Transcript PPT Notes

Grace Fellowship
Church
www.GraceDoctrine.org
Pastor/Teacher
Jim Rickard
Sunday, April 3, 2011
John 16:5,
“But now I (Jesus) am going
to Him (God the Father) who
sent Me, and yet not one of
you (the disciples) asks Me,
‘Where are you going?’”
John 16:6,
“But because I have said
(taught) to you all these
things, sorrow (inward stress)
has completely filled your
heart (right lobe of the soul).”
Doctrine of Stress
F. L. O. T.
(Forward Line of Troops)
11 Problem Solving Devices
F. L. O. T.
(Forward Line of Troops)
11 Problem Solving Devices
F. L. O. T.
(Forward Line of Troops)
11 Problem Solving Devices
25. To deal with stress
objectively, you understand
that much of stress in life is
the result of your own
failure in some form.
This failure has components
which are the soul’s reaction
to failure. There are five
stages of the soul’s reaction to
failure.
a. Shock or disbelief. The
mature person absorbs the
shock and does not break.
b. Fear and worry. These are
horrible neutralizers which
depersonalize the individual
(i.e., takes away their
character, integrity, and norms
and standards).
Fear has no ability to think or
apply Bible doctrine to any
situation. It has no common
sense and no Divine
viewpoint. It is irrational.
Fear is the believer’s failure to
apply Bible doctrine to the
adversities and prosperities of
life. The more things you
surrender to fear, the more
things you fear.
The extent to which you
surrender to fear, you increase
the power of fear in your life
and you become vulnerable to
adversity becoming stress in
your soul.
Rom 13:3; 1 Peter 3:14
1 Peter 3:14,
“But even if you should suffer
for the sake of righteousness,
you are blessed. And do not
fear their intimidation, and do
not be troubled.”
c. Anger reaction to failure.
Anger is used as an alarm
system; if used toward others,
it is sinful; if used toward self,
it is motivation for making a
change. Gal 5:19-21;
Eph 4:26-27, 31; 6:4; Col 3:8;
James 1:19-20
d. Shame. This is a product of
what we think others think of
us. Phil 1:20; 2 Tim 1:8-16;
2:15; Heb 12:2
e. Blame. This is loss of selfesteem and does not solve the
problem. Cf. Job 1:22;
1 Thes 3:13; 5:23
26. Virtue-Love Solves
Stress.
a. One of the most important
things in dealing with stress is
memory; remembering how
much God loves you,
John 3:16.
You remember God’s Love by
remembering His doctrines,
principles, and promises when
under adversity.
It begins by remembering the
rebound technique which has
to be overpowering within
your soul.
We have to remember the
righteousness, justice, and
love of God, which functioned
to provide solutions to all of
the problems we face in this
life, 1 John 4:17-21.
1) The secret to almost
everything that is blessing in
life, happiness, worthwhile,
honorable, and related to
integrity is true love.
2) It is the integrity of God
that turns around our spiritual
life. It is not sentimental
stupidity that turns our
spiritual life around.
3) You are completed as you
advance to PLEROMA
(fullness) status in the
spiritual life.
Eph 3:19; 4:13
Eph 3:19,
“And to know the love of
Christ which surpasses
knowledge, that you may be
filled up to all the fullness of
God.”
Eph 4:13,
“Until we all attain to the unity
of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God,
to a mature man, to the measure
of the stature which belongs to
the fullness of Christ.”
27. Rest is one of God’s
Remedies for Stress Relief.
Gen 2:2-3
In 1 Kings 19:3-8, Elijah was
so stressed out that he prayed
to God that he might die. He
was tired of dealing with the
stress in his life.
God’s advice to relieve stress:
a. Call out to Him (pray).
b. Give it to Him (surrender,
and then don’t take it back).
c. Trust in Him (have faith).
d. Follow His example (rest).
Communion
Grace Offering
Grace Fellowship Church
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Tape # 11-039
Doctrine of Stress on Your Soul
God’s Love to Overcome Stress
Upper Room Discourse, Part 491
John 16:6; Gen 2:2-3; 1 Kings 19:3-8; 1 Tim 3:14; 1 John 4:17-21
James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011