{"id":176908,"date":"2026-11-09T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/?p=176908"},"modified":"2026-11-03T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:57:19","slug":"the-only-thing-you-need-to-do-when-you-cant-handle-the-pressure-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/the-only-thing-you-need-to-do-when-you-cant-handle-the-pressure-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Only Thing You Need To Do When You Can&#8217;t Handle The Pressure of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What burdens do you need to give to God today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&nbsp;pressures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are all urged to work hard, but that can lead to increased <a href=\"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/blog\/dont-worry-about-anything\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"768\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He promises to give us rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He offers to take our burdens away and give us peace and meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He will provide joy and fulfillment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How simple!<\/strong> Jesus said childlike simplicity is what it&nbsp;is 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s my challenge and reminder for all of us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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","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":176909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[36,37,38],"class_list":["post-176908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spiritual-growth","tag-encouragement","tag-faith","tag-jesus"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176910,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176908\/revisions\/176910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star933\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}