TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED (2)

WHAT IS STRESSED?

Stress is the body’s physical, mental, and emotional response to a demand, which is called a stressor. Some amount of stress is useful, but too much is harmful.

STRESS TYPES

NEGATIVE STRESS

📷Positive stress can result from job promotion.

POSITIVE STRESS

📷Light stress can result from running from the rain.

LIGHT STRESS

SEVERE STRESS

📷Severe stress can result from an illness like cancer.

STRESS SYMPTOMS

Tension Headaches

Over Anxiety

Loss of Appetite

Overeating

Insomnia

1 Corinthians 9:25 NKJV

25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

1 Corinthians 9:27 NKJV

27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

Psalm 43:5 NKJV

5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

To identify stress correctly, I must first identify the source.

TECHNIQUES FOR DEALING WITH STRESS

WHOLE BODY THERAPY

RELAXATION EXERCISES

REPLACEMENT TECHNIQUE

1 Samuel 16:23 NKJV

23 And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.

POSITIVE SELF TALK

Proverbs 23:7 NKJV

7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:27 NKJV

27 For a harlot is a deep pit, And a seductress is a narrow well.

PEOPLE TALK

Matthew 5:22–23 NKJV

22 But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire. 23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

MATT

IMAGINATION

Psalm 55:5–6 NKJV

5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. 6 So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

PS

SPIRITUAL MEDITATION

Psalm 46:10 NKJV

10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

Mark 1:35 NKJV

35 Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.

Numbers 23:20 NKJV

20 Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

NUM 23

Mark 2:28 NKJV

28 Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”

20% of Christ’s recorded miracles were done on Sabbath! On that day, He delighted to relieve suffering!

Luke 4:16 NKJV

16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

John 14:15 NKJV

15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

Ezekiel 20:20 NKJV

20 hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’

EZ

The Sabbath is a sign of love and peace

between a man or woman

and Jesus.

Genesis 2:3 NKJV

3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

GEN

In the beautiful Garden of Eden – free from strain and stress – Adam and Eve joined their Creator in a Sabbath Celebration of joy and peace.

Adam was not a Jew; so it could not be Jewish!

Like Marriage and family, it was given to Adam for the whole human race!

When I receive a

negative message,

I have the freedom

to decide:

a) Empower it to become my master (stressor)

b) Imprison it to become my slave!

Participate in a wholesome activity that displaces your stressful experience.

Replace Pressure with Pleasure.