How easy is it to have faith when things are going good, but freak out when things aren’t?

My faith gets challenged with a capital C when things are rough – just being real.

So, how do you keep the faith when everything around you seems to be on fire?

I sit down with spiritual leader and relationship expert, Jason Hitte, to lean into this exact question.

This man’s faith has been tested over and over again as a former police detective, spiritual leader, and most recently during COVID.

He lets us see behind the curtain today on the Coming Up Clutch with J.R.™ show and is very transparent about his battle with anxiety and leading during the uncertainties of a pandemic…

In this latest episode, Ps. Jason and I talk about…

• How to overcome anxiety
• How to have faith in the middle of your storm
• What’s wrong with marriages today and what you can do to make yours right

…and so much more.

If you want to learn how to lead like a Champion, especially during times of uncertainty, then don’t miss today’s episode.

[9:01 – 22:44] How To Overcome Anxiety

• First recognize there’s freedom from anxiety
• Relief wasn’t immediate, but I was committed to it
• Isaiah 26:3: You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you
• Anxiety is the result of what we’re allowing our mind to be focused on
• Anxiety is the RESULT. Must ID the root of your anxiety
• If you work with your mind, you have to rest with your hands; if you work with your hands, you have to rest with your mind. Pair FAITH up with PHYSICAL activity
• If you’re a leader and have the mindset that, “I have to have it together” you’re creating a performance mentality…we have to put on a performance or an act (vs. a grace-based one). Instead…
  • Humility – there’s areas of my life that I don’t have together
  • Transparency – cautiously transparent (not completely) – you don’t have to tell EVERYONE your junk – just the people in your Inner Circle

[22:45 – 34:04] How To Have Faith In The Middle Of The Storm

• Leaders aren’t born or made. Leaders RISE to the occasion when challenges happen.
  • Everyone needs a COACH (to help you get better) and a COUNSELOR (to deal with your heart)
  • Leaders don’t identify problems, they find solutions
• Leaders have to interpret adversity differently. When there’s adversity, it doesn’t always mean you’re on the wrong path. It’s typically an indicator that you are on the right path.
  • You might not always know what to do, but God does…so stay connected to Him.
  • Galatians 6:9: So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
  • If you don’t know what to do, just do what you do know to do.

[34:05 – 39:54] What’s Wrong with Marriages Today?

• Marriage isn’t the invention of man, it’s the invention of God. It’s not a government thing, it’s a God thing.
• We’re not committing – marriage is jumping out of a plane with NO parachute (too many people going into it with a parachute)
• If God is at the center of your marriage, he can hold it together (if self is at the center, you’re done…marriage is serving ONE another)

[39:55 – 45:23] Wrapping Up

• Jason’s BIG domino
• How to connect with Jason

KEY QUOTES

“Anxiety is the result of what we’re allowing our mind to be focused on” – Jason Hitte 

“Just because anxiety is in your family doesn’t mean you have to have it” – Jason Hitte

“Leaders aren’t born or made. Leaders RISE to the occasion when challenges happen.” – Jason Hitte 

“Leaders don’t identify problems, they find solutions.” – Jason Hitte

“If you don’t know what to do, just do what you do know to do.” – Jason Hitte

CONNECT WITH JASON

• Instagram: @jasonhitte
• Facebook: @jason.hitte.1
• Lakeside Church: https://www.thelakeside.church/
• Lakeside @ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LakesideChurchVideo
• GoodLife45: https://www.tv45.org/

CONNECT WITH J.R.

• Facebook: @jamesJRreid
• Instagram: @jamesjrreid
• LinkedIn: in/jamesjrreid/
• Twitter: @jamesJRreid
• Website: jamesreid.com

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