MESSAGE NOTES
In The Way | Legalism | Week 11 | November 10, 2024
Teacher: Dave Brown
“In the past few years, I’ve observed an epidemic of sorts: patient after patient suffering from the same condition. The symptoms of this condition include fatigue, irritability, insomnia, anxiety, headaches, heartburn, bowel disturbances, back pain, and weight gain. There are no blood tests or X-rays diagnostic of this condition, and yet it’s easy to recognize. The condition is excessive busyness.” - Dr. Susan Koven
Mark 4:35-41…
That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
“Margin is the space that once existed between our load and our limits. Margin is the space between vitality and exhaustion. It is our breathing room, our reserves, our leeway. It is the opposite of overload. When Jesus went to the back of the boat, he was practicing margin.” - Richard Swenson
If Jesus needed to stop, then so do we.
“Maybe the greatest enemy of the life you want is the life you are living.” – Craig Groeschel
“To walk with Jesus is to walk with a slow, unhurried pace. Hurry is the death of prayer.” - Walter Adams
"Every one of us needs half an hour of prayer a day; except when we are busy. Then, we need an hour.” - St. Francis
Jesus wants to infuse our lives with purpose, but not through full schedules and hurried lives.
Do I need to slow down in order to catch up with God?
Schedule time with God.
Learn to say no.
Quit something.
Adopt new disciplines.
Resist social acceptability.
Turn notifications off.
Practice Sabbath.
