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2007.7.16
你憂慮什麼？
兩位商人談論著目前經濟環境的不確定性。傑克說：「我快要失去工作，而且我的房子要被銀行拍賣了－－但我不憂慮。」他的朋友鮑伯問：「你怎能不憂慮呢？」傑克回答說：「我已僱用一個專業憂慮師。他負責替我憂慮，所以我不需憂慮了！」
鮑伯問：「這樣的服務要花你多少錢？」傑克說：「每年50,000美元。」鮑伯驚訝地問：「50,000美元！你怎麼付得起這麼多錢？」傑克回答：「我不知道，那是他要憂慮的事！」
憂慮是你學習來的。沒有人是天生就會憂慮，這是從生活中學習來的反應。你是從兩種來源學會憂慮：
你從經驗學會憂慮。經過多年的錯誤、失敗、沒實現的願望和期待，你發現事情不會完全按照我們想要或期待的方式發生。從這些經驗，你就形成憂慮的習慣。
你從別人的示範中學會憂慮。你的周圍有許多示範者。研究顯示孩童常常接收父母的憂慮。焦慮、害怕的父母就養出焦慮、害怕的孩子。
好消息是，因為憂慮是學習來的生活反應，所以不憂慮也是可以學習的。克服憂慮的第一步是去了解一個基本的普世真理：憂慮是沒有用的。從憂慮中你從未獲得任何好處，它只是徒然浪費你的精力。
憂慮無法改變任何事。憂慮無法改變昨天，也無法控制明天，只會讓你今天過得很痛苦。憂慮從未解決問題。它不能幫你付帳單，也無法醫治病痛。它只會使你無法動彈，妨礙你採取適當的行動，所以你無法解決問題。
憂慮就像在賽車時，將引擎放在空檔－－這不能讓你往前進，只是在浪費燃料。如箴言12章25節：「人心憂慮，屈而不伸（沉重使他喪氣）。」
除此之外，憂慮還誇大問題。憂慮玩弄你的想像力。你是否曾經注意到，當你憂慮一個問題，那問題就變得愈來愈大，且愈難解決？每次你在腦中重覆你的憂慮，你就會再加上一些細節，並增加它的強度－－擴大問題的嚴重性，使自己覺得更糟糕。
要如何解決呢？告訴上帝什麼事讓你憂慮，祂是（可能也是唯一）能影響事情的人。「應當一無掛慮，只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求和感謝，將你們所要的告訴神。神所賜出人意外的平安，必在基督耶穌裡，保守你們的心懷意念」（腓立比書4章6-7節）。
思想 / 討論題目
你是否常常憂慮－－或者你認識常常憂慮的人？什麼樣的事會讓你（或其他人）憂慮？
你是否同意本文作者所說：「憂慮沒有一點好處」？為什麼？
有人說：「我們所憂慮的事中，有90%不會發生。」那麼，為何人們還是花那麼多時間與精力去憂慮不會發生的事？你會建議如何解決憂慮的問題？
你曾否將你所擔憂、焦慮或害怕的問題或可能發生的問題告訴神？若有，結果如何？是否有幫助－－或只是一廂情願的想法？
註：若你有聖經請看有關此主題的其他經文，請看：
以賽亞書41章10節；耶利米書29章11節；馬太福音6章25-34節，10章28-31節；路加福音10章32-34節；提摩太後書1章7節
CBMC 中華民國總會
台灣台北市104松江路22號7樓
TEL：886-2-2581-4937 FAX：886-2-2542-4169
E-Mail：cbmc@ms26.hinet.net
2007.7.16
你憂慮什麼？
兩位商人談論著目前經濟環境的不確定性。傑克說：「我快要失去工作，而且我的房子要被銀行拍賣了－－但我不憂慮。」他的朋友鮑伯問：「你怎能不憂慮呢？」傑克回答說：「我已僱用一個專業憂慮師。他負責替我憂慮，所以我不需憂慮了！」
鮑伯問：「這樣的服務要花你多少錢？」傑克說：「每年50,000美元。」鮑伯驚訝地問：「50,000美元！你怎麼付得起這麼多錢？」傑克回答：「我不知道，那是他要憂慮的事！」
憂慮是你學習來的。沒有人是天生就會憂慮，這是從生活中學習來的反應。你是從兩種來源學會憂慮：
你從經驗學會憂慮。經過多年的錯誤、失敗、沒實現的願望和期待，你發現事情不會完全按照我們想要或期待的方式發生。從這些經驗，你就形成憂慮的習慣。
你從別人的示範中學會憂慮。你的周圍有許多示範者。研究顯示孩童常常接收父母的憂慮。焦慮、害怕的父母就養出焦慮、害怕的孩子。
好消息是，因為憂慮是學習來的生活反應，所以不憂慮也是可以學習的。克服憂慮的第一步是去了解一個基本的普世真理：憂慮是沒有用的。從憂慮中你從未獲得任何好處，它只是徒然浪費你的精力。
憂慮無法改變任何事。憂慮無法改變昨天，也無法控制明天，只會讓你今天過得很痛苦。憂慮從未解決問題。它不能幫你付帳單，也無法醫治病痛。它只會使你無法動彈，妨礙你採取適當的行動，所以你無法解決問題。
憂慮就像在賽車時，將引擎放在空檔－－這不能讓你往前進，只是在浪費燃料。如箴言12章25節：「人心憂慮，屈而不伸（沉重使他喪氣）。」
除此之外，憂慮還誇大問題。憂慮玩弄你的想像力。你是否曾經注意到，當你憂慮一個問題，那問題就變得愈來愈大，且愈難解決？每次你在腦中重覆你的憂慮，你就會再加上一些細節，並增加它的強度－－擴大問題的嚴重性，使自己覺得更糟糕。
要如何解決呢？告訴上帝什麼事讓你憂慮，祂是（可能也是唯一）能影響事情的人。「應當一無掛慮，只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求和感謝，將你們所要的告訴神。神所賜出人意外的平安，必在基督耶穌裡，保守你們的心懷意念」（腓立比書4章6-7節）。
思想 / 討論題目
你是否常常憂慮－－或者你認識常常憂慮的人？什麼樣的事會讓你（或其他人）憂慮？
你是否同意本文作者所說：「憂慮沒有一點好處」？為什麼？
有人說：「我們所憂慮的事中，有90%不會發生。」那麼，為何人們還是花那麼多時間與精力去憂慮不會發生的事？你會建議如何解決憂慮的問題？
你曾否將你所擔憂、焦慮或害怕的問題或可能發生的問題告訴神？若有，結果如何？是否有幫助－－或只是一廂情願的想法？
註：若你有聖經請看有關此主題的其他經文，請看：
以賽亞書41章10節；耶利米書29章11節；馬太福音6章25-34節，10章28-31節；路加福音10章32-34節；提摩太後書1章7節
CBMC 中華民國總會
台灣台北市104松江路22號7樓
TEL：886-2-2581-4937 FAX：886-2-2542-4169
E-Mail：cbmc@ms26.hinet.net
MONDAY MANNA
A service to the business community July 16th, 2007
WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT?
By: Rick Warren
