{"id":13,"date":"2005-10-17T10:03:29","date_gmt":"2005-10-17T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2009-01-08T09:14:14","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T14:14:14","slug":"using-stress-to-your-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/17\/using-stress-to-your-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Stress to your Advantage&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone thinks his or her job is the most stressful.<\/p>\n<p>I read recently that teachers have the most stressful jobs.   Of course, that conclusion was proclaimed where?  On a teacher&#8217;s website.  Management guru, Peter Drucker once indicated that pastoring is highly stressful.  He suposedly called pastoral ministry &#8220;the most frustrated profession in America.&#8221;  Guess where I read that?  On a Pastor&#8217;s web site.<\/p>\n<p>Most people feel that their lives are stressful.  In fact,<!--more--> I would guess that, though it&#8217;s mathematically impossible, 90% of us feel that our lives are more stressful than 90% of us.<\/p>\n<p>Did you ever think of how stressful it must have been to do Noah&#8217;s job?  This message looks at how Noah handled the stress given him and gives us <strong>keys to handling stress<\/strong>.   It was presented  Sunday morning at Curwensville Alliance Church.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.mp3\">mp3 here<\/a> or stream the mp3  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/lq\/20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.m3u\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/eadry.gif?w=584\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>To receive these sermons via podcast, see the RSS link at the bottom of this page.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8025\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.mp3\">http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=13-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20051016UsingStressToYourAdvantage.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone thinks his or her job is the most stressful. 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