What is Stress

A  state result­ing from a stress; espe­cially: one of bod­ily or men­tal ten­sion result­ing from fac­tors that tend to alter an exis­tent equi­lib­rium <job-related stress, many oth­ers types of stress> — basi­cally it takes you out of peace into fear.  Stress is worry and anx­i­ety over a per­son, sit­u­a­tion or thing for that day or for tomor­row.  It is some­thing that cap­tures your thoughts.

The bible says stress is a spirit of fear.  The Lord knew we would all be deal­ing with stress and 365 times in the bible it says “Fear Not”.  Why because fear does not come from God.  It comes from the king­dom of Dark­ness.  The devil knows if he can get you in fear, he can shut you down.

When a per­son is in stress or fear for long peri­ods of time a sig­nif­i­cant num­ber of peo­ple also suf­fer with anx­i­ety, depres­sion, insom­nia, alco­hol and drug abuse.

Long-term stress is dan­ger­ous to your health.  In fact, stress has affects on brain areas that play a crit­i­cal role in learn­ing and mem­ory like foggy brain syn­drom.  This effects the hip­pocam­pus and pre­frontal cortex.

When a per­son is in stress for long peri­ods of time, a stress hor­mone, such as cor­ti­sol and nor­ep­i­neph­rine, releases in the body.  Cor­ti­sol is known as a death hor­mone.  It affects the heart, causes high blood pres­sure and cre­ates dis­ease such as diabetes.

A per­son who has suf­fered from long-term trau­matic events such as liv­ing with a fam­ily mem­ber who explodes all the time and you never know when or what will set this per­son off.

Stress Respon­sive Hor­monal Systems

When under stress, your body releases in the brain and through­out the body Nor­ep­i­neph­rine and cor­ti­sol.  Nor­ep­i­neph­rine sharp­ens the sense, raise the level of fear, increases heart rate and blood pres­sure — fight or flight.  The nor­ep­i­neph­rine is sim­i­lar to a fire alarm that alerts all areas of the brain simultaneously.

Cor­ti­sol aids in sur­vival by redis­trib­ut­ing energy when an indi­vid­ual is under attack such as a snake cross­ing your path.  It also increases heart rate and blood pres­sure, but shunt­ing energy to the brain and mus­cles to speed up thought processes and fight or flee.  After the episode, the chem­i­cal shuts off.

When a per­son grew up in fight or flight, their bod­ies con­tinue to release cor­ti­sol into the body.  Chronic high cor­ti­sol lev­els cause gas­tric ulcers, thin­ning of the bones and pos­si­bly brain dam­age and many dif­fer­ent types of diseases.

Trau­matic events can result in brain dam­age and impaired mem­ory prob­lems because of the dam­age in the Hip­pocam­pus part of the brain.

Not only the brain the health of a per­son affected.  When cor­ti­sol is high con­tin­u­ally, a person’s moods affected, lead­ing to depress­ing and feel­ings of fatigue.  Stress also impairs the immune sys­tem (aller­gies, envi­ron­men­tal issues because of too much , which can lead to an increase in infec­tions and pos­si­bly increased rates of can­cer.  Many peo­ple with MCS/EI have high lev­els of cor­ti­sol in their bod­ies as a result of a bro­ken heart.  Some­one impor­tant broke their heart when they were youth through either emo­tional abuse, phys­i­cal abuse or sex­ual abuse.  Ele­va­tions in cor­ti­sol lead to increased depo­si­tion of intra-abdominal fat; this type of fat always asso­ci­ated with a higher mor­tal­ity than obe­sity in general.

Over all, stress also has effects on the car­dio­vas­cu­lar sys­tem, which increase the risk for heart dis­ease.  Cor­ti­sol adversely affects ath­er­o­scle­ro­sis, and ele­va­tions in nor­ep­i­neph­rine may have direct effects on heart rhythms, lead­ing to sud­den death.  Patients with depres­sion (related to stress) and heart dis­ease are about five times more likely to have sud­den death with­out depression.

What do we do with stress, fears and anxiety?

First, you must real­ize fear is a spirit from the king­dom of dark­ness.  It is the oposite of faith in God but the oppo­site of not trust­ing God or the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philip­pi­ans 4:6–7Philip­pi­ans 4:6–7
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
6 Be care­ful for noth­ing; but in every thing by prayer and sup­pli­ca­tion with thanks­giv­ing let your requests be made known unto God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which pas­seth all under­stand­ing, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  

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Do not be anx­ious about any­thing, but in every­thing, by prayer and peti­tion, with thanks­giv­ing, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which tran­scends all under­stand­ing, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (NIV).

1 Peter 5:71 Peter 5:7
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
7 Cast­ing all your care upon him; for he careth for you.  

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Med­i­ta­tion on the Word of God

The Bible is filled with incred­i­ble promises from God. Med­i­tat­ing on these words of assur­ance can dis­pel our worry, doubt, fear and stress. Here are just a few exam­ples of the Bible’s stress reliev­ing verses:2 Peter 1:32 Peter 1:3
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
3 Accord­ing as his divine power hath given unto us all things that per­tain unto life and god­li­ness, through the knowl­edge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: to: or, by  

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His divine power has given us every­thing we need for life and god­li­ness through our knowl­edge of him who called us by his own glory and good­ness.(NIV)

Matthew 11:28–30Matthew 11:28–30
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my bur­den is light.  

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“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy bur­dens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am hum­ble and gen­tle, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke fits per­fectly, and the bur­den I give you is light.”(NLT)

John 14:27John 14:27
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be trou­bled, nei­ther let it be afraid.  

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“I am leav­ing you with a gift–peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be trou­bled or afraid.”(NLT)

It is build­ing trust in God and trust­ing God in all of our cir­cum­stances in life.  1 Peter 5:71 Peter 5:7
Eng­lish: King James Ver­sion (1611) — KJV
7 Cast­ing all your care upon him; for he careth for you.  

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As Chris­tians we need to learn to cast our cares to Him and allow Him to carry our bur­dens.  There is noth­ing else you can do but trust Him.  God always works it out for us.  That means “Let Go and Let God”.

by: Traci Morin, The Min­istry of Deliv­er­ance Heal­ing
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