Series:   Stress Busters
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Stress from Worry

By: Mike Mazzalongo     Posted: December, 2020
In this session, Mike defines the destructive habit of worry and how we are producing positive outcomes from those situations that normally cause us stress from worry.
Discussion Questions

Answer the following questions and then share your response with your group.

  1. Which 2 areas of your life were of most concern to you 5 years ago? Which 2 were most worrisome 12 months ago? Which 2 did you find yourself worrying about last week? Do you find a pattern of concern from year to year, week to week? What does that tell you?
    1. Job, Sex, Money, Marriage,
    2. Parents, Politics, Health, Relationships
    3. Fulfillment, Children, Spiritual Life, Retirement
  2. Read James 1:2-11 and discuss the following questions:
    1. Who is the "tower" of strength in your family during hard times?
    2. Why should anyone feel joyful about trials and hard times?
    3. According to this passage what are the "by-products" of perseverance?
    4. How is true wisdom obtained?
    5. What conditions are necessary for our prayers to be answered?
    6. According to these verses, how can you win over the worries that come with hard times, the lack of wisdom and lack of money?
  3. Take the problem mentioned in the earlier exercise that you found most worrisome and answer the following questions:
    1. How does this new perspective help in dealing with this worry?
    2. In what way does faith apply to it?
    3. How can I pursue righteousness in the light of it?
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