Stress Out: “Live Light”

Stress Out
“Live Light”
10/26/25
Pastor Mark England

Live Light.

Stress , not Stress

Through the power of Jesus, we don’t have to our stress, we can truly be !

Luke 21:34 (NIV) “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.

Busyness is the for our anxiety.

In Scripture, anxiety is always connected to “”.

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson

In the midst of stress and anxiety, seek what is … because it’s .

Life is , but sometimes it can punch you in the mouth.

Hurt
Loss
Abuse
Frustration
Trauma
Powerlessness
Grief
Regret
Shame
Fear

These are the weights the wants you to live with and carry.
But these weights are all things you were to carry.

They are , and can make life very hard.
But you were not designed to carry this weight, and because we have an amazing God, He gives us from these weights.

Matthew 7:13 (NKJV) “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

The enemy wants to the weight you carry by leading you down a path of destruction than many people choose.

The longer we carry the weights God never designed for us…

We become .

We start to .

We attempt to .

We feel .

No matter how bad it is, or how much you are carrying…
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There is always a out in Jesus Name!

We have !
That hope comes from the power of .

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NLT) Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. ² We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

What is for you is for Jesus… So go to Him!

1. Believe it’s .

2 Corinthians 12:9 (CSB) But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

The key to the power of God in your life is admitting your own .

The enemy wants you to keep trying to to keep you from the reality of .

2. Get completely .
With .

Psalm 139:23-24 (NLT) Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. ²⁴ Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

2. Get completely honest.
With ourselves.
With .

Without others in our life, we have no hope.
When the people of God with each other and get , is discovered through the power of God.

James 5:13-16 (CSB) Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed.

We go to Jesus for .
We go to each other for .

are where we discover how light the weight is when we aren’t carrying it alone.
You don’t have to live heavy.

Galatians 6:2 (CSB) Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

3. Place .

In Scripture, stress and anxiety always reveal .
The cure for that is always .

Galatians 2:20 (NLT) My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Until you see yourself nailed to the cross with Christ, you have no hope because is in the way of .
Quit trying to it on your own!

There is a out of your stress.
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