Friday, March 26, 2010

Harnessing Stress, Friday, March 26, 2010

How Can We Channel Stress to Work for God's Glory and Our Good?

Apply Your Findings - Friday

 Though we often cannot control our circumstances, we can control our responses to them.  If we harness stress through God's power, he will use stress to make us more like Christ.  Stress then becomes an agent to accomplish God's will in our lives.  In the process, God is glorified.
  1. How can our response to stress glorify God?  How can it be dishonoring?
  2. How can stress benefit us practically?
  3. How can we keep stress from affecting us in negative ways?
Optional Activities
  1. Using your calendar as a reference point, prioritize your activities.  Based on this principle of tithing, does at least a tenth of your time belong to God?
  2. Set goals to help you manage your time effectively.  Be sure to include time for solitude with God.  Find a person to hold you accountable.
  3. Make a list of 50 things for which you are thankful, then pray through that list.

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