Biblical solutions... dealing with stress

WEEK 1

· What do we learn about strength weakness from the passage below?

Read...Isaiah 40:26-31 (NIV)
The Lord is greater than any being in the entire universe (vv.25-26). To whom can the Lord be compared? Who is His equal? No one. The Lord alone is the Holy One. He alone created all the heavens of the starry sky (v.26). No one else is great enough nor has the power to create such a vast universe. Note that the Lord Himself is speaking. He challenges the reader: “Lift up your eyes and look at the heavens above and ask yourself: ‘who created all these?’” Certainly not some little god, a piece of wood or metal created by the imagination of a corrupt human being, the Holy One, the Lord Himself who created everything. The universe did not happen by chance. It has been created by the Holy One, the Supreme Being who is totally set apart from all other beings in the universe.

 

· Why should we not be afraid?

Read...Isaiah 41:10-16
God assured His people that He would protect them in the here and now, in the present distress they were experiencing (vv.10-16).  Righteous believers needed to know that God was with them day by day in their present painful circumstances. So God met their need and gave them a most wonderful promise: whether in the present or in the future and in whatever circumstances, God’s people were not to fear.

 

Prayer: right now confess your fears to the Lord give them to him he knows them anyway. Regardless of how impossible a solution seems to be stop trying to solve life on your own and let Him LEAD you.

WEEK 2

 Stress Release…read each passage below. What do they teach about how we can respond to stress.

Proverbs 3:5-6, Matthew 6:28-34, Philippians 4:6-7

1 Peter 5:7

Time and stress

· What takes up most of your time?

What in your schedule causes you the most stress?

· What do you wish you had more time to do?

· How do you think God would want you to adjust or change your use of time?

 Performance and stress 

· Can a person be excellent in all these areas? If not, why not?

· What does it mean to be a "driven person?"

How do expectations affect the stress in your life?

What unrealistic expectations do you have for yourself?

Stress solutions, read the following passages what advise do they give regarding stress. Ephesians 5:15-16, Numbers 14:40-45, Psalm 90:12, Colossians 3:17  

Related Bible Verses...

Matthew 6:33-34, Matthew 11:29, Mark 14:33-34,John 14:25-27, Romans 5:3-5,

Philippians 4:4, 6-7, 1 Peter 1:6-7