How many are feeling stressed today? It seems that everyone is battling stress in thier lives right now!
According to the National Association for Mental Health, here are eight ways to tell if the gauge is moving up inside of you!
1. Do minor problems and disappointments get under your skin and irritate you more than they should?
2. Are you finding it hard to get along with people? Are people having trouble getting along with you?
3. Have you found that you are not getting much of a thrill anymore from the things you used to enjoy - hobbies, sports etc.?
4. Do your anxieties haunt you: that is, are you unable to shut them out of your mind?
5. Are you now scared of people and situations that never used to bother you?
6. Have you noticed that you're becoming suspicious of people around you, even of your friends?
7. Does the feeling that your being trapped come over you?
8. Do you feel inadequate, just not good enough anymore?
How can we beat stress before stress beats us??
Please read Philippians 4: 1-11
Principles of beating Stress:
1. Know that you are loved - v. 1
2. Help others, minister to others - v. 2-3
3. Have a postive attitude - v. 4
4. Pray, talk to the Lord - v. 6-7
5. Think correctly - v. 8
6. Connect with mature Christians - v. 9
7. We need to learn to be flexible - v. 11-12
8. Receive daily strength from the Lord - v. 13
Let's ask the Lord to help us beat stress today!
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