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176 • Think Again: Transformation That Yields a Return on God’s Investment

Appendix 5 Practical StepsWhen You Feel Overwhelmed

1. Pay attention to the basics. “ Live in harmony with the physical design protocols for life, such as regular sleep, drink plenty of water, exercise mind and body regularly, avoid toxins, and eat a balanced diet. When mistakes are made, resolve guilt as soon as possible, forgive those who mistreat you, and don’t hold to anger or grudges as such emotions activate the body’s inflammatory cascade. Resolve fear, as unremedied fear truly destroys. It is love that heals and restores, but genuine love is only experienced when lies about God are removed ” (Dr. Timothy Jennings). 84 2. Ask God, what should I do next? Don’t solve everything at once. Just take the next step. Once you know the next step, do the next thing well. 3. Shorten the response time between falling and getting up. We all fall and make mistakes, but the difference is how quickly we get up from falling. Does it take a minute, a day, a week, or a year for you to respond to God’s leading and get back up on your feet? 4. To find peace and liberty, follow the advice of Thomas á Kempis: 85 a. Strive to do another’s will rather than your own. b. Choose always to have less than more. c. Seek lower places in life, putting to death the need to be recognized and important. d. Always and in everything desire that the will of God completely fulfilled in you.