Managing Stress Like Jesus: Join a Small Group - Daily Hope with Rick Warren - November 12, 2018
Managing Stress Like Jesus: Join a Small Group
By Rick Warren
“[Jesus] said to them, ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me’” (Matthew 26:38 NIV).
Did you know Jesus had a small group?
Read the Gospels, and you’ll realize Jesus did just about everything with his small group—those he called to be his closest disciples.
It reveals one of the seven stress-management principles of Jesus. Here are five we’ve already discussed:
- Identification: Know who you are
- Motivation: Know whose approval you are living for
- Vocation: Know your calling
- Concentration: Focus on what matters most
- Meditation: Listen to God
The sixth principle is collaboration. If you want to reduce your stress, you need to get in a small group.
You were never intended to handle the stress of life by yourself. God wants you to share it with others.
You’ve probably heard this statement: If you need to get something done right, do it yourself.
That’s a recipe for stress—not success!
It’s not what Jesus did. The very first thing Jesus did in his ministry was to form a small group. He knew God intended we live in community, so he lived out that truth.
Jesus turned to his small group during the most stressful night of his life. When Jesus knew he’d be arrested in Garden of Gethsemane, the night before he went to the cross, he didn’t go alone. He took his small group with him.
The Bible says, “[Jesus] said to them, ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me’” (Matthew 26:38 NIV).
Jesus didn’t need his small group’s advice. He didn’t need their words of comfort. He just needed their presence.
If Jesus benefited from a small group, imagine all the ways you can benefit, too!
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