Sermonette: Venting

Sermonette: Venting

Going to God When the Pressure Builds
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Ryan McClure
Given 25-Jan-14; 16 minutes

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description: (hide) Ryan Mc Clure, reflecting on the human tendency to "blow off steam," questions the wisdom of this practice, noting that Proverbs indicts the fool who vents all his feelings. We feel motivated to vent when(1) we want to justify ourselves, (2) adopt a victim mentality, (3) refuse to face a personal problem directly, or (4) we think it therapeutic. Actually "letting it all out" exacerbates the problem. If we go humbly to God, asking Him for help, casting all our anxieties upon Him, we will find the heretofore unbearable pressure becomes tolerable.