Wednesday Service | Re-New | Part 2: Strategies for Overwhelming Emotions

[1] Overwhelm is always worse you feel like you’re

2 Chronicles 20:4 (NIRV)

⁴ The people came together to ask the Lord for help. In fact, they came from every town in Judah to pray to him.

• Identify your before the storm comes

Matthew 7:24-25 (ESV)

²⁴ “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIRV)

¹² One person could be overpowered. But two people can stand up for themselves. And a rope made out of three cords isn’t easily broken.

[2] Re-new my self talk

[3] Re-direct my mind

Hebrews 12:2-3 (NIRV)

² Let us keep looking to Jesus. He is the one who started this journey of faith. And he is the one who completes the journey of faith. He paid no attention to the shame of the cross. He suffered there because of the joy he was looking forward to. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ He made it through these attacks by sinners. So think about him. Then you won’t get tired. You won’t lose hope.

• Jesus what he did and didn’t focus on

• There are thoughts that us and thoughts that exhaust us

[4] There’s more than one of overwhelm

• overwhelm

• WE NEED: Skills and Systems

• overwhelm

• WE NEED: Priorities and Decisions

[5] When you’ve come through you need to … see yourself as a version of you

Romans 5:3-5 (NIRV)

³ And that’s not all. We are full of joy even when we suffer. We know that our suffering gives us the strength to go on. ⁴ The strength to go on produces character. Character produces hope. ⁵ And hope will never bring us shame. That’s because God’s love has been poured into our hearts. This happened through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

[6] When you come through you need to…

Colossians 3:15-17 (NIV)

¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. ¹⁶ Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.¹⁷ And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.