DAY 5
Begin to simplify your life!
Learn from me... my burden is light.’ Matthew 11:29-30 NIV'
A RECENT REPORT SAYS, ‘we can have it all.’ By working longer, playing harder and multitasking, it’s possible to squeeze 31 hours into 24. But it’ll cost you! The average office worker is bombarded daily with 220 messages via email, memo, phone and other interruptions. One in three managers gets sick because of information overload. If technology is saving us all this time and energy, how come we’re so frazzled? When the checkout line doesn’t move fast enough or we can’t find a parking space, we have a meltdown. Oxford Street and the Stock Exchange won’t tell you this but success brings more opportunities for the enemy to run you into the ground. That’s no way to live and it certainly isn’t what God intended for you. Jesus said, ‘Are you tired? Worn out?... Come to me... recover your life. I’ll show you how... work with me – watch how I do it... learn to live freely and lightly.’ (Matthew 11:29-30 TM). Sounds good, doesn’t it, but it calls for detoxing your thinking and reprogramming it. One author writes: ‘The Lord cannot relieve the pressure, while you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong thing with the wrong people. If you climb the corporate ladder and neglect your family, His hands are tied because your priorities are out of order. When you’re in God’s will you can work hard, but travel light! He’ll carry your burdens and take the weight. Simplifying your life may mean working fewer hours, scheduling downtime and investing more into your loved ones. Our gifts, assignments, personalities and situations are all different, but these principles hold true for everyone.’ So, begin to simplify your life!
Prayer Point - Depression isn’t failure
Jesus, thank You that You experienced every emotion we experience. You showed us that to be human is to taste joy and sorrow, laughter and tears. Forgive me when I beat myself up for feeling low. Forgive me when I tell myself that I’d be a better person if I could just stop feeling depressed. Help me to treat myself with grace and kindness, just like You do.
Begin to simplify your life!
Learn from me... my burden is light.’ Matthew 11:29-30 NIV'
A RECENT REPORT SAYS, ‘we can have it all.’ By working longer, playing harder and multitasking, it’s possible to squeeze 31 hours into 24. But it’ll cost you! The average office worker is bombarded daily with 220 messages via email, memo, phone and other interruptions. One in three managers gets sick because of information overload. If technology is saving us all this time and energy, how come we’re so frazzled? When the checkout line doesn’t move fast enough or we can’t find a parking space, we have a meltdown. Oxford Street and the Stock Exchange won’t tell you this but success brings more opportunities for the enemy to run you into the ground. That’s no way to live and it certainly isn’t what God intended for you. Jesus said, ‘Are you tired? Worn out?... Come to me... recover your life. I’ll show you how... work with me – watch how I do it... learn to live freely and lightly.’ (Matthew 11:29-30 TM). Sounds good, doesn’t it, but it calls for detoxing your thinking and reprogramming it. One author writes: ‘The Lord cannot relieve the pressure, while you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong thing with the wrong people. If you climb the corporate ladder and neglect your family, His hands are tied because your priorities are out of order. When you’re in God’s will you can work hard, but travel light! He’ll carry your burdens and take the weight. Simplifying your life may mean working fewer hours, scheduling downtime and investing more into your loved ones. Our gifts, assignments, personalities and situations are all different, but these principles hold true for everyone.’ So, begin to simplify your life!
Prayer Point - Depression isn’t failure
Jesus, thank You that You experienced every emotion we experience. You showed us that to be human is to taste joy and sorrow, laughter and tears. Forgive me when I beat myself up for feeling low. Forgive me when I tell myself that I’d be a better person if I could just stop feeling depressed. Help me to treat myself with grace and kindness, just like You do.