Breaking Busy
Lesson 4: Busy Minds
December 7 & 8, 2019
You’ll Sabotage Your Sabbath If You Don’t Settle Your Mind
Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil (Hebrew: trouble, misery, worry) and chasing after the wind. New International Version
Proverbs 14:30 A relaxed attitude lengthens a man’s life; jealousy rots it away. Living Bible
Proverbs 14:30 Peace of mind makes the body healthy, but jealousy is like a cancer. Good News Translation
75%-90% of all doctor's office visits are for stress-related ailments, Mayo Clinic
Stress destroys and weakens your immune system, Carnegie Mellon University
Stress increases the risk of all Chronic Diseases, Penn State University
Stress produces a 27% higher risk of heart attack; it produces the same effect as smoking 5 cigarettes a day, Columbia University
3 Peace Releasing Practices
Practice Contentment
Philippians 4:11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. New Living Translation
“Contentment is not laziness, apathy, complacency or lack of ambition.
Contentment is enjoying what we have rather than waiting for something else to happen in order to be happy. It doesn’t mean we don’t know there’s something better or what we’re going through is bad! It’s coming to a place where we’ve learned to beat peace no matter what’s going on around us.”
Stop Comparing Ourselves With Others
Galatians 6:4 Let everyone be sure that he is doing his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work well done and won’t need to compare himself with someone else. Living Bible
Stop Looking To Things and People For Fulfillment
1 Peter 1:8 You love him even though you have never seen him; though not seeing him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from heaven itself. 9 And your further reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. Living Bible
Start Practicing Gratefulness
1 Thessalonians 5:18 be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus. Good News Translation
Practice Giving God Your Worries
1 Peter 5:7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. New Living Translation
Philippians 4:6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank him for his answers. Living Bible
Philippians 4:7 If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus. Living Bible
Practice Positive Thinking
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! New Living Translation
“If you look at the world you’ll be distressed; if you look within you’ll be depressed.
But if you look at Christ you’ll be at rest.” Corrie Ten Boom