Stress Out Part 2 {Peace in the Pressure}

Peace in the Pressure

Luke 21:34 – “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with
carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on
you suddenly like a trap.”

Luke 15:11-12 – Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12
The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the
estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

We’re Stressed Out When

We’re by .
Luke 15:13 – “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he
had, set off for a distant country….

We’re Stressed Out When

We’re and .
Luke 15:13 – and there squandered his wealth in wild living.
We’re Stressed Out When

We’re by habits.
Luke 15:14 – After he had spent everything….

We’re Stressed Out When

We without .
Luke 15:14 – there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he
began to be in need.

We’re Stressed Out When

We’re  for the
Luke 15:17 – “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my
father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to
death!

Principles for Peace
1.

Malachi 3:7-12 – Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away
from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to
you,” says the Lord Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’8 “Will a
mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’
“In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because
you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there
may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I
will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing
that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will prevent pests from
devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit
before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. “Then all the nations will call you
blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty.

2.
1 Timothy 6:6-10 – But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we
brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if
we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want
to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and
harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the
love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money,
have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

3. .
Proverbs 21:20 – The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools
gulp theirs down.

4.
Psalm 112:5 – Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,
who conduct their affairs with justice.
Proverbs 11:25 – A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others
will be refreshed.

5. .
Luke 15:18 – I will set out and go back to my father and say to him:
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I am no longer
worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20
So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off,
his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his
son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.