CURE FOR CARE (2 OF 5)
Scripture: Philippians 4:4-7
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Cure for Care (2 of 5)
Series: Philippians 4
Stephen Whitney
Philippians 4:4-7
Before the famous football coach Woody Hates came to Ohio
State where he coached for 28 years from 1951 to 1978 and
won 13 Big Ten Titles along with four National Championships
he had coached at Denison and Miami which were much smaller
universities with much smaller stadiums.
He recalled the first time that he stood in the middle of the Ohio
State University stadium with its 86,000 seats looking down at
him. He said, ''I was shook up. My young son was with me and had a hold of my hand. He must have felt my reaction, for he said, 'But daddy, the football field is the same size (300 feet by 160).'''
Isn't that true, we see something that is different than we are used to so we worry about how we will handle it. We become worried because things are different than we are used to.
Researchers have done a great deal of study about what we worry about and have found some interesting conclusions:
• 40% of what we worry about never happens.
• 30% are about things in the past we cannot change.
• 10% are needless worries about our health.
• 10% are miscellaneous worries about life.
• 10% are real things we should be concerned about
because we can change what happens by our decisions.
Worry does more damage to the one who worries than the thing they are worrying about. Modern medical research has proved that worry breaks down our resistance to disease. But more than that,
it causes disease in the nervous system - particularly the digestive system and the heart.
An examination of over 500 patients showed that more than one-third of their visual problems were caused by emotional tension.
On the spiritual side the greatest thing that worry does is steal the personal joy God wants us to have in our relationship with him.
There are times when we may become anxious and stressed about circumstances that we face in our lives. It might be uncertainty about the ...
Series: Philippians 4
Stephen Whitney
Philippians 4:4-7
Before the famous football coach Woody Hates came to Ohio
State where he coached for 28 years from 1951 to 1978 and
won 13 Big Ten Titles along with four National Championships
he had coached at Denison and Miami which were much smaller
universities with much smaller stadiums.
He recalled the first time that he stood in the middle of the Ohio
State University stadium with its 86,000 seats looking down at
him. He said, ''I was shook up. My young son was with me and had a hold of my hand. He must have felt my reaction, for he said, 'But daddy, the football field is the same size (300 feet by 160).'''
Isn't that true, we see something that is different than we are used to so we worry about how we will handle it. We become worried because things are different than we are used to.
Researchers have done a great deal of study about what we worry about and have found some interesting conclusions:
• 40% of what we worry about never happens.
• 30% are about things in the past we cannot change.
• 10% are needless worries about our health.
• 10% are miscellaneous worries about life.
• 10% are real things we should be concerned about
because we can change what happens by our decisions.
Worry does more damage to the one who worries than the thing they are worrying about. Modern medical research has proved that worry breaks down our resistance to disease. But more than that,
it causes disease in the nervous system - particularly the digestive system and the heart.
An examination of over 500 patients showed that more than one-third of their visual problems were caused by emotional tension.
On the spiritual side the greatest thing that worry does is steal the personal joy God wants us to have in our relationship with him.
There are times when we may become anxious and stressed about circumstances that we face in our lives. It might be uncertainty about the ...
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