One way to combat burnout is to take time to physically rest. Jesus took naps! But, what about when you can't stop and physically rest? What about when God tells you to keep going? How can you be at rest even then?
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When we invite the Lord into our busyness or to be more accurate when we recognize His presence is already there with us, we receive His rest and peace. He gives us breathing space when we thought we had none, regardless of our booked calendars and overflowing To Do lists.
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If you want to stop living your life from a place of stress and striving and start walking in joy and rest then maybe you can try the simple act of remembering. When we remember what the Lord has done in the past, we can rest in the present.
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Even when you find myself surrounded by the thorns and the thistles, the Lord stands beside you creating beauty, reminding me of His goodness. You can find rest there.
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Your busyness isolates you from His peace and comfort that you encounter when you rest under His shadow. Your busyness will break you. Your busyness will steal your joy. Not all at once, but day by day, slowly, so you barely notice.
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When we choose to trust that the Lord watches over us, then we can fully rest.
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Rest in peace knowing that God created you for work and for rest. Both are part of His plan.
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Too often we turn to anything and everyone BUT the Lord for rest and rescue. And yet. He promises rest when we return to Him.
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When we invite the Lord into our busyness or to be more accurate when we recognize His presence is already there with us, we can receive His rest and peace. He gives us breathing space when we thought we had none. Here are practical ways to put that into practice.
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During His ministry on earth, Jesus was known for a lot of things. Being in a hurry wasn’t one of them.
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The Presence of God offers us means rest and peace in life. However, so often we simply go through the motions and don’t step fully into His presence.
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Resting in the Lord gives you strength and courage. When we fully rest in Him, we wholeheartedly release control and trust the Lord with both the mundane details we can see and the bigger story out of sight and over the horizon.
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God gave us the perfect example of how to work and rest. And then He wrote it down for us, because He knew we would forget. But, sometimes we still forget and need reminding. These five YouVersion Bible App Devotionals about Rest will help.
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The rest and joy you experience by remembering His Resurrection isn’t reserved for Easter Sunday. It’s meant for your everyday living.
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Sometimes we hold a narrow view of rest that focuses on self-care rituals and vacations. This perspective puts rest in the luxury item column and implies that rest needs ideal circumstances to occur.
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Throughout Scripture, the Lord tells His people “to remember” over and over again. When we make the practice of remembering an active part of our lives, we can live our lives from a place of rest.
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God rested first. Then later His Son gave us a real-world example of how to balance a busy work schedule and rest. Our work and our rest both matter to God, but He made only one holy.
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Winter reminds me that even nature needs time to rest and retreat to its roots. And while we can’t see what God is doing to the trees, we can trust that Spring will come.
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Before the pace of your schedule breaks you, start breaking it down minute-by-minute and giving it to Jesus. Commit to spending 14 minutes of your day RESTING in Him rather than STRIVING in the world.
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Many of us get caught up and overwhelmed at the size of our lists. We have no idea how we will get it all done. When we don’t, we feel like we failed or vow to work even harder and for more hours of the day.
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