Life is stressful. World and local disasters stress us. Illnesses stress us. Facebook posts and comments stress us. Traffic stresses us. Every day adds to the stress we feel. Being a Christian doesn't lessen our stress levels. As Christians, we have to learn how to deal with the stress. Matt Carter, Director of Admissions at Harding University, shares scriptural help for dealing with the stresses we face daily using Romans 12:12 as his text: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Be joyful in hope. See where the joy is. Seek it out. Look for the good things. Be patient. Impatience is all about me, but the redeemed me is always better than the old me! Be under the control of the Holy Spirit. Live with a renewed mind. Be a dispenser of grace. Be faithful in prayer. Build a habit of walking with God. Read the Bible. Build a habit of walking with God. Practice times of silence and solitude. Our stressors aren't likely to go away, but we can change the ways in which we react to them. Our lives will benefit from the practice of these disciplines.