SOAR ABOVE STRESS

Soar Above Stress

Series:  “New Normal” part 2

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Dr. Chris Vaught, Sr. Pastor

Isaiah 40: 28-31— Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding. 29 He gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless. 30 Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall, 

Times Of Stress Affect Us All…

• Stress =

What Symptoms Are Often Experienced In Stressful Times?

1. We feel FAINT
2. We feel
3. We feel

Isaiah 7:9— If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.

Romans 8:6 — Now the mind-set of the flesh is death, but the mind-set of the Spirit is life and peace. 

Instructions to Soar over Stress from Isaiah 40:31.

Isaiah 40:31—but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.

1. on the

• Wait – Hebrew “qavah” meaning =

Psalm 27: 14— Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

2. Waiting on the LORD strengthens you to…

            I. with over our Stress

                     a. Faith in the Power of , not your own Powerlessness. Vs. 28

           II. with

                      a. Turn into

           III. with

In his letter to the Ephesians Paul would say:

• Walk worthy of your calling – 4:1
• Don’t walk like unbelievers – 4:17
• Walk in love – 5:2
• Walk in the Light – 5:8
• Walk with Wisdom – 5:15

3. The to your

• Renew – Hebrew “chalupa” meaning = 

2 Corinthians 5:17—“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation…”

2 Corinthians 12: 10— “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

• Give Him our for His
• Give Him our for His
• Give Him our for His
• Give Him our for His

The Big Take-Away:

Galatians 2: 20— “I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me..”