101 Faith Based Coping Skills to Help Keep You Grounded in This Overwhelming World – Free Printable Included

This post is about Christian coping skills.

Written by a previous trauma therapist, a Licensed Master Social Worker, and current PhD Student learning how to bridge the gap between theology and psychology.

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Are you trying to improve your religious coping? Have you been searching for Christian coping skills due to feeling overwhelmed with the world? Looking for spiritual coping skills has been on the rise in more recent years as life has continued to feel more chaotic and restless by the day. Today, we will be doing a short devotional on how to combat feeling overwhelmed in today’s troubling world through Christian coping skills. Let’s get started!

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Christian Coping Skills

Isaiah 26:3 (NLT)

“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!”

Our brains are predisposed to scan our environment to focus on the negative. Why? To protect us of course! This amazing feature of our brain has kept us safe for centuries. However, in more recent years with the development of the internet our brains have gotten stuck in a heightened state due to the continual amount of information fed to us daily.

This hyperconnected environment has caused our brain’s survival mechanism to work against us. Our brains are simply not designed to carry the weight of the whole world. The good news is our brains are extremely resilient.

Neuroplastic reminds us that the brain has the power to learn new things and rewire itself! Coping skills are simple tools that anyone can use to help the brain relearn emotional regulation, even if the world seems chaotic.

We can start by setting strict boundaries with social media and news outlets and start engaging our physical senses in our immediate surroundings (focusing only on what we can actually control). By practicing mindfulness, we can signal to our bodies we are safe and not in a state of danger. Grounding allows our nervous system to step out of the “fight or flight” response and help our brains regain the peace and safety it so desires.

In Mark Chapter 4, we can see the disciples and Christ getting caught up in a storm. As fishermen, getting caught in storms I’m sure was nothing new, but from the passage we can tell it absolutely terrified them. They quickly awoke Christ and in the middle of the chaos He calmed the storm within an instant. One single command calmed the utter chaos the disciples feared.

The truth is that Christ’s peace was not reliant on the weather but completely secure and in trust of the Father.

God never calls us to pretend the world isn’t overwhelming and even broken at times. Instead, He calls us to trust in Him. He never called us to carry the weight of the world. Nope! He did just that over 2000s years ago for both you and I.

He only calls us to come and rest in Him. To lean on His ways, not the worlds. So, when the world starts to feel like an overwhelming storm that could swallow you whole let us anchor ourselves in the one who has not only overcome this storm you are facing but has also overcome this world.

As He reminds us in John 16:33, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Our ultimate safety and peace are not found in this world, but in the close presence of the One who created the very world you are walking through today.

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Christian Journal Prompts

What outside “storms” (like the news or social media) are currently stealing your peace? What is one simple boundary you can set today (like turning off notifications) to quiet the noise and reconnect with God?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, the weight of this broken world often feels entirely too heavy for my mind to carry. When my thoughts are overwhelmed by relentless news of conflict, sickness, and global uncertainty, gently pull my focus back to You. Quiet the loud alarm bells in my anxious mind and remind my nervous system that You are still on the throne. Help me to release the vast things I cannot control into Your fully capable hands. Teach me how to stay deeply grounded in Your unshakeable peace today, trusting that You hold the future. Amen.

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Christian Book Recommendations

Nervous Systems by Sara Billups Descriptions: If the relentless news cycle of global conflict and division has your anxiety on high alert, this book is for you. It offers practical, spiritually grounded daily rhythms to help you stop doomscrolling, step out of panic mode, and find physical and spiritual rest in God’s peace

Why Am I Like This? by Kobe Campbell Description: Written by a Christian trauma therapist, this book explores why our brains get stuck ruminating on past pain and survival responses. It beautifully blends theology with brain science, giving you grace-filled tools to break old cycles, heal from emotional baggage, and step into your true identity in Christ.

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Thank You

Thank you to this amazing community that is growing in ways I could have never imagined. I hope you enjoyed this devotional and if you have any topic requests feel free to leave a comment or shoot us an email! I hope you have the best and most blessed day ever.

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