1 Samuel 18:14 In everything he (David) did he had great success, because the Lord was with him. Research findings have proved that intense pressure to perform and meet deadlines lowers performance levels. Performance pressure is appraised as either ‘threat’ or ‘challenge’. Employees with high emotional stability who perceive performance pressure as a ‘challenge’ rather...
Category: Spiritual Motivation
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07 July 2022 – Stress Management – Part 5
1 Samuel 4:18a When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. A stressful incident makes the heart pound, and hands quiver. Bad news activates the sympathetic nervous system, which causes our body to release stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline. “It can be damaging...
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05 July 2022 – Stress Management – Part 3
1 Timothy 1:15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. Stress caused by rejection stabs our self-esteem. ‘Social snub’ augments anger, anxiety, envy, and depression. Neuroscience has concluded after extensive research that emotional pain caused by rejection, loss or betrayal has almost the same effect as...
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04 July 2022 – Stress Management – Part 2
1 Samuel 18:8 And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. David was under tremendous pressure at his workplace. After a splendid start to his career his insecure and envious boss (King Saul) made his life miserable. David’s stupendous performance...
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03 July 2022 – Stress Management – Part 1
1 Samuel 13:12b So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering. ‘Stress’ is our body’s reaction to pressure. When we are under the pump the nervous system instructs our bodies to release “stress hormones” such as adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline increases our heart rate, elevates our blood pressure, and boosts energy. Cortisol increases sugars...
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02 July 2022 – Unending Episodes – Part 7
Acts 1:11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” After the resurrection of Jesus Christ, He appeared to over 500 men for about...
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01 July 2022 – Unending Episodes – Part 6
Acts 15:39-40a They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and left. Paul and Barnabas were missionary partners. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I...
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30 June 2022 – Unending Episodes – Part 5
Mark 15:21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. The town of Cyrene is modern-day Libya in the northern coast of Africa. Cyrene was a Roman colony during Jesus’ time that had...
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29 June 2022 – Unending Episodes – Part 4
Acts 5:34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. There are scores of atheists and agnostics who have converted from nontheism to Christianity while investigating the authenticity of...
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28 June 2022 – Unending Episodes – Part 3
Mark 15:15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged and handed him over to be crucified. It was customary for the ruling Roman governor to release a Jewish prisoner before the feast of Passover as an act of goodwill. Pilate was fully aware that the Jewish authorities had...