Self Care Isn't Selfish
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SELF CARE ISN’T SELFISH
SELF CARE ISN’T SELFISH
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Regular rest is part of growth
We need margin built into our lives so we have energy and room to help when God directs.
Can emotions kill? Absolutely.
Unresolved emotions is the cause of 75-98% of illness.
The best thing we can do for others is take care of ourselves .
When we take care of ourselves we have more to give to others.
When satan can’t make you bad, he makes you busy.
air mask falls during an emergency. The first rule of care-taking is take care of yourself so you are there to care for others.
Mom it’s good to take some time for yourself.
One of the most common problems with driven people is a lack of margin. A space between our load and our limits.
If we are going to be effective for the long haul, we need to build a margin (space between our load and our limits.)
We are all given a measure (proper limits) . We can do anything but we can’t do everything.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Matthew 25
It’s a pruning season.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
Jesus is the vine.
The Father is the farmer.
He takes some things
He prunes what is bearing fruit.
Abiding is how we will bring forth much fruit.
Two Things That Affect Your Growth - Disuse and Overuse.
Two Things That Affect Your Growth - Disuse and Overuse.
Two things that stunt your growth. Affect your fruitfulness - disuse and overuse.
DISUSE
DISUSE
what is the worst thing for a vehicle, boat, home or human body?
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Excuses.
John Excuses.
I have bought some land and must go see it
I have bought five yoke oxen to prove
I have married and cannot come.
Exercise unto Godliness.
See a need and meet it
Use what you have.
Seek accountability
Moses’ rod
David’s sling
Make mistakes. That’s learning.
Shamgar’s oxgoad
Little boy’s lunch
The worst thing for a vehicle, boat, home or human body - is DISUSE
COMFORT ZONE IMAGE
OVERUSE
OVERUSE
Rest is part of growth.
Rest Is Part of Growth
illustration - overtraining. Rest is part of growth.
Rest Is Part of Growth
Jesus went into a solitary place.
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Ill - Lincoln freed the slaves but many stayed in bondage. Why? THE TRUTH YOU KNOW MAKES YOU FREE.
Jesus withdrew to pray
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
Sow a thought reap an action
Sow an action and reap a habit
Sow a habit and reap a character
Sow a character and reap a destiny
Ralph Waldo Emerson
15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Disciples went into private
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
Don’t be conformed to the world
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Prove the good, acceptable and perfect will of God.
Build a margin. - You can handle difficulties/opportunities if you have margin time.
CHANGE YOUR MIND. CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
Develop the roles you fulfill
Develop the roles you fulfill
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
You will have room for new opportunities when you have a margin (space between your load and limit)
Schedule your highest priorities
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Value your time, family, and relationship and rest.
Altar Call -
Rest is part of growth.
Schedule your highest priorities
Schedule important activities
ITS NOT THE LIES YOU’RE TOLD, IT’S THE LIES YOU BELIEVE THAT KILL YOU.
Pruning season - let it go
Active season - Rest/Abide
No more excuses -