Your Anxiety Has a Priority

Your Anxiety Has a Priority

What does Jesus say about anxiety? How does seeking God first help with anxiety? Why do Christian entrepreneurs still struggle with anxiety? Christian anxiety begins to lose its authority when God is actually first, not just warmly affirmed. What ranks first in your life will stabilize—or destabilize—everything downstream. Christian anxiety is not always a sign that you are faithless; often, it reveals what has been placed first. In Matthew 6:33, Jesus gives a stabilizing command: seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Michael E Martin Jr unpacks why anxiety is displaced when identity is anchored, priorities are reordered, and loyalty to God becomes more than sentiment. This teaching speaks directly to Christian entrepreneurs, leaders, and builders who feel externally productive but internally divided. 📍 WHAT'S COVERED: In this video: • Why Christian anxiety is connected to misplaced priority • What Matthew 6:33 teaches about seeking God first • How the kingdom of God reorders identity, loyalty, and love • Why anxiety is displaced when God is actually first • The difference between feeling warmly toward God and ranking Him first • How Christian leaders can recognize downstream instability • Why spiritual formation requires reordered decisions, not just religious emotion Michael E Martin Jr is the founder of The Hustle Is Holy, a formation ecosystem for Christian entrepreneurs, founders, ministry leaders, and builders learning to integrate faith and work. This message exists for those asking how to deal with anxiety as a Christian entrepreneur, how to seek first the kingdom of God, and how Christian leadership formation reshapes daily decisions. The Hustle Is Holy helps high-capacity believers examine the hidden architecture beneath their ambition, anxiety, productivity, and calling. Learn more about Michael Martin, Christian entrepreneurship, and spiritual formation for builders at thehustleisholy.net [http://thehustleisholy.net]. Step deeper into the work of becoming whole beneath what you are building. 📈 The Hustle Is Holy: A Formation Ecosystem 🏗️ The Next Stone: https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/ [https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/] 📖 Deepen the Work: https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer [https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer] 🌐 Enter the Cathedral: https://www.thehustleisholy.net [https://www.thehustleisholy.net] 🎵 Companion Song: “The CEO is God [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yrlNPYSmRSw&si=l2U_HBTcgLmhBV19]” by Michael E Martin Jr Because anxiety loses its throne when God is not merely honored, but actually first. #TheHustleIsHoly #ChristianAnxiety #ChristianEntrepreneurship #Matthew633 #SpiritualFormation 🔥 Subscribe now and don’t miss: Weekly video drops Faith-packed devotionals Leadership & purpose series Original spoken word + worship Kingdom strategies for everyday life 📣 SHARE THIS CHANNEL with someone who’s hungry for more of God. Let’s build, lead, and believe together — because the hustle is holy.

Stop Pushing

This teaching targets people searching for biblical help with uncertainty, delayed answers, leadership pressure, hard decisions, fear of failure, and how to trust God when the next step is unclear. How to Wait on the Lord When Clarity Delays What does it mean to wait on the Lord? How should Christian leaders make decisions without clarity? How do I know when not to force a door? How to wait on the Lord becomes urgent when pressure tells you to force the door. Psalm 27:14 speaks to those who want clarity but need courage. Waiting on the Lord is not passivity. It is disciplined dependence under pressure. This teaching from Psalm 27:14 confronts the temptation to manufacture certainty, rush decisions, and confuse anxiety with wisdom. For Christian leaders, founders, pastors, and builders, biblical decision making must become spiritual formation before it becomes strategy. 📍 WHAT'S COVERED: In this video: * How to wait on the Lord when clarity has not come * Why delayed answers expose the heart of Christian leadership * The difference between faithful restraint and fear-based passivity * How Psalm 27:14 strengthens leaders under decision pressure * Why forcing a door can look like faith but function like control * How to discern whether urgency is wisdom or anxiety * Why God often strengthens the heart before changing the situation Michael E Martin Jr and The Hustle Is Holy exist to help Christian entrepreneurs, ministry leaders, and builders integrate faith and work without collapsing into hustle culture or spiritual avoidance. This message connects Psalm 27:14, Christian leadership formation, biblical decision making under pressure, and the inner life of the steward. The Hustle Is Holy is a formation ecosystem for leaders who are building businesses, ministries, families, and assignments with sober obedience. Learn more at thehustleisholy.net [http://thehustleisholy.net]. Download the Waiting Room Decision Filter and bring your next pressured decision into prayerful stewardship. 📈 The Hustle Is Holy: A Formation Ecosystem 🏗️ The Next Stone: https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/ [https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/] 📖 Deepen the Work: https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer [https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer] 🌐 Enter the Cathedral: https://www.thehustleisholy.net [https://www.thehustleisholy.net] 🧭 Decision Filter: https://acesse.one/b49rsn3 [https://acesse.one/b49rsn3] 🎵 Music for this message: Listen here: “The Plan [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXVxaoRhoc&si=Om2-dqstQ_m_WWR2]” by Michael E Martin Jr A song for learning to trust God’s timing without forcing the door. Listen here: #TheHustleIsHoly #WaitOnTheLord #ChristianLeadership #Psalm27 #FaithAndWork

