Stress-Free Living

Stress-filled Society
• Exhaustion
• Irritability
• Sicknesses
• Breakdown of relationships
• Job losses
• Financial losses
How did Jesus handle stress?

“You cannot avoid stressful

situations, but you don’t have to be
stressed by them.”
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
“I am the bread of life”
John 6:35

“I am the light of the world”

John 8:12

“I am the gate for the sheep”

John 10:7

“I am the good shepherd”

John 10:11

“I am the resurrection and the life

John 11:25

“I am the way and the truth and the life”

John 14:6
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
2. Know who you are trying to please
“I seek not to please myself but him
who sent me.”
John 5:30

“This is my son, whom I love; with

him I am well pleased.”
Matthew 3:17
 When you try to please
everybody:
• Conflict
• Criticism
Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with
all your mind.
Matthew 22:37
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
2. Know who you are trying to please
3. Know what you are trying to accomplish
At daybreak Jesus went out to a solitary place. The
people were looking for him and when they came to
where he was, they tried to keep him from leaving them.
43
But he said, “I must preach the good news of the
kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is
why I was sent.” 44And he kept on preaching in the
synagogues of Judea.
Luke 4:42
 In prayer:
• Check if priorities and values are in the
right place
• Seek the direction God is giving to your life
• If your heart is in the right place, there is no
wrong direction
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
2. Know who you are trying to please
3. Know what you are trying to accomplish
4. Focus on one thing at a time
Focus In
Focus Out
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
2. Know who you are trying to please
3. Know what you are trying to accomplish
4. Focus on one thing at a time
5. Don’t try to do it all yourself
 What Jesus did:
• 12 disciples
• Sent 70 - 2 by 2
• Knew what was his role and what was the
disciples’ – He did not go to the ends of the
earth to preach the Gospel
 Why don’t we delegate?
• Perfectionism
• Selfishness - “I have done it, just me!”
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
2. Know who you are trying to please
3. Know what you are trying to accomplish
4. Focus on one thing at a time
5. Don’t try to do it all yourself
6. Make a habit of personal prayer
After he had dismissed them, he went up on a
mountainside by himself to pray.
Matthew 14:23

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to

pray, and spent the night praying to God.
Luke 6:12
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
2. Know who you are trying to please
3. Know what you are trying to accomplish
4. Focus on one thing at a time
5. Don’t try to do it all yourself
6. Make a habit of personal prayer
7. Take time to rest and enjoy life
The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him
all they had done and taught. 31Then, because so many
people were coming and going that they did not even
have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by
yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
Mark 6:30
 Dealing with Stress
1. Know who you are
2. Know who you are trying to please
3. Know what you are trying to accomplish
4. Focus on one thing at a time
5. Don’t try to do it all yourself
6. Make a habit of personal prayer
7. Take time to rest and enjoy life