METHODIST CHURCH NIGERIA - Online Study Bible

HOW TO STOP WORRYING
AND START LIVING A MORE FULFILLED LIFE
By
Adindu Steve Ogamba
Methodist Church Nigeria has discovered that the peace, health and
wellbeing of her members have direct consequence on the spiritual and
numerical growth of the Church. This is because only the mind that is at
peace can exercise true worship and contribute meaningfully to the growth
of the church. That is why Christ said in John 14: 27, peace I leave with
you, my peace I give to you. Peace of mind is consequential to any thing one
wants to achieve in life. Therefore for Methodist Church Nigeria to achieve
her mandate of repositioning the Church, it has become imperative that
members have to be adequately equipped. That is why the theme discover to
recover is most suited at this particular time. I have therefore chosen a sub
theme that addresses one of the challenges.
How to stop worrying and start living a more fulfilled life
Matthew 6: 25-31, Luke 12: 22-31. Therefore I say to you do not worry
about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink or about your
body what you shall put on.................... Which of you by worrying can add one
cubit to his span of life..........
What is worry?
To keep thinking about a problem or something bad that might happen so
that you cannot relax or feel happy. You can’t sleep, eat, your nerves shaken
and confidence gone. Most times the problems or the bad things we think
about are just imaginations, illusions they do not happen. Even the ones that
happen we do not possess the capacity to change or alter them. The
emotions of worry, hatred and envy are driven by primeval vigour and the
dynamic energy of the jungle. Such emotions are so violent that they tend to
drive out of our minds all peaceful, happy thoughts and emotions.
What causes worry and stress?
Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise
and forget. We are here on earth with few more decades to live but we loose
many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that in a year’s time will
be forgotten. We worry over so many things, when thunder comes we worry
that we would be killed by lightening. When hard times come we worry that
we won’t have enough to eat. We worry about marriage, children, our wives,
our career, virtually everything under the sun. Let us examine the record and
ask ourselves; what are the chances that what we are worrying about will
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