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 Jesus Wept: The Bible and Human
Emotions
Contents
1 Emotions
2 Divine Provision for Anxiety
3 Stress
4 Relationships
5 Guilt
6 Good Thinking
7 Hope Against Depression
8 Resilience
9 Self-Esteem
10 Jealousy
11 Freedom From Addictions
12 Nature as a Source of Health
13 Partnership With Jesus
 Jesus Wept: The Bible and Human
Emotions
Our Goal {3}
These lessons look at human emotions and
give us biblical principles on how we can
understand our emotions and seek the power
of the Lord to bring them under His loving
sovereignty. We’ll look at Bible characters,
focusing on their emotional reactions to
whatever befell them, good and bad, and ask:
What can we learn from their experiences
that can help us with ours?
Jesus
Jesus Wept:
Wept: The
The Bible
Bible and
and Human
Human
Emotions
Emotions
Lesson
Lesson 3,
3, January
January 15
15

Stress
 Stress
Key Text

Matthew 11:28 NIV

“ ‘Come to me, all you who are
weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest’. ”
 Stress
Initial Words {31}

Stress values: the death of spouse—100;

personal injury or illness—53; change in
residence—20; etc. Accumulating 200 or
more points at any given time runs a 50
percent chance of becoming ill; accruing 300
or more will reach a point of crisis.
Moderate amounts of stress are necessary to
increase performance, but beyond a point,
stress becomes a health hazard.
 Stress
Quick Look

1. Exciting Life: Immunity to Stress?

(1 Kings 17; 18)
2. Bitter Life: Satan’s Tool for Stress
(1 Kings 19:3, 4)
3. God’s Management for Stress
(1 Kings 19:5-9)
 Stress
1. Exciting Life: Immunity to Stress?

1 Kings 17, 18 NKJV

6
“The ravens brought him bread and meat
in the morning, and…in the evening and he
drank from the brook. … 16 The bin of flour
was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run
dry…. 22 The LORD heard the voice of Elijah;
and the soul of the child came back to him…
38
Then the fire…fell and consumed the burnt
sacrifice…. 45 There was a heavy rain.”
 1. Exciting Life: Immunity to Stress?
Miracles in Our Lives {32}

In the midst of a long famine, Elijah must

have felt very close to the Lord, who took
such personal care of him. First, he had the
opportunity to witness ravens come twice a
day to feed him. Talk about a miracle!
Then he saw endless rations of bread coming
from a little oil and meal—enough food to
feed three persons for two years.
 1. Exciting Life: Immunity to Stress?
Miracles in Our Lives {32}

God used Elijah to resurrect the widow’s son.

What a test of faith, and what a vindication of
God’s power over life and death! Next, the
test at Mount Carmel was an irrefutable and
spectacular demonstration of God’s power.
Finally, heavy rain after a three-year drought
was another manifestation of God’s
involvement in human affairs.
 1. Exciting Life: Immunity to Stress?
Miracles in Our Lives {32}

It’s hard to imagine how anyone, after all that,

could not fully trust in the Lord; yet, not long
after all that, Elijah was swept up in the
symptoms of stress and discouragement.
Regardless of the miracles in our lives, we
always will face obstacles.
No one, not even a prophet like Elijah, is
immune to the troubles that life brings.
 Stress
2. Bitter Life: Satan’s Tool for Stress

1 Kings 19:3, 4 NKJV

“And when he saw that, he arose and ran for
his life, and went to Beersheba…went a day’s
journey into the wilderness, and came and
sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed
that he might die, and said,

‘It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I

am no better than my fathers!’ ”
 2. Bitter Life: Satan’s Tool for Stress
Emotionally Devastating Experience {34}

Whether or not Elijah took part himself in

the killing of hundreds of people, he was
clearly in charge of the operation, and that
must have been an emotionally devastating
experience.
How did he reach the point of asking
God to take his life?
 2. Bitter Life: Satan’s Tool for Stress
The Desire of Ages 120 {34}

“Satan has taken advantage of the weakness

of humanity. And he will still work in the
same way. Whenever one is
encompassed with clouds, perplexed by
circumstances, or afflicted by poverty or
distress, Satan is at hand to tempt and annoy.
He attacks our weak points of character. He
seeks to shake our confidence in God, who
suffers such a condition of things to exist.”
 Stress
3. God’s Management for Stress

1 Kings 19:5-9 NKJV

“As he lay and slept…suddenly an angel
touched him, and said…‘Arise and eat.’ …
And the angel…came back the second time,
and touched him, and said, ‘Arise and eat,
because the journey is too great for you.’ …

And he went in the strength of that food forty

days and forty nights as far as Horeb….”
 3. God’s Management for Stress
God’s Therapy {36}

Sleep. Eat. Sleep again. Eat again. And then

engage in intense physical exercise—forty
days and forty nights; from Mount Carmel to
Mount Horeb.
Such a regimen helps the person fill time
positively and avoid self-pity.
Physical exercise helps produce endorphins,
morphine-like natural chemicals that enhance
mood and temporarily relieve depression.
 3. God’s Management for Stress
Jesus’ Method {38}

“Whenever it was His privilege, He turned

aside from the scene of His labor, to go into
the fields, to meditate in the green valleys, to
hold communion with God on the
mountainside or amid the trees of the forest.
The early morning often found Him in some
secluded place, meditating, searching the
Scriptures, or in prayer.” Desire of Ages 90
 3. God’s Management for Stress
Jesus’ Method {38}

“His heart was knit by a strong bond of

affection to the family at Bethany…. Often,
when weary, thirsting for human fellowship,
He had been glad to escape to this peaceful
household…. Our Saviour appreciated a
quiet home and interested listeners. He
longed for human tenderness, courtesy, and
affection.” Desire of Ages 524
 Stress
Final Words {39}

In times of stress, it is important to keep our

priorities straight and spend time seeking and
communing with God. That’s when He can
remind us that it’s His work that is important,
a work that is usually done in a quiet,
unhurried way, in our hearts
Our main work is to cooperate with Him
so we can then find “rest for [our] souls.”