Surviving Stress

• Artist: Rick Stewart
• Album: Immanuel Baptist Church Sermons
• Year: 2009
• Length: 28:45 minutes (13.16 MB)
• Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 64Kbps (CBR)

I. Everybody has stress.
Some is good. Some is bad.

II. Categories of causes:

A. Our enslaving expectations about:
Possessions
Matthew 6:33

People
Hebrews 13:5

Performance
1 Tim. 6:6-8

B. God-produced stress
1 Peter 1:6-7
We are in training rather than in trouble

C. God-allowed stress
l Cor. 10:13
God only allows into my life what I can bear.

III. How can God use it?
Acts 27:1 - 28:10

A. Get rid of excess cargo.
Acts 27:18-19
Get rid of it before it sinks you.

B. Get busy with important things
Acts 27:22-24
The ship doesn't matter. Only the people do.

C. Get desperate with God.
Acts 27:20, 30-32
"You never know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you've got."

D. Get back to a healthy routine .
Acts 27:33-34
Healthy routines are what keep us strong.

IV. Don’t just cope - conquer
Romans 8:37
Just keeping our heads above water leaves us vulnerable to any big wave that comes along.

V. Jesus is our Peace
John 14:27
Ephesians 2:14
The pursuit of peace is ultimately the pursuit of a person.