When God Feels Far: Psalm 13 for Suffering, Waiting, and Holding On

When God Feels Far: Psalm 13 for Suffering, Waiting, and Holding On What should I do when God feels far? How does Psalm 13 help Christians who are suffering? Is it wrong to ask God “how long”? When God feels far, Psalm 13 gives language for suffering without losing faith. Your pain is real, but it is not sovereign. This sermon on when God feels far walks through Psalm 13:1–6 for the sick, hurting, empty, waiting, and weary. David teaches us that honest lament is not unbelief; it is faith refusing to suffer anywhere except before God. If you have prayed and still feel stuck, this message gives a biblical path for telling God the truth, asking for light, remembering His steadfast love, and holding on when nothing has changed yet. 📍 WHAT'S COVERED: * In this video: Why “How long, O Lord?” is a faithful prayer, not a faithless one * In this video: What Psalm 13 teaches when God feels far and your soul feels tired * In this video: How to lament honestly without letting pain become your theology * In this video: Why suffering does not always mean God is punishing or rejecting you * In this video: How Jesus meets the weary, burdened, sick, grieving, and confused * In this video: Why the church must bear one another’s burdens in seasons of pain * In this video: How to remember God’s steadfast love before the situation changes Michael E Martin Jr and The Hustle Is Holy create formation-centered Christian content for leaders, builders, entrepreneurs, creatives, and weary believers learning how to follow Christ with integrity in real life. This Psalm 13 sermon speaks to anyone asking what to do when God feels distant, how to pray through suffering, and how to trust God when life has not changed yet. The Hustle Is Holy exists to help people connect Christian faith and work, spiritual formation, leadership, endurance, and obedience in the places where pressure exposes the soul. Learn more at thehustleisholy.net [http://thehustleisholy.net]. For more formation, prayer, and practical discipleship for the road ahead, step into the broader work of The Hustle Is Holy. 📈 The Hustle Is Holy: A Formation Ecosystem 🏗️ The Next Stone: https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/ [https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/] 📖 Deepen the Work: https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer [https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer] 🌐 Enter the Cathedral: https://www.thehustleisholy.net [https://www.thehustleisholy.net] #TheHustleIsHoly #WhenGodFeelsFar #ChristianSuffering #Psalm13 #FaithAndWork

