In the last post we looked at two top causes of stress in our lives today.
Remember they are:
Disobedience (to your own heart) and -
Control (you can’t control anything in life but your own mind).
Now let’s tackle the BIGGEST cause of stress in our lives today! What is it?
Fear! Yes fear is a HUGE cause of stress.
Fear is actually the root cause of ALL other causes of stress. Fear is behind them all.
Did you know that faith and fear have a common denominator. What is it?
How can you tell when fear is present in your life?
One good way is to note your first SPONTANEOUS reaction to a challenge and the thoughts that go with it.
- Did you gasp and think or say: How am I going to cope with this?
- Did you lose your breath for a second and then find a host of “what if thoughts” flooding your mind?
Those are certainly reactions of fear.
So how can you change those reactions?
Well first you need to face the fact that the fear habit did not grow to this magnitude overnight, and it is likely it will not disappear overnight.
Faith is also a developed and learned habit.
Faith will displace fear!
Here’s how you can cultivate faith:
- Take note of the words you listen to (and only listen to positive faith building words).
- Take note of the words you are speaking and stop speaking negative words. Make an dedicated effort to speak only positive words no matter what the situation.
This will take discipline, determination and development to achieve completely. Remember habits are developed!
- Stop associating with negative people.
- Stop watching negative and violent programs on TV.
- Read, listen to and watch strong faith building books, articles and messages.
These things will certainly put you on the road to developing faith habits and fear will have to flee.
Once fear is gone, you will find that your life will have a LOT less stress.
Now its your turn - What are your thoughts? Please share them here.
Did you notice that there are only two letters different between the two words worrier and warrior?