This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we

continue in our series called Strategies for Stressful Times. In these lessons, Rick shares biblical

wisdom for navigating difficult and stressful times so that you can experience God's peace and thrive in any situation.

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Now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part of a message called

How to Keep Your Tank Filled instead of Running on Empty.

Now, we come now to the third step.

First, get fed up with how I've been feeling.

And then second, come to Jesus because he's going to give me rest for my soul.

Now here's the third step.

Big one, three words.

Give up control.

Give up control.

You see, the real reason for overload in your life is because we try to control. You see, the real reason for overload in your life is because we try to control things

too much. We try to control things too much. We don't even realize how much we try to control

things too much. But we act subconsciously as if it all depends on me. I have to hold everything together. I got to make it all

happen. Now listen, I love you guys. I just want to tell you that the greater you need to control

things, the more overloaded and stress you're going

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