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Anxiety

 
 
 
 

Notes for the Journey Articles

 
 
Chaplain Blog
Larry Hendren
Navigating Anxiety
Larry Hendren

This has been a very stressful few weeks for everyone. For some, the virus has created a great deal of anxiety. For others, the cure of social distancing has resulted in a lay-off or loss of job and income, leading to uncertainty of the future. Take a minute to read a really helpful article that may be for you, or it may be to help you how to understand and love someone close to you during this COVID-19 crisis. We are going to get through this. I think this article will help give some perspective.

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Larry Hendren
Nick Braschler
Stressed Out
Nick Braschler

A wise person once said that the human body is made up of 80% water, so we are basically just cucumbers with anxiety. (That’s funny right there. If you can’t laugh at that, this blog is for you.) Everywhere I go, it seems that people are stressed out and anxious about everything. The worst is when I’m by myself looking in the mirror...that guy drives me nuts! I find myself stressed out and anxious about things all the time.

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Nick Braschler
Frank Crosby
Relax to the Max
Frank Crosby

When I read our company emails about new hires, transfers, or those receiving promotions, the one thing I enjoy reading about each person is, not so much about their job or their qualifications, but what they enjoy doing apart from their work. 

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Frank Crosby
Nick Braschler
What are You Waiting For?
Nick Braschler

“I love to wait! When I’ve got decisions to make, I just enjoy the process no matter how long it takes.” Said no one ever!

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Nick Braschler
Larry Hendren
When Nothing Can Be Done...We Cope?
Larry Hendren

Many persons turn to religion or spirituality for comfort when stressed…they use their Higher Power. Spirituality and Religion are many times used to cope with common problems in life, especially those involving medical or psychiatric illnesses, as well as the challenges that all of us face when life happens.

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Larry Hendren
Larry Hendren
Worry
Larry Hendren

I’m guessing that most of us know that worry is not good for our health, takes up time and energy that could be better used for something else, and is just in general the overall “bad guy” in our minds. So, how do we “stop it?” 

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Larry Hendren
Frank Crosby
Being Cheerful
Frank Crosby

There are circumstances that will often come along that can steal our joy if we let them. When we allow the negative things to crush our spirit, it takes away our positive attitude. When our day doesn’t go as planned because of circumstances that happen we had not counted on, we can become disappointed or even frustrated. 

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Frank Crosby
Frank Crosby
Stress Busters
Frank Crosby

It is most often the psychological stress that makes us less productive than we would like to be, and causes us to do things we really never intended to do. Notice the following “stress busters.” They work.

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Frank Crosby
Frank Crosby
Life Has Purpose
Frank Crosby

Some people seem to drift through life headed in no specific direction. They are clearly without defined objectives, and it is not surprising that many adopt a lifestyle that lacks meaning and purpose. They just drift through life like a tumble weed being blown by the wind, first one direction then another.

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Frank Crosby
Nick Braschler
Wisdom – How Do I Discern God's Will in Major Life Decisions?
Nick Braschler

Some of you have been in this place before or maybe you are there now: Standing at the doorstep of a major decision – one that will bring a dramatic change to your life and your family. It’s possible that you may spend some time praying for the situation, asking God for wisdom and seeking discernment. 

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Nick Braschler
 
 
 
 

RightNow Media@ Work Videos

 
 

Changes That Heal | Henry Cloud

People are suffering from a whole range of emotional problems: anxiety, loneliness, grief over broken relationships, resentment, and feelings of inadequacy. Often they have been struggling with those problems for years. Changes That Heal teaches that there are biblical solutions for your struggles with depression, anxiety, panic, addictions, and guilt, and that these solutions lie in your understanding certain basic developmental tasks. 

 

managing anxiety: yours & theirs | steve cuss

Anxiety carries a message that keeps you stuck and trapped, but you can learn to notice when you are living by that message of anxiety and replace it with a true belief of freedom and peace.

 

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Bible Passages

 
 

"Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?...Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." | Matthew 6:26,34 (NIV)

"Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy." | Psalm 94:17-19 (NIV) 

 
 
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ”
— Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
 
 

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." | Romans 8:26-28 (NLT) 

"Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad." | Proverbs 12:25 (NIV) 

"Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved." | Psalm 55:22 (NIV) 

 
 
 

Quotes

 

"Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." | Dale Carnegie

"If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot." | John Bunyan

 
“Anxiety is the natural result when our hopes are centered in anything short of God and His will for us.”
— Billy Graham
 

"Knowing that God is faithful, it really helps me to not be captivated by worry. But knowing that He will do what He has said, He will cause it to happen, whatever He has promised, and then it causes me to be less involved in worrying about a situation." | Josh McDowell

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength." | Corrie Ten Boom

"Worry is the sin of distrusting the promise and providence of God, and yet it is a sin that Christians commit perhaps more frequently than any other." | John MacArthur

"I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary." | Charles Spurgeon