THE BRAIN AND CONFLICT

HEALING THE MIND FROM

STRESS

WHAT IS STRESS •Stress is derived for the Latin word "stringere" or tightness.

•Researchers view stress as the psychological and physiological condition that a person experiences when a situation is perceived as threatening, harmful or demanding.

•"Stress" is caused by stressors: anything that causes an adjustive demand, such as frustration, conflict, pressure, or a need.

STRESS REDUCTION METHODS

•1. Group or Social Support •7. Quiet (Peaceful)

•2. Creative Imagery (Faith) Environment

•3. Thought

Stopping By Thought Replacing

•4. Breathing Exercise

•5. Regular Exercise

•6. Relaxation

•8. Comfortable Position

•9. Time Management

•10. Proper Nutrition

•11. Prayer Meditation

PHILIPPIANS 4:6,7

• Anxiety is a response to bad stress. Merimnao - properly, drawn in opposite directions; "divided into parts" (A. T. Robertson); (figuratively) "to go to pieces" because pulled apart (in different directions), like the force exerted by sinful anxiety (worry).

• Prayer - Proseuchomai - literally, to interact with the Lord by switching human wishes (ideas) for His wishes as He imparts faith ("divine persuasion").

• Supplication - deomai - properly, to feel pressing need because of lack - hence, to make urgent appeal.

• Thanksgiving - the attitude of thankfulness

• The right ideas and divine persuasion in prayer; along with the right appeal; plus the

right attitude will lead to peace.

ARRESTED THOUGHTS & EMOTIONS • Peace - eirḗnē (from eirō, "to join, tie together into a whole") - properly, wholeness,

i.e. when all essential parts are joined together.

• Comprehension - noús - the God-given capacity of each person to think (reason); the mind; mental capacity to exercise reflective thinking.

• Guard - phrouréō (from phrousos, "a sentinel, guard") - properly, to guard (keep watch) like a military sentinel; (figuratively) to actively display whatever defensive and offensive means are necessary to guard.

• Heart - kardía - heart; "the affective center of our being" and the capacity of moral preference (volitional desire, choice).

• Mind - nóēma - to exert mental effort - properly the mind, especially its final

output; systematic thinking.