Are you trying to handle everything on your own and feeling overwhelmed? This can happen when we trust our own abilities instead of really trusting God. Sometimes I find myself forgetting the basics of giving it all to God. The message titled "Stress" by Pastor Tommy Haines helped remind me of what I need to do in order to live a better life story. You will be unbelievably blessed by taking the time to listen to the full sermon from Pastor Tommy which includes a list of signs of stress in your life. Visit www.realchurch.tv click on "listen to a message" select "Stress" under the series "Living A Better Story".
Below are my notes on three things God wants us to do when we are feeling stress. These daily basics have helped me let go of stress and grab hold of Jesus:
1) GET SOME SOLITUDE: take time each day to be alone with the Lord, be still, do nothing, quiet your mind and just be. "It's in the stillness and the silence that we find God."
2) PRAY ABOUT YOUR LIFE: "It is through prayer that the grip of stress is broken."
+Pray about your schedule. Being busy does not equal success. When you say yes to one thing you are saying no to something else and vice versa. Make sure your schedule is God's plan for your life. "When you are too busy to pray, you are just too busy."
+Pray about your relatoinships. Who does God want you to encourage? Who does God want you to pray for? Make a prayer list. Make a phone call. Send a card/note/letter. God wants to use you to impact your family and other relationships. And remember, most important, Jesus wants a personal relationship with you.
+Pray about your resources. "Money will make your life look funny." If you don't have enough you will have axiety. If you have too much you will have anxity. Pray about two simple things: (1) reducing your debt; (2) giving. Learn how God wants you to use the resources He has given you.
+Pray about your priorities.(Psalm 90:12) "Are you giving energy to that which is most important?" or are you just busy without being productive? "Your time is your life. When your time is right your life will be right."
3) PROCEED IN FAITH: "The most important part of overcoming stress in your life is having faith and trust in God, His abilities not yours. God has a plan for your life. God absoutely knows what's going on in your life and when you trust in Him, and when you come to Him, you can walk on water, you can do unbelievable things in the Kingdom. But if all you do is doubt and stress you're gonna sink."
"Only when you walk with Jesus will you experience the peace of God in your life." (Mathew 11:28)
Again I say, you will be unbelievably blessed by taking the time to listen to the full sermon from Pastor Tommy which includes signs of stress in your life. Visit www.realchurch.tv click on "listen to a message" select "Stress" under the series "Living A Better Story"
Scriptures to study:
Jesus understood stress, in Mathew 14 we see the story of a stress filled day in the life of Jesus, and how He dealt with it using Solitude, Prayer, and Faith.
Proverbs 3:5; 3:13; 11:25; 12:25; 17:24
James 1:5; 3:17
Psalm 46:10; 90:12
Mathew 6:6; 11:28
Phillipians 4:6-7
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