STRESS MANAGEMENT
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A Walking Christian Series • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 55:17
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· 327 viewsBy taking a closer look at Paul’s many experiences, you can check out what circumstances are most likely to cause stress. If the pressures in your life are not being used to press you closer to the Lord, you may be on the way to a blowout!
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CAUSES
CAUSES
1. Conflict
1. Conflict
Reasons You Can Experience Conflict
Reasons You Can Experience Conflict
1. Opposing values of family and friends
1. Opposing values of family and friends
2. Unresolved anger in relationships
2. Unresolved anger in relationships
3. Unrealistic expectations of another person
3. Unrealistic expectations of another person
Lack of open communication in a relationship
Lack of open communication in a relationship
Paul was met with extreme opposition from others.
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.
2. CRISIS
2. CRISIS
Reasons you can experience conflict
Reasons you can experience conflict
Death of a friend or family member
Death of a friend or family member
Separation or divorce
Separation or divorce
Severe illness or sudden handicap
Severe illness or sudden handicap
Unexpected trauma of any kind
Unexpected trauma of any kind
Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;
3. CHANGE
3. CHANGE
Reasons you go through change
Reasons you go through change
Change in:
Environment or employment
financial or marital status
cultural or spiritual values
sleeping and health habits
on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
4. CONDEMNATION
4. CONDEMNATION
Reasons you experience condemnation
Reasons you experience condemnation
Rejection by significant others
Rejection by significant others
Lack of support from coworkers
Lack of support from coworkers
Betrayal of a friend
Betrayal of a friend
False accusations by family members
False accusations by family members
on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;
5. CONCERNS
5. CONCERNS
Reasons you can carry concern
Reasons you can carry concern
Unsaved or rebellious loved ones
Unsaved or rebellious loved ones
Unpredictable or uncertain future
Unpredictable or uncertain future
Recent or frequent fear of failures
Recent or frequent fear of failures
Perfectionism or excessive attention to details
Perfectionism or excessive attention to details
And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
6. COMPETITION
6. COMPETITION
Reasons you can experience competition
Reasons you can experience competition
Self-acceptance based on superior performance
Comparisons between family, friends, or coworkers
Envy or jealousy among neighbors or business associatess
Significance or security based on outperforming others
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
7. CONSCIENCE
7. CONSCIENCE
Reasons you can challenges conscience
Reasons you can challenges conscience
Self, others, or things seem more important than God.
Self, others, or things seem more important than God.
Self-effort is perceived as the best way of meeting needs
Self-effort is perceived as the best way of meeting needs
Personal needs eclipse the needs of others
Personal needs eclipse the needs of others
Acknowledgement of sin is considered an admission of weakness.
Acknowledgement of sin is considered an admission of weakness.
for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.