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I AM...Holding On to You

From Stress to Rest

Tony MylesJanuary 15, 2023

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Stress can happen when we feel like all the decisions, solutions, responses, provision and protection is our responsibility. How did Jesus handle stress? What can we learn from Him and how He handled it?

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I AM...Holding On To You

 

Pastor Tony Myles

The problem of stress isn't some recent phenomenon. Stress isn't new and has always been a problem. Human beings have been dealing with stress since sin entered our world. 

 

I am...

 

I am also...

  

Stress most often happens when we feel like every decision, solution, response, provision and protection . 

 

  • Why do this in light of how Jesus  Himself?
  • FYI: God personally revealed Himself as "I AM" (Exodus 3:14).

 

I AM...

 

Everything Jesus says is Him .

  • He knows who or what we embrace  us.
  • He also knows the struggles and temptations of stress all too well. (Hebrews 4:14-16)

 

Jesus' Stress Test (Mark 14:32-42)

 

v.32: Knowing the intensity ahead, He chose to . 

v.33-34: Knowing the  around, He felt freedom to .

v.35a: Knowing the  below, He let Himself collapse.

v.35b: Knowing the Father's , He cried out.

v.36a: Knowing the Father's identity, He  His prayer. 

v.36b: Knowing the imposing , He sought the larger Story. 

v.37-38: Knowing the future , He dared an old . 

v.39-41: Knowing the  power, He didn't demand a new 

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v.42: Knowing the incoming attack, He   to face it. 

 

From Stress to Rest in 2023: 

  •  isn't meant to be your top priority if stressed.
  • When you don't understand what's happening, fall back on what you do understand. 
  • If you don't know who you are, everything and everyone else will  that for you. 
  • Knowing who you are starts with knowing  you are.  

 

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