep the lights on while we charge $8 a month. But, , also, you can follow me on any social media channel, , She Shed, you can follow any sh- social media channel at She Shed Ministries. But me, Angela D. Thomas, you can usually find me at Dr. Angela D. Thomas on any social media channels, or you can go to angeladthomas.com. It tells you all of that. So that's how you find me. ?All right. Angela, it's been great having you here on the Faith Mom Mentor. Is there anything that you'd like to leave the ladies with before we end our, , time today? ?Yeah, encouragement that this walk, it, it has its good days and its hard days. Stay in community. Stay connected with one another. Just keep going. Invite the Lord in, invite the Holy Spirit in, and He'll guide you. Yes, proceed to the way God would have us to go, so yes, very good. ?And Faith Mom, winning the war in your mind is not about controlling your emotions, it's about surrendering to the Holy Spirit. Emotions can signal something is wrong, but only the Spirit of God, through the Bible and its healing scriptures, praying for anxiety, and having the armor of God, can defeat the spiritual warfare and break the strongholds that attack our minds. Christian emotional healing and spiritual growth, true mental health in Christianity come through faith in God over fear. Daily Bible study, spiritual warfare, trusting God in difficult times, and renewing your mind is a work of God through Jesus Christ. When you depend on the Holy Spirit, stand on God's word, and choose obedience, you don't just cope, you win, and that's how Spirit-led believers experience peace, healing, breakthrough, and lasting transformation in Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us for the Faith Mom Mentor. ?And Angela, thank you again for being with us. Thank you.
