Stress is a sin

[Classik]

Stress is a sin

Yeah! Stress is a sin - greed. Why would someone wish to work himself to death or extreme exhaustion?

God rested on the seventh day. (Not that HE was actually tired - HE's omnipotent). HE wants us to rest. This is the reason HE made night...otherwise HE would have not created night and would have allowed us to work all day.

I read something sometime ago about a man who wished: a week should be = 8 days instead...something like that.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Stress is a sin

Yeah! Stress is a sin - greed. Why would someone wish to work himself to death or extreme exhaustion?

God rested on the seventh day. (Not that HE was actually tired - HE's omnipotent). HE wants us to rest. This is the reason HE made night...otherwise HE would have not created night and would have allowed us to work all day.

I read something sometime ago about a man who wished: a week should be = 8 days instead...something like that.

Stress is not a sin.
It could be the result of sin and nothing more.
People are put into situations (especially children) whereby stress is the result.
It is out of their control.
It cannot be considered sin.
But whether we choose stressful situations in life or not, God is the only way out.

 

[evenifigoalone]

There are a lot of things that cause stress and it's not always a direct result of overworking. And sometimes overworking can be a result of trying to be too helpful. Some people are like me and have a hard time telling people no. (No, I'm not overworked. Just an example.)

 

[Willie T]

Stress isn't really just"working". It is consistently not realizing your desired goals.

 

[tim-from-pa]

Stress is a sin

Yeah! Stress is a sin - greed. Why would someone wish to work himself to death or extreme exhaustion?

God rested on the seventh day. (Not that HE was actually tired - HE's omnipotent). HE wants us to rest. This is the reason HE made night...otherwise HE would have not created night and would have allowed us to work all day.

I read something sometime ago about a man who wished: a week should be = 8 days instead...something like that.

Stress can be more than overwork. It can, for example, be the result of anxiety. Even bad preaching can result in stress where the person feels they need Christ more as fire insurance rather than loving him to do the Father's will. Then there's always that doubt "what if..." your faith is not adequate and the Father becomes more of someone to be feared instead of embraced. The resulting thoughts are unbearable for some people to tolerate which is one reason I suspect many Christians are dealing with emotional issues and even medications in some cases. You get the drift.

As for the 7th day, this is why I stood up to my employer awhile back and demanded the Sabbath off, with the stipulation I also get off God's Holy days. We get enough PTO each year, and the days I want off are not the ones the world takes so it should not be a problem (since we work in a company that's open 24/7). They agreed. That reduces stress considerably. Nothing I love more than sitting alone on a Saturday, reading my bible and having a holy convocation. Not saying I'm perfect, no. And when we sin, we are forgiven 70 times 7. But the issue is to take a stand and not take a special time of God and turn it into a common work day flailing my arms just like the rest of the clueless do in mayhem. I refused to do that any longer and being associated with that.

The calendar is the world's way to control a person, and even in Roman times they wanted to buck God and make the week 8 days. Same with the same 8 solar holidays which occur at the equinox/solstices and the times between (quarter and cross-quarter days). But God has resonant times so-to-speak to have a holy meeting with a person (people). He has the weekly Sabbath, and the feast days, plus special years. Each and every day he has certain times he appears which related to the morning and evening offerings, i.e. the 3rd and 9th hour of the day. A person should strive to pray those hours and about noon. We pray without ceasing by keeping such a schedule, and also a constant mental attitude about prayer. Devout Catholics make these times 9-12-3, but in fact, the hours change depending on your location and time of year. But an hour is still about an hour. One can look at the hour hand on the clock and graphically tell when this is. I can tell today where I live, it's about 10AM, about 12:45 noon, and between 3 and 4PM. That's close enough to hit the hour if you pray at or before those times, even though I can calculate it exactly.

 

[Gary]

Stress is a sin

Luke 22
41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.



What do you wanna bet Jesus was stressing?
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[Edward]

Stress is a sin

Yeah! Stress is a sin - greed. Why would someone wish to work himself to death or extreme exhaustion?

God rested on the seventh day. (Not that HE was actually tired - HE's omnipotent). HE wants us to rest. This is the reason HE made night...otherwise HE would have not created night and would have allowed us to work all day.

I read something sometime ago about a man who wished: a week should be = 8 days instead...something like that.

I don't think that stress is sin, in and of itself. It's the consequence of something else (that could have been sin). We are told not to be anxious about anything, and we shouldn't. God has is all under control. Through lack of faith and not remembering this we can get stressed, but it's not necessary.

I notice that God created man on the 6th day. So the first thing that Adam did, was to enter into rest. The way the bible says the days go...and the evening and the morning were the first day, the second, and so on, shows us that the new day begins when the sun goes down. So we begin the day by resting...and then get up and go to work.

I used to stress about money. Paying the bills and stuff. but not any more. Why stress about it? If I have the money, I pay it, if I don't I wont. Simple as that. Stress doesn't pay the bills, it takes away. It's hard on your health, is not productive in any way, and takes away from the peace in the household. It'll get paid when it gets paid. Money is the worst thing to stress about. If you stress about the money, work more hours, go out of your way to run out and make it happen so you can pay a bill, and do it, then what happens? Then tomorrow, you have new bills. It starts over again. In the meantime, you've probably damaged your relationship with your wife by not being there and working, perhaps arguing about the money and bills, and here's some new bills now. So it's a vicious cycle. Forget about it. Don't work too much, don't stress about it, and let it go. Go relax and spend some quality time with the fam. Rest. The Lord knows what you have need of and He will deliver.

 

[evenifigoalone]

Agreed--stress is anymore of a sin than being depressed or heartbroken.

 

[th1b.taylor]

Classik,
As has been pointed out you have a slanted and slippery grip on stress. when I would get drunk or toke a joint to release the stress I sinned but stressing over the safety of my men when we were flying as many as twenty sorties a day and then being rocketed, at least every other night was, certainly, not sinful. Everyone from Buck Private up was stressed or else they were dumb as a brick and that stress resulted in 24/7 preparedness and that kept those of us that survived alive. Stress, like most human conditions, can result in sin but I have great difficulty seeing my love and care for my young soldiers and Warrant Officers as sin and believe me, that love in the middle of an active combat zone equals stress.

 

[Classik]

reminds me of Moses' case.

Moses had to appoint some people to help him when he realised...or when he was advised not to over do it.