Overview
This is the fourth episode of The Gathering Podcast. Today’s “conversations with the congregation” episode is a conversation between George Clerie and host Peter Varberg around the topic of stress, what it is, and some practical tips on how to let God lighten the load and take care of it for you.
Discussion
0:00- 10:00 George explains what Stress is, and introduces scriptural passages that address stress, and how they offer us practical wisdom to apply in our own lives, today.
10:00- 35:00 George introduces the acronym CALM.
C - Choose to rejoice... in God's sovereignty, providence, and mercy.
A - Ask for help
L - Learn to be thankful
M - Meditate on good things
35:00-40:00 George offers the congregations a few more tips and emphasizes the need to be in community as one of the primary ways to combat the sources of stress in our lives.