Stress Stress MakersMakers

Stress and love

When we turn _____ things into ________ things we create our own stress!

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The Search for Love

Jacob’s Longing

Genesis 29:16 Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was lovely in form, and beautiful.

Jacob’s Longing

18Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, "I'll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel."

Jacob’s Longing

Genesis 29:20 So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Jacob’s Longing

Genesis 29:21 Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to lie with her."

The Sting

Genesis 29:25 When morning came, there was Leah!

Love Stress-Makers

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Idealize

Idolize

The Devastation of Idolatry

The Devastation of Idolatry

Genesis 29:30 Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah.

The Devastation of Idolatry

Genesis 29:31 When the LORD saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

The Devastation of Idolatry

32Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now."

The Devastation of Idolatry

Genesis 29:33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Because the LORD heard that I am not loved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon.

The Devastation of Idolatry

Genesis 29:34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." So he was named Levi.

Cosmic Disillusionment

Proverbs 27:20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

Male and Female Idolatries

Leah’s Breakthrough

Genesis 29:35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, "This time I will praise the LORD." So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children.

The True Bridegroom

Genesis 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his.

The True Bridegroom

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

The True Bridegroom

Revelation 19:6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude…, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.

The True Bridegroom

7Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

The True Bridegroom

9Then the angel said, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!'"

The Man Nobody Wanted

Colossians 3:1-4 Your life is hidden with Christ in God…when Christ who is your life appears, you will appear with him in glory.”