Why Anxiety Keeps Getting Worse and How To Let It Go: Men's Summit 2026

Anxiety isn’t always heavy at first—but the longer you carry it, the heavier it becomes.

In this powerful message from The Crossing’s Men’s Summit 2026, Ryan Fitzgerald unpacks why anxiety is increasing at an alarming rate—and what Scripture teaches about finally letting it go.

Using 1 Peter 5:7, we’re reminded of a truth many of us know but struggle to live: “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”

The problem isn’t just that we experience anxiety—it’s that we hold onto it.

Like holding a small weight at arm’s length, anxiety may start manageable, but over time it becomes exhausting, overwhelming, and consuming.

And for many men, anxiety grows in places like:

But here’s the deeper issue: Anxiety grows when we try to control what only God was meant to carry.

We stress over outcomes we can’t change. We carry burdens we were never designed to hold. We try to manage the world instead of trusting the One who already does.

This message will help you:

Scripture doesn’t just tell us to “stop being anxious”—it invites us into something better: Surrender.

Because the opposite of anxiety isn’t control—it’s trust.

And the Gospel reminds us:

You don’t have to carry everything.

You were never meant to.

Real strength isn’t found in holding it all together—it’s found in trusting God enough to let it go.