Resurrection Isn’t Something You Believe; It’s Something You Live

Resurrection Isn’t Something You Believe—It’s Something You Live | Matthew 28:6–20 Day 30 of 30 I pray it blessed and served; all glory to God. What does resurrection living mean for Christians? How should the resurrection of Jesus change the way we live? What is the connection between Matthew 28 and Christian discipleship? Resurrection living is not mental agreement with an empty tomb. It is the daily evidence that the risen Jesus is forming your life, work, and witness. Resurrection living begins with the declaration of Matthew 28:6: He is not here; He has risen. But the resurrection does not end with belief—it sends disciples into embodied obedience. Matthew 28:6–20 moves from the empty tomb to the Great Commission, showing that the risen Jesus calls His people to live as witnesses in the world. For Christian entrepreneurs, leaders, and builders, resurrection is not an idea to admire; it is a reality that reshapes how we lead, build, decide, forgive, risk, and endure. 📍 WHAT'S COVERED: * Resurrection living and the meaning of Matthew 28:6 * Why the empty tomb demands embodied discipleship * How the risen Jesus confronts passive belief * The Great Commission as formation, not religious activity * What resurrection means for Christian leaders and builders Michael E Martin Jr is the voice behind The Hustle Is Holy, a formation ecosystem for Christian entrepreneurs, founders, ministry leaders, and creatives learning to integrate faith and work. Through thehustleisholy.net [http://thehustleisholy.net], Michael helps high-capacity believers move beyond performative faith, fragmented ambition, and leadership without formation. This message connects resurrection living, Christian discipleship, the Great Commission, spiritual formation, and faith-driven entrepreneurship into one clear call: the resurrection of Jesus is not something to merely confess; it is something to embody. The Hustle Is Holy exists to help builders live, lead, and create from the life of Christ rather than the pressure of self-preservation. Step deeper into the formation ecosystem and learn what it means to build as someone already raised with Christ. 📈 The Hustle Is Holy: A Formation Ecosystem 🏗️ The Next Stone: https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/ [https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/] 📖 Deepen the Work: https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer [https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer] 🌐 Enter the Cathedral: https://www.thehustleisholy.net [https://www.thehustleisholy.net] #TheHustleIsHoly #ResurrectionLiving #ChristianDiscipleship #Matthew28 #FaithAndWork

The Work Is Done So Why AreYou Still Carrying It?

It Is Finished: Why Are You Still Carrying What Jesus Completed? | John 19:30 What does “It is finished” mean in John 19:30? Why do Christians keep carrying what Jesus already completed? How does the finished work of Christ reshape faith, work, and leadership? It is finished—but many builders are still carrying what Jesus already completed. John 19:30 is not just a verse about death; it is a declaration of finished work. The phrase It is finished in John 19:30 confronts the hidden exhaustion many believers carry. This video explores what the finished work of Jesus means for people who are still striving, proving, building, and bearing burdens that were never theirs to hold. For Christian entrepreneurs and leaders, this is not passive theology—it is formation for the soul under pressure. The cross does not merely forgive your sin; it reorders your relationship with work, worth, obedience, and rest. 📍 WHAT'S COVERED: * It is finished and the meaning of John 19:30 * Why Christian leaders keep carrying completed work * The difference between holy responsibility and spiritual striving * How the finished work of Jesus confronts burnout * What it means to build from rest instead of proving Michael E Martin Jr is the voice behind The Hustle Is Holy, a formation ecosystem for Christian entrepreneurs, founders, ministry leaders, and builders learning to integrate faith and work. Through thehustleisholy.net [http://thehustleisholy.net], Michael helps high-capacity leaders move beyond religious performance, entrepreneurial exhaustion, and fragmented ambition. This teaching connects the finished work of Jesus to spiritual formation, Christian leadership, entrepreneurship, and the deeper question every weary builder must face: are you building from completion or for validation? The Hustle Is Holy exists to help leaders build what God has entrusted to them without losing their soul in the process. Step deeper into the formation ecosystem and learn how to build from the finished work, not from the wound. 📈 The Hustle Is Holy: A Formation Ecosystem 🏗️ The Next Stone: https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/ [https://thehustleisholy.net/dtft/] 📖 Deepen the Work: https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer [https://go.thehustleisholy.net/prayer] 🌐 Enter the Cathedral: https://www.thehustleisholy.net [https://www.thehustleisholy.net] #TheHustleIsHoly #ItIsFinished #ChristianEntrepreneurship #John1930 #FaithAndWork