Two businessmen were talking about the uncertainties of the current economic climate. Jack said, "I'm about to lose my job and our house is in foreclosure – but I don't worry about it." His friend Bob asked, "How can you not be worried?" Jack answered, "I've hired a professional worrier. He does all my worrying for me. That way I don't have to worry!"
“What do you pay for that service?” Bob asked him. "$50,000 a year," Jack answered. Hearing this, Bob gasped, "$50,000! Where are you going to get that kind of money?" Jack replied, "I don't know. That's his worry!"
WORRY IS SOMETHING YOU LEARNED TO DO. There is no such thing as a born worrier. It is a learned response to life. You learned to worry from two sources:
1. You learned to worry from experience. After years of mistakes, failures and unfulfilled hopes and expectations, you have discovered that things do not always turn out the way we want or expect them to. Out of these experiences, you formed the habit of worrying.
2. You learned to worry from examples. There are many models around you. Studies show that children usually pick up their parents’ worries. Anxious, fearful parents raise anxious, fearful kids.
The good news is that since worry is a learned response to life, it can be unlearned! The starting point for overcoming worry is to realize one basic, universal truth: it is useless. You derive no benefit from worrying. It is "stewing without doing."
Worry has never changed anything. Worry cannot change the past. Worry cannot control the future. Worry only makes you miserable today. Worry has never solved a problem, it has never paid a bill, and has never cured an illness. It only paralyzes you, inhibiting your ability to take proper remedial steps, so you can't work on the solution.
Worry is like racing a car engine in neutral – it doesn't get you anywhere, it just uses up fuel. As Proverbs 12:25 tells us, "An anxious heart weighs a man down."
On top of that, worry exaggerates the problem. It plays on your imagination. Have you ever noticed that when you worry about a problem, it seems to get bigger and more difficult to solve? Every time you repeat your concern over and over in your mind, you tend to add details and increase its intensity – amplifying the situation so you feel worse.
So what is the solution? Instead of worrying, talk to God about what is worrying you. He is someone – perhaps the only One – who can do something about it. "Don't worry about anything. Instead pray about everything; tell God what you need and don't forget to thank him for his answers. If you do this you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand" (Philippians 4:6-7).
Rick Warren is the author of the highly acclaimed, best-selling book, The Purpose-Drive Life, which has been translated into many languages and sold throughout the world. It affirms the importance of having a carefully considered, clearly expressed purpose to guide everyday life.
CBMC INTERNATIONAL: Robert Milligan, President
1065 N. 115th Street, Suite 210 ▪ Omaha, Nebraska 68154 ▪ U.S.A.
TEL.: (402) 431-0002 ▪ FAX: (402) 431-1749 ▪ E-MAIL: nbrownell@cbmcint.org
Please direct any requests or change of address to: http://www.cbmcint.org/
Reflection/Discussion Questions
Are you a person that worries a lot – or do you know someone like that? What kinds of things cause you – or the other person – to worry?
Do you agree with Rick Warren’s statement that worrying serves no benefit? Why or why not?
It has been said that more than 90 percent of the things we worry about never occur. Why, then, do you think that people expend so much time and energy worrying about such things? What would you suggest as a remedy to this problem?
Have you ever talked to God about problems – or potential problems – that had you worried, anxious or fearful? If so, has been the result? Did you find it helpful – or did it seem to be merely the equivalent of wishful thinking?
NOTE: If you have a Bible and would like to look at some other passages that deal with this topic, consider the following:
Isaiah 41:10; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 6:25-34, 10:28-31; Luke 10:32-34; 2 Timothy 1:7
A service to the business community July 16th, 2007
WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT?
By: Rick Warren
Two businessmen were talking about the uncertainties of the current economic climate. Jack said, "I'm about to lose my job and our house is in foreclosure – but I don't worry about it." His friend Bob asked, "How can you not be worried?" Jack answered, "I've hired a professional worrier. He does all my worrying for me. That way I don't have to worry!"
“What do you pay for that service?” Bob asked him. "$50,000 a year," Jack answered. Hearing this, Bob gasped, "$50,000! Where are you going to get that kind of money?" Jack replied, "I don't know. That's his worry!"
WORRY IS SOMETHING YOU LEARNED TO DO. There is no such thing as a born worrier. It is a learned response to life. You learned to worry from two sources:
1. You learned to worry from experience. After years of mistakes, failures and unfulfilled hopes and expectations, you have discovered that things do not always turn out the way we want or expect them to. Out of these experiences, you formed the habit of worrying.
2. You learned to worry from examples. There are many models around you. Studies show that children usually pick up their parents’ worries. Anxious, fearful parents raise anxious, fearful kids.
The good news is that since worry is a learned response to life, it can be unlearned! The starting point for overcoming worry is to realize one basic, universal truth: it is useless. You derive no benefit from worrying. It is "stewing without doing."
Worry has never changed anything. Worry cannot change the past. Worry cannot control the future. Worry only makes you miserable today. Worry has never solved a problem, it has never paid a bill, and has never cured an illness. It only paralyzes you, inhibiting your ability to take proper remedial steps, so you can't work on the solution.
Worry is like racing a car engine in neutral – it doesn't get you anywhere, it just uses up fuel. As Proverbs 12:25 tells us, "An anxious heart weighs a man down."
On top of that, worry exaggerates the problem. It plays on your imagination. Have you ever noticed that when you worry about a problem, it seems to get bigger and more difficult to solve? Every time you repeat your concern over and over in your mind, you tend to add details and increase its intensity – amplifying the situation so you feel worse.
So what is the solution? Instead of worrying, talk to God about what is worrying you. He is someone – perhaps the only One – who can do something about it. "Don't worry about anything. Instead pray about everything; tell God what you need and don't forget to thank him for his answers. If you do this you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand" (Philippians 4:6-7).
Rick Warren is the author of the highly acclaimed, best-selling book, The Purpose-Drive Life, which has been translated into many languages and sold throughout the world. It affirms the importance of having a carefully considered, clearly expressed purpose to guide everyday life.
CBMC INTERNATIONAL: Robert Milligan, President
1065 N. 115th Street, Suite 210 ▪ Omaha, Nebraska 68154 ▪ U.S.A.
TEL.: (402) 431-0002 ▪ FAX: (402) 431-1749 ▪ E-MAIL: nbrownell@cbmcint.org
Please direct any requests or change of address to: http://www.cbmcint.org/
Reflection/Discussion Questions
Are you a person that worries a lot – or do you know someone like that? What kinds of things cause you – or the other person – to worry?
Do you agree with Rick Warren’s statement that worrying serves no benefit? Why or why not?
It has been said that more than 90 percent of the things we worry about never occur. Why, then, do you think that people expend so much time and energy worrying about such things? What would you suggest as a remedy to this problem?
Have you ever talked to God about problems – or potential problems – that had you worried, anxious or fearful? If so, has been the result? Did you find it helpful – or did it seem to be merely the equivalent of wishful thinking?
NOTE: If you have a Bible and would like to look at some other passages that deal with this topic, consider the following:
Isaiah 41:10; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 6:25-34, 10:28-31; Luke 10:32-34; 2 Timothy 1:7
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