Unboxing God
Lesson 3: God’s Peace & Joy
July 6 & 7, 2019
Joy is Happiness without a Happening,
Peace Is Calmness without Orderliness
77% of Americans say they are under constant stress,
American Institute of Stress
80% of all doctor's office visits are for stress-related ailments,
Mayo Clinic Study
Long-term stress destroys and weakens your immune system,
Carnegie Mellon University Study
Long-term stress increases the risk of all chronic diseases,
Pennsylvania State University Study
Long-term stress fuels cancer growth,
Wake Forest University Study
Long-term stress raises stroke risk,
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Long-term stress creates a 27% higher risk of heart attacks.
It produces the same effect as smoking 5 cigarettes a day,
Columbia University Study
Long-term stress shrinks the size of your brain,
Yale University Study
Long-term stress creates a 50% higher chance of an emotional disorder,
Mayo Clinic Study
2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times I received from theJews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, New International Version
2 Corinthians 11:26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. New International Version
2 Corinthians 11:27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. New International Version
2 Corinthians 11:28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. New International Version
2 Corinthians 4:8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. New International Version
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. New International Version
2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. New International Version
Colossians 3:2 Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from his perspective. The Message
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always.I will say it again: Rejoice! New International Version
We Are Forgiven
Ephesians 1:4 Long ago, even before he made the world, God chose us to be his very own through what Christ would do for us; he decided then to make us holy in his eyes, without a single fault — we who stand before him covered with his love. Living Bible
We Are God’s Children
Ephesians 1:5 His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And he did this because he wanted to! Living Bible
God’s Working On Our Behalf
Romans 8:28 We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose, Contemporary English Version
We Are Heirs To God’sKingdom
Romans 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? New International Version