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ALOVE
gives a few tips for Biblical Stress Management
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Exam time is often associated with
stress and for obvious reasons! The exam date
is almost upon you, there is too much to cram
in, how will you remember it all and what
if that question you really need doesn’t
come up?
Yet not all stress is negative. In fact, there
is actually such a thing as positive stress
or ‘eustress,’ which plays an
important part in leading a healthy life.
It can motivate us to action, gives us energy
and drive. Motivation, creativity and energy
are all ‘positive stress’ words,
which are essential to how we approach exam
time.
But no matter where you are on the scale,
whether you are experiencing ‘eustress’
or ‘distress’, it’s important
that you manage your stress properly! There
are all sorts of ways you can do this, including
exercise, good time management, having a healthy
diet, getting plenty of sleep, having a laugh
and building in good recreation time with
friends.
There are also things we can learn from the
Bible to help us in this area. Here are a
few passages from the Bible to help us keep
things in perspective…
• When our strength is pushed to the
limits, remember that we rest in God’s
strength. ‘My grace is sufficient for
you, for my power is made perfect in weakness…’
See 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10.
• When all we can see is the next exam,
remember that our lives are in the hand of
a faithful God: ‘Yet this I call to
mind and therefore I have hope: Because of
the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail. They are new
every morning; great is your faithfulness.
See Lamentations 3:21-23.
• When we feel isolated or like we’re
drowning in study notes, remember we have
the love and support of the church community,
the body of Christ: ‘There should be
no division in the body, but that its parts
should have equal concern for each other.
If one part suffers, every part suffers with
it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices
with it.’ See I Corinthians 12 25-26.
• Remember to seek after God above all
else: O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek
you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs
for you, in a dry and weary land where there
is no water. See Psalm 63: 1. |
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