Understand/Navigate/Detach/Oppose
God wants you to exchange your problems for His presence
Combat stress reaction (CSR)
The most common reactions of CSR include:
• The slowing of reaction time
• Slowness of thought
• Difficulty prioritizing tasks
• Difficulty initiating routine
• Preoccupation with minor issues and familiar tasks
• Indecision and lack of concentration
• Loss of initiative with fatigue
• Exhaustion tasks
Military Treatment for CSR “The Four R’s”
• Rest
• Replenishment
• Reassurance
• Restoration
1. Hand your problems off to God
1 Peter 5:7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. New Living Translation
1. Hand your problems off to God
Philippians 4:6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. 7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. The Message
2. Place yourself in the hands of God
James 4:8 And when you draw close to God, God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and let your hearts be filled with God alone to make them pure and true to him. Living Bible
Isaiah 40:28 Don’t you yet understand? Don’t you know by now that the everlasting God, the Creator of the farthest parts of the earth, never grows faint or weary? No one can fathom the depths of his understanding. Living Bible
Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the tired and worn out, and strength to the weak. 30 Even the youths shall be exhausted, and the young men will all give up. Living Bible
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Living Bible
Wait upon: To be wound tightly to another with great expectancy
Renew: To revive, to gain new strength, to exchange strength for strength
Psalms 31:19 How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. New International Version
Psalms 31:20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human conspiracies; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues. New International Version
Psalms 31:21 Praise be to the Lord, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege. New International Version
Psalms 27:5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. New International Version
Psalms 27:6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord. New International Version
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! New International Version