{"id":1493,"date":"2022-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/10\/17\/pressure\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T06:00:00","slug":"pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2022\/10\/17\/pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Only Thing You Need To Do When You Can&#8217;t Handle The Pressure of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What burdens do you need to give to God today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our world is filled with pressures: inflation, bills to be paid, decisions to be made, debt, disease, social media, divisions, and conflict. That&#8217;s just to name <strong>a few <\/strong>of our\u00a0pressures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are all urged to work hard, but that can lead to increased <a href=\"https:\/\/star991.com\/dont-worry-about-anything\/\">worry<\/a> and stress. I feel like there&#8217;s countless theories that promise satisfaction and success. Have you ever turned to how-to and self-help books? I have! The choices seem so complex; it\u2019s hard to know what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we read the Bible, the words of Jesus can seem unrealistic. He says <strong>all we need to do is come to Him<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He promises to give us rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He offers to take our burdens away and give us peace and meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will provide joy and fulfillment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How simple!<\/strong> Jesus said childlike simplicity is what it\u00a0is all about. Jesus said, \u201cWhoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+18&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew 18:3-4<\/a>). Jesus offers an oasis. In Him, we find peace and answers to our questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my challenge and reminder for all of us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dare to take Jesus at His word.<\/strong> No matter how complex or stressful life may seem, come to Him. No matter how hopeless your situation may seem, He promises to take your burdens and give you rest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad Mitchell<br>Afternoon Host, STAR 99.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our world is filled with pressures: inflation, bills to be paid, decisions to be made, debt, disease, social media, divisions, and conflict. That&#8217;s just to name a few of our\u00a0pressures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":1494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[24,72,25],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-growth","tag-encouragement","tag-faith","tag-jesus"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 11:40:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}