The #1 way to lower your stress

Let me share with you some of the lessons I’ve learned on burnout. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Pastor Rick's Daily Hope]( ) {NAME} , In the first year of Saddleback Church, I was a 25-year-old pastor with no staff. I set up and took down the chairs. I printed the bulletins. I did all the preaching, teaching, and praying. When it came to that ministry, I did it all. And I was exhausted. One Sunday morning, it caught up to me—I stood up to speak, and I fainted. God taught me a valuable lesson during that difficult season: The key to an effective life is focus. And the focus of a stress-free life is Jesus. In The Message, 2 Corinthians 5:14 says, "[Christ’s] love has the first and last word in everything we do. Our firm decision is to work from this focused center." My problems as a young pastor started when my focus shifted from God to my work for God. My work was a good thing—but it wasn’t the best thing. And the antidote to my burnout was re-centering my life on Jesus. And if you want to lower your stress and live out your purpose effectively, you need to make sure God is at the center. Once I started spending more time with God, I began to be re-energized, renewed, refreshed, and revitalized. I worried less, worshipped more, and became a living example of Philippians 4:7 (The Message): "It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life!" You see, one of the ways that you know Jesus is at the center of your life is you worry less. Worry is a sign that something has replaced him. It’s easy to center life around your career, relationships, hobbies, sports, or just plain fun. And there’s nothing wrong with those things—but they’re just not strong enough, solid enough, or secure enough to be the center of your life. I learned firsthand that putting Jesus there is the number one stress reliever in life. [That’s why I took the lessons God taught me during that difficult season, and I put them together to create the Re-Energize Your Life Bible study.]( ) [Re-Engergize Your Life!]( ) This study is a practical, hands-on tool that will take you on a journey from fatigue to fulfillment. From a lack of energy to being re-energized. It’ll help you get focused so you can live out your God-given purpose effectively. [And I’d love to send you the Re-Energize Your Life Bible study as my thanks for your gift to Daily Hope today.]( ) Your support is helping people like Rafael from Brazil discover how to focus on God first—centering his life around Jesus—every day. Rafael shares . . . "I listen to the Daily Hope every day. I started listening to it to improve my English skills but then it began to improve me as a servant of God. I use it as a devotional, and it has become one of the first things I do in my routine every day. It has changed my spiritual life! Every day when I get up one of my first thoughts is: what will I receive from God today from the podcast?" Friend, no matter what else is in your life, you need something at the center that is absolutely unchanging . . . something that can never be taken away from you. You need Jesus at the center. And I know the [Re-Energize Your Life]( ) Bible study can help you do that. So please request your copy as my thanks for your gift today. My prayer for you is that this year will be the greatest year so far of your life. And that the rest of your life will be the best of your life, and you’ll go into it re-energized. God bless you, [Send me the Bible study! >>]( ) [Get Hope Share Hope] [Facebook]( ) [Instagram]( ) Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( ) Daily Hope, PO Box 80448, Rancho Santa Margarita, California 92688, United States