Rest: Daily Devotion with Dan & Sheila | Friday

Send us Fan MailRunning on 1% battery with twenty apps open feels normal now, and that’s the problem. We talk about the quiet contradiction many of us live with: we treat exhaustion like a badge of honor, then wonder why our faith feels brittle, our emotions feel loud, and our relationships get the leftovers. Drawing from Pastor Robert Young’s rest.pdf notes, we make the case that rest is not laziness, not a luxury, and not a break from discipleship. It’s the engine that makes discipleship sustainable.We dig into the surprising realism of Jesus honoring physical limits, including the moment he sleeps during a violent storm in Mark 4. From the outside it can look like avoidance, but we connect it to nervous system regulation and how the brain’s threat detection mode hijacks perspective when we’re depleted. Sometimes what we label a spiritual crisis is simply a worn-out body. Rest lowers the internal alarm so we can see clearly, feel more steadily, and respond with peace instead of panic.Then we get practical: daily stillness as active surrender, sitting in silence, naming feelings, and letting Jesus hold what you’re carrying, plus a weekly Sabbath that forces the hardest lesson of all, the world can run without you. We leave you with a direct reflection question about where overwork substitutes for trust in God. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s running hot, and leave a review if it helped. What would change tomorrow if you closed the apps and finally plugged in?Support the showRegister for Our Upcoming Live Virtual Meditation Retreat (9/25 & 9/26) here:[email protected] a voicemail question or prayer requests here:(585) 331-3424