Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
                
                
                
                    Stress can be both positive or negative; it can drain us, but it can also charge us!
1.	Distress -- demotivates us, brings us down
2.	Eustress-- motivates us, it is tiring in the short term by invigorating in the long…
•	Meeting a challenge
•	Coming
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    A NEW MAN AFTER THAT SERMON
The minister’s sermon on this particular Sunday was considerably longer than normal. However, it was so well prepared and inspiring that he just knew it would be a big hit with the congregation. 
At the end of the service he stood shaking hands with the people as they
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 1, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The hope of heaven is a powerful strength for godly living that many people seem to virtually ignore in their daily lives.  It was Myrtle Erickson who wrote:
Think of stepping on a shore and finding it heaven
of taking hold of a hand and finding it God’s hand
of breathing new air and finding it
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
                
                
                
                    Walking with God can be a great source of Eustress (positive stress)…
example:  Some of you this week found time in your crazy schedule to listen to or read your Bible.  How did you feel afterward?
It’s Wednesday night, and you help with AWANA.  It’s been a busy day and you’re tired.  But you
                    
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                    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 18, 2010
                
                
                
                    COVERING UP A HOLE
Katie and I had arrived in Oklahoma and were getting about the task of settling in. We were living in a cramped two-room apartment and desperately looking for a house to buy. We were looking to purchase our first house ever.
As we looked at houses around town, there always
                    
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