Slow Down and Catch Up With God

Slow Down and Catch Up With GodUnhurry • February 13, 2022Teacher: Adam Barnett--Am I addicted to hurry?Walter Adams"To walk with Jesus is to walk with a slow, unhurried pace. Hurry is the death of prayer."We need to slow down and catch up with God.John 14:6 NIV"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."John Mark Comer"Jesus' weekly schedule was a prophetic act against the hurried rhythms of our world today." Early Stage:Rushing everywhereOverly busyInability to say noConstantly thinking of workNo days offMiddle Stage:Consistently work 40+ hoursOnset of other addictionsChronic fatigueAborted attempts to do lessLacking basic gratitudeLate Stage:Physical painEmotional deadnessSleeplessnessMoral or spiritual bankruptcyAlways agitated with others Mark 4:35-41 NIVThat day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"Richard Swenson"Margin is the space that once existed between our load and our limits. Margin is the space between vitality and exhaustion. It is our breathing room, our reserves, our leeway. It is the opposite of overload. When Jesus went to the back of the boat, he was practicing margin." 1. Schedule time with God.2. Learn to say no.3. Quit something.4. Adopt new disciplines.5. Resist social acceptability.6. Turn notifications off.7. Give the Sabbath a try.