5 Practices of Jesus for Peace

INTRODUCTION

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2 weeks ago the there was already an ongoing pandemic we all knew - anxiety.

this generation is the most anxiety generation then any before by far!

Now with the new pandemic things are much much worse.

Those that were not anxious are now anxious, and those that were anxious are more anxious.

You may not be anxious but things will get worse… and most of us have a ticking point that will send us over into some form of anxiety.

Things are going likely to get much worse and maybe it will hit you then.

My goal and point of today is:

1. if you are not anxious to help prepare you for it.

2. or if you are currently anxious to give you useful tools to overcome it.

Now before I show you the 5 practices Jesus did that bring peace… we need to understand the natural reaction of anxiety

Things were already bad now we have this

Peaceful people

Edwin Friedman (May 17, 1932 – October 31, 1996) was a family therapist that created a one of the most quoted cycles about how humanity reacts to stress that is still being used today

Edwin Friedman (May 17, 1932 – October 31, 1996) was a family therapist that created a one of the most quoted cycle about how humanity reacts to stress

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“Anyone who wishes to advance our species or an institution must possess those qualities which those who have little sense of self will perceive as narcissistic. All this besides the fact that “arrogant,” “headstrong,” “narcissistic,” and “cold” will be the terms used against any person who tries to be more himself or herself.” ― Edwin H. Friedman, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix 4 likes Like

“Those five characteristics are:   

1. Reactivity: the vicious cycle of intense reactions of each member to events and to one another.   

the first action of mass anxiety is - intense reaction

 2. Herding: a process through which the forces for togetherness triumph over the forces for individuality and move everyone to adapt to the least mature members.   

“Those five characteristics are:    1. Reactivity: the vicious cycle of intense reactions of each member to events and to one another.    2. Herding: a process through which the forces for togetherness triumph over the forces for individuality and move everyone to adapt to the least mature members.    3. Blame displacement: an emotional state in which family members focus on forces that have victimized them rather than taking responsibility for their own being and destiny.    4. A quick-fix mentality: a low threshold for pain that constantly seeks symptom relief rather than fundamental change.    5. Lack of well-differentiated leadership: a failure of nerve that both stems from and contributes to the first four. To reorient oneself away from a focus on technology toward a focus on emotional process requires that, like Columbus, we think in ways that not only are different from traditional routes but that also sometimes go in the opposite direction. This chapter will thus also serve as prelude to the three that follow, which describe the “equators” we have to cross in our time: the “learned” fallacies or emotional barriers that keep an Old World orientation in place and cause both family and institutional leaders to regress rather than venture in new directions.”

 3. Blame displacement: an emotional state in which family members focus on forces that have victimized them rather than taking responsibility for their own being and destiny.   

 4. A quick-fix mentality: a low threshold for pain that constantly seeks symptom relief rather than fundamental change.    

5. Lack of well-differentiated leadership: a failure of nerve that both stems from and contributes to the first four. To reorient oneself away from a focus on technology toward a focus on emotional process requires that, like Columbus, we think in ways that not only are different from traditional routes but that also sometimes go in the opposite direction.

5 Practices of Jesus for Peace

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1. Slowing

When you see Jesus in the most demand you see him more often escape for rest, prayer, a nap.

2. Sabbath/Rest

while slowing down is about making time during the business this is about planning a break

3. Koinania

4. Contemplative Prayer

5. Indifference