Fans stay positive

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Fans stay positive!

• Dr. Piére Nel
• 083 262 3256

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Definition/understanding of stress

• Stress is the result of a
• mismatch between
• the challenges you
• experience and your
• belief in your ability to cope.
• The challenges
• may come from sources
• external to you and
• may be the result of too
• much or too little
• pressure.

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Signs of work stress
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Whats triggering your work stress?
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ABC of Stress

• A is the Activating event or potential
  stressful situation
• B Is your Beliefs, Thoughts, or perceptions
  about A
• C is the consequences or stress that results
  from holding these beliefs

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Healthy perspectives

• Matt 1613,16
• Who do the people say I am?
• You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!

• Isa 611-7 (Luke 418-19)
• Good news to the poor
• Comfort the broken-hearted
• Captives released
• Prisoners set free
• Mourners favor has come,
• Beauty for ashes,
• Joy instead of mourning, Praise in stead of
  despair

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God my source of power

• Eph 320
• My God can do exceedingly, abundantly, above
  whatever you can ask or think of, according to
  the power that is working in us.
• Phil 413
• I can do all things through Christ that
  strengthens me.

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Prioritize First things first

• Matt 633
• Seek first the Kingdom of God and His
  righteousness, and He will give you all you need.
• Time (pray, meditate, study the Word)
• Talent
• Treasure

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Who am I? Gods perspective

• Rom 828 Everything work together for me
• 2 Cor 520 An Ambassador for Christ
• Eph 210 Gods masterpiece
• Isa 536 Healed by Jesus stripes
• 2 Cor 517 A new creation
• Deut 2813 The head, not the tail
• Deut 2813 Above only and not beneath
• Rom 837 More than a conqueror
• Col 210 Complete in Him
• Ps13914 Awesomely, wonderfully created
• Eph 611-18 Access to every piece of Gods armour

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My challenge

• Phil 46-7
• Dont worry about anything instead, pray about
  everything. Tell God what you need, and thank
  him for all he has done. If you do this, you will
  experience Gods peace, which is far more
  wonderful than the human mind can understand.
• Rom 122 Renew your mind
• 2 Cor 105 Take every thought captive.

• Phil 48 Thought contents
• True
• Honorable
• Right pure
• Lovely
• Admirable
• Excellent
• Worthy of praise

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Joyful life (Blossom where you are planted)

• 1 John 316-24
• ought to give up our lives for our Christian
  friends. let us stop saying we love each other
  let us really show it by our actions. It is by
  our actions that we are living in the truth.
• We must believe in the name of the Son, Jesus
  Christ , and love one another, just as he
  commanded.

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FANS

• Have faith
• Stay enthusiastic and positive
• Celebrate home-ground advantage
• Pitch early, not half-time
• Accept and deal with failure
• Dont miss a game and stay loyal
• They are loud and vocal!
• Prepared to pay for tickets
• Wear the jersey and insignia
• Seek the best seats
• Doesnt mind extra time
• Know the statistics