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Slow Down

Welcome 2026 new year beginning…  Q. can anyone relate (hamster wheel)

≠ >> challenge à(personal/ others) à good? X@?     

I get it… þ>> ≠ slow à “hurry, going 2b late”

I think… þ= speed problem… [addiction]

I know =most us “normal 2 move fast” >> econ$ >> health [back->fwd]

4 me> real tension 2 live presence >> family/ friends

& look fwd future >> ministry plan / $$ decisions

However… iam beginning 2 realize…X pace & my pace =

≠ always aligned… “hurry JC… catch #”

Reveal deeper Q.have we become= way 2 busy 2 follow JC?

nxt 4 wk…simple prayer “JC shine Ur Light… I open my life 2 Ur direction… lead me…” bold prayer: TXTdraw near 2 X… X draws near 2u

Open Mk 12àduring þministry àJC asked lot Q [305 | 183]

@ ¹= JC asked greatest command Mk12:28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

…[wait – 10 count…]I wonder how much ¹ passed b4 vs 29

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” … been around ch any ¹ heard vs… here’s what we neglect 2 recognize >> way JC describes = LOVE… sloooowwww… = ¹ consuming

= ask parent/ someone n ♥/ BBF >> ≠ fast setting 4© …

how many us bold ask Q… open space w/n ❤ 2 love like JC?

Deep @ cultural level àwe describe slow… negative view

Webster: mentally dull/ sluggish/ less than usual speed

service @ restaurant | get return call | YouTube = 1.5 speed [confess]

¥ slow = bad & speed = good… [I = resonate]

Press-in >>fast life ≠ compatible w/ Xian life à anti-Xian life…

“2 walk w/ JC à walk w/ slow, unhurried pace” Walter Adams-CS Lewis  

everyone… breath… What if… JC follower =  [=þ›œ kingdom] vision= 4 new yr… pause >> what’s truly most impt?

ask Q Speed ❤go “faster” |steady à peace / joy?

Curiosity >>> speed = life à distraction us living life

Q possible virus à reveal another w/n us

à psych 101 type-A “speed sickness” à Quiz = ü@ check-out line hop? Continuous change lanes? Multi-task & forget task? Alarm sound = dashboard indicator light flash

Rt ¹2 sounds alarms à 911 = “Y” 4yo splits eye open

What remedy [hint ≠ more ¹] JC= uncover Lk 10:41-42

 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” à msg 4 me 2026