You're TOO Busy

Intro

Matthew 11:28–30 CSB

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

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1 Peter 5:6–7 CSB

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.

Psalm 51:11 CSB

Do not banish me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

I. We Need to Reorient

Psalm 20:7 CSB

Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses, but we take pride in the name of the Lord our God.

Matthew 6:24 CSB

“No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

II. What does Spending MORE TIME with God look like?

1 Thessalonians 5:16–22 CSB

Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Don’t stifle the Spirit. Don’t despise prophecies, but test all things. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from every kind of evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-

Luke 21:36 CSB

But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Ephesians 6:11 CSB

Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil.

III. Be Like Mikey!

Luke 17:33 CSB

Whoever tries to make his life secure will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Genesis 1:1 CSB

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Ephesians 5:16 CSB

making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15–17 CSB

Pay careful attention, then, to how you live—not as unwise people but as wise— making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Ephesians 5:15-

Genesis 1:1–5 CSB

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the surface of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” There was an evening, and there was a morning: one day.

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