THE PRESSURE IS ON!

Do you face pressure?

Many people do everyday!  It's hard to deal with problems, the pressure
can stress you out!

How do you get through?

To find a way out people become open to what is called addictive behavior.
The reason is simple - to stop pain and numb out feelings.

What are great addictions?  Eating, spending, gambling, drugs, alcohol
and sexuality top the list.

The hook of addiction is to feel good.  Dr. Richard Dobbins says, "People
repeat pleasurable behavior."  The consequence is that pressure and pain
is reduced momentarily.  The result is that over time more of the behavior
or substance is required to produce the desired effect.

The results are fatal.  More intense experiences become the needed to
feel good.

Be addicted to what is right!

Let your God-given life DREAM consume you.  Learn, study and work to discover
the help you need at your pressure points.

The Bible states in II Corinthians 12:9-10,  The Lord "said to me, 'My grace
is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' There fore
I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may
rest on me.  That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in
insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am
strong."

Those words of the apostle Paul, speak of personal help in time of great
struggle.  In a life journey filled with pressure you must only put good,
caring, and loyal people  around you.  Basketball star Grant Hill said, "Dreamers
need to be with people who will nurture their dream."  They will encourage
you. That will get you through hard days when the pressure is on!

The risk and cost of negative addictive behavior is great.  Run to your DREAM
and find those who will help you discover the power of making positive
finishes in the journey of life.

Look up to your DREAM and reach out to great people who will help you achieve!

John Osteen, the former pastor of Lakewood Church, Houston, Texas often said:

"Great it is to DREAM the DREAM,
when you are young standing at the starry stream.
But greater still to fight life through and in the end
say the DREAM is true."

The pressure is on, don't fall short of what you can be!