Seminar
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
What is stress?
Stress is the body’s
physical, mental, and
emotional response to
a demand, which is
called a stressor.
Some amount of
stress is useful, but
too much is harmful.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Stress Types
Negative
stress can
result from
loss of job.
Positive
stress can
result from
job
promotion.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Light stress
can result
from
running
from the
rain.
Severe stress
can result
from an
illness like
cancer.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Negative Stress
Symptoms
Tension
Headaches
Over anxiety
Loss of
appetite
Overeating
Insomnia
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
To deal with stress
effectively, I must first
identify its source.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Why are you
downcast, o my
soul? Why so
disturbed within
me?.”
Psalm 43:5, NIV
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Lifestyle
Adequate
sleep
Healthy diet
Avoid
caffeine,
tobacco &
alcohol
Regular
exercise
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Everyone who
competes for the prize
is temperate in all
things... I discipline my
body and bring it into
subjection.”
1 Corinthians 9:25,27
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Breathe Deeply
“O you dry bones, hear
the word of the Lord….
Behold, I will cause
breath to enter into you,
and you shall live”
Ezekiel 37:4,5.
Let’s Practice!
Relax Muscles
“And I will lay
sinews upon
you… and you
shall live”
Ezekiel 37:6
Let’s Practice!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Life is
pressurized,
but you can
join healthy
activities
instead.
Replace
“preasure”
with
“plessure”.
Seven Steps for Resolving Conflicts
“David would take his
harp and play. Then
relief would come to Saul;
he would feel better, and
the evil spirit would leave
him.”
1 Samuel 16:23
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Steps for Resolving Conflicts
“For he is the
kind of man who is
who is always
thinking about the
cost.”
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
When I receive a
negative message,
I have the freedom
to decide:
a) Empower it to
become my
master (stressor)
b) Imprison it to
become my
slave!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
The Stress Equation
Activating Agent
+ My Thinking
= My Feelings
I Receive + I Think
= I Feel
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
When a Negative
Message passes
through Negative
Self Talk it
produces
Negative
Feelings.
When a Negative
Message is
channeled
through Positive
Self Talk, it
produces
Positive Feelings!
Seven Steps for Resolving Conflicts
“A cheerful heart
is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit
dries up the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Steps for Resolving Conflicts
“Therefore, if you are
offering your gift at
the altar and there
remember that your
brother has something
against you,
Seven Steps for Resolving Conflicts
leave your gift there in
front of the altar. First
go and be reconciled
to your brother; then
come and offer your
gift.”
Matthew 5:23-24
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Talk with a Supporter.
A sensitive support system
helps to relieve stress.
Seven Steps for Resolving Conflicts
“But David took an
oath and said, ‘Your
father knows very well
that I have found favor
in your eyes, and he
has said to himself,
Seven Steps for Resolving Conflicts
‘Jonathan must not know
this or he will be grieved.
Yet as surely as the LORD
lives and as you live,
there is only a step
between me and death. ”
1 Samuel 20:3
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Fearfulness and
trembling have come
upon me, and horror has
overwhelmed me. So I
said, ‘Oh, that I had
wings like a dove! I would
fly away and be at rest’.”
Psalm 55:5,6
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Be still, and
know that I
am God”
Psalm 46:10
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Now in the morning,
having risen a long while
before daylight, He went
out and departed to a
solitary place; and there
He prayed.”
Mark 1:35
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Then God blessed
the seventh day and
sanctified it, because in
it He rested from all His
work which God had
created and made.”
Genesis 2:3
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
In the beautiful Garden of
Eden – free from strain and
stress – Adam and Eve joined
their Creator in a Sabbath
Celebration of joy and peace.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Many
think the
Sabbath
rest was
only
given to
the Jews
Adam was
not a Jew;
so it could
not be
Jewish!
Like
Marriage
and family,
it was given
to Adam for
the whole
human race!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Jesus said, “The Sabbath was
made for man.” Mark 2:27
Just as marriage was made for
man, so the Sabbath was made for
man!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Black man or White man,
Sabbath was made for man!
Rich man or poor man,
Sabbath was made for man!
Englishman or Hispanic man,
Sabbath was made for man!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Created by Christ,
it’s Christian!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Off to the Honeymoon!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Adam and Eve’s marriage was
on Friday, the next day was
Sabbath.
Friday night was the first
night of their honey moon.
Sabbath was the first full day
the couple spent together.
So this is a special day for
God’s Happy Family!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Which day is Christ’s
Sabbath?
Let’s check the
EASTER WEEKEND
Luke 23:53 to 24:1
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Events:
Christ’s
Christ’s Crucifixion Entombment
Christ’s
Resurrection
We say:
Good Friday
Saturday
Easter Sunday
Bible says:
Preparation Day
Sabbath
First Day of the
Week
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Prescription for
Stress!
For one full day
each week, I put
away life’s
cares – job,
school, business.
I don’t talk or
even think
about them!
They are in
God’s hands!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
My mind gets a
weekly holiday –
experiencing
freedom from
stress.
After such
renewal, I am
ready to face the
challenges of a
new week.
This renewal
comes with
worship, prayer
and praise.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Enter into His gates with
thanksgiving, and into His courts
with praise. Be thankful to Him,
and bless His name. For the Lord
is good!” Psalm 100:4,5
“Great peace have those who
love Your law, and nothing
causes them to stumble.” Psalm
119:165
“You will keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed on
You, because he trusts in You.”
Isaiah 26:3
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
GOD HAS CHOSEN!
I cannot chose a day of
rest. God has already
th
chosen -- the 7 day!
I cannot bless a day.
Only God can bless.
And He already has!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“He has
blessed, and I
cannot reverse
it.”
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Therefore the
Son of Man is
also Lord of the
Sabbath.”
Mark 2:28
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
20% of Christ’s recorded
miracles were done on
Sabbath! On that day, He
delighted to relieve suffering!
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Paralyzed for 38
years, the man
took up his bed
and walked! John
5:1-15
The demoniac got
deliverance!
“Come out of him!”
said Jesus.
Mark 1:21-28
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Crippled and bent
for 18 years, the
woman was
“loosed”. Luke
13:10-17
Blind from birth,
the man declared,
“I was blind, now I
see.” John 9:1-41
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Christ made it, and He kept it.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“So He came to Nazareth,
where He had been
brought up. And as His
custom was, He went into
the synagogue on the
Sabbath day, and stood up
to read.”
Luke 4:16
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
I will follow
Thee,
my Savior.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“If you love Me, keep My
commandments.” John 14:15
“Hallow My Sabbaths,
and they will be a sign
between Me and you, that
you may know that I am
the LORD your God.”
Ezekiel 20:20
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“If you love Me, keep My
commandments.” John 14:15
“Hallow My Sabbaths,
and they will be a sign
between Me and you, that
you may know that I am
the LORD your God.”
Ezekiel 20:20
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
The Sabbath is a sign of
love and peace between a
man or woman and Jesus.
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Peace!
“There comes to my heart one sweet
strain,
A glad and a joyous refrain;
I sing it again and again,
Sweet peace, the gift of God’s love.”
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
“Through Christ
on the cross
peace was made,
My debt by His death
was all paid;
No other foundation is laid
For peace,
the gift of God’s love.”
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace
Seven Ways to Manage Stress and Enjoy Inner